You are never going to be able to build enough council houses if you can't control immigration. Don't get me wrong on this, I work with quite a few who have come to make a new life in London and they are often better behaved, educated, and motivated than those who were born here so I am more than happy to give them a job.

However, when it comes to housing it is a question of demand and supply. You can't let in six million people (or whatever it was under Tony and Gordon), then let in another million under Dave and Nick and expect everything to work out fine. Indeed the problem is only going to get worse.

As for Hamilton Lodge if Lewisham says something is temporary you can expect it to be in place for at least 20 years at which point it will no doubt be sold by the Council to raise money to plug some other hole in finances.

Meanwhile I notice yet another utterly pointless edition of Lewisham Life has been delivered. The person responsible for this really must lead a charmed life to have kept their job with money so tight for every other budget.