Former Lib Dem minister says allowing purchase of housing association homes reminds him of Zimbabwean farmers being kicked off their landA former Liberal Democrat cabinet minister has likened the Conservative government’s draw to sell off housing association homes with Robert Mugabe’s seizure of white farmers’ land in Zimbabwe.
Ed Davey,the former energy secretary, said the proposed sell-off was a “totally ridiculous policy” and compared it to the Zimbabwe president’s fast-track reform, or which led to predominantly white farmers being forced off their land,often violently and without compensation. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com