As revealed recently, Knowsley Housing Trust was quick to paint off graffiti on the outside of Oak Tower which named and shamed a heroin addict convicted of robbing an elderly tenant, Annie Sanderson, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances. However - a swastika which had been up for approx 2 years - had been left up. If you read the Housing Trusts small print they only agree to actually paint some areas 'every 5 years' - However - when you think about the hundreds of thousands of British people who died fighting fascism and who died to stop the swastika flag from flying over Europe - it is sickening that KHT can allow this symbol of Hate to remain for so long.

On Friday 17th of October I painted over the swastika. You can see a short video below which shows the situation before I painted over the swastika. The job started at 21.22 - to see the video click on the link below on the video graphic.


By 21.25, the job was done - 3 minutes of my time was all that was needed.KHT couldn't spare 3 minutes of their time. You can see the work below on video after I used the paint and brush to good effect. I also put up a notice warning people the paint was wet. Click below to see the video.


The paint cost £2.50 - KHT are welcome to have what's left of the tin after they hand over what they owe me. We still have elderly people in Kirkby who fought Hitler - I'm sure most will be unhappy to hear that the swastika was left up for so long.

"We all know the problems of our poorest neighbourhoods -decaying housing, unemployment, street crime and drugs. People who can, move out. Nightmare neighbours move in."

(Prime Minister Tony Blair's Foreword in Social Exclusion Unit, 1998; p.7)