Beggars

[WBA123]

I may be wrong, but I think you said one of your homes is in Birmingham City centre so you'll know it is quite bad there at present.

I have lived in the city centre for 9 years and it is much worse now than ever before.

A lot of the homeless ex soldiers who don't get the help they need for the traumas they have been through. Governments are quick to send them to war, and slow to help them in the aftermath.

The torys are a bunch of self serving scumbags and for some reason they have a lot of their annual conferences at the icc.

This costs millions in security costs and makes the place look like it is under siege with drones flying around the sky looking at rooftops etc, etc.

Millions the local council cannot afford and could go on helping the homeless.

It is heartbreaking to people sleeping in doorways as you walk and to be honest it makes me feel guilty for the comfortable life I have.

A lot have drink and dink problems and that is why I never give them cash, but I do sometimes buy them a sandwich if I am getting one for myself.

There are some professional beggars though, but you can usually tell from their footwear.

If they are wearing £150 trainers like I have seen in the past, they are not legit.

Yep, I split my time between London and Birmingham and I've never seen more homeless on the streets in both cities. It really is heartbreaking and I do give them some cash. Some people will fall on hard times, but the government creates the conditions for this problem to exasperate.

There probably are some scammer beggars, but I think they are few and far between. I mean, who actually wants to beg...some of these people literally have nothing, and I mean nothing.

And can't argue with you there, the majority of our politicians are self serving scumbags. And the Tories are the worst of them.