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well done to you all rude, sorry i could not be there, have a flare up of UC at the mo.

UK Uncut stages bedroom tax protests at Lord Freud and Iain Duncan Smith’s million pound mansion

http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/blog/uk-u...ain-duncan-smiths-million-pound-mansions

and it actually got good coverage on sky news! Miracle!

lol. IDS neighbours came out and gave the protestors biscuits!!!! pmsl

http://www.lbc.co.uk/thousands-party-for-thatchers-death-in-london-photos-70453/view/28720#28710
great pics to view Especially pic 5

Just seen the 7 parts of that on youtube, and the WPH guys were broadly as I expected them to be.

I appreciate they are in a difficult position, as they no doubt have private opinions that they can't voice as representatives of WPH, but I just kind of hoped they would have been less wishy washy & actually showed some solidarity towards their tenants.

It was entirely reasonable in my view for questions from the floor to try and tie them down to specific reassurances and bottom-line fallback positions, but realistically, the Chief Executive was never going to put that on the record.

However, what gets my goat is that they constantly state that they have support mechanisms in place to ensure people are aware of the options available to them. Well thanks lads, but I think most people are well aware of the dilemmas they face in terms of keeping a roof over their heads, and the reality is, however well informed WPH keep them, they don't have any options at all.

Well done to everyone who attended though - a great effort, and at least the powers that be at WPH can be under no illusions as to the strength of feeling about the very real hardship many of their tenants face, and the sheer desperation and hopelessness of not having a viable solution that will allow them to stay in their homes & communities.

Rude you will love this, the tears were rolling down my face with laughter, reading this article.
Bedroom tax protestors hit councillors with 'eviction notices'

http://www.24dash.com/news/local_go...rs-hit-councillors-with-eviction-notices

Don't be giving me ideas Rotty lol

Must be annoying watching WPH spending millions on their shiny new HQ as well when all this is going on.

Roger phillips did a whole show (2 hour 29 mins) with an audience including housing officers, welfare rights etc on the bedroom tax yesterday, it was a very good listen, we had it on in work.

The recording of the show is here in case anyone missed it and want's a listen.

http://tunein.com/program/?ProgramId=181420&StationId=18313

Sadly it still look's as tho riots are gonna be needed to put an end to this Coalition poll tax!!!

Kevinx,
i also listened to the show, it was very good, besides the protests, it also needs a mass non-payment of this bedroom tax, to send a clear message to the govt.
Abolish it or else.

Rude have a read of this, another great posting, by joe halewood

http://speye.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/the-bedroom-tax-smoking-gun/#comment-1294

I personally believe demos and non payments will not alter this governments ways.
I think they consider those on benefits as voters being lost to Labour or another party anyway. It's not like the Poll tax where it affected most of the country and where they may have lost countless votes if it had gone through.
I do hope the efforts to get rid of it works.
Career politicians who will do and say anything to stay in power

Or else what, Rottylady?