How Glaswegians deal with anti-homeless spikes

[weepiper]

This article or a variation of it appeared in the Scottish press yesterday

We spoke to Gerald, 29, who until a few weeks ago, called the location in question his home. He's been sleeping rough on the streets of Glasgow for the past eight years.

“I used to sleep down there. As you can see there’s big, yellow, metal things to stop me and my brother, Paul, sleeping there. I was up staying with a friend for a couple of nights in Maryhill. When I came back, all the metal had been put down."

This morning a stand-up fella of me and Fedayn's acquaintance took the matter into his own hands and removed them

He said: “It annoyed me when it happened in London, so I thought it would be hypocritical not to do something when it’s on my doorstep.

“It disgusts me. I don’t know the guys who put them up but I hope they didn’t go home happy at doing a good day's work.

“Their jobs might have been on the line but morals come first. Anyone putting them up must have known it wasn’t right.

“If it happens somewhere else in the city, I’ll go and do it again."

*round of applause*

 

[SpookyFrank]

A bit daft of the council to just secure them with ordinary bolts. Fair play to the bloke who's taken them away though.

e2a: Those yellow triangle bits at the end look rather nasty and could easily hurt someone who tripped and fell onto them. Another example of being spiteful towards an 'undesirable' minority coming before the safety of the the general public.

 

[weepiper]

A bit daft of the council to just secure them with ordinary bolts. Fair play to the bloke who's taken them away though.

It wasn't the council who put them there in the first place.

 

[heinous seamus]

Saw that on twitter. Fair play to the lad. Quality.

 

[SpookyFrank]

It wasn't the council who put them there in the first place.

Then who the fuck thinks they've got the right to bolt this rubbish to the pavement?

 

[weepiper]

Then who the fuck thinks they've got the right to bolt this rubbish to the pavement?

Landowning wankers.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Then who the fuck thinks they've got the right to bolt this rubbish to the pavement?

it's probably one of those private land things where the council sold the pavement.

 

[SpookyFrank]

it's probably one of those private land things where the council sold the pavement.

Still not clear on how elected officials are allowed to sell stuff they don't own.

 

[weepiper]

it's probably one of those private land things where the council sold the pavement.

No, the council was quite cross about it

Glasgow City Council have since issued letters to the property owners instructing them to remove the spikes within seven days or face being charged by the council to remove them.

Govan Councillor James Adams said the local authority would never advocate the use of such a device.

He said: “So-called homeless spikes are absolutely not the way to deal with homelessness. If that’s what this is, then I condemn it unreservedly.‪

“This pavement is owned and maintained by the council meaning permission would be needed to install something like this.‪

“The council has not given permission for this contraption and will not give permission for anything like it in future."

Not cross enough to immediately remove them and bin them though

 

[el-ahrairah]

Still not clear on how elected officials are allowed to sell stuff they don't own.

because no-one is stopping them.

 

[SpookyFrank]

because no-one is stopping them.

Don't we have elected officials to make sure this sort of stuff doesn't...oh fuck

We should really stop electing people. It's just handing them a licence to take the piss and a handsome salary to go with it.

 

[el-ahrairah]

i agree, and if you vote for me on thursday i'll ensure this never happens again.

 

[weepiper]

 

[Favelado]

Some Glaswegians were protesting about the opening of a homeless shelter today.

www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/new-fears-raised-over-plans-for-temporary-homeless-hostel-170388n.24704592

Sorry if it's a bit spiteful to point that out.

I'm glad the council sound so anti-spikes though.

 

[nogojones]

he should be calling the scrap-man to come and collect the scrap metal at the same time. Would be a much tidier job

 

[JimW]

"But seven days was too long for Gary."

Good man!

 

[JTG]

Some Glaswegians were protesting about the opening of a homeless shelter today.

www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/new-fears-raised-over-plans-for-temporary-homeless-hostel-170388n.24704592

Sorry if it's a bit spiteful to point that out.

I'm glad the council sound so anti-spikes though.

Bit of a simplistic summary