Better discussion on this here. https://feddit.uk/post/9948501
Police and courts are already massively understaffed and the government wants to make being homeless illegal. Genius move from genius former minister Braverman
What the actual…
This is where the Overton window is at, that “I think we shouldn’t arrest the poor for being unwashed, actually” is considered the most compassionate possible response
Would you be arrested if you smelled bad and had a place to live? No?
Then they would be arresting you because you’re homeless.
Homeless people should not be arrested. They should be homed.
The British ran out of foreign people to terrorize and belittle, so now they do their own.
Does the UK have sniffing constables that specialise in this?
The fact that they have to state this just shows how badly they need shelters for their homeless.