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Clearing homeless in Windsor for the royal wedding

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user764329056 · 04/01/2018 06:19

WTAF? I remember fences were built to hide the ‘ unsightly’ townships in South Africa when they hosted the World Cup. I truly can’t believe this, heaven forbid the royals should see real life which might offend their sensibilities. As the old joke says the queen thinks the whole country smells of paint as there are people running around ahead of them sprucing everything up. Yes, we mustn’t present Windsor in an unfavourable light must we, nobody needs to be bothered by those pesky homeless.

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SavvyFishFinger · 04/01/2018 06:28

It's to stop the public from being harassed by professional beggars.

Get a grip. The royals do more for the charity than you do OP

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/01/2018 06:29

YANBU. Ill never forget someone once saying to me.

The Royals are glorified doleites because they dont do nothing and live off the tax payer In their ivory towers.

Maybe they have a point.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/01/2018 06:30

The Royals do more for charity than you do op, and you know that how.

Are you the Queen herself.

Basecamp21 · 04/01/2018 06:43

There is evidence the authorities did this in London for the Olympics - it seems it is becoming standard practice around the world for major events.

But the wedding of a second level royal to someone most of us have never heard of is taking it to a new level.

Even if Windsor has got a local problem with a small group of aggressive beggars it is the height of insensitivity and lack of professionalism to go public at this time. The Police and other homeless groups would have been aware and dealing without this twats public comments.

Alicetherabbit · 04/01/2018 06:43

I wish there was a long term plan for getting people of the streets in every city. I suppose it depends on how they are getting people off the streets in Windsor?

50ShadesOfEarlGrey · 04/01/2018 06:53

It’s always been done in all the towns and cities where the annual political conferences have taken place. The homeless would be bused out daily or for the week. After all we can’t have our politicians being faced with the results of their policies!

RestingGrinchFace · 04/01/2018 06:56

The wedding is expected to be a public event. The intention is to shield the public, I doubt that anyone gives two hoots about the royals seeing poverty given that they seem to spend half their time going to endless charity events to alleviate it.

LakieLady · 04/01/2018 07:03

I was so angry that I considered driving to Windsor for the day, deliberately looking unkempt (not hard for me), taking a sleeping bag and an assortment of carrier bags and seeing if and how they tried to deal with me.

There's something particularly sickening about this being done for the wedding of a man whose father is one of the biggest landowners in the country and whose grandmother is one of the richest women in the world.

The family could arrange for loads of homeless people to be housed if they were minded to.

LakieLady · 04/01/2018 07:06

I wish there was a long term plan for getting people of the streets in every city.

Me too. I'd love it if I was made redundant from my job because all the homeless had been housed. That would reduce our caseload by about a third.

SoupDragon · 04/01/2018 07:08

they dont do nothing

I don’t think this means what you think it means.

abbsisspartacus · 04/01/2018 07:08

There is a crackdown going on it's not just Windsor even in my town a professional begger was moved on and others have been in court with asbos put on them for aggressive begging and banning them from certain areas I'm up in the Midlands no wedding here

Xeneth88 · 04/01/2018 07:12

The Royals are glorified doleites because they dont do nothing

Confused You may want to have another look at what you've said.

AnguaResurgam · 04/01/2018 07:13

What is the current estimated level of street sleeping in Windsor?

Where would beople be moved to?

How are the authorities planning to distinguish between Windsor's homeless people, and those professional beggars who move to places where large crowds are expected?

Undercoverbanana · 04/01/2018 07:15

Wouldn't it be nice if Harry and Meghan thought, I know - why don't we share our day with the people who are fucking paying for it? How about donating something to local homeless shelters as a thank you to the normal people of Windsor whose day with be disputed by this big old do. Never been to Windsor but it can't all be people who own houses and drive posh cars - there must be some normal people there too.

I think this kind of practice is common for royal visits tbh. Them and us mentality as per.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/01/2018 07:15

It wasn't me that said it. I was quoting someone, so in the nicest way wind your neck in.

CotswoldsFargo · 04/01/2018 07:16

@LakieLady I watched the Sky News special report on homelessness last night and I'd like to volunteer for a homeless charity - not just Christmas Day but all year. Where do I start? Do you know who I should contact? Can you PM me if you don't want to out yourself? Thanks 😊

Xeneth88 · 04/01/2018 07:17

Awwlookatmybabyspider

Wow, what a rude individual you are.

superram · 04/01/2018 07:18

I’m not sure you have this correct, their main issue was with beggars and thieves stealing money (taking tourists to cashpoints) and aggressive behaviour. It was professional beggars not the homeless. I also interpreted it that they are using the wedding to highlight an issue rather than as a one off event.

Vitalogy · 04/01/2018 07:18

It's probably to create a certain image for the tourists more that to shield the royals from homelessness. Although I do think there should be an end to homelessness and the royal family.

Undercoverbanana · 04/01/2018 07:18

Bloody autocorrect - disrupted - not disputed!!!! Ffs.

Ifailed · 04/01/2018 07:21

their main issue was with beggars and thieves stealing money (taking tourists to cashpoints)

That is the claim made by the Council leader, but the police state they have no record of it happening. Looks more like a Council shirking their responsibilities to house people and wanting them moved on so somewhere else has to deal with it.

RunningOutOfCharge · 04/01/2018 07:26

Where's that statement from police? Do you have the link?

AcademicOwl · 04/01/2018 07:26

I was in Windsor at the weekend. There is a reasonably visible group of clearly rough sleepers. Didn't notice any agressive begging.

Does seem awful to see people clearly homeless within the shadow of the castle. Such wealth compared to a small group who were sleeping on cardboard.

The numbers of homeless people sleeping on the streets is just too high at the moment. But the answer isn't moving them off the streets for a public event...

RunningOutOfCharge · 04/01/2018 07:30

My experience of working with the homeless is that in most cases, they don't actually want to even be 're-housed'

Ifailed · 04/01/2018 07:35

RunningOutOfCharge

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-42558501