tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post4519119848810362360..comments2024-03-18T08:20:19.461+00:00Comments on Transpontine: Brockley Housing GraffitiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-86656836093435760832008-05-30T20:31:00.000+00:002008-05-30T20:31:00.000+00:00the picture with similar handwritting in Croydon a...the picture with similar handwritting in Croydon appeared in Daily Telegraph in run up to GLA elections<BR/><BR/>Fed of Con Students<BR/><BR/>I guess better than hang Nelson Mandela slogans of the 80s when Boris was in FCSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-51711968670945430712008-05-29T18:26:00.000+00:002008-05-29T18:26:00.000+00:00nah i was referring to 'what are you waiting for?'...nah i was referring to 'what are you waiting for?' hence the "^" in the post referring to the above <BR/><BR/>however you're right in what you say, the primarily individualistic demands of the students not only confronted the supposed shackles of conservatism but any form of restrictions on their individual desires, such demands were not only easily absorbed by consumer capitalism but in turn gave it a new lease of life in itself - and gives us the society we have at present<BR/><BR/>the irony of them and their demands and their legacy forming the primary market of, and therefore the main pillar of support for the very system they were supposedly revolting against is unfortunately lost on most so called radicals<BR/><BR/>so yep, many sentiments of 68 became the very basis of subsequent neo-liberal economic policies, with revolt successfully absorbed, commodified and sold back to the revoltingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-50495950459016234632008-05-29T17:23:00.000+00:002008-05-29T17:23:00.000+00:00Well 'I can't buy a house' isn't exactly 'All powe...Well 'I can't buy a house' isn't exactly 'All power to the imagination', but then there is the argument that 1968 slogans like 'take your desires for reality' paved the way for 1970s/80s me-centred consumerism so perhaps there is a continuity....https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-74472575691109869732008-05-29T16:04:00.000+00:002008-05-29T16:04:00.000+00:00i think that one ^ is just someone whose got a bit...i think that one ^ is just someone whose got a bit taken in by all the misty eyed 68 media pap that's been churned out of lateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-1899374889926840552008-05-29T12:59:00.000+00:002008-05-29T12:59:00.000+00:00There's some graffiti at a bus stop on Shardeloes ...There's some graffiti at a bus stop on Shardeloes Road which says something like 'what are you waiting for?' which looks like it could be the same person. This deflates my conspiracy theory that the housing slogan was written by a conservative activist to manufacture a sense of popular revolt. It suggests instead that it was written by somebody with more paint than politics.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-19911304468145329742008-05-29T11:26:00.000+00:002008-05-29T11:26:00.000+00:00the same hand has written "lie back and think of e...the same hand has written "lie back and think of england" on the vesta road road bridge over the railway. I haven't spotted any more yet - but couldn't see what relevance this one had - esp to the ocation, unless they are suggesting a large suicide pact?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-87058847267792655552008-05-28T17:21:00.000+00:002008-05-28T17:21:00.000+00:00Wasn't sure what was meant by the Daily Telegraph ...Wasn't sure what was meant by the Daily Telegraph reference - is there some more graffiti mentioned there? I started thinking that you could interpret the graffiti completely differently - maybe they were making some kind of anarcho statement about refusing to participate in the property merrygoround! Not sure why they would want to thank Gordon Brown for that though..https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-84172475753038932162008-05-28T13:31:00.000+00:002008-05-28T13:31:00.000+00:00not one to defend boris but all that he's cut is t...not one to defend boris but all that he's cut is the % quota for affordable housing - a thing that most boroughs were not achieving anything like the target anyway, and in addition did not even have to adopt the london wide target and were free to set their own (lower) targets (which they still didn't meet either)<BR/><BR/>so not sure why everyone laments the death of a policy that existing only on paper anyway and remained for the whole of ken's term an unenforceable headline sound bite that was quietly brushed aside when it came down to business, or one that could be met more easily by bizarrely actually cutting the overall supply of housing itself i.e. to supply 50% of next to no homes being built as affordable is not that hard to achieve, compared to 50% of shedloads of homes being built - it also closely tied the supply of a basic human need firmly to wider market conditions, a thing central to the new labour project<BR/><BR/>as i understand it boris has done away with the 50% quota but has pledged to ensure the provision of the same number of actual affordable homes over the next term, i.e. 50,000 affordable homes<BR/><BR/>i've no doubt that boris, like his predecssor, will not actually come good on this pledge, but we should at least be attacking the right thing hereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-7676983811986816602008-05-28T13:15:00.000+00:002008-05-28T13:15:00.000+00:00The Tory Mayors first actto cut affordable housing...The Tory Mayors first act<BR/>to cut affordable housing quota<BR/><BR/>houses for the rich onlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-12785246806654592572008-05-28T13:03:00.000+00:002008-05-28T13:03:00.000+00:00The same hand writting as the one in the Daily Tel...The same hand writting as the one in the Daily Telegraph<BR/><BR/>so same Tory<BR/><BR/>How about building council housesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-37632905208639912012008-05-28T09:51:00.000+00:002008-05-28T09:51:00.000+00:00I am not going to spend my time arguing with Victo...I am not going to spend my time arguing with Victorian notions about the poor breeding. If anyone is really interested in finding out more about overcrowding and its impact, check out <A HREF="http://england.shelter.org.uk/howtohelp/howtohelp-6733.cfm" REL="nofollow">Shelter</A>..https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-49585997035587485912008-05-27T21:05:00.000+00:002008-05-27T21:05:00.000+00:00But why is the accomodation (that the 3000 familie...But why is the accomodation (that the 3000 families are living in) overcrowded? Are they leaving (breeding) beyond their means? <BR/><BR/>I've never quite understood what overcrowded accomodation means unless you live in a phonebox. If your family is too big for hour house, take some responsibility for it. Don't wait for a bigger one to be doled out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com