whats going on with this country?

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

How comes on EastEnders et al, when the landlord/lady wants someone out they just walk in and chuck em out - kids and all - with no notice whatsoever?! Is that just artistic licence - cos if it is it ain't half annoying!

I really do hope you're joking? Please dont tell me you actually watch eastenders

Originally Posted by Spiderman

I really do hope you're joking? Please dont tell me you actually watch eastenders

I'm not ashamed to admit I used to watch it all the time - but not any more - got fed up with them all being thrown out/murdered/divorced on Christmas day, that and the continual repetition of the same story lines like a stuck record

[Spiderman]

thank god for that! I used to watch it about 15yrs ago and all of a sudden felt the same way as you said.

Originally Posted by Spiderman

thank god for that! I used to watch it about 15yrs ago and all of a sudden felt the same way as you said.

What really got on my nerves is the way they all moved in with each other - no one lives anywhere for longer than a couple of months....just pack the suitcase and move in across the square!

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Messie

in need, or even taken advantage of.

I suspect the above.

The family "Squatting" int that house according the last paragraph in that daily mail article, are claiming to have paid rent to live there and have also got a tenancy agreement...

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I suspect the above.

The family "Squatting" int that house according the last paragraph in that daily mail article, are claiming to have paid rent to live there and have also got a tenancy agreement...

If that's true and they are indeed good people then I'm sure it'll all end well as soon as they see the paper and are suddenly aware that they've taken someone elses home; they'll promptly move elsewhere and help the police with their enquiries looking for the fraudulent 'landlord'.
Just strikes me as odd as the national paper knows there's a problem before the tennants did...

Originally Posted by Dave20046

If that's true and they are indeed good people then I'm sure it'll all end well as soon as they see the paper and are suddenly aware that they've taken someone elses home; they'll promptly move elsewhere and help the police with their enquiries looking for the fraudulent 'landlord'.
Just strikes me as odd as the national paper knows there's a problem before the tennants did...

Of course they will..

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Just strikes me as odd as the national paper knows there's a problem before the tennants did...

I had the same thought yesterday when I didn't read the story anywhere else online (google for "tottenham romanians" and you get a load of footy-related links to spurs!). So far as I could see see it wasn't even a bye-line in the Torygraph (I get it for the sports coverage. Really I do!).

I local rag might have picked up the story if there happened to be a reported in Court for the possession hearing, but a national daily wouldn't have sent a hack down there.

I'm thinking that they've gone to the Daily Mail. Call me cynical, but I reckon they might have been paid for the story.

[Dave20046]

It does say in the linked article that the first thing the chap did was ring the coppers, I can't see them not speaking to the inhabitants as a first port of call, in my mind if that has happened and they're still in there then I can't see them being poor defensless miss understood little souls.

Originally Posted by Dave20046

.....if that has happened and they're still in there then I can't see them being poor defensless miss understood little souls.

Unless they genuinely believe that they are paying rent to genuine landlord and have been scammed.

Would you vacate a property for which rent had been paid just because a copper knocked on your door asking a few questions? Nah, you'd stay and make sure the facts were correct first, as would I.

Anything more in the Mail today?