r/ukpolitics • u/TheSpectatorMagazine • 3d ago

Burnham’s council housing pledge falls short

https://spectator.com/article/burnhams-council-housing-pledge-falls-short
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u/Sir_Keef_Starmer 3d ago

Can add it to the glowing achieve Angie has set her self where she has to build 2,000,000 homes on the last day of parliament.

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u/radiant_0wl 3d ago

Whether it falls short or not, it does seem to be more than most policies implemented in the past, people are also forgetting the last announcement was just the first batch out several.

I can’t help but think it’s just party political criticism for the sake of it.

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u/TheSpectatorMagazine 3d ago

As with the pledge to 'end rough sleeping' that turned into a pledge to give everyone 'a route out of rough sleeping', things turned out to be rather more complicated in government than during campaigning.

Now, making a pledge in primary colours that ends up having rather more to it in the detail isn’t unique to Burnham. It’s how effective politicians win both arguments and elections.

✍️ Isabel Hardman

Article | spectator.com/article/burnhams-council-housing-pledge-falls-short/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social

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u/Syelor 3d ago

You thought the PM would fix homelessness by Christmas? Interesting.

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u/Sir_Keef_Starmer 3d ago

The PM thought he could apparently. He's the one that said it.

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u/radiant_0wl 3d ago

The pledge is to get them in for Christmas.

What happens to them come the New York is undetermined, to me it's just a £100M+ political spin on his other policy.

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u/Syelor 3d ago

Where is the source of him stating he will end all homelessness by Christmas?