Eddie B 11:06 Mon Jun 18
100 people sleep rough in the Stratford Centre every night
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5854461/The-rejuvenated-East-end-Homeless-people-set-camp-mall-yards-700m-Olympic-Stadium.html
Quite a sobering article from the Daily Mail. Somewhat surprised.
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El Scorchio
11:16 Mon Jun 18
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Sad stories. Respect to those who go there night after night to hand out food, no doubt giving their time for free and at least the Stratford Centre is probably safer than the streets.
Why wouldn't Michael's family take him in, though? Especially his daughter after he told her it was indeed him sleeping rough.
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threesixty
11:26 Mon Jun 18
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I remember that shopping centre as a kid. There was always lots of homeless people there because it was the entrance to the train station from what I remember so it never shuts.
I think the article says its a public right of way so that makes sense. Not sure if you can still get to the station from there.
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Far Cough
11:35 Mon Jun 18
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threesixty, you can get to the station from there
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greenie1
11:38 Mon Jun 18
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Respect for the people that give up their time to help.
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Jim79
11:43 Mon Jun 18
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Respect to all those who try to help.
How much of a cunt must you or your family be that you wouldn't have anyone to turn to who would take you in though. I know there are incidents where people have no family or the abuse they would suffer at home would be worst but surely this is not the majority of people sleeping rough.
Not all those sleeping on the streets are victims.
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Eddie B
12:32 Mon Jun 18
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It's also a place that gets you stabbed for just walking through it
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43549951
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Darlo Debs
1:23 Mon Jun 18
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I am not 100% sure as things may have changed but the majority of rough sleepers were those with mental health problems and care leavers who do.literally have nobody.
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Agent Scud
1:27 Mon Jun 18
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If they're all in the same place it'd make it quite easy to gass them and be done with it. Just a thought.
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Hasans Fish Bar RIP
1:39 Mon Jun 18
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Last time I walked through they all looked ‘overseas’ to me. No disrespect but just go home
That sounds very Alf garnett, I know.
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ohgodno
2:49 Mon Jun 18
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Darlo Debs 1:23 Mon Jun 18
Beer and drugs. It's always beer and drugs. There's usually a dash of mental health but even the mentalist of mentalists can be supported in accomodation providing they don't get at the beer and drugs.
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chim chim cha boo
3:08 Mon Jun 18
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Agent Scud 1:27 Mon Jun 18
You fucking shit-cunt.
Just a thought.
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13 Brentford Rd
3:37 Mon Jun 18
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Being homeless will cause mental illness.
You can thank Freedom of Movement for this. Only going to get worse too unless we end it! Thank fuck we are not in Italy's location and are an Island.
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Darlo Debs
4:19 Mon Jun 18
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ohgodno....or maybe they turn to the beer snd drugs to escspe whata going on in their head?
Though it could br s chicken & egg situation i guess.
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Darlo Debs
4:20 Mon Jun 18
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*be a
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Hasans Fish Bar RIP
4:24 Mon Jun 18
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Bullshit. Ohgodno
There are cases of that but to generalise like that is a wanky thing to say. From personal experience I know.
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pulhampete
4:25 Mon Jun 18
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Debs
I don't think chickens and eggs cause homelessness.
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eusebiovic
4:32 Mon Jun 18
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The best book that I ever read about homelessness and violence and the alcohol abuse that goes with it is "The Grass Arena" by John Healy
It was written by a British bloke from an Irish family and concentrates on the 60's/70's in London.
All those in the Stratford Centre may be from abroad but I bet that everything in that book would still apply to them
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worm
4:32 Mon Jun 18
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Jim79 11:43 Mon Jun 18
Bang on that, Jim.
If somebody has absolutely nobody to turn to they must have burnt a lot of fucking bridges along their way.
Nobody to blame but themselves for that.
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Jim79
4:41 Mon Jun 18
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worm, thats my thoughts. Of course there will be exceptions but by and large you must have done some cunty things to burn every bridge available to you and if that is the case as you said thats all on them.
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Claret Badger
4:58 Mon Jun 18
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dunno whats worse
the comments on here - or the comments following that article from wanky DM readers
NO ONE deserves to be living like that
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