All homeless in England to be housed

[Jedi boro]

A fantastic headline in any other circumstance but still if there is a positive to be had from all this misery then...

Coronavirus: All rough sleepers in England 'to be housed' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52063939

 

[free_pint]

So they could have done this all along..

 

[Jedi boro]

Yep that was my thought as well

 

[dooderooni]

As it should be in order to protect them and also prevent them being an infection vector.
Hopefully the world will be a fairer and better place after this as a lot of perceptions of what is socially possible have been reset.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Sounds like this disease is forcing the Tories to be civilised.

 

[Erimus74]

So they could have done this all along..

And should have too

 

[NYboro]

Hopefully the world will be a fairer and better place after this as a lot of perceptions of what is socially possible have been reset.

I'm not going to hold my breath over that.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Me neither NY, they'll soon be carping on about the less well off in society, many of whom are keeping the country going at the moment, whilst celebrating and voting for those stealing the most.

 

[Jedi boro]

I don’t think so, this crisis has ( if it was ever needed) cemented the NHS in everyone’s hearts across the nation no govt would dare go after them after this

We the nhs

 

[HolgateCorner]

Sounds like this disease is forcing the Tories to be civilised.

Disappointing that they term the homeless as ‘rough sleepers’.

In my opinion it infers they are rough and that they somehow choose to sleep on the street.

 

[dooderooni]

Any progressive politician worth their salt should be well able to formulate policies that will begin to address the wage and wealth gaps that have increased over the past years, the need for a robust and fair social safety net for everyone who may or may not ever need it and also a fair and equitable taxation system to pay for it.
It is not beyond possibility that this virus could become a seasonal threat and with the aggressive nature of its transmission we could well be playing a life and death game of whack-a-mole with it for years to come, even if we develop a vaccine for it. Those social safety nets I spoke of earlier will therefore already be in place to lessen the impact on the economy and the people affected by any flare up in virus cases.

 

[Funky_Chicken]

They’ll soon be back on them when it’s over

 

[HolgateCorner]

I don’t think so, this crisis has ( if it was ever needed) cemented the NHS in everyone’s hearts across the nation no govt would dare go after them after this

We the nhs

Agree with that Zorro nobody in the Tory Party will dare say we cant afford the NHS from now on.

 

[scuzzmonster]

Agree with that Zorro nobody in the Tory Party will dare say we cant afford the NHS from now on.

I dunno. The Tories have become increasingly shameless over the past decade even by their own grubby standards.

 

[HolgateCorner]

I dunno. The Tories have become increasingly shameless over the past decade even by their own grubby standards.

I should have maybe said they won’t say we can’t afford the NHS until the Coronavirus crisis has passed....

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

You can't forget the reality at times of crisis, they aren't to be trusted.

 

[swordtrombonefish]

Hopefully the world will be a fairer and better place after this as a lot of perceptions of what is socially possible have been reset.

It's a beautiful sentiment, but I just see this like an elastic band...it'll stretch just as far as they want it to in order to meet the crisis, but when they feel they can let it go and it snaps back...ouch!

 

[borolad259]

It is a strange turn of events to see a recently elected, bullish tory government having to embrace socialism.

 

[Steer]

They were interviewing homeless people from Manchester last oight on TV. Many of the addicts don't actaully want to be housed. It's not as straightforward as people would lead you to believe.

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

My girlfriend encounters many of the Stockton and boro homeless regularly in her line of work. They aren't really homeless, they are offered housing situations all the time but crash out of intentionally though either mental issues, addiction, antisocial behaviour and the like. These are great headlines but how are they going to run it in reality when people are smearing **** on the walls and bed or threatening people, going AWOL etc?