Are politicians terrified of the NIMBY protest?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2015

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Tim Montgomerie is joined by Philip Webster, Anne Ashworth and Robbie Millen. Anne Ashworth:The Queen's Speech will focus on the extension of Right to Buy to housing association tenants. It's right to place an emphasis on home ownership: why should we deny this rite of passage to younger people. However, there are millions who cannot afford to take this step and must rely on rented accommodation. Whoever wants to win the 2020 election needs to get together a workable policy for the provision of better quality homes for this group. Philip Webster:The Labour leadership race is happening far too soon. Contenders exhausted by the election are having to fight again for four months. And no one really knows what they should be saying and doing to please a Labour electorate whose makeup remains a mystery. Will it be Andy, Liz or Yvette?Robbie Millen:Last week Jeffrey Spector, a 54-year-old British man suffering from an inoperable tumour on his spine, went to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland to end...

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0:00.0	I need toys
0:02.0	Decorations. I need stockings. I need sprouts. I need something for him. I need something for him to give to his mother.
0:08.5	I've got a dragon eight foot tree into my lounge. Then build a trampoline and gift wrap it.
0:14.0	Elf duties are a full-time job, and this elf deserves a Christmassy coffee.
0:20.0	Our roasted Hazel L'Artte is now at Costa.
0:23.2	That's Christmas, made a little better.
0:25.7	At Costa coffee.
0:27.2	Attention all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
0:41.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:46.4	Trains now on Uber. Tees and sees apply check the Uber app.
0:50.0	Welcome to the Times. To find out more, head to the Times.
0:55.0	To find out more, head to the Times.co. UK.
1:00.0	Welcome to the Times Opinion Podcast. My name is Tim Montgomery and this week I'm
1:06.6	joined by the editor of our Red Box Daily Email, Phil Webster, our editor of
1:11.8	Property and Personal Finance, and Ashworth and Robbie Millen are
1:16.4	literary editor. Here are our topics.
1:19.8	The Queen's Speech focused on the extension of right to buy to housing association tenants.
1:26.4	In my view it's right to place an emphasis on home ownership.
1:30.0	Why should we deny this right of passage to younger people?
1:33.7	But there are millions who cannot afford to take this step
1:37.6	and must rely on rented accommodation.
1:40.8	Whoever wants to win the 2020 election needs to get together a workable
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