jayramfootball wrote:UFGN wrote:jayramfootball wrote:UFGN wrote:jayramfootball wrote:UFGN wrote:So no answer toThe Tories have been in power for TWELVE YEARS. Homelessness has DOUBLED on their watch. Although its true that Labour could have done more, this is squarely on the Tories. Its funny how you say "spending money is not the answer"...... but not spending money has led to this, so square that circle.
These solutions which dont involve spending money..... id love to hear them in detail. Id also love to hear why, after 12 years, they haven't been put in place.
The reason is there is no answer. You know your position is indefensible.
I gave you the answer.
The Tories do not see the sense in spending tax payer money to mend the roof whilst it's raining.
They SHOULD be doing a whole lot more in the areas that really matter - and it's those areas that NEITHER the Tories or Labour address.
Sure Labour spends to stick a plaster on a whole number of societal issues, but that is most certainly a misuse of money.
Now kindly answer my question.
Why do people become homeless in the UK?
This is really not a party politics issue, despite your partisan drum beating.
People become homeless most frequently because of;
Drug addiction, funding for the treatment of which has been cut by the Tories
Because of a lack of social housing, contributed to by both sides but hugely and catastrophically by the Tories implementing right to buy, which has been a disaster
Because of cuts to housing benefit brought in by the Tories
Because of a lack of support for newly released prisoners, Tories twelve years in power
Because of a lack of support for the mentally ill, Tories twelve years in power
Because of the rise of casual working in the UK, leading to people not having guaranteed hours. This leads them to not always have enough money to pay the rent, while being conveniently still officially "employed", and not entitled to any benefits, a situation caused by....... the Tories
I've bolded the only area where you touched on an underlying issue - imo.
Everything else you talked about relates to investment to deal with rising societal issues - which is not a cure, just an ever increasing black hole in which to dump tax payer money.
You utterly failed to put you partisan nonsense to one side, which tells me you actually do not care one jot about the homeless, only the political points you can score from their suffering. You actually sound like one of those ghastly Westminster politicians begging for votes by any means necessary.
Let me give you some REAL solutions:
1) deal with family breakdowns - especially divorce - and equalising/standardising the law to stop fueding parents from using their kids as weapons against each other.
2) securing our borders
3) clamping down on drug dealers - zero tolerance and enhanced powers for police
4) significant jail sentences especially for drug offenders but also for other crimes
5) reclaiming a much higher moral standard in this country
6) significant change to our educational curriculum - FAMILY values over the BS liberal nonsense we have today.
7) reintroduction of countrywide apprentiship programmes and the scale up on British manufacturing
8) Business investment countrywide - removing the imbalance between regions
9) REDUCE benefits further and completely eliminate any financial incentive for having children
10) Added responsibility for corporations - extending workers rights.
These are (some of) the real issues that need addressing - your solution is like putting more and more buckets under a leaking (and worsening) roof instead of fixing the damn roof. I'd like to fix the problem, you'd like to pay for the problem.
Quite simply we need to educate and train our young people and teach them about family and morality. These are longer term and difficult - and alien to a liberal. They never want to talk about the REAL issues that lead our young people to despair and a lack of self worth. They just want the Gubm't to pay for the utter chaos they create with their BS social programs. We're facilitating generations of lazy, unskilled and immoral people and that needs to change. When it does, we'll have MORE marriages, less broken homes, less single parent families, and children that grow into adulthood in homes that facilitate their sense of self worth and contribution to society.
THEN we'll reduce homelessness AND drastically reduce the cost of it.
Notice I didn't mention Tories or Labour once in the above - you might want to try it out because right now you're part of the problem of division and hatred in this country.
Youre not just missing the point, youre an absolute disgrace.
Homelessness has doubled under this government. It is their fault.
Frankly, youre a bit weird.
Pretty lame response.
Once again you adressed none of the actual issues.
You simply have a warped worldview. So theres no point in bothering with you.