Blogger’s Note: The Guardian used to be a reliable left-wing newspaper that fairly reported the news. Today, its centre, centre-right coverage is ludicrous – together with its endless “begging” for extra-funding whilst demonising the left and the various Socialist countries, together with misrepresenting the history of Socialism. The very fact that the Guardian’s coverage of this news story varies little from the Telegraph and the Mail – speaks volumes! Rushanara Ali, despite being a sitting Labour MP and Minister in a Labour government cabinet – nevertheless – is an example of of a duplicitous “Landlord Class” that all Socialist regimes either abolish and/or severey punish for their crimes. Rushanara Ali, of course, despite “resigning”, will face no real judicial punishment for her oppressive and blatantly greedy attitudes and behaviours. Her life will carry-on more or less unaffected in any substantive manner. In 2011, A local issue was brought to my attention in a place near Sutton – Mitchem, Eastfields to be exact. At that time, (we travelled to the area to confirm tis was true), a British Sri Lankan landlord (whom we met in passing), had brought-up an entire street of once beautiful Victorian town houses designed to house families – and chopped up the interior into small box-rooms.
He specialised in housing single, EU nationals coming into the EU – and told anyone who telephoned an enquiry “No British allowed”. Each EU migrant was charged £500 for basically a broom-cupboard – which the local Council paid without question. There were no British people in the area which had been turned into a foreign barracks. We met a number of the EU incomers (all White young men) who were desperate for housing – with most receiving Benefits until they could secured some type of employment. Apparently, the issue of slum-landlords is an issue all over the UK. Predatory capitalism is the reason why this is happening – not because of the ethnicity of the landlord themselves – I have had to help tenants in Devon whose landlords are always White British (the local racism ensures there are no no-White landlords). Just as long as the bourgeois class is permitted to hold power – these things listed above will continue to happen. Capitalism does not care about race – only money.
The poor, Black, White, Brown, or Yellow – are all being treated with the same level of brutal oppression. No wonder the bourgeoisie hates the DPRK so much – it builds ultra-modern flats and houses – and then gives them out “free” to its own population. Although anyone can live in the DPRK, there is no mass immigration designed to serve the needs of predatory capitalism! As I have said before, voluntary “Internationalism” is not the same as enforced “Multiculturalism”. It is not Rushanara Ali’s ethnicity that is the cause of this (Islam rejects usury), but rather her class. The point is that non-White British people can easily make money by buying property and then renting it out to whomever they choose – thus bypassing the usual barriers of racism which keeps them “shut-out” of mainstream British society. There was a time when the Guardian would have reported on this using a vigorous left-leaning dialectic. Those days are long gone. ACW (8.8.2025)
Aletha Adu and Matthew Weaver – Thu 7 Aug 2025
Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister after it emerged she evicted four tenants from a property she owns then re-let it weeks later for £700 more a month.
The tenants were told in November last year their fixed-term contract would not be renewed because Ali’s east London home was being put up for sale.
Shortly after they left the property, they discovered it had returned to the market with the monthly rent increased from £3,300 to £4,000, the i Paper first reported.
Ali announced her resignation on Wednesday evening after hours of intense criticism from housing charities and opposition parties. She had been under pressure to explain the contradiction between the stated reason for ending the tenancy and the decision to re-let the home at a higher price after no buyer was found.
In a letter to Keir Starmer, the Labour MP said she had “at all times” followed “all legal requirements” and taken her responsibilities “seriously”.
But she added: “It is clear that continuing in my role will be a distraction from the ambitious work of the government. I have therefore decided to resign from my ministerial position.”
In response, the prime minister thanked Ali for her “diligent work” at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, saying it would have “a lasting impact”.
Starmer swiftly responded to her resignation letter and said: “I know you will continue to support the government from the backbenches and represent the best interests of your constituents in Bethnal Green and Stepney.”
Ali had been widely criticised for apparent hypocrisy. She has spoken out against private renters being exploited and said the Labour government would “empower people to challenge unreasonable rent increases”.
The renters’ rights bill, which is due to come into force next year, will ban landlords who have ended a tenancy in order to sell a property from relisting it for a higher rent. The bill will also end the use of fixed-term tenancies.
Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative party chair, accused Starmer of presiding over “a government of hypocrisy and self-service”.
He said: “It is right that Rushanara Ali has now quit the government following our calls for her to go.
“Keir Starmer promised a government of integrity but has instead presided over a government of hypocrisy and self-service. Once again it’s one rule for Labour and one for everyone else.
“With a fourth minister now having to step down in disgrace, it is clear the British public deserve so much better than the endless sleaze and scandal of this Labour government.”
Peter Wishart, the Scottish National party’s deputy leader at Westminster, said earlier on Thursday: “Once this shameful story broke, Labour’s homelessness minister should have immediately resigned.”
Jess Barnard, a former chair of Young Labour and a member of Labour’s national executive committee, said: “Seems an appropriate time to reiterate MPs should not be landlords and landlords should not be Labour MPs.”
Mairi MacRae, the director of campaigns and policy at Shelter, said: “It beggars belief that after months of dither and delay, the government’s own homelessness minister has profited from the underhand tactics the renters’ rights bill is meant to outlaw.
“This story serves as a damning reminder that the cards are fundamentally stacked against renters. Unscrupulous landlords cannot be allowed to continue the practice of ‘fire-and-rehire’ evictions, where they slap renters with a section 21 only to hike up the rent a few months later and relet the property at a higher price.”
A spokesperson for Ali said on Thursday afternoon: “The tenants stayed for the entirety of their fixed-term contract and were informed they could stay beyond the expiration of the fixed term while the property remained on the market, but this was not taken up and they decided to leave the property.”
It is understood that after an end-of-tenancy inventory was carried out, the managing agent requested payment from the tenants to cover the costs of repairs. This was not authorised by Ali and was cancelled after she intervened.
The house, near Ali’s Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency, is listed for sale at £894,995. The property was reportedly put up for sale last November and the price was reduced in February.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 