Chris Philp Boasts About Blocking New Housing
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has been leading the NIMBY charge in his capacity as a local MP by boasting about his campaigns to block more homes. Tory traditions…
Badenoch has issued repeated calls for more homes to be built and the Tory party leader said in the Times just last month: “Politically, government is increasingly powerless in the face of legal challenges. Last week I spoke about the tangle of domestic and international rules that block us building new homes and infrastructure.” Plus her own MPs…
Philp was tweeting to his Croydon South constituents over the weekend about “recent local planning victories” which all oppose the conversion of 60s homes into larger-occupancy residences. Most of the applications are entirely innocent…
Some specific decisions Philp has been opposing for months. The shadow home secretary frequently posts his ‘victories’ on Instagram and his website…
More housing makes housing cheaper. The average age at which voters switch to Tory is now 63. Staying full NIMBY is unsustainable…