Well it would be anyones bad luck arista,mine too had I come across it.
At least he responded with a bit of compassion,however misguided it may have been with 'hindsight', and no matter how being in any way compassionate comes about, it is something I admire and applaud as to people.

Well said, it seems it would have been more acceptable if he'd kicked dirt in her eye :shrug:

It seems that way Kizzy.
It is not and never will be my way to ignore anyone I 'think' may be in need,no matter how small I may be able to help.

You are a good man joey, and they're in short supply :)

If you live in a city I would be amazed if you ever reach the supermarket before it shuts...

I heard boris is investing in flamethrowers so you'll be fine :idc:

I live outside a city but have a supermarket near,however whenever I am in a city, I always take the time to acknowledge people and if I see anyone I feel needs help or assistance then I will give them it,if I can.

Dropping a few coins into a hat or cup or whatever doesn't even need to change any speed at all that I would need to get where I was going.
If I have more time, I will talk to people who it appears most in the city just walk past as if they are invisible.

I believe all human beings who have done nothing wrong and especially those who are in need or homeless for whatever reasons, still should have dignity as human beings and I respect that dignity.

I consider myself a very fortunate person in life and I would far rather build others up than bring them down or leave them when they are down.
That is just how I am I guess.

I also love to talk to people and hear their take on life and issues and I have had some of my best ever conversations with and indeed often learned more too from those who a lot in society brand as down and outs and worthless.

On Ed the more people see him
the more Hate him


Ref : Daily Politics Today BBC2

Just reported on the 2pm news that senior labour mps are calling for his head


had to happen

Yes SkyNewsHD reported
no one is standing up to take his place
thats the problem

Yes very good joey but that does not get a 14 year old girl back to her own country and in school, not does it solve the reason why the total feck is she here sitting on her arse begging in the first place.

i am sure she is a lovely wee girl but we are doing her no favours giving her money

Well imo.Milliband does'nt give a crap about the begger and obvs did it for the photo op and public image and this Bird fella is probably just a Tory supporter who saw a chance to get one over Milliband.All politics,Both pathetic and not a 'big issue'...

Well true and brilliant pun to boot.:clap1::clap1::clap1::clap1:

LOOOL the right-wingers on here are desperate and it's pathetic.

calling any forum member desperate and pathetic is against forum rules and can lead to a ban if reported to a mod

so comment on the subject young man :nono:

The cowardly MPs,who moan at their leader but don;t have the support necessary to trigger a leadership contest make me mad.
There are many in the Conservative party too who would love to see the back of David Cameron too and even more in the Lib Dems dying for clegg to go.

LOOOOL at you making comments about other forum members, which is against the rules.

To be fair there have been comments before about looney lefties so it's swings and roundabouts, why is nobody asking why there are so many homeless and looking at the causes of this... :conf:
As highlighted in my last post homelessness has risen by a third since 2010, why is this not the focus when looking at this issue?

:thumbs:

I am not Right Wing
I am all over the place

Its hardly a vote winner so it will not be a feature of the election

I think you'll find it is, the spare room subsidy abolition is one of Labours key policies .

Not me. I've been a no-winger since I learn't that there is not one iota of real difference between all politicians despite what banner they march under. The only two politicians of any genuine integrity in my opinion, have been Tony Benn on the left and Enoch Powell on the right - both were extremists whose crackpot lack of moderation clouded the fact that both spoke a hell of a lot of sense and both meant what they spouted.

Eyeball Paul is absolutely right here - in my opinion - a 'kissing baby' type photo opportunity for one and a political point scoring opportunity for the other.

This has absolutely nothing to do with whether giving alms to beggars is right or not, it is merely questioning the real motives of Miliband in doing so, and Bird for criticising him for doing so.

I donate to charities from my bank by Standing Order, and also directly on the street - when I feel the recipient is genuine. I will admit though, that I am a 'Charity Begins At Home' man, and support St Dunstan's, Macmillan's, Cancer Research Uk, and the NSPCC and RSPCA, first, with most street beggars far down my list of needy causes - no matter what colour, Nationality, Creed or sex they may be.

I have seen too many 'street beggars' running to the nearest bookies, off licence, or street drug dealers with their collected donations to worry what anyone thinks of my stance.

I have also watched quite a few valid documentaries where certain big-city 'street beggars' have toddled off to their strategically parked BMW or Mercedes with their day's takings, then driven back to their own quite desirable private residences.

If this attitude makes me a selfish FK Head - then so be it, but a desperate 'right winger' FK Head? Never sah. :smug:

that is not the same as dealing with homeless people, and homeless people I am not sure even exist as an entity as there are so many categories of why someone appreas to bbe homless..drugs, mental state, drink, rows at home, care stsyem etc

Yes, when David Cameron was up against it there were comments like wait until until the left brigade come on,indicating anyone from the left are likely to have a ridicuolous view.

The point is, at the time this short event took place when Ed Miliband or anyone else for that matter gave this girl a few coins, it was 'not',I stress 'not,' known she was only 14, not genuinely homeless so that argument is not appropriate in my view.
That knowledge has only come with hindsight and investigation.

I would have given her some coins,had I passed her for one,I said earlier that I see more people who appear to be homeless now than I ever did 4 years ago.
Charities, the CAB and welfare groups are all saying homelessness has risen and in part hold this govts. policies as partly responsible for that.
I really hope it is an issue at the forefront of the election campaign because it is a matter of shame for the UK and its govt. of the time.

Sadly the media will brush it aside in the main, preferring to concentrate on where UKIP are in the polls and analysing the polls day by day.

Ed Miliband is not a popular leader, none of the 3 main party leaders are but it sure gets some annoyed when he does anything that highlights the real shame as to this rotten govts. policies.

I was myself on the right of politics when I first came on here.
From all I have seen and witnessed personally, I can say assuredly that for as long as the right is represented by govts and politicians such as make up this govt, then I want no part of the right again.
I am 100% now happy to be called a leftie,even a loony leftie at that,I am just sorry if caring about people means wey are all loony left individuals with invalid opinions.

I believe in walking alongside people,those who are well up and those who are right at the bottom equally.
I will never believe in trampling on people and treating them as if they don't exist.
Or for that matter, (with being so fortunate myself), that I would ever walk past someone 'possibly' in need as if they were invisible.