'Travellers' fighting eviction from Dale Farm......

[joeluke]

.....seem to be all women and children

Where are all their brave menfolk hiding?

[cupid04]

they are all out laying left over tarmac in driveways of the gullible.

[paddywak]

Probably travelling about putting an inch or so of tarmac on drives and generally ripping people off

[brian j john]

Probably hiding from the tax man

[Postdog]

Oooh, you lot are so narrow minded and stereotypical. In these days of equality the men sell clothes pegs and heather too

[emmie]

cupid, many of the gullible are the pensioners who can ill afford it, sometimes they get suckered in because they don't see the danger, same with the travellers who are "tree surgeons", yeah right.

[AlBags]

Hurriedly constructing a camp site on another piecec of green land somewhere, so it will be finished before council can stop them.

I am sure when the time comes .. (and it will for them soon enough) they will be in tunnels, or chained to cars, up trees in hammocks, etc, etc.

[sandyRoe]

To show women and children who are at risk of losing the roof over their heads is good public relations.

[emmie]

shame the travellers don't think of their children when toting them around the country when it suits.

[sandyRoe]

The only travelling that most of the residents of dale Farm ever did was to move from Ireland.

[paddywak]

They're probably good at travelling to collect any benefits they can get their grubby hands on.

[BagPussAA]

Is it just me or does the word 'Travellers' seem to indicate that you "travel" and that you do not live on a campsite for 10 years!!! surely that defeats the object of being a 'traveller'!!

[emmie]

Bagpuss, that seems to be the crux of the matter

[berniecuddles]

if they are travellers why don't they travel???

[B00]

They claim, they've nowhere to travel to, as no one wants them living near them. Can't think why, they seem a delight!

[sandyRoe]

^^^ They have. Someone told them the streets of Basildon are paved with gold. They upped camp and moved to England.

[B00]

Has anyone ever asked them why they don't move back to their homeland? Which is Ireland right?

Let's face it ,they're ostracised wherever they go ,surely it'd be better to be ostracised by your own kind?

[Zeuhl]

Who will be more likely to attract sympathy?

Women, children and sick old people?

Or a bunch of hairy-assed navvies?

The Travellers learned that trick many years ago.

[sandyRoe]

It's a criminal offence now in Ireland to set up camp where ever you like.

[emmie]

Boo, you don't think the good people of Ireland want them, oh my.

[B00]

no lol i most certainly don't em, but logic tells me...they're Irish, let Ireland deal with them.

Or is that too simplistic?