Angela Rayner to decriminalise rough sleeping
Rough sleeping is to be decriminalised as the Government abolishes a 200-year-old law that made it illegal.
The Vagrancy Act, introduced in 1824 to tackle a homelessness crisis after the Industrial Revolution, is to be repealed by next spring, Angela Rayner has announced.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the move would “draw a line under nearly two centuries of injustice towards some of the most vulnerable in society, who deserve dignity and support”.
Or maybe it's a hint about the level of confidence Angela Rayner has in her own housing policy, plus one or two other aspects of the government she adorns with such grace, wit and charm.
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Either way, there's a rough time coming up for many people in this land.
Maybe she is looking for a fresh sqeeeze. One who is not too choosey.
James and Doonhamer - yes, think Angela, think rough.
If my mates and I pitch tents in front of Angela Rayner's house (once we find out which of her houses she's actually living in), and leaving the faecal results of our curry and lager on her doorstep, she'll be ok with that, or will that policy only apply to the common people? Anyway, I thought Pixie Cooper, as the Home Secretary, was charged with amending, or cancelling, laws?I
Penseivat
This would be the same Angela Rayner who recently moved into a grace and favour flat in the Admiralty (using her civil service office staff to pack up her belongings and empty the fridge) and therefore, thanks to round the clock security, won’t have to worry about ‘the most vulnerable in society, who deserve dignity’ camping out in her doorway or around her neighbourhood.
It’s a problem which hits close to home; I’d argue there’s not much ‘dignity’ in the discarded beer cans and bottles of urine my son and daughter-in-law regularly encounter on the doorstep when they leave their town-centre flat (or, worse, in the communal hallway when someone has inadvertently left the door open).
Penseivat - Pixie Cooper seems to have adopted a very low profile from the early days of this government, possibly as soon as she saw what a disaster Starmer would be. I think she'd be quite happy for you and your mates to pitch tents in front of Angela Rayner's house.
Macheath - yes they isolate themselves from consequences and must know why. I think many such as Rayner go into politics for that reason, it's a route into the protected world of money and social contacts. Not usually a route to great wealth, just comfortably congenial security.
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