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    I don’t usually read the Express (as I do believe PrincessDiana is dead) but this has actually made me cry.
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/488898/Shocking-pictures-show-OAP-couple-living-rough-after-being-evicted-from-rented-home

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    Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

    Welcome to 21st century britain

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      Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

      shocking that, i wander if it was a council/ housing association owned property that they got evicted from. Doesn't say in the article. And i wander why none of the automatic protections did not kick in ( like HB being paid direct to LL or HA, or if adult social care had been notified ).
      Very sad state of affairs when you have romanian gypsies on TV boasting of ripping the benefits systems off to the tune of £ 40kpy, yet people like this old couple, slip through the net and end up on the street..

      http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/488...est-I-ll-STEAL
      crazy council ( as in local council,NELC ) as a member of the public, i don't get mad, i get even

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      • #4
        Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

        If this elderly couple approached the churches, they may be able to help and many do but some, especially in cities, get overwhelmed. Of course they are unlikely to help drunks and the law prevents them helping those aged under 18..

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          Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

          I do know there are a lot of Christian organisations out there willing to help people in this situation but I think it is disgraceful that people who have probably paid taxes all their lives and may have even fought in WWII to are reduced to begging for charity. :sad:
          Security should be a right when you have done so much for your country. Speaking of which, is anyone else peed off when pop stars etc.who have lived their lives abroad to avoid paying tax during the tough 70’s and80’s then come back to retire when income tax goes down and get a knighthood to thank them!!!!! Sorry, going off on one again!:mmph:
          Last edited by PAWS; 30th August 2014, 11:47:AM.

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            Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

            Originally posted by PAWS View Post
            I do know there are a lot of Christian organisations outthere willing to help people in this situation but I think it is disgracefulthat people who have probably paid taxes all their lives and may have evenfought in WWII to are reduced to begging for charity. :sad:
            Security should be a right when you have done so much foryour country.
            It isdisgraceful :tinysmile_cry_t: - these people should be thanked, not thrown out on the streets! Where are the safeguards that should be in place to prevent this?? Where is the help that these people really need??

            Originally posted by PAWS View Post
            Speaking of which, is anyone else peed off when pop stars etc.who have lived their lives abroad to avoid paying tax during the tough 70’s and80’s then come back to retire when income tax goes down and get a knighthood tothank them!!!!! Sorry, going off on one again!:mmph:
            Me too [MENTION=31453]PAWS[/MENTION] - it's ok for THEM to benefit when they want it (and most don't even deserve the 'recognition'), but it's the little people who need to be noticed
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              Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

              Originally posted by PAWS View Post
              I do know there are a lot of Christian organisations out there willing to help people in this situation but I think it is disgraceful that people who have probably paid taxes all their lives and may have even fought in WWII to are reduced to begging for charity. :sad:
              Security should be a right when you have done so much for your country. Speaking of which, is anyone else peed off when pop stars etc.who have lived their lives abroad to avoid paying tax during the tough 70’s and80’s then come back to retire when income tax goes down and get a knighthood to thank them!!!!! Sorry, going off on one again!:mmph:

              Err..................

              Nope, if someone wanted 80 - 90% of my income in tax I'd sure as hell run to another country

              Especially when quite a few of them have done LOADS for charity



              However, OT......

              I agree this is utterly disgraceful, about time we started focusing on our own and told the rest of the world to sort their own crap out (especially when the £M's in aid we donate seem to more often than not turn into a dictators exotic car collection rather than feeding the hungry!)

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                Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

                Nope, if someone wanted 80 - 90% of my income in tax I'dsure as hell run to another country

                Very true.:sad: I guess I might do the same, but then there were a lot of ordinary people who could not get away. There are also so, so many people who do wonderful things for charity. Tireless workers who will never get any national recognition because they are not famous. Good to see Martin on MSE getting recognised though. I remember when lollipop ladies and similar people got orders but now it just seems to be a lot flashy celebs that support the government or people who fund them.

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                  Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

                  Hmm

                  I think there are probably a fair few amongst the Celeb lot that we have no idea quite how much they donate because they genuinely 'do a lot of great work for 'charidee' mate, but I don't like to talk about it"

                  But yes, there are also a lot of self publicising gits out there

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                  • #10
                    Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

                    I wonder if they would do this to any of the 235,000 immigrants that come into the UK last year?
                    “The only man who sticks closer to you in adversity more than a friend, is a creditor.”

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                      Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

                      Originally posted by Johnboy007 View Post
                      I wonder if they would do this to any of the 235,000 immigrants that come into the UK last year?
                      Naaaa - they'd be branded racist then!!
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                        Now, that is another thing! Why do people cry racism everytime someone says ‘let us look after our own first’? I do not believe in using terms like ‘Bongo Bongo land (Remember that!) but I must admit I find it hard to see people in this country going hungry and having to go to Food Banks. We do have malnourished people in this so called developed country. We do have Illiterate people. We do have people dying for want of proper medical care. We do have people sleeping on the streets. And now we have had legal aid budgets slashed we do not have a right to appropriate legal representation. It is hard to accept the old line ‘lack of funding’ when we know our government is sending millions abroad as well as all the voluntary collections for charity.
                        Bit of a brave rant there as I was not born here!!!!!!:ohwell:

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                          Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

                          Originally posted by PAWS View Post
                          Now, that is another thing! Why do people cry racism everytime someone says ‘let us look after our own first’? I do not believe in using terms like ‘Bongo Bongo land (Remember that!) but I must admit I find it hard to see people in this country going hungry and having to go to Food Banks. We do have malnourished people in this so called developed country. We do have Illiterate people. We do have people dying for want of proper medical care. We do have people sleeping on the streets. And now we have had legal aid budgets slashed we do not have a right to appropriate legal representation. It is hard to accept the old line ‘lack of funding’ when we know our government is sending millions abroad as well as all the voluntary collections for charity.
                          Bit of a brave rant there as I was not born here!!!!!!:ohwell:
                          Using racist card, is just an easy way out for some people.
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                            Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

                            Using racist card, is just an easy way out for some people
                            .


                            Well, everywhere I ever worked I was called Paddy. Even a college tutor used to call me paddy. My husband calls me nick knack (paddywack). Never bothered me. It must be wonderful life if you can just sit around waiting to be offended.

                            Brilliant signature by the way; one of the best.:clap2:

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                              Re: Shocking pictures show OAP couple forced to live rough after being evicted from t

                              Originally posted by PAWS View Post
                              .Brilliant signature by the way; one of the best.:clap2:
                              Johnboy played around with a couple before sticking with the one he's got now


                              Originally posted by PAWS View Post
                              Now, that is another thing! Why do people cry racism everytime someone says ‘let us look after our own first’? I do not believe in using terms like ‘Bongo Bongo land (Remember that!) but I must admit I find it hard to see people in this country going hungry and having to go to Food Banks.
                              - the way I see it; if a black man can call himself Ni**er, so can I!!
                              I find it disgusting that people in this day and age are going hungry ANYWHERE on the planet, but the fact that Foodbank use is rising here is just frightening . We have malnutrition in the UK on a HUGE scale, and still see daily reports on childhood obesity! When I first moved to the house I am in now, my neighbours made a point of telling us the best way to get to McDonalds and KFC, and gave us a bunch of different pizza shop menus - all we'd asked was where the supermarket was. I came to the conclusion pretty quickly that the major problem (round here at least) is that the parents/adults just don't know HOW to cook healthy meals. The local kids were amazed when we dug our allotment, and planted veg and fruit - they couldn't understand why anyone would bother when the chippy was just around the corner. They enjoyed getting tasters of our produce when it was grown tho' :heh:
                              Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.

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