Rushanara Ali resigns as UK Homelessness Minister and other matters

One law for me and another law for the masses seems to be the mindset of our present 'leaders'.

Where did you hear that TerriBull?

Friend so not corroborated admittedly, but are they not a law unto themselves.

TerriBull

Friend so not corroborated admittedly, but are they not a law unto themselves.

Do you mean politicians? No, they're not, even if some might think they are. In some other countries in the world, she would have carried on, probably with public knowledge. The fact that she's resigned proves that she knew she'd be pushed because politicians do have to follow certain codes of conduct (even if she didn't break the law).

As for the insider knowledge about people smugglers which your friend seems to have, I suggest s/he contacts the police. Over 90 cases are currently being actively investigated and I'm sure the police/NCA would be grateful for any insider information.

She's a disgrace, and I'm very glad that she is gone, but I do agree with growstuff about the accountability of our politicians.
I was sad to read in TerriBulls post that a potentially good initiative for tackling undocumented arrivals has already been dismissed by her friends.
It's hard to see what any government can do to satisfy those who know absolutely that any plans will fail, even before they have started.

Another of Starmer's "quality candidates" ?
If she had ever stood on a picket line or voted to reduce child poverty she would never have been given the position.

I suspect a lot of politicians own rental property; still a good little earner.

Boz

I suspect a lot of politicians own rental property; still a good little earner.

Of course they do. The issue in her case was that was the Minister for Homelessness and is responsible for enforcing an Act which will outlaw the practice in which she, herself, engaged.

I would have thought before she was appointed she would have gone through some sort of rigorous interview. What she has done is not illegal, but surely as a landlord she hardly demonstrated the right sort of ethos as to prospective legislation regarding the hiking of rent, do such people think their hypocrisy will not be exposed? As for Mr Mouldy, Multiple Flats who is a self styled "rental champion" allegedly or that's how he defines himself. God help his tenants, his flats were or maybe still are also infested with ants. What annoys me so much is that as a landlord of one flat, we have always endeavoured to comply with everything, inspections, getting the right safety certificates in place, fixing problems, whilst an MP who should lead by example, does the complete opposite and them claims he didn't know

As for the new initiative regarding the one in one out, I will wait to see how that pans out, I do think there will be lawyers waiting in the wings to possibly appeal those deportations. I guess it will become clearer further down the line. The friend I spoke to lives in Bournemouth where there are concerns, at the moment a migrant with settled status stands accused of raping a young woman in a public toilet and that case is awaiting trial. The Bournemouth friend has a cynical attitude towards successive governments and as to how they are handling the migrant crisis, Bournemouth has been accommodating them back before Labour got in, and there have been problems!

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The price hike was bad enough but the other case of the mouldy flats (in Ilford?) was awful and I wonder what if anything has been done to improve things for the tenants.

Terribull Is your friend also concerned about all the other rapes committed by non-migrants?

Yes she is, very much so and can I also add very fed up with the anti social hoardes of predominantly white people who descend on Bournemouth and behave very badly. It's a perfect storm of all manner of anti social behaviour driving people's concerns along.

What a woman. Hope she never works in politics again .

I mean it's not either or just because a minority of one demographic behave in an awful manner it doesn't mean we don't recognise the appalling behaviour committed by those who are Britons, such as the rable who threatened to torch hotels. Let me stress how awful I found them in their murderous intent. Lynch mob mentality is abhorrent to me. Nevertheless if asylum seekers want sanctuary here or anywhere else , why would they break the law. When those that commit serious crimes it makes me doubt they are really fleeing danger. Surely they would do their upmost to prove they would be potentially good citizens and respect their host country and its citizens.

The point is that very few people come out with anecdotes about rape when a white man (or woman) is charged.

Sexual predators regardless of their ethnicity are abhorrent, I'm not sure I'd agree that women would find a rape by an asylum seeker any worse than if it were committed by a British man, except we're stuck with our own deviants unfortunately, but why would we allow a foreign rapist to stay?

I'm wondering if, as in Germany, the asylum seekers are advised of how to behave here, insomuch as women/girls may walk around with not much on, particularly in hot weather, but that's not an invitation to try and have sex with them.

It's extraordinary that a thread about a government minister resigning (quite rightly as she was bang out of order) has turned into an anti asylum seekers thread.

How did we get from the resignation of the government minister for housing to rape?

Extraordinary possibly, but I did head it up and other matters. Yes it's veered off, but I was trying to encapsulate, the general discontent under one umbrella. Maybe a mistake, should have tagged some of the issues under existing ones.

Rushanara Ali has resigned her position as Minister for the homeless but I do not think she has resigned as as MP.

I just think it’s such a shame that so many politicians seem to be so stupid.
If this one couldn’t see what the fall out of her actions would be then she wasn’t fit to stand for Parliament in the first place. Unfortunately I fear that there are many in Government that seem to be clueless.

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What a woman. Hope she never works in politics again .

She only resigned from her Ministerial position .

She remains an MP