J.Riddle 3:02 Tue Apr 4
Kent Buy to Let Tycoon labelled Racist Alf Garnet
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PC Brigade at it again!
A buy-to-let tycoon who banned “coloured” people from renting his properties claiming they leave them smelling of curry has reported online abuse to the police.
Fergus Wilson has alerted officers to pictures of himself and his wife Judith holding doctored property boards with offensive messages on them.
One of the images reads: "I am a racist c*** - two per cent of people disagree with this statement."
Another reads: "Racist, homophobic prick", while one other says: "Two per cent - the percentage of people that don't think I'm a twunt."
Mr Wilson, 69, whose Kent property empire is thought to number about 1,000 homes, said a YouTube video in which he is called a "racist d***wad" had also been reported to police.
A Kent Police spokesman said: "Kent Police is aware of this issue and will be working to establish if any offences have taken place."
The controversy followed a leaked email listing Mr Wilson's alleged requirements for potential tenants, including: "No coloured people because of the curry smell at the end of the tenancy."
Amid a public backlash, Mr Wilson refused to back down and said his stance was no different from his ban on letting his properties to smokers and dog owners.
Mr Wilson, long regarded as Britain's biggest buy-to-let investor with hundreds of properties in Kent, said his decision was based on an "economic view, not a racist view".
He said he has previously been left thousands of pounds out of pocket in lost rent and re-carpeting costs from ridding a property of curry smells.
Mr Wilson said: "My stance is that it is neither racist nor discrimination to refuse to take people from any ethnic background on the basis that there is a heightened risk of 'injury' to the house.
"A house left smelling of curry and the need for a new carpet after a six-month tenancy is an 'injury' to the house. It is a risk I am not prepared to take."
Mr Wilson said carpets ruined by ingrained curry smells were not covered by insurance, adding: "The landlord is his own insurer here.
"No insurance company will offer block insurance for carpets spoilt by curry but will do for carpets spoilt by leaks or other insured perils."
And he went on: "Let me be perfectly honest on this point. In a predominantly white English area, almost all landlords will not let to Indian and Pakistani tenants because of the smell of curry."
The Equality and Human Rights Commission said Mr Wilson's instructions to the letting agent were "unlawful" and it pledged to investigate.
And campaigners Hope Not Hate described him as "the unacceptable face of the housing crisis" and compared him to the racist bigot Alf Garnett from BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part
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BubblesCyprus
1:32 Tue Apr 4
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Timing of this thread is really freaky !! One year in to having a Sri Lankan Housekeeper having the Carpets and Lounge Furniture professionally cleaned and guess what the Cleaners said ? They will have to change the filters on thier machines as they reek of Curry.
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goose
1:22 Tue Apr 4
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his language is far from acceptable, but i understand his sentiment.
it takes ages to get cooking smells out of curtains & upholstery, and at no small cost.
his money, his house so his prerogative (sp).
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Trevor B
1:05 Tue Apr 4
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joe royal
"Apparently landlords shy against renting to two bumders especially if one of them has girly hair and rides around on a 125."
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Grumpster
1:04 Tue Apr 4
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Surely only applies to the older generation of Indian's or ones with families.
Find it hard to believe that people like Def or Fortunes who may be of Indian descent but are basically English, mess around cooking a fucking curry every night.
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Dwight Van Mann
1:01 Tue Apr 4
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medwayhammer1 12:48 Tue Apr 4
Polish plumbers?
They stink of garlic sausage and and stale vodka - if you ever have to get an early District Line tube into central London you'd understand.
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w4hammer
12:59 Tue Apr 4
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its was a typo. For plumbers read BUMMERS
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joe royal
12:59 Tue Apr 4
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Many moons ago me and a friend rented a flat but we was advised only for him to turn up and say his girlfriend was away on business.
Aparrently landlords shy against renting to two blokes especially if one of them has long hair and rides around on a GSXR 750.
Bottom line is it's his house and he can let it to who he wants.
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medwayhammer1
12:48 Tue Apr 4
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Apart from being a soppy old racist, I saw Plumbers were on his list....begs the question....why plumbers?
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Sniper
12:44 Tue Apr 4
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What if the coloured person doesn't eat curry?
What about white people that do eat curry?
What about incontinent old people and a house that stinks of piss?
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,
11:15 Tue Apr 4
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My comment was inagreement with mim.
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mashed in maryland
11:11 Tue Apr 4
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So it would be OK for him to discriminate against brown people as long as he was dishonest about it?
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,
11:10 Tue Apr 4
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Nail on head.
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Willtell
11:09 Tue Apr 4
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He's a silly racist and breaking the law. He could achieve the same affect by diplomacy but he's an overt racist and I have no time for that...
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mashed in maryland
11:09 Tue Apr 4
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If you think that landlords, letting agents and the like don't discriminate and make judgements on people at face value then you're extremely naive.
Just this old twat was daft enough to be open about it and use some very outdated language.
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,
11:03 Tue Apr 4
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Of course he can run his business how he wants to but remembering to be compliant with any laws.
If he is good at business he will have properties that he lets to curry eaters, ones that have solid not carpeted floors for example.
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mashed in maryland
11:00 Tue Apr 4
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It's his own business, he can run it how he wants and hold any views he wants.
Obviously his old fashioned views haven't stopped him from being successful.
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1964
11:00 Tue Apr 4
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It's hilarious. Watch the video on the ES
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/landlord-embroiled-in-race-row-over-ban-on-coloured-people-reports-abuse-to-police-a3505951.html
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defjam
10:58 Tue Apr 4
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kch 9:52 - I wish!
Never managed to buy one property let alone 1000's
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w4hammer
10:50 Tue Apr 4
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I had the misfortune to watch 10 minutes of " tenants on benefits " as I'd lost the remote, last night
what a fucking awfull situation for all - amateur landlords throwing their portfolio of shitty houses at renting agents who will put any cunt into any house anywhere as long as they get the housing benefit money from the government
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charleyfarley
10:39 Tue Apr 4
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A worse situation is renting or letting out to smokers, takes a deep clean to get rid of the smell and the yellow stains on the ceiling.
Yes i freely admit i am a smokist
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Mr. Burns
9:56 Tue Apr 4
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Surely def would approve of the curry smell though?
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