Millions live in squalid conditions, while home ownership is just a pipe dream for young peopleAt the end of a long, dismal and vacuous Conservative election campaign, it’s hard to pick out many standout scenes amid the monotony of Boris Johnson’s Get Brexit Done sloganeering. Which is why there was something cathartic about the moment that Lee Anderson, Tory parliamentary candidate for Ashfield, donned a black cagoule, stared into a mobile phone camera, and – with a zeal too seldom witnessed in contemporary politics – introduced himself to the wider world with a denunciation of “nuisance tenants”. Related: Young people have been hit hard. Now they can rise up and reject Johnson | Owen Jones Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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