@luhc @team_greenhalgh @michaelgove @NLC_2019 @EOCS_Official @LKPleasehold you want “constructive” rather than “sniping”? Ok. First u need to get the analysis right. This isn’t a debate between 2 sides of equal weight & merit with opposing interests. Leasehold is undemocratic1/ 2/ because we who pay have no control over how our money is spent. We are captives of a monopoly. In a 21st century democracy that should be unacceptable. No taxation without representation. Putting that right must be the priority.

Today’s APPG on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform. Sorry guys but what a self congratulatory, smirking waste of time, while our lives are in meltdown. @team_greenhalgh @martinboydlkp 2/Minister trumpets Ground Rent Reform as some major result. In my building our doubling ground rents bring in £110,000 a year in total. And they still will. No relief or reform for us now second class citizens. But hardly a major return on a freehold investment.

@BLazarus1 re yr Mail article don’t make the mistake of thinking “buying” a flat puts you on the property ladder. Currently over 90% are leasehold which means all you’ve bought is a very long tenancy agreement. You still have a landlord. 2/ anything needs repair YOU pay under leasehold, not the landlord, who can pad repair costs and even take your money and fail to carry out repairs. And if you are in shared ownership, even worse. You may “own” only 10% of yr flat but you’ll still pay 100% if yr share of costs