While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
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Tories still in bed with private developers
Prospects for a lasting solutions to the catastrophic housing crisis look bleaker by the day in the incoming political climate
BOG STANDARD: Northstowe, Cambridgeshire, built by Bloor Homes
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WHAT will our re-elected Tory party do about the housing crisis? To get the answer, you need to look in the annual report. Not the Conservative Party annual report, but the annual report of Bloor Homes Limited, issued just before Christmas.
It might seem a bit obscure to be looking for Tory housing policy in the accounts of one private builder. But property tycoon John Stuart Bloor owns Bloor Homes. And through his other company, JS Bloor (Services) Ltd, Bloor has given the Tory Party £1.6 million pounds.
The Tory party is funded by property moguls like Bloor, so the party will do what they want.
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