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Originally Posted by Kizzy

I'm not sure why the us and them divide between those who bought their home and those that didn't.. My dad bought his and was a Labour man until the day he died, he didn't automatically buy into some conservative ideology when he became a homeowner.
I wouldn't think that anyone making the purchases envisaged that there would be the shortage in social housing that there is today, or their decision was in any way mercenary.

I wouldn't decry anyone who buys shares in companies either, nobody is suggesting that all aspects of capitalism are bad. Where it sours is when massive profits are not used to maintain adequate levels of safety, employee wages and customer satisfaction.
I don't think the nationalised companies should have been sold but they were, there was no referendum held on that it was a forgone conclusion that once the government decided it was happening it was going ahead regardless. The fact that royal mail staff were bunged a few shares as a sweetener before they received their redundancy is irrelevant, it does not reflect anything on their principles at all.

Being an old fart certainly has its advantages sometimes

I completely agree with the point I highlighted. At the time, the home ownership was championed for people who care for their community, take pride in something that they own and therefore look after it better. No one even considered the effect it would have on housing stock, because at that time, there were not the housing challenges that we face today. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.