Saturday 15 March 2008

The Common Man.


So, "THE Leader of the Scottish Lib Dems owns three homes worth £1million - and does not live in any. Nicol Stephen's property empire includes a £400,000 Edinburgh home that he now rents out after pocketing around £50,000 of taxpayers' cash on it. Stephen, 47, and his wife Caris Doig, a tax expert and letting agent, also own homes in Carnoustie and Aberdeen."

It must be nice to own three homes and from now on he will be known as "Three Homes" Stephen. Coincidentally, Mr Stephen endorsed a recent Shelter campaign on affordable housing, "To highlight our campaign for 30,000 affordable rented homes, Shelter Scotland built a model house outside parliament and invited MSPs to show their support by adding a signed brick. We were delighted that nearly half of all MSPs (63) turned up to add their brick, including ... Nicol Stephen ..."

Some people like Mr Stephen obviously find housing more affordable than most of us.

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