Brian, couldn't agree more. 13 years of Labour government, hand-out culture, etc. We could go on. I'm sure in reality the majority in council housing are responsibly behaved. Unfortunately, the system seems to favour the offender in situations like these with the rest of us left to deal with the day to day unpleasantness. Doubt it would have made much difference even if Lewisham could have brought itself to vote for change this time round....