“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
― Dalai Lama XIV
The latest victims in Suella Braverman’s ruthless bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party are the homeless. From her “hate speech” against asylum seekers to her instructions to the police that they “must definitely intervene and arrest” eco-protesters, Suella Braverman is reshaping Britain’s social and emotional DNA so that our once fame for social tolerance is rapidly becoming nothing more than a historical curiosity.
From Chris Packham to Gary Lineker, from asylum seekers to eco-protesters, Suella Braverman is prepared to sacrifice anyone and everyone in her bid to win the approval and support of the far right of the Conservative Party. And her latest victims are to be the homeless, especially those living on the streets in tents.
After 12 years of Tory government, we have a worsening housing shortage accompanied by an inevitable increase in homelessness. Couple this to the massive rise in interest rates and the knock on effect of rising rents, and we have a perfect homelessness storm.
According to the Guardian newspaper, rapidly rising homelessness is “a crisis made in government". (23/1023/).
However, Ms Braverman, true to form, is more concerned with blaming the victims than in solving the problem, claiming that rough sleeping is “a lifestyle choice”. Not only is Ms Braverman unprepared to help the homeless but she is actively proposing the prosecution of those that do want to help.
“Braverman’s proposals for addressing this issue include establishing a civil offence to discourage charities from distributing tents to homeless individuals. Charities might face fines if the tents they provide are deemed to have caused a public nuisance.” (TDPel Media: 04/11/23)
Way back in 2002 Theresa May, then Conservative Party chairwoman, told a stunned party conference that people called the Conservatives, the “Nasty Party". Sadly, they remain nasty and have now added vindictive, heartless, cruel and morally bankrupt to their name.