The doomed generation of people in their [checks notes] 50s and 60s, soon to be swept away

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As I understand it, Home Office contractors have historically looked for cheap properties which they find in places weak economies and low demand.

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Sunderland's problem is a weak economy. Every asylum seeker could leave the city tomorrow and Sunderland's problem would still be a weak economy.

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Whatever anyone's view on the fairness of the home office approach to housing people seeking asylum, Sunderland is objectively not full. The city's population is still smaller than it was thirty years ago.

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'When one of their own is in the dock, the right-wing press can be remarkably and uncharacteristically kind.' – @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/michael-go...

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