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Thursday 28 October 2010
Clegg's Clearances Are Nothing New
In 2007, Newcastle City Council, a Lib Dem flagship, demolished council flats in order to put up houses to be bought by middle-class Lib Dem voters. Why was this only reported in the North East? How many more of these stories about the new generation of yellow Shirley Porters are there around the country, each being reported only in its own locality, if at all? Clearly enough to influence Coalition policy in favour of such clearances.
And, of course, the original Highland Clearances were carried out by Whig landowners.
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