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Beggars…

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Frank Bullitt said:
Which he said he would start doing again in his post,.

Don't know whether those around the ground are organised or not. But I wonder why after 12 years of a Tory government slashing public spending and slashing social care and mental health services you might see a rise in homelessness 🤷‍♂️
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Highly plausible. I’m not condoning the tories rule and it’s obvious a lot of this lays at their door. My point was more aimed at society in general trying to scam innocent people or at least putting that doubt in my mind. It’s difficult to weigh up as I want to help that individual but also don’t want the piss taken out of me!
 
hank evans said:
Highly plausible. I’m not condoning the tories rule and it’s obvious a lot of this lays at their door. My point was more aimed at society in general trying to scam innocent people or at least putting that doubt in my mind. It’s difficult to weigh up as I want to help that individual but also don’t want the piss taken out of me!
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There are scammers at all levels of society unfortunately, that will include beggars. It's also not just highly plausible that the cuts have created more homelessness, it's a fact. I work in adult social care so I have seen people who can't look after themselves have their support reduced or taken away altogether.
 
r@mside said:
Isn't it amazing that there's more scroungers milking the goodwill of football supporters today than 10 years ago when 40% more people were passing by the same begging hotspots?

Blows my mind how these deplorables keep missing brilliant money making opportunities that would get them out of their hell hole existence yet turn up when money's getting tight.
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You honestly think the rise in living costs and the rise in homelessness/begging are just some kind of fluke coincidence?

Now that's mind blowing
 
Frank Bullitt said:
There are scammers at all levels of society unfortunately, that will include beggars. It's also not just highly plausible that the cuts have created more homelessness, it's a fact. I work in adult social care so I have seen people who can't look after themselves have their support reduced or taken away altogether.
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What you say is disgusting by the government. But we all know the tories only see a level of individual they are interested in and it’s not anyone who needs help,it’s only those who can help them! I do work in a social housing environment and although not as serious as cutting a human being loose in a time/life need of guidance these tenants are living a less than grand life- houses needing repairs the council simply can’t afford due to budget cuts etc. my partner works in a school for Autistic children and they need more staff-but the likelihood is she will be offered her redundancy in the summer to save money! Stinks to high heaven

The level of destruction these burks have overseen will not be recovered from for a very very long time.
 
Twisted said:
You honestly think the rise in living costs and the rise in homelessness/begging are just some kind of fluke coincidence?

Now that's mind blowing
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I thought I'd laced it with enough sarcasm to indicate the opposite but no mate, your mind is still in one piece, that's not what I really think.
 
hank evans said:
What you say is disgusting by the government. But we all know the tories only see a level of individual they are interested in and it’s not anyone who needs help,it’s only those who can help them! I do work in a social housing environment and although not as serious as cutting a human being loose in a time/life need of guidance these tenants are living a less than grand life- houses needing repairs the council simply can’t afford due to budget cuts etc. my partner works in a school for Autistic children and they need more staff-but the likelihood is she will be offered her redundancy in the summer to save money! Stinks to high heaven

The level of destruction these burks have overseen will not be recovered from for a very very long time.
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Unfortunately it's an issue that's out of sight out of mind. Unless like us you have knowledge and experience of the situation you don't see the problems and it's all to easy to demonize the homelessness and assume they are scammers.
 
makumstu said:
Seemed to be quite a high number of beggars around the stadium, never really noticed it before but counted at least 4 or 5.

Is it a sign of the times or a gang working together?
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We watched the lad with one leg after the game while sittin in the car. There were four of them, 3 male one female. Two were on the road leading to the stadium and the other outside the stadium after the game.. Never saw where the lass was but they were divying up beside Hay street units. The one legger in the wheel chair looked the main man taking the money.
 
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