A little masterpiece with a bit of a Pete and Dud feel about it.
All the same can't help feeling that paternalistic attitudes to "The poor" and assertions of property as theft were the stuff of satire 40 years back.
Might just go right by young folks today.
John
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From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brown, Rhona
Sent: 05 September 2008 10:09
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Subject: Re: urgent CPUK press release
Ah now surely this is a clever ploy to facilitate interaction amongst the 3 parallel workshops on the Thursday afternoon - media & press management; our online community; and developing our collective voice....it throws into relief all of these issues and how they intersect - who are 'we' as a community? How does/can an online community function and make decisions? To whom are we accountable? And what relationship do we want to have with the media? If this is what the mail was about Paul I think it's very clever and will follow with interest the debates that follow.....
Rhona Brown
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From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Penny Priest
Sent: 05 September 2008 09:33
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: urgent CPUK press release
Yes, quite. I think this was a test to see who has a sense of humour or who takes themselves too seriously...
> C'mon, surely this is a joke? Supporting statements made by Cameron &
> asserting that all property is theft in the same statement???? And the
> bit about estate agents? Hilarious. Thanks for the laugh on a wet
> Friday morning.
>
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> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Annie Mitchell
> Sent: 05 September 2008 07:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: urgent CPUK press release
>
> Hi Paul, I agree with the concerns raised by Wendy and others. I
> couldnt support this statement going out in my name, though I
> appreciate and support the concerns behind it.
>
> I support the process though - ie a grroup meeting, proposing a
> statement then checking with the rest of us before issuing it.
>
> I would support issuing a collective statement calling on the
> government to take urgent action to tackle the (economically induced)
> increasing inequalities in access to secure housing and safe communities.
>
> Certainly would not want such a statement explicitly supporting the
> conservatives; nor referring to people as " the poor" or " criminally
> minded".
>
> Thanks,
>
> Annie
>
>
>
>
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> Sent: 04 September 2008 21:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: urgent CPUK press release
>
> Dear CPUK list
> Some established CPUK list members and I met recently to discuss what
> action the network needs to take in relation to the crisis in the
> housing market. Though our views were divergent, our meeting was
> amicable and we were able to reach consensus through including all of
> our views on the subject in the following statement which we intend to
> issue as a statement to the press tomorrow:
> "We, as a network of community psychologists, support the criticism
> made by the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, of the
> Chancellor of the Exchequer's suspension of the Stamp Duty for
> properties under £150,000. We believe the poor should not be
> encouraged to buy properties at a time of such economic uncertainty
> and should instead be encouraged to rent property from housing
> associations. Further, we believe all property is theft and that the
> Chancellor's decision to stimulate the property market makes him an
> accessory to a social crime and makes estate agents entrepreneurial
> pimps (though we in no way condone the recent job cuts in the sector).
> As a network of community psychologists, community activists and users
> of psychological services we encourage the government to make greater
> use of public-private enterprise initiatives in the housing sector to
> ensure the poor have increased opportunities for housing as such
> opportunities will provide the poor with pathways to full citizenship
> through legitimate economic activity in their respective communities and this will help regenerate those areas where the underprivileged and
> criminally minded live." (Press statement released on
> behalf of the UK Community Psychology Network, Sept 3rd 2008)"
> Given the urgency of the issue, we intend to release the statement to
> the press tomorrow morning unless a significant number of list members
> raise substantial enough objections to us doing so.We are sending this
> statement because we wish to show stoicism in the face of the current
> economic crisis and hope that this will maintain our focus at the CPUK
> conference in Edinburgh on issues of import.
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