Kensington. Klovovi / Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Jeremy Corbyn’s proposal to requisition empty houses in Kensington in aid of those made homeless by the Grenfell tragedy has been met with somewhat of a backlash.
The Telegraph says that Corbyn's “land grab” is the first step towards tyranny. Rupert Myers, political correspondent at GQ magazine, says that “the state shouldn't seize private property backed by the implicit threat of violence”. According to these critics, Corbyn’s proposal would usher in a new era of state coercion, and would violate basic human rights to own property.
