Died On Parliaments Steps

[spathiphyllum]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-man-dead-parliament-house-of-commons-mps-westminster-gyula-remes-a8691661.html

At least Parliament has just announced another £2bn for a kamikaze no deal, enough to end rough sleeping in this country literally overnight. #ForThePeople

[cassa333]

Although I somewhat agree the m9ney might be better spent elsewhere nothing will end rough sleeping and certainly not overnight.

[derek-33]

for how long ! see how many rough sleepers get jobs when there is a shortage of east EU workers,not a lot, sorry but i am a "kick up the ***" bloke

[spathiphyllum]

I'd rather not kick a dead guy up the bottom but each to their own ;)

[EDDIE51]

Many of those 'rough sleeping' do it out of choice. They do not want to be 'confined' inside a building. I often talked to one such man. He would go into a shelter for winter but book himself out as soon as it got to Spring time and warm enough to sleep out. He said being in a house was, to him, the same as being 'in Prison'.

[New Judge]

"At least Parliament has just announced another £2bn for a kamikaze no deal, enough to end rough sleeping in this country literally overnight."

If £2bn is enough to end rough sleeping then you forgot to mention that had we remained in the EU our net contributions would be enough to end rough sleeping five times over every year.

Not all government expenditure can be spent providing homes for rough sleepers (even if they wanted them which, as Eddie points out, is not necessarily so). Some of it has to be spent on other things. The UK has decided to leave the EU and there will be some necessary expenditure to deal with that (which should have been earmarked before yesterday, in fact on 24th June 2016).

[Khandro]

Homelessness is a complex problem and often related to mental health, drug and alcohol issues, there are shelters in London and in most cities.

[maggiebee]

derek-33 - lovely to see the spirit of peace on earth and goodwill to all men is still alive and well. May you never be in his position to get a hard kick.

[derek-33]

maggiebee
believe me i wont be thanks for the comment

[Mamyalynne]

The height of cruelty to give someone a laced cigarette, God rest his soul.

[spathiphyllum]

Awful isn't it... SMH

[New Judge]

Indeed it is. But to conflate this poor soul's plight with Brexit is a bit of a stretch, even for the most ardent of Remainers.