Benefit Street Is Getting Worse......

[trt]

Not only have they got 14 people living in one house, a Roma mans wife is only 15yrs!!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536372/Benefits-Street-Just-thought-chaotic-meet-Roma-couple-ransacking-RUBBISH-bins-scrap-metal-14-migrants-cram-one-house.html

[Zeuhl]

15 years isn't that unusual

Many countries have an age of consent below 16

Austria is 14, Denmark 15, France 15, Germany 14, Italy 14 and Romania 15.

Nature seems to favour the young, women in their mid teens probably pop babies out more ably than females in their thirties.

[Gromit]

For some reason I'm reminded of an Homer Simpson quote...

// Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover. //

[Zeuhl]

I accept other people have different models of the world, but if there is one I don't care to gain insight to it is that, based on the trailers, of the featured residents in this programme.

[237SJ]

I agree with Zeuhl. I would find that programme too depressing to watch and I don`t see the point in being depressed without really good cause.

[DrFilth]

> The family claim no benefits, <

> They heap up disused appliances, pots and pans and
old buggies, which are then sold on for barely enoug
money to keep themselves fed. <

if they get no benefit money what are people supposed to do , what do people want them to do, just go and sit in a corner and starve to death

[tonyav]

They came to Birmingham for lucrative farm work

Lol, yeah there are always plenty of farms in a city !.

[Prudie]

I watched just half an hour last night and found it so depressing I had to switch it off. It's scary to think there are people like that who take no responsibility for their own predicaments. Very scary. Just my perception.

[ll_billym]

An interesting take on this programme:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/benefits-street-a-healthy-media-would-stand-up-to-the-powerful-and-wealthy-ours-targets-the-poor-and-voiceless-9046773.html

[Gromit]

ll_billym

Thanks for posting that link.

[Georgiesmum]

I watched the first episode. Looks like i missed the second episode then.