They Own Nothing And Are NOT Happy

[@trevorbain4637]

The white and blue work van is the vehicle that is missing I believe, am I right

[@flopsytheclown9939]

Councils are not there to help the people. They only have to create the illusion that they are helping people!

[@craigpimlott204]

They’ve never helped people.they’re just a mini version of them lot in government .and we know how honest them lot are

[@ArtLoverScotland]

Excuse me....WE are paying --- our taxes pay for this sh*t. I find this shippng container rent immoral coming from a corrupt council for sure.

[@janebaker966]

I thought those schemes were to HELP people not profiteer off them.

[@tigading2177]

LOL most of your taxes are going to Ukr i'm afraid.

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

They ask about whether or not you identify with your sexuality at birth where i live. They would not be asking and recording your confession if they did not already consider it to be their business. We are living in the STASI state. That’s what’s called cultural enrichment.

[@JoJubjub-kx8lp]

Where theres lots of money involved help is a flexible word

[@angryofmayfair7091]

They could always put the dinghy divers in them.

[@johnblowes600]

Another scam for someone….Who?……It needs to be looked into now

[@davidhull2060]

The problem with this country is greed....greedy government, greedy councils, greedy businesses, and greedy profiteering.

[@meg2042]

Councils are charging high fees for rental, yet many councils are in the red. Where is the profit going? Independent audits required.

[@BusbyTreeSurgery]

i am watching scaffolding going up to put new gutters on a council and privately owned property, i quoted for this job and was shown the quotes from the council approved contractors, we were £1500 less then the next cheapest . seems there is a grand of back hander involved with getting the job. i also saw a few council vans outside of a private property fitting a kitchen . for who? council dont do private work as far as i know. seems there is a lucrative pockel doing other work while being payed and transport supplied and probably materials as well by the tax payer. the list is long of how they steal our money to enrich their own lives. like filling their cars from the council fuel bowsers.

[@dcocz3908]

Thought they put all their money into IceSave and lost it didn't they?

[@pauldurkee4764]

I was amazed to learn that some councils have been speculating with council funds on stocks and currency, and when it all goes wrong the council is deep in debt. I haven't heard of council staff being held accountable and charged with misuse of public funds.

[@RaverOperatorGeeza]

​@@pauldurkee4764 yes I heard about that on Mahyar Tousi's channel. It should be illegal for then to do that They've had our money, it should be spent on what the taxes are for, not as a light bank to use for day trading or speculation. Absolutely astonishing. And no one is accountable!! And then local taxes go up another 10% I'd be refusing to pay council tax at that point!

[@bernardm2312]

There was an article in the Mail about Thurrock council. They borrowed more than 500 million pounds to invest in solar farms, but the promised returns had been hugely exaggerated so apparently the council is technically bankrupt. Canterbury council borrowed getting on for 200 million pounds to invest in two shopping centres, but of course lots of shops are closing now and retail isn't doing well. The council reckon it'll take decades to get the money back. How are they allowed to borrow huge amounts of money then plead poverty and cut services?! There was another council, I forget which one now, that borrowed money to have a huge new building erected. The cost of it ended up going over budget by about three times the original estimate, so that council is in dire straits as well.

[@DH-zp7bc]

I don't know how people afford to live in Britain. The cost of everything is spiralling out of control.

[@tigading2177]

LOL, the best system in the world!! so they say.

[@a.j.b.8658]

Let's go. Let's move in droves. If they want to label it 'white flight', let 'em deal with it! We won't be here, under their jurisdiction. Many will do this - or already have. I'm going to sell up. I'm just not quite sure where I'm heading yet. But I'm planning to leave here within the next 3 years.

[@a.j.b.8658]

It's in total decline. Anyone argues about that, go visit some towns, mainly cities. Can't be denied with your own eyes, if you're not convinced, step out of your box. I wish everyone well ❤ We cannot fix this till it collapses. It will, so be prepared! But we can teach our own children what has happened. It will be their job to rebuild 😊 it's history on a loop. The Brits will not be conquered.

[@tigading2177]

@@a.j.b.8658......but UK will be destroyed from within.

[@wecandothiswarriors]

I grow my own veg,weather permitting,but cabbages are growing like the Porridge pot! I decided to try and be as self sufficient as possible,since the demic. Adopted hens as well. cost of living crisis was the reason I made a change

[@andrewelliott4436]

I expect that the council is scraping up money to pay for their own pensions.

[@georgemorrison6689]

Well done great reporting, why are the media not all over this, Oh because we are paying for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to live in 5 star hotels, and bring this up would make the government look like Twats

[@ChilliJonCarne]

To be fair I did learn about it in the Express, so the media are talking about it

[@chrissmith-wq6gr]

Be nice to know how many holiday/empty homes there are in London.

[@fisherman5517]

what a bloody rip off ,something must be done to stop this extorsion .

[@noelward8047]

I wonder who owns the council 'temporary' containers ? Would be nice to be able to follow the money.

[@ArtLoverScotland]

Exactly!

[@solsnail4741]

look for planning applications there

[@TheGrimReaper9884]

QED Sustainable Urban Developments Ltd. If you investigated a bit, register of companies, etc, you'd find out more?

[@glynjones5280]

Let’s see how many councillors have invested in shipping container conversions , bet there’s hundreds, thurrock council Tory run and already in the red, still 5 month months to run in the current tax year. Where has the money gone

[@thatslife13]

Hi Jon, Can I just say a massive thank you to you for sharing my TV licence video (128 days ago), it’s reached a milestone of 10,000 views this morning and 76 new subscribers. It blows my mind every time I look at the figures. Again, thanks 🙏 🧡 Niki

[@jimmycampbell78]

Is this the WEF plan, we all live in shipping containers, own nothing and are 'happy'.

[@solsnail4741]

they call it modular housing. Remember that man who wanted to be mayor of london but lost? he was planning to build 50k of them as housing in a couple of weeks, if i remember right. Look like cells to me.

[@wrongthinker843]

Well, their plan is for you to live for a short time.

[@dcocz3908]

Just think what lockdown would be like in one of those

[@janebaker966]

Yes,it is.

[@marknestbox]

@@dcocz3908 God, that made me laugh. Thanks!

[@suzieb8366]

Sighhh .... people take advantage of any public sector, they are easy targets to over charge without anyone realy doing anything about it. NHS, Housing etc ..... my Mother lets out self contained bedsits and only chargess about £80 a week and thats in a London Borough. Either she isnt charging enough or those shipping container owners are taking the Pee.

[@rubberyowen1469]

I live in a lovely two bed bungalow with nice garden including a large lawn and private drive rented from a housing association for £428 P.M, and council tax band A at £128 P.M. in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside with supermarkets and all amenities inc hospitals only 11 miles away. Why oh why people want to live in or even near London is beyond me. It is becoming the S--T pit of England. Good luck down there. 👍

[@101ventus]

Yet again the contrast between what is offered to needy in this country verses the unlimited handouts for illegal grifters is very depressing

[@batch6792]

Think how much the councils making on council tax for those properties too.

[@OldSonyMan]

A couple of years ago, someone showed me an ad on Alibaba for a fully fitted (solar electric and plumbed for water and soil) 30 foot container home, delivered (from China to Mexico) for £29,000 ! ! !

[@stephan6372]

Yes but then there are duties and concise. These fees alone will up the price and on top off those fees there would also be vat.

[@samanthahardy9903]

Reminds me of the prefab units that were meant to be temporary which were built to house people who were bombed out during WW2.

[@janebaker966]

People loved their prefabs! And they had BIG gardens. There are some near me. I think they are ones that were bought by the resident so the council couldn't demolish that area. They're all decked out lovely. I bet you cant make a shipping container look homely.

[@andydraycott3609]

Great reset, great reset, great reset. The abolition of private property. Explains it all.

[@thatslife13]

When it was ‘pride’ month in June, the supermarket where I work, decorated the staff canteen with all the Pride merchandise. I asked which colour was for heterosexual and I was politely asked to stop being stupid. How is that being inclusive when the hetro’s weren’t listed. Also, if where you work, wants someone to work from home then I’m your gal. And I live in the north west. 😊

[@garyoneill545]

So the slowest people in society.Told you to stop being silly.

[@Jammydodgers41]

The reason they don't include heterosexuality is because they want to destroy the family unit. Homosexuals funny enough don't procreate. So it's another vehicle to reduce the population. Do some research. Its amazing what you'll realise.

[@elingrome5853]

ask them about the light blue and pink... ask them what that represents...

[@susanb4816]

The colour hot pink is for sexuality there are not colours for each type of sexuality. Green means nature. Can’t remember the rest. Google it

[@manmaje3596]

Why would it be included and why does it need to be? Step outside of it. If the rest of us normal LGB people who don’t conform to the cult can overlook the entirety of it then why can’t you do overlook straight people not being included.

[@mandypeters8082]

My 3 bed, housing association home costs £512 / month!

[@ccd154]

That's fukin more than I earn

[@djburland]

Have you heard the phrase, money for old rope, comes to mind

[@JaSon-wc4pn]

I stayed in a "supported accomidation" a homeless hostel £600 a month for one room in converted flats with two other guys. Two bedroom with living room converted into a third room The identical council flats charged £360 a month for the full flat vs the netted £1800 in a hostel × 12 flats per buiding. The really poor pay more ?

[@christinaedwards5084]

It’s a crime to be poor in uk

[@EgoChip]

The thing with supported hostels is that there are staff on premises during working hours, or even 24/7 in some cases. Also, your bills are included in the rent. At least they were in the hostels I stayed in. Some of the hostels even included food. I remember staying in one with everything including food, and housing benefit didn't cover the entire rent and I was spending all but about £12 every week of my benefits to top up the rent and that didn't give me enough money for other things like toiletries and travel expenses. Which sucked. It was much better in the cheaper hostels where I bought my own food, at least then I could choose what I ate as the food they gave you wasn't the best. That wasn't even the worst hostel I stayed in. The rooms were actually quite nice. One had shared rooms, and I lasted 2 nights in that hell hole.

[@stephan6372]

Always, this keeps the poor, poor. A sad state of affairs.

[@martinjones7631]

And I wonder who granted that planing permission the same council who charges £1500 pcm

[@andreashaynes3346]

Many thanks for the post Jon. Terrible about the price people are being charged to rent a shipping container!!! We’re living in a twisted society!!! 🙄

[@thegeordieweatherman8460]

On the questionnaire, they didn't mention k fiddler 🤔

[@marknestbox]

*CJC is now the only worthy news feed of any description; always relaxed and informal, nicely scenic and informative, and an agreeable SOH that cheers the day. Thank you.*

[@BirdingwithNick]

"None of the above" is the answer to the BBC questionnaire which, incidently, is also the correct answer at the polling booth.

[@astzfat3319]

CRIMINAL!!!

[@garyhart6421]

Shocking Rent Prices ! I'm 'up north' and pay £107.60 a week for a 3 bed semi.

[@johnblowes600]

Off course it had to be a Labour run council .follow the money

[@Aubury]

A lesson in debt from a Tory council .. Woking Borough Council has gone bust under the weight of its £2billion debt and banned from any new spending after effectively being declared bankrupt. The dire situation means the council will cut all spending for non-essential services after a section 114 notice was issued. The authority's debt is forecasted to rise to £2.6bn.

[@tracythomas132]

Regardless of what party is in power, a lot ends up (allegedly) in back pockets

[@geoffhunter7704]

These Housing Containers will be also for illegal invaders too!

[@noelward8047]

Not good enough for them ... plus, they don't burn down.

[@carolynthompson3291]

@@noelward8047you’re right there. I heard today that the first few illegals have now gone onto the barge in Portland and already are complaining about the bunk beds!

[@blacksmitho2224]

​@@noelward8047no truer words spoken

[@thathurt]

I've heard they make shit homes, cold and damp in winter and baking on a warm sunny day. Absolute p take.

[@LordMarkieMark]

Lets not forget that councils in London are allowing flats to be pulled down and new apartments to be built and the only ones who can afford to live in those new blocks are the well off. So this creates a shortage of available housing for those on the bottom and the only alternative is for them to find places outside London. They’re building new homes but not for local people who aren’t well off.

[@wallacewhybrow2705]

"Affordable housing" which never is. Thank you Thatcher.

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

Thank Horace and his lady friend and ..New Liarbar for blowing down homes in Iraq, Libya, and Yugoslavia (i hope nobody’s offended if i left out their war) instead of spending it on our housing budget.

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

Let’s not forget the BBC who announced something on their news on radio 4 today. It was a story concerning a number of “killed” Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland. I would have used the word:-“murdered” what ever side of the divide. But that’s “diversity” at the BBC Few.

[@chrissmith-wq6gr]

The only good thing is, Putin ever drops the bomb on London it'll only be the rich that get hit, so no great loss😂

[@EgoChip]

They are also replacing the flats they are pulling down with far inferior quality housing. New builds are notoriously bad, and will not last. We still have buildings from hundreds of years ago that were well built and maintained. But how many of these new builds will be around in even 50 years, never mind 200+?

[@wecandothiswarriors]

I remember in the early 90s paying 25 quid a week for a flat in Ramsgate. Rents will leave millions homeless, just like many cities in the USA..It is GREED, nothing else

[@OghamTheBold]

Gran's 3 bedroom home was *£1,ooo* to buy - it had a massive lawn rose garden hedges a tarmac drive garage and back garden for chickens and shed

[@MultiSueH]

Jon just been on Zoopla and for £400 per month the family can rent a flat in Scotland no problem and could easily be a care assistant. Honestly, move to a more affordable area, problem solved.

[@stevvieb]

We had them shipping containers in Milton Keynes, turned into a Immigration shanty town in the end. What a great idea turned bad. If there was a better solution then why not use that first.

[@timg1246]

When was it a great idea ?

[@mattw8332]

Those shipping containers are £324 a week?! 😯 I'm cuuently paying £349 a month for my council flat. However I am moving out of it and into a flat I am buying. Will cost me around £500 a month.

[@timgomolka644]

They need to replace the Ps in shipping with Ts!

[@stefb794]

Wow, up here in the North East our rent is like £418.96 a month 🤷‍♂️ on a 3 bed semi

[@stefb794]

@dimfm9710 rent (so no repair costs or paying for gas checks etc) used to be 46 quid a week when we moved here 20 years ago, guess there's a pretty big premium to be paid to live in London

[@tracythomas132]

They said post WWII prefabs were temporary, yet the last of them near me were demolished 50 years later. I know someone who lives in London, and she had said for years that the powers that be only want rich people there, and despite owning her own properties, have offered alternative accommodation in the North.

[@vyvienvp3413]

Hi, really enjoyed today's jaunt, walk and talk in a very nice setting. "What's missing"? A clever way of highlighting an issue, without going into it. Great thanks. btw Councils have been buying up property for years, with public money, without public consultation, hohum. Guess they are now property brokers. We need more transparency and accountability.

[@nicosogrecos]

Scandalous the council makes Rachman look like a fair landlord.

[@Jim90117]

It's crazy how we are paying more and more for everything and the quality of those things is getting worse and worse, it's almost as if the money isn't quite reaching its destination untouched or perhaps the government is cutting corners and skimming off the top via poor value for money contracts to their friends.

[@DaleSteel]

I watched that panorama 'guy who stole millions from council' the council invested £600 million in his company. I am absolutely shocked that the council are allowed to invest in businesses? It blew my mind. Obviously it was corupt in the council it was staggering

[@craigpimlott204]

Funny handshakes and brown envelopes 😂😂

[@TakeItFromMe.]

Wow Jon... from the thumbnail... you are awake! Fabulous!

[@stephenbennett7245]

jon if its council run and its while people are waiting for proper social housing rent for council run places social housing is100 percent rent covered unless your hit by the spare room subsidy (bedroom tax) but still those rents are extortionate its worse than some private landlords in west midlands makes me think just like the tv licence how th hell is this legal and allowed to happen keep the fun coming jon

[@medwayhospitalprotest]

My rent is more than the housing benefit, so was our last place. I'm paying the rest out of my benefits

[@Casey-Jones]

The homeless people get ALL the rent paid by the council. It is cheaper than putting them in a cheap hotel

[@UnCoolDad]

I wonder if that includes utilities.

[@newsoftheday420]

'No.. one container is too much for them, only half a container will be permitted'

[@jonny7491]

The sad part is the BBC probably meant to leave it out.

[@MidNightWolf6942]

London is soon going to have a big problem. If they keep forcing low paid workers out of the area, they won't be able to get anyone to work in caring, retail, etc.

[@shanehall98]

It is bonkers money, who has that amount of money it is mad.

[@davidendsor219]

i might be jumping the gun here but are you missing the obvious, its a labour council and Benefits are paying for the tenants, its a tory government and how good is it for labour (thats how the believe they can hurt the tories) to hit the Tories in the pocket, i think there is a method in their vile madness.

[@janebaker966]

Labour are just as bad now.

[@robertkelly469]

Over ten years that will cost just over £23.736.000. Nice little earner.

[@MichelleLixton]

Yea we got the sun out now here in South Wales for how long don't know

[@philparmenter53]

If I remember rightly, there is a shipping container development (hotel?) at Bristol airport

[@mm3nrx]

£350 a week? no one on NMW can afford this rent! councils are ripping off the tax payer with so called supported living...

[@minimobilereview6570]

legend

[@roycook2908]

Where is the money going. With respect and following guidelines. May I suggest their bloody pockets. Like all politicians, from top to bottom, corruption is flourishing.

[@angryofmayfair7091]

Shipping containers wouldn't be good enough for for the gimmegrants though would they? The human rights and welcome brigade would be right on that one.

[@StuartLaw-sz9iq]

Put the council top dog's in them.

[@lillye2635]

bloody good job i dont pay the License fee and never watch the BBC

[@Jim-Scott]

Has the steam tug steamed away? I might go for a run round the Prom this evening, so I'll have a look.

[@alantheloneranger]

There would be an absolute outrage if the government tried to house the migrants in shipping containers. They wouldn't be good enough for them. Human rights lawyers would be all over it. But it's OK to house British citizens in them.

[@Chrisallengallery]

For £600 I could buy a luxury tent with more bedrooms

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Seems to me the problem once again is living in the city verses living in the country. You wouldn't get rents of over a grand pm for a shipping container where I live and I can get to Bristol (outskirts) in 30 minutes where they are charging that price. My last rental was £590 a month for a 2 bed house and it was on the a38 about 40 minutes from Bristol and had I wanted to commute to there it would have been not too bad.

[@davidparkins1808]

30 minutes will be too much. What will you do when the maximum journey by law will be 15 minutes?

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

@@davidparkins1808 Ah yes true. But you could live in WSM and use the train which I'm sure they are in favour of.

[@davidparkins1808]

@@matthewtalbot-paine7977 Yes, of course, that would do it. That system worked OK a hundred or two years ago. Big changes are afoot!

[@metalmad89]

The council for my town has imported a lot of people from London for money (obviously) and unfortunately since they've been doing that crime has gone through the roof.

[@a.j.b.8658]

Our towns are in decay, our little markets are gone.. even people are getting scruffy now. Nobody seems to care.. I'm working class, that does not mean 1) I am one of the many unconcerned 2) That I want to vote for Labour just to get these Tory b's out. Labour don't represent me, with Suckear Schtamer at the helm. Who is he?! He has no idea what real life is about. We're all sooooo depressed in this country 😭

[@g7eit]

Makes my piss boil…. Greed will destroy this planet

[@martincampion7126]

Surveys: Best place for them is in the shredder. Do not reply what a liberty they take.

[@johncorner9295]

Good afternoon.😊

[@robinjones6999]

Does the charge include all utilities??

[@crawford1083]

Bet it doesn't!

[@samanthahardy9903]

With most council properties if you are on Universal Credit they won't pay the service charges and the claimant is expected to pay the remainder from their benefits. So for example, if the full rent is £1,500 per month and the service charges are £200 per month and you get £368 personal allowance on UC then you will be left with £168 per month to live on.

[@karentinsley8109]

Our own people are treated like trash disgusting 🤢 .how dare they charge this much .when will people actually make a stand .past 3 years b s hasnt woken many up .they cant put our own people in 4 stars hotels ,absolutely fuming i am .reckon they would charge £1000 a month for a wheelie bin ffs 😮

[@coffeeguy6673]

Take a boat ride and when you come back in the government will put you up in a nice 4 star hotel , feed you and give you money every week 😝

[@noelward8047]

What is Hetrosexual ? I have forgotten Haha (The vast majority of us) !

[@bernardm2312]

I genuinely forgot that was the missing option! It's all trans this, and gender that.

[@thespliffingbrit7766]

It's all a big scam... When i got a place in the YMCA the rent was something like 200 quid a week for a tiny box room with shared toilet/shower.. 24 rooms a floor/8 floors for homeless/needy. 2 floors for cruse ship trainee's paying the same 200 each but 3 to a room, another floor that could by hired out. That place was making a bloody mint... 99.9% of the people in the 8 floors were not working so its all goverment funded. It all the great charity scam....

[@TheGrimReaper9884]

The BBC didn't forget the option, that's in the next questionnaire. Entitled 'Who does the BBC hate the most' with options the only options being White, Anglo Saxon, and Heterosexual. If you tick all three boxes, start looking for another job?

[@lorenciandrej]

Wanted to be a tampon first, then became a king. What a degradation.

[@EgoChip]

If Big Brother says you are happy, then you are happy. There is so much evil in this world, and this type of profiteering is truly evil.

[@JohnOLooney]

They do what they are told to do and as sir Graham Brady told me back in sept of 2021 when 18 of us told him who was dying , he responded with “it’s above my pay grade”. This is all a deliberate act and we are the target of it.

[@Louisejames23]

So the Tories are bent and not worth voting for, and the opposition (haha) is also bent and not worth voting for. What a shambles our country has become.

[@markcorby2830]

Is it just me, but it appears the vast majority of Council management would not last a day in the private sector

[@stanneh1978]

What she pays 600 is approx my mortgage on a 3 bedroom house with a massive front garden and a rear garden that's probably big enough to fit all those containers. and I get hot water.

[@DnBclassictunes]

Love this channel. Cheers jon

[@barrywalton7553]

I remember the names i was called for warning well i dont warn or speak any more i hear them wondering wtf is going on i smile and walk away now

[@StellaAsh]

How come that luxury hotels can be provided for free for illegal immigrants - yet our own people end up in shipping containers? There is something very wrong here -

[@philipbrowne7620]

Great optics. Good backdrop 👌

[@yasdnilknarf1885]

Oi! They will be claiming this back from the Govt under the Supporting People Grant and various other grifts. The 'tenants' will only pay a Service Charge of around £40 a week. The rest will be paid for by the taxpayer. I would be interested to find out if any illegal immigrants would accept that accommodation.

[@3D_Printing]

Live in a dust bin pay thousands the rich get more cash

[@Jimages_uk]

£850 sounds good to me, my daughter has had to move out of Canterbury because the rents are so high, and even in Margate, where she has moved to, she is paying £800 for a 1 bed flat above a shop, with hardly any space, and as run down as the worst place I have ever lived in, and I have lived in some right dumps

[@Paul-q3f8j]

I'm looking forward to a trip out on a boat, to see a famous Ship that is Radio Caroline, I used to listen to that a boy, a very long time ago, and Jon theirs alway some unscrupulous people ready to rip off the poor sickening isn't it.

[@timg1246]

Those containers are a national disgrace. We are currently building less than 40,000 homes per year, but our government is actively encouraging un-limited mass migration. Home building has no hope of keeping up with the number of immigrants. Not that anyone is trying. Along with third world workers, we are importing third world living conditions. All across England, migrants are 'housed' in sheds and garages. Illegal, but who cares. Now, those conditions are being foisted on our own people. The slums of Asia are now our national model. How are they even legal ? And we are called names for expressing concern about this nonsense. Our politicians are disgusting.

[@steveb1739]

To be expected. Labour. Champagne Socialists. NIMBY...

[@crapmalls]

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution

[@Me-hv9fk]

Container homes built by people who know nothing about them. As for crime...that's down to people not houses. They should be grateful for what they have...

[@TheGrimReaper9884]

Marston Court, can be found on any building site? One question, can Adult migrants book for the Children's Day on the Thames Barge?

[@trevormillar1576]

Any connection between Marston Court and Marston's bailiffs? Just a thought.