No, he was an ex-soldier who served in the Falklands, had a marriage break-up and lost his way. He appeared to not have any friends, but I only found about him after he died.

I saw my "ex-con" tenant today, before he went to work. He is helping me decorate and repair the empty unit in his spare time. I haven't "turned his life around"! He has done that himself. My role, if anything, has been to listen to those who know him and accept their assurances that he is a reformed character. Which, so far at least, appears to be completely true.

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Will you be as ‘honest’ if he tears your gaff to pieces after making it into a smack house come weed farm?

Hardly!

It's a win-win so far as I am concerned. I get well-screened tenants, many of whom are receiving some kind of social services help so are, in a way, being supervised. The tenants get a home, often after a stay in a hostel or B & B.

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I said yesterday I was too busy to answer the bs in your post at 11.28 and intended to do so today. As I doubt anyone but myself and Becky read it (sorry Becky) and the thread has moved on I won't now dissect it line by line, but make some general remarks.

It, like many of your posts, is like an old Frank Sinatra 45, stuck in a groove and bleating out "My Way" repeatedly. If you get something stuck in your head no amount of patient explanation is going to shift it. So I doubt this will either, but patience is a virtue!

People do move here to escape the impact of immigration. Some relatives of mine moved out of Southall in the 60s and came here. Their street became occupied almost exclusively by Indians, they accepted an offer and ended up here, because they could get so much more for their money. That though was not my motivation at all. I wouldn't want to live in Southall whoever else lived there. The idea that you constantly float, that you must be living an experience before having an opinion on it, is such transparent nonsense that further comment is really unnecessary.

If you decide to move out of Wisbech for similar reasons to my relatives that's your business, not mine. I offer no judgement on
it. I moved out of Wisbech for entirely different reasons. That's my business, not yours. You do though think you can offer a judgement on it. Can you now see who is really a hypocrite? Somehow I doubt it!

You, and many of the others here complaining about immigration, concentrate solely on the social impact it has in certain places. Whilst undoubtedly true and a significant short to medium-term problem they must be dealt with and not allowed to dominate the greater need. Without sufficient people of working age able and willing to work our economy will not be sustained. Forcing the work-shy back to work is something I support, but it cannot be enough. Raising the retirement age to 75 might help more, but it would be more unpopular than immigration. Do you want to send the kids to work again? Immigration seems to me to be the only viable option. Tightly managed to exclude undesirables and ensure we get what is needed. Do that properly and many of the social problems are mitigated without having to take remedial actions later. The current management is poor and has been for a long time.

Your attempts to compare us with places like Japan and Singapore and suggest their experiences can be used as a model are nonsensical. They aren't us. Their location, culture, history and language are all so different to make any comparison meaningless. You are especially wrong about Japan. What you suggest might have been true 25 years ago, but not now. They face similar problems to us and are already quietly modifying what they do, even if it isn't what they say they do. Large numbers of Japanese recruitment agents setting up in Philippine cities tells its own story.

I stopped being employed 22 years ago, then owned 2 businesses of my own before retiring here in 2015 after a cancer diagnosis at the age of 66. So a long working life, which to a degree continues with my letting business. I expect to still be contributing to society when I reach 80 next year. You are an ex-teacher and presumably much younger than me. What have you done since stopping teaching?

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So, the deceased tenant told you he was ill, you ignored this because " he looked fine " and went to court.

You haven't mentioned having a medical qualification.

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

A war hero who fought in conflict, perhaps suffering PTSD, and that's how society deals with people like them.
If he was an immigrant he'd be put up in a lovely hotel. (not a hotel in Cornwall, obviously )

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (31 May 2023 12.11pm)

I disengage, I turn the page.