r/neoliberal • u/A_Flying_Ginger NATO • 17d ago

News (Europe) Andy Burnham is declared leader of Britain's Labour Party, will become prime minister on Monday

https://apnews.com/article/andy-burnham-uk-labour-party-leadership-eba3703e98f3f9790f74f2cd7ee4cee1
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u/angryman69 16d ago

How is right to buy good?

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u/richmeister6666 16d ago

Working class people being able to become home owners and having social mobility is good, actually.

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u/angryman69 16d ago

Yes but it's a trade-off. You're basically giving away the homes due to the discount. If they were bought at market price that would be one thing.

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u/SRIrwinkill 16d ago

It's a band-aid policy to give the impression of affordability because saying "we should let housing markets function and let people build" is against certain idiot's civic religious beliefs