"Social housing is not a right, it's aprivilege and if you abuse that privilege you really ought to lose it, particularly when it's in such a cynical and blatant way, " he argues.
The events of 28 September 1769 were a "rising-up of ordinary, working people weary of the abuse of privilege" as people at the time were tired of "the moral bankruptcy of all too many of their 'betters'", he added.