Homelessness charities have criticised the home secretary after she described sleeping rough as a “lifestyle choice”, sparking a widespread backlash.
Organisations including Crisis, Centrepoint, St Mungo’s and Pathway responded to Suella Braverman’s purported plans to crack down on the pitching of tents in urban areas, which she largely blamed on individuals “from abroad”.
A letter from the charities reads: “Sleeping on the street is not a lifestyle choice. Laying blame with people forced to sleep rough will only push people further away from help into poverty, putting them at risk of exploitation. At the extreme end, we will see an increase in deaths and fatalities, which are totally preventable.
“People sleeping rough frequently experience violence and abuse. The impact on their physical and mental health is significant. The average age of death for people experiencing homelessness is just 45 for men and 43 for women. This is not a life people choose.” » | Tom Ambrose | Sunday, November 5, 2023
Suella Braverman is a heartless, uncaring, unfeeling woman of privilege! She should be thoroughly and utterly ashamed of herself! That woman should be sacked! If Rishi Sunak had gonads, she would be – forthwith! Were I to be in Sunak’s position, she’d be gone!
These poor homeless people are living on the streets because they have fallen on very hard times, in large part, I would imagine, because of harsh, Tory policies of austerity which were introduced by those two ultra-privileged gits, Cameron and Osborne! They are the ones who started the welfare-slashing fest!
Had this prime minister anything about him, were he to have any political nous, he would devise a strategy to get these people off the streets by giving them a little start in life. That would be the compassionate thing to do, the Christian thing to do, the humane thing to do!
This Tory government is a disgrace. It needs to be kicked out of office! A.S.A.P. This is the very same government that is itching to slash taxes for the super-rich!
If God really does exist, it is to be hoped that the fires of Hell are already being stoked in preparation for these cruel, political fraudsters. – © Mark Alexander
