The Anti-Homeless Agenda in Britain

Politics can be a beautiful thing, but while the democracy of a nation oftens create unity, the judgements of others more than not cause a divide. The most recent General Election in the United Kingdom was hailed at the "most important for a generation" with the result still shrouded in a distinct lack of clarity and the fallout yet to be clarified, but while the leadership remains an issue, the bigger controversy lies with the people of the United Kingdom, who turned their back on a fairer, more equal society.

The decisions of the many resulted in the conservatives staying in power, as Great Britain once again reared its ugly, selfish head and highlighted its selfish attitude. The rise of Jeremy Corbyn was a positive one, a man that stood for change and good, while in the opposite corner, those who labelled him a communist and a leader with far too many ideals presented their rather short arguments.

While Corbyn is not Prime Minister, but his campaign reseonated with the youth of the U.K. and garnered interest in young people the likes of which has never been seen, but despite this, the divide between Conservative and Labour, rich and the poor, the left and the right; has never been greater.

Most recently, the Labour leader suggested that the abandoned and unused homes of the rich be used to house victims of the Grenfell fire attack. People who have lost everything with nowhere to go, yet the opposition took this suggestion personally, as if Mr. Corbyn himself was asking the people of Britain to move out of their homes up and down the country and allow benefit scrounges to sleep in their bed. This was not the case and only established the opposition between Corbyn as the right wing newspapers, most notably the Daily Mail altered his words in venemois fashion.

Walking through Liverpool town centre, the sheer magnitude of the homeless crisis in Britain is clear, yet too many people are refusing to help. Refusing to land a helping hand and turning a blind eye to the rising epidemic. With claims leading up the election that Corbyn would be taxing everyones hard earned money, he became public enemy number one to those in a good standard of life and above. While the words of right wing media turned many heads also, despite being factually inaccurate time and time again.

With labels of a terrorist, following his meeting many years ago with Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams, with the man no longer with the group during his meeting with Mr Corbyn. While this still is a valid point, what was conveniently ignored was the times Theresa May, Conservative leader at the time of writing, sold weapons to Saudi Arabia, cut the police force by 20,000 and according to the Indepents article reviewing her six years as Home Secretary: "Some police chiefs believe that having fewer officers who know local communities well has undermined their ability to spot potentially dangerous extremists who might turn to terrorism."

What's heartbreaking about this is that, people would rather criticise one man's care for the homeless community by suggesting he wants a civil war, over helping those in need. With many unable to accept that one mans selfishness can be just ablut helping others, with MP's having a rich history of expense fiddling as history infamously details. While this may seem like a cry for idealism, each and every person should be a valued life, and value should not be determined by wage intake, Amy suggestion that those on the street are in any way undeserving of a home is inhumane and highlights a complete disgreagrd for human life.

As you sleep in your warm bed, take a drink from your fridge, feel privileged of your surroundings, for their are others who can only wish for your level of privilege, through no fault of their own.