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James Thorncroft

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Shelter, The Guardian, etc., have their narrative, and they're going to stick with it, reality be damned. If Shelter told the truth, it would soon become clear that their existence as an organisation is unnecessary. Campbell Robb would lose his ridiculous salary (what is it now, £130,000, or more?) and would have to get a real job. Horror of horrors! How degrading it would be for this champion of the poor to have to work for a living!

From: James Thorncroft 09 September 2015 11:22 AM

Very dramatic findings, makes for eye-catching headlines. But I don't think it accurately reflects reality. 2,000 landlords were polled, presumably landlords who Access Legal had access to because of legal matters... does this not suggest that these landlords will have had a rougher time than the average? Extrapolating the data from this minority of landlords who needed specialist legal help and applying it with a broad brush to ALL landlords is -- if that is what has been done -- very misleading indeed.

From: James Thorncroft 09 September 2015 10:57 AM

Ah, the old "gender pay gap" fallacy. Statistics such as these invariably fail to take into account the fact that women -- on average -- work less hours than men, take time out of work to have children, and don't do many of the same types of jobs that men do (construction, plumbing, etc). It is indeed 2015, and many idiots are STILL pushing the "wimminz be oppressed" narrative, despite the fact that it been shown time and time again to be nonsense. As far as paying more rent goes, are they seriously suggesting that landlords purposefully charge women higher rents than men? Or might it be a case of women choosing to live in properties with higher rents? Tenants still do make that choice themselves, don't they? Or are women forced at gunpoint to rent in more expensive areas?

From: James Thorncroft 03 July 2015 11:44 AM

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