"Travellers facing eviction from a notorious illegal camp have built a community hall on the site with £12,000 of taxpayers' money." [!!!?]Well, I know that 'travellers' are now beyond any form of criticism, irrespective of what monstrosities and illegal acts which they may commit, so I shall have to be most careful here not to be accused of 'racism'. [RACISM??]
Why are 'travellers' - formerly known as 'diddicoi' [various spellings] - allowed to do precisely as they please, unchallenged? Why are they allowed to litter, pollute, fail to school their children, avoid taxes and camp on land illegally? Seemingly, every area where they arrive and set up shop, a crime wave follows. Perhaps this is mere coincidence.
Is not justice generally agreed to be blind?
One reason for the problems is that desperate local councils are now so terrified of being accused of the aforementioned 'racism' and secondly, the appalling european, so-called Human Rights legislation, always seems to rear up its ugly head into the equation.
Many communities have been literally wrecked by these who refuse to recognise the laws of the land - unless of course - they apply to benefits which may be drawn.
The criminal activities of such groups are the stuff of legend.
In order to be considered fair and evenhanded on this matter, I am going to start a search to see whether I can find any positives which such 'travellers' bring to any community. Should I find that this is indeed the case, I shall certainly let you know.
It is common mistake to confuse 'travellers' with gypsies but this error can easily be made due largely to issues of overlap.
The days of the 'noble, free-spirited romany travelling the nation and taking on casual labour before returning back to a painted wagon to feast on a supper of roast hedgehog' are long gone - if indeed they ever truly existed.
Whether a stereotype or not, my Dad once remarked to me about his days in the Police: "There are two groups of people where I have never found an honest person: [something which mattered to him deeply] the first is gypsies and the second is scrap merchants."
Today that would be called 'prejudice' but you speak as you find and his experience was very broad
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