Labour MP Stella Creasy has had the head of a charity thrown out of parliament – after he shrugged when he was tackled about being responsible for the forcible evictions of families from their homes.
Former oil industry executive Keith Nunn is the chair of the trustees of the Glasspool Trust – an organisation which is supposed to help families in poverty. But low-income tenants are now being forcibly evicted after Nunn and the other trustees of Glasspool decided to sell off to private developers valuable properties which had been bequeathed to the charity.
Ms Creasy hashtagged a post on her Facebook page about the incident #angryMP.
Personally I think we could do with a lot more #angryMPs in parliament.
I have a fond picture in my mind of Nunn being unceremoniously deposited on the pavement in Parliament Square by a couple of burly Beefeaters*.
Hope he didn’t go quietly …
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Here’s Stella’s full facebook post about the incident:
For the first time in six years I have thrown someone out of parliament – the chair of Glasspools who had the temerity to suggest they have no obligations or concerns for the residents of the butterfields estate who are being made homeless because of their decision to sell the properties to a private development company. Despite glasspools charitable objective being to prevent destitution he just shrugged and said it was ok because they had made money and ‘it happens’ – I said glasspools weren’t a charity, they were a disgrace and needed to take a long hard look at themselves and what they owe those families now facing an uncertain future. If they think they can treat the lives of Walthamstow residents as collateral damage in their investment schemes they are mistaken! #angrymp
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*Yes I’m aware Beefeaters don’t work in the Houses of Parliament, but you know …
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wildswimmerpete said:
Bastards. Aren’t sales of bequeathed properties prevented by covenants? If so, I hope that the descendants of those who bequeathed those properties sue Glasspool and its directors.
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bobchewie said:
we need more angry mps to help victims of csa tom..too many cant be bothered and the msn are intent to close down major police investigations to protect the reputations of snr people
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Sooann said:
Can their “charity” status be rescinded, as this sure ain’t a charitable organisation. This is the sort of action I would want from my MP to take against these “carpetbaggers”. Pity she couldn’t send him to the Tower to reconsider his actions.
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jaypot2012 said:
I like that she threw him out and also shamed him and his so called charity! As for the homes, I too thought that if bequeathed then they where protected by a law but having said that, we are talking about anyone who is a tory.
I’m glad too that MP’s are being named and shamed on social media as they are complaining about it.
*goes to find articles and pictures to put on my blog* – please share when I do as they are not liking it 🙂
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Paul Smyth said:
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beastrabban said:
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This is excellent. I heartily wish there were more MPs with guts like Stella’s, willing to give the rich and venal the humiliation they so richly deserve. And with his cavalier attitude to evicting the poorest from their homes, which he hopes to sell at profit, this guy deserves to be thrown out onto the street.
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martin duncan-jones said:
More is emerging about this sale: tenants have discovered that the sale price was well below market value. Some, had they been given a chance, might have been able to stretch to meet the actual purchase price, but they were not informed. The whole sale needs investigation, if the Trust was under a duty to achieve best value for its purposes.
Locals on Facebook are expressing some cynicism at Ms Creasy’s display of outrage, given that her own local housing awards ceremony was attended by Liaquat Ali, a notorious local multiple landlord – and a senior Labour councillor.
The current Private Eye has the story.
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tunefultony said:
I note that many Syrian refugee families fleeing bombed-out Syrian towns and heading with all their belongings on their backs in a great migratory wave for Europe are looking at this critical development with a considerable degree of fascination…….
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