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Originally Posted by Kizzy
And if he hadn't? the headline ' Milliband ignores homeless child!' :/
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Absolutely and scam or not, I would have actually thought less of him had he done that,just walked by ignoring totally someone sitting there.
The press would have had a field day, presenting him as this hypocrite who goes on about the poor but would totally ignore someone apparantly who could have been homeless.
It was said he had only put 2p in as well but it turns out it was a fair bit more than 2p.
Had Cameron or his wife Sam, (who will have plenty of homeless to get more photo shots of her at, during the 2015 campaign than she did in the 2010 one now,thanks to her husband's policies.),put something in a cup in the same scenario,the headlines would have likely been.
'Cameron/s show they really care'.
I would have done exactly the same as Ed Miliband did, scam or not, I'd rather not just stick my head in the air and march on ignoring people who may be in some need or genuinely on the streets.
Also as ToySoldier says, the big issue is also a form of 'legitimised begging'anyway and as I said I often get one almost rammed in my face as they try to sell it.
These people sitting in the street as you pass, rarely say a word at all,I have found.