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Not in my lifetime, I hope. They seem to be more attracted to places already in the process of being overtaken. Places like Bradfordistan, Lutonistan, Birmingistan and so on.

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All the Big Issue sellers up here are of East European origin, most of those begging have disappeared after a crackdown in the Summer.

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Or perhaps they've been awarded free housing!

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In the past the Roma at Marble Arch always went back to the Balkans for the winter with all the money they had conned off the bleeding hearts.

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I have met plenty of people selling The Big Issue they are mostly British. As a magazine I don't find it very interesting and l rarely read it when l buy it. But having spent 2 month in a hostel and having no home of my own for that short period of time l have grown in sympathy for the homeless. I got my home back and l was never on the streets something l am truly grateful for.

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Did you sell the Big Issue and if so do you think it an effective way to get the homeless off the streets ?

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I never sold it but it is surely better than homeless people pestering people by begging. When people buy the Big Issue they get something for their money.I read the book A Street Cat Called Bob written buy some one who did sell it it seemed to help him.

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How do you know they are all homeless?
Most homeless people have serious problems and are not on a position to buy/sell the big issue .
If they sell the big issue it appear s they are classed as self employed and thus many have an NI no and can claim benefits including housing benefits therefore why should they be homeless?

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Society and the world just gets increasingly more complex with life's issues. They are never quite as straightforward as the media portray things. It is true, this is only a tiny island, so saturation point has surely already been reached, no matter how justified, or not, these people's needs are. Sad facts of life. You have to look after your own otherwise you begin to drown in the sheer demands being made everywhere...