I was interested to read the letter (‘Forget Britain, it’s Broken Barnet’ Your Views, April 22, in which the correspondent says it’s predictable a Conservative administration would view damage to property as of more significance than any impact on human beings.
I assume the correspondent feels it is in some way the fault of the Conservatives and their rights have been infringed by placing the offending residents in an adjacent property.
While I agree it is unacceptable to have antisocial behaviour from anybody, surely the blame lies with the politicians, both local and national, who feel it is some sort of right that someone can effectively have what they want, when they want, thereby placing Barnet Council in a position where it can be attacked on all sides by the existing residents and proposed tenants owing to increased legislation on discrimination?
It could also be argued the problem is the property owner, who has allowed the tenants to act in this way, or agreed to a council let. The law of today seems to be always on the side of the ones in the wrong. And who is at fault for that?
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