O/T DUP still not playing ball..

[animallittle3]

As King of being pathetic I bow to your superior knowledge.

Roll on the revolution comrades.

Tax the rich

Power to the people.

Maggie Out

FFS move on it's 2017 not 1977

The thing is Grist the calendar may tell you it's 2017 but life for many people resembles more like a hundred years ago .

As pups pointed out I've seen a huge increase in homelessness in Barnsley town centre , you always encountered the odd tramp here and there but I'm seeing a very serious problem today and one that should shame governments .

Walking into town from work about a month back around 10pm I asked a young lad sat with a sleeping bag around him if he wanted a coffee and something to eat , I wasn't going to give him money in case it went on let's say something else .

He accepted of course and I asked him how he ended up on the street , he was 18 years old and his mothers partner had kicked him out .

He'd had a job on a ZHC but they kept cutting his hours back , ringing up for him to come in at a drop of a hat , they sacked him when he said he couldn't come in due to finding himself homeless , he hadn't any money due to the universal credit fiasco or maybe he's not entitled to anything for all I know .

It only took one thing for his life to go into meltdown because the safety net doesn't exist in his case and he's not alone either .

What happens to him now is anyone's guess , the lad needs to catch a break and in his words " I cant seem to get out of this situation "

It will probably be left to a charity organisation to turn it around , funded by donations from people like us , the government clearly aren't interested .

This is probably music to a neoliberal government , they neither carry any responsibility or intend providing the funds to turn this lads life around for the better , it's left to our charitable nature .

Just like it was in Victorian times and work houses .

2017 indeed .