Property Populism

Although Her Majesty's Government will never shirk its duty of punishing the plebs for making such a fuss about the Grenfell Tower fire, the Ministry for Landlords is not altogether without sensitivity to the problems involved. A leaseholder facing a crippling bill for fire safety repairs in the wake of the Government's slumlord safety legislation has been officially advised to cough up and call the Samaritans, presumably on the grounds that he lacks both the foresight to own more than one home and the moral fibre to be a Party donor. A survey last year found that many people's mental health had deteriorated when they discovered that nobody cared very much whether they burned to a crisp or not; which just goes to show how far the innate pluck and gumption of the British race have been depleted by filthy foreign values.