Muslim mother of eight living in £2.6m council house (taxpayer funded)

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | December 24, 2008 | David Cohen

[rightwingintelligentsia]

A mother of eight living on housing benefit in a £2.6million home provided by her London council said today: "I'm not going to pretend it isn't great."

Francesca Walker was given the property because of a loophole which means Kensington and Chelsea council had to fund a suitable home in the borough for a family of that size.

The 33-year-old Muslim convert has told of her new life in the Notting Hill townhouse with five bedrooms, three bathrooms, double living room, study and roof terrace on four floors which costs taxpayers £90,000 a year. Miss Walker, whose children by two fathers are aged from five to 16, said she would rather be in a job than caught in a benefits trap which leaves her worse off if she goes out to work.

[mainestategop]

Is that a typo? You gotta be kidding? Even teenage welfare whores in Maine don’t have it this good!

[Maine Mariner]

At least not yet they don’t have it this good. But give it time.

[Valpal1]

Indeed, guests can't fail to notice she has furnished the villa in style. She has two 42in flat-screen TVs, a computer and a clutch of expensive-looking sofas and Ottoman beds. The house does not feel sparsely appointed, as some might expect, given that she's meant to be living on the poverty line and it was rented "unfurnished".

So how does she manage to afford all this on benefits? "I'm a self-taught seamstress," she says, showing me her sewing machine. "I buy second-hand sofas off eBay for £95 that would sell for £3,000 new then re-upholster them. I also got the TVs off eBay for £110. And I make my own clothes. As a single mother with no family to support me, I've learned to be resourceful."

Yes, she does seem to be very resourceful (with taxpayer's money).

[MahatmaGandu]

Good to see the British dhimmies properly paying their jizya.

[Little Ray]

Dunno. She sounds pretty smart and talented to me. She ought to be able to afford her own home or rent. Kick her out!

[navyguy]

Sorry, but I have no sympathy for the British people with issues like this. They constatntly elect people who openly tell them they are going to create a politically correct welfare state and then they complain when it starts happening.

[Chode]

UNgland...