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Has Russia Sold Out Iran? | Peter Glover and Michael Economides
Tory SpAds Asked to Share Rooms at Conference | Political Scrapbook
Affordable Housing Myths Debunked | ASI
Trust in Politics at All Time Low | Ruth Porter
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How the Chancellor Can Turn It Around | Fraser Nelson
3D Printing Body Parts and Meat | Brian Micklethwait

£1 Million Council House MP Opposes Council House Sale Plans

Labour MP Frank Dobson has slammed proposals from the Policy Exchange think tank to sell off expensive council houses in order to pay for cheaper social housing elsewhere. Dobson ranted:

“When we look at the social impact, we are talking about the breakdown of communities and the creation of ghettos. Parts of London will be left for rich foreign bankers and nobody else. This mad idea shows this is a government not for people but for estate agents.”

Perhaps Dobson’s vehement opposition has something to do with the fact that he lives in a £1 million council flat in a London mansion block. You could probably build five new council houses from the proceeds of selling it off…

UPDATE: It has come to Guido’s attention that Dobson also owns a posh family home in a town outside York. And yet he still scrounges a council flat off the taxpayer…

David Miliband Earns £116 a Minute

At the end of July Guido revealed how David Miliband had made the most of being pipped to the Labour leadership by joining the 1%. The banana-brandishing former Foreign Secretary has raked in half a million quid over the last year, and the lucrative deals are still lining up. Miliband was paid £14,000 for a two hour speech at Claridge’s Hotel in June, meaning he earned a staggering£116.66 per minute. Perhaps it was the best career choice after all…