Will the new Mayor get a grip on begging in Middlesbrough town center ?

[Kenna]

I got out of a taxi the other day and within 5 mins I was asked for a quid at least 10 times. Its really puts me off visiting these days

 

[TheLodger]

I got out of a taxi the other day and within 5 mins I was asked for a quid at least 10 times. Its really puts me off visiting these days

What do you have in mind, what do you think is possible?

 

[fmttmadmin]

I know he wants to intervene to stop so many evictions from housing and so that we don't have so many people liviing in tents.

 

[Benjiboy]

More to the point ,what does the new controlling party have in mind , we just live here , you have the ability to change things ?

 

[r00fie1]

Its common in every town and city in the country.
No one sits in the gutter begging because they want to.
It may be annoying - but King Charlie had the London Streets "cleaned" of the peasants for his pantomime.
Pizzes me off: anyone seen the lads sleeping under the arches in Brixton and around London Bridge?
A lot of them are ex-soldiers.
What do people intend to do?
Spray them with paint like that twit did in Redcar?

 

[sherlock1969]

I got out of a taxi the other day and within 5 mins I was asked for a quid at least 10 times. Its really puts me off visiting these days

You were asked for a quid 10 times in 5 minutes? Every 30 seconds?

Really?

 

[Hap]

We don’t need to fix the symptom. We need to approach the problem.

It’s a bit like saying isn’t it much better that we have so many more food banks, to help people, these days.

 

[jam69]

You were asked for a quid 10 times in 5 minutes? Every 30 seconds?

Really?

Sounds unlikely, there's the odd one but he must have went looking , to encounter that many.
Where exactly was this?

 

[BoroMart]

Certain towns have a bigger problem than others but any sizeable conurbation has homeless people desperate for help.

 

[Yearbyred]

I’m hoping he gets a grip on spelling first.

 

[Quicksilvera]

I got out of a taxi the other day and within 5 mins I was asked for a quid at least 10 times. Its really puts me off visiting these days

Yes because this happened.

 

[jeff_potato]

Sadly it's not new and it's not a Middlesbrough problem alone. Even 20 years ago it was common to be asked for 20p by people in the town centre.

Most Metro stations in Tyneside will have someone trying to squeeze a coin from you and I've even had people knock on my window while sat in traffic on Tower Bridge to see if I could give them a few quid. (Typical London price spikes)

 

[AcklamAngel]

On a night match returning from the ground through the two underpasses there is always beggars positioned there. Once I dropped a Mars Bar in his begging bowl, wasn’t happy with that, wanted cash. I flatly refuse to give cash, no doubt it’s for drugs?

 

[Rofesleg]

On a night match returning from the ground through the two underpasses there is always beggars positioned there. Once I dropped a Mars Bar in his begging bowl, wasn’t happy with that, wanted cash. I flatly refuse to give cash, no doubt it’s for drugs?

Maybe not. He probably just realised you were trying to be a smarty pants.

 

[TeessideCleveland]

A few years back Middlesbrough council said they were not genuinely homeless - and that they had housing provided

 

[TeessideCleveland]

On a night match returning from the ground through the two underpasses there is always beggars positioned there. Once I dropped a Mars Bar in his begging bowl, wasn’t happy with that, wanted cash. I flatly refuse to give cash, no doubt it’s for drugs?

I've twice given ones with dogs a pack of dog treats - to be fair they both said thanks

 

[FlapJacks]

Are you sure it wasn't the same person with 10 different hats, doing the old switcheroo every 30s or so?

 

[swordtrombonefish]

Are you sure it wasn't the same person with 10 different hats, doing the old switcheroo every 30s or so?

Maybe he's an entertainer - did he offer you a card...any card?

 

[Air Resistance]

A few years back Middlesbrough council said they were not genuinely homeless - and that they had housing provided

Unless you work in homelessness or close to it, I think the issue is often misunderstood.

 

[r00fie1]

Bit different when Bankers ask for bail-outs from the public purse.
But we dont see that do we...........