Gangs Travel to Bath From Bristol In ‘Mercedes Benz’ To Pose As Beggars

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  • Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024

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  • @Hairnicks
    @Hairnicks Год назад +298

    As an ex- Bristol copper I can confirm this has been going on for decades.

    • @martinheath5947
      @martinheath5947 Год назад +19

      So can I in London

    • @Swansong321
      @Swansong321 Год назад +23

      I was a student in Bristol university and I was skint but ALWAYS have money..once I literally had nothing and this "beggar" approached me..I said I've nothing at all today and he was really rude, he was like "yeah right"..I thought oh f YOU!..I've always thought twice now..we have a reasonable benefits system my boyfriend pointed out

    • @sallyedwards7162
      @sallyedwards7162 Год назад

      Free everything and still fleecing us.
      Their benefits should be stopped and they should be deported for taking this country for granted

    • @michaelwalker1145
      @michaelwalker1145 Год назад +21

      And thats why you never give eny thing to them. That's the reason I Stopped buying the BIG
      ISSUE . All eastern European sellers.

    • @soot.2146
      @soot.2146 Год назад +12

      Yeah but lots of folks from Bristol love all these types, so let them give their £,ss to the scammers, Nd scumbags until they realise they been " Had", can't educate pork.

  • @UKdraxion
    @UKdraxion Год назад +240

    Never give anything to beggars.

    • @lindacaswell9650
      @lindacaswell9650 Год назад +22

      Tell em to get a freaking JOB 🤷‍♀️ I offered a sandwich and drink once to a homeless person. Well his piece of cardboard said he needed money for food! He took the drink and said ... No I'm not hungry, don't you have any money to give me? Wtf 😞🤷‍♀️

    • @Ashs-mini-vlogs
      @Ashs-mini-vlogs Год назад

      ​@@lindacaswell9650I was homeless years ago I was given food alot I was glad n thankful for it if the bigger is refusing stuff he's not real genuine homeless

    • @lilhazey1128
      @lilhazey1128 Год назад +2

      @@lindacaswell9650poor you

    • @ciupak7932
      @ciupak7932 Год назад +14

      I would say almost the same about charities.....bosses of them raking £100k/y +...before any penny is spent on the cause.

    • @pumpkinpatch5
      @pumpkinpatch5 Год назад +4

      @@ciupak7932As someone who worked for a charity headquarters once and witnessed this, I agree. Glad I got out.

  • @Nick-vl7df
    @Nick-vl7df Год назад +175

    As someone who was really homeless it might surprise you that most the homeless hate them.

    • @MrNice-hv3np
      @MrNice-hv3np Год назад +6

      Been there myself. And I’ve never seen a genuine homeless beg for money, they ask for help if they need it.

    • @urbanfox53
      @urbanfox53 Год назад +6

      That's not at all surprising because they are taking the credibility away from genuine poor people.

    • @SloopyDog
      @SloopyDog Год назад +1

      They are taking the food out of the mouths of genuine homeless people.

    • @danielward7008
      @danielward7008 Год назад

      They're taking public sympathy away from the genuinely homeless. Absolute scumbags.

    • @ianhill4585
      @ianhill4585 Год назад +3

      The homeless (I assume) people round my way I've seen ,generally put a cap or something else out,to catch coins, but don't engage ,other than to thank you when you donate.
      A quiet dignity, no verbal begging,no tugging on the heartstrings, ----a donate or don't theme.

  • @bmotion7648
    @bmotion7648 Год назад +256

    I'd hazard a guess these aren't British people doing this. If this isn't a crime it should be.

    • @bernadettec6386
      @bernadettec6386 Год назад +20

      I thought begging was a crime. When did that Law change.

    • @endlessglizzys_.0233
      @endlessglizzys_.0233 Год назад +14

      In Luton Gypsy Lane Retail Park it used to be a nice place to shop. Now it's full of beggers wearing new Nikes plus with cars parked up. Saw a few get into their cars and drive off. The Police move them on but they come back again. One stands next to the exit traffic lights with a box asking for money.

    • @JosephB-tv7gf
      @JosephB-tv7gf Год назад +11

      ​@@bernadettec6386yes. It certainly was. Dunno if the law changed at all. Maybe just another crime, like bicycling on pavements, which the police ignore.

    • @abeonthehill166
      @abeonthehill166 Год назад +10

      It is a crime to Beg in England and, if found guilty at Court you can face a Jail Sentence for it however, it is rarely used now .
      I read this crime is being removed as a crime soon as it is seen as outdated .
      The vagrancy act 1824 provides for a range of offences, including that people can still be arrested for begging or sleeping in a public place in England and Wales. The Vagrancy Act is also aimed at punishing “every person wandering abroad and lodging in any barn or outhouse, or in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or wagon,” making the act a threat to Gypsy, Traveller, and Roma communities as well. Punishments under the act can include a fine of 1,000 pounds and the risk of a criminal record and arrest. In 2020, 573 people were prosecuted under this act[3].

    • @jamescharnock4579
      @jamescharnock4579 Год назад +11

      Dont know if its true but heard that if they are selling Big Issue they are classed as self employed, and can claim all sorts of Benefits.

  • @alm5966
    @alm5966 Год назад +134

    This is happening in my local village. The regular foreign Big Issue seller was spotted getting into a 4x4 SUV that was parked behind the shops where she was grifting and drove away. Most people believe themselves too intelligent to fall for a con-trick but they still give money to 'homeless' and beggars. They're panhandling scum and should be ignored. Here's a tip...if you want money then get a job like the rest of us have to do and stop being a low life.

    • @barrystubbs983
      @barrystubbs983 Год назад +10

      get a job when so many mugs willingly give them money ? having a laugh aren't you

    • @jamescharnock4579
      @jamescharnock4579 Год назад +13

      This happens in Warrington have seen it, park the Merc on Morrisons the man walks into Warrington and the Woman stands outside my local M & S with the Big issue. I always give a filthy look when approached and say in a loud voice Imshi Imshi which i think means pi** off in Arabic. This has been going on for at least the last 20 years.

    • @annnickolls8741
      @annnickolls8741 Год назад +9

      They do it in birmingham city centre you just know who is genuine a lot of foreign women look well fed

    • @MrNice-hv3np
      @MrNice-hv3np Год назад +7

      Genuine homeless never ask for money, because they have very little need for it (life’s cheap when you got no bills). And they tend to stay out of sight.

    • @DW-dd4iw
      @DW-dd4iw Год назад +1

      Same in my local town, a huge Merc drops off a woman in the morning and collects her in the evening. There's three other women (dressed the same) in the expensive Merc too.

  • @straightouttacornwall
    @straightouttacornwall Год назад +41

    I was in London once and I seen a load of freeloaders getting out a mercedes and walk into a house. If memory serves me correctly I think the address was 10 Downing street.

  • @soloperformer5598
    @soloperformer5598 Год назад +60

    I've ignored beggars in some of the poorest areas in other countries so ignoring this lot shouldn't be a problem.

  • @sibylleherbe8260
    @sibylleherbe8260 Год назад +57

    I live in America and have traveled the country. This is happening all over my country, in every city.

  • @kellykreqeli8924
    @kellykreqeli8924 Год назад +32

    This is why sadly I won’t give money because you don’t know who to trust

  • @johnw2758
    @johnw2758 Год назад +68

    There's a guy who begs outside our local M&S every day. Depending on the weather I would buy him something hot or cold. You can imagine my dismay when I found out he actually wasn't homeless but this was just a better option than him signing up for work with an agency. I did notice before that he had 'named' trainers and clothes on but thought nothing of it. Since he's been 'outed' he now wears scruffier work clothes. I still say Hi ( to what I think are homeless people ) but that's as far as it goes. These people are spoiling it for the genuine needy people.

    • @anthonymitchell6216
      @anthonymitchell6216 Год назад +2

      The genuine needy people are on government benefits are they not ? No need to beg .

    • @E_O_S_
      @E_O_S_ Год назад +1

      U stil say hi FFS

    • @derekporter66
      @derekporter66 Год назад

      you say hi? fool

    • @johnw2758
      @johnw2758 Год назад

      @@E_O_S_ yep..just as I would when passing anybody FFS...edited to clarify what I meant

    • @MsDamosmum
      @MsDamosmum Год назад

      @@johnw2758passing anybody? You must say hi a lot 😂

  • @rachb373
    @rachb373 Год назад +90

    Giving money to someone begging is never a kind thing to do. It only makes you feel better about yourself

    • @onlyme8117
      @onlyme8117 Год назад +14

      Give them linekers address or phone number, it will be appreciated.

    • @MrEdrftgyuji
      @MrEdrftgyuji Год назад +7

      Not disagreeing, but it is still much better than giving your money to a major charity.

    • @mickb1471
      @mickb1471 Год назад

      The West End is full with beggars, all of them are scammers. You can tell the difference between genuine homeless and hungry people and the gangs of beggars.

    • @annehislop2449
      @annehislop2449 Год назад +2

      ​@@MrEdrftgyujiso give to local charities where you can see how and where your money is spent.

    • @stevedawn4341
      @stevedawn4341 Год назад +1

      If someone ask me to buy them some food to eat. I will buy for them don't need your prayer praise or permission. If I get wrong and they are lying karma will get them. Mind you business and I will mind mine. Thank you.

  • @gillianmorris747
    @gillianmorris747 Год назад +19

    We have 2 people that get dropped off in our town (Shropshire) in big posh car, spend day begging then picked up again later in day

  • @kevinmoore2630
    @kevinmoore2630 Год назад +25

    i never give a penny to any of them

  • @Shonno77
    @Shonno77 Год назад +34

    I live in Bath and stopped giving directly to people on the streets a few years ago. I have instead donated to the Julian House Homeless Hostel. Just saying.

    • @honey23b2
      @honey23b2 Год назад +3

      Good idea. Bless you. ❤

    • @sidkings
      @sidkings Год назад +9

      The issue of Organised Roma Gypsies begging in Bath is new.
      I grew up there and had never seen a foreign beggar. It was mostly local people with drug issues. Anyone homeless tended to be from a bigger city elsewhere.
      Organsied begging by Romanian gypsies is a Europe wide problem.
      I've personally confronted a few on the tube. They often pretend to be from war torn countries.
      Been on holiday to Lille, Paris, Munich and even Madrid and saw hoards of them . France is by the far the worst imo.

    • @colleenpeck6347
      @colleenpeck6347 Год назад +1

      ​@sidkings Currently, they are all coming to the US southern border and claiming discrimination due to their minority status. Now the American taxpayers are supporting these uneducated unskilled travelers. They are our new asylum seekers that fly here to claim asylum.

    • @chrisward63
      @chrisward63 Год назад +6

      Agree... I have recently started giving to Julian House as a way of helping those in need, not that I gave to any individuals.

    • @bobbyboko6317
      @bobbyboko6317 Год назад +2

      Well done mate my wife manages one of the Shops .

  • @shaunbat5097
    @shaunbat5097 Год назад +18

    These are the jobs the migrants arrive at Dover on a boat for.
    Well done government.

  • @ZappRoyce
    @ZappRoyce Год назад +15

    This is an age old trick, begging is illegal in the UK we have a benefit system, if you see people begging tell them to get a job !👍

  • @terryjones6504
    @terryjones6504 Год назад +19

    Happened in Cyprus for years. Old ladies dropped off by family in Mercs.

  • @thehairygolfer
    @thehairygolfer Год назад +25

    I worked in Bristol in the early 90's for 5 years. Professional beggers everywhere back then. Nothing has changed.

  • @jongee-c3w
    @jongee-c3w Год назад +13

    Dont give money to foreign beggars. Dont tip foreign uber-eats or deliveroo delivery riders.
    How difficult is it ?

  • @jennbed1899
    @jennbed1899 Год назад +20

    This doesn't happen just in Bath, its everywhere in Europe. I experienced something like this years ago in Germany, while walking to a neighbour in the village I saw a group of Romania gypsies getting also out of a fat Benz. Then my friend answered the door and I followed to see one of the ladies, showing us a photo of her sick child and a laminated piece of card stating she needed money. As the local newspaper had warned us she automatically said no, who in returned got aggressive. I told her she cant be that bad off when she got out of a Benz and we threatened to call the police. She backed off and left quickly.

  • @lacyla8367
    @lacyla8367 Год назад +13

    I remember in Bristol broadmead sat on a bench waiting for a friend to finish shopping. A 'homeless' guy was sat 10m away and was rocking back and forth and making noises as if he was in pain. Loads of people gave him money. 20 minutes later he stood up completely normal, took his phone out and walked off. I was gobsmacked!

  • @roblloyd1879
    @roblloyd1879 Год назад +40

    Been going on for years, Gloucester was a good example.

  • @chrislecouteur2360
    @chrislecouteur2360 Год назад +23

    This is happening everywhere London Kent Essex Yorkshire ... saw one in Leeds west Yorkshire ... they was picked up by van ... London dropped of just of by trafalgar Square in a Mercedes van ... been going on years

    • @sylviabaxter265
      @sylviabaxter265 Год назад +2

      People just throw money in, I never ever give them money you would know a genuine street person. there is a guy who sits outside Sainsburys every weekend for his beer money and another guy who asks for the £1 trolley money to buy a drink, no is my answer.

    • @schrodingerscat1863
      @schrodingerscat1863 Год назад +1

      Used to see this happen in Hammersmith 10 years ago when I worked there. Exactly the same thing, old women got dropped off every morning, sat begging in the town all day then collected at the end of the day.

  • @WetBandit-qo9xd
    @WetBandit-qo9xd Год назад +8

    I'd suggest an investigative journalist heads to Tottenham Court Road at around 7am in the morning and sees a couple of dozen Romanian "beggars" being dropped off by half a dozen cars at the McDonalds where the gang master writes up "Homeless & Hungry" signs on bits of cardboard then watches them walk to their patches around Euston, Kings Cross, Warren Street etc where they rotate regularly. This is one of many Roma Gypsy rackets known throughout Europe.

  • @testpilotian3188
    @testpilotian3188 Год назад +10

    The beggar in our town turn out to be coming in by train every day from Victoria (someone got suspicious and followed him home).

  • @alexandergemmell664
    @alexandergemmell664 Год назад +20

    Give money to beggars ? You must be joking, my money is hard earned.

  • @THEPete_
    @THEPete_ Год назад +7

    This is happening everywhere in the UK, been the same here in Newcastle for decades

  • @rohinipatel3037
    @rohinipatel3037 Год назад +14

    The flat they are accommodating should be investigated and remove them. Scroungers living at taxpayers expenses.

  • @johnpatrick1702
    @johnpatrick1702 Год назад +5

    I saw one begging recently in the town were i live. Of foreign descent and the usual sign saying " i'm hungry ." He also had a dog with him so i nipped off to Poundland and got a tin of dog food, put it next to the dog, gave it a pat and walked off. Made me feel good. For the dog.

  • @cassandrade-wolfe6926
    @cassandrade-wolfe6926 Год назад +3

    Who has had the door to door beggars....who hand you the note saying they are deaf, homeless and foreign....so "have a good heart" and give them money?
    Then at the top of the street they all hop into a vehicle and go on somewhere else?
    Unreal.

  • @patchlolly979
    @patchlolly979 Год назад +7

    I can’t believe they have only just worked this out

  • @4faxache935
    @4faxache935 Год назад +34

    Been happening since time began.
    Grifters.

  • @simonwhite-iq9ub
    @simonwhite-iq9ub Год назад +5

    This has been going on for years in every major city

  • @mattdeacon3137
    @mattdeacon3137 Год назад +9

    My wife and I live near bristol and went to the centre several weeks ago where near to the tesco by castle park a supposed homeless chap had a sign out saying something along the lines of im tired and hungry, god bless. As he was near the tesco, and as we often do, rather than give money we bought a meal deal with a number of other longer lasting food items and went back and gave it to him. He was very gratefull but rather than tear into the food he looked through the bag and then put it down on the floor next to him. Something felt off but couldnt put my finger on it. Further down the road toward the hippodrome we passed another chap, again with a bit of cardboard with a similarly written message, signed off with 'god bless'. Thought it was odd but couldnt recall the prior sign in full so assumed a coincidence. Get to millennium square and theres a third chap but again same hand written sign, same sized bit of cardboard as the previous two, same exact hand writing and signed off with god bless. Whilst you cant make assumptions, this individual was very well 'fed' and freshly groomed with clothes that whilst not new, weren't hugely overworn, but as my wife and i came to the realisation was dressed almost identically as the previous two guys. Granted it took us to the third guy to realise something dodgy seemed to be going on, but glad we didnt give money and be completely taken advantage of.

  • @vl6357
    @vl6357 Год назад +7

    On Oxford street, the entire length, they have begging cards, written in the same handwriting. It is a complete con.

  • @nathanphillips1504
    @nathanphillips1504 Год назад +8

    I noticed this is in Southampton, 3 or 4 working in unison. I then saw them all get on the train laughing and joking

  • @alanhaynes418
    @alanhaynes418 Год назад +8

    Our Woke government has been aware of this rapidly growing problem for decades - but dealing with it effectively would mean going against their agenda of 'Immigrant Good/Indigenous Bad'.
    So nothing gets done.

  • @dogtails7614
    @dogtails7614 Год назад +2

    And this is why I completely ignore them!

  • @sofiavalle7885
    @sofiavalle7885 Год назад +16

    I had an incident with a Big Issue seller a few months ago: I found a 10p coin a few meters away from her, I picked it and gave it to her. She refused it saying 'it was on the ground and it wasn't hers'. I was disgusted, if I find money on the ground, I pick it even if it's a 1p coin but for this lady it was definitely not enough. That shows they are not in need, they are fraudsters.

  • @richardsmith579
    @richardsmith579 Год назад +6

    Never ever give to beggars, we pay enough in taxes for the government to fund these crooks anyway.

  • @schrodingerscat1863
    @schrodingerscat1863 Год назад +8

    This has been going on for year, used to see gangs of immigrant baggers turn up in Hammersmith years ago when I worked there. These normally eastern European women, would sit in the town all day, begging then get collected at the end of the day in a minibus.

  • @MultiAlanR
    @MultiAlanR Год назад +27

    It happens here in Dublin as well. They arrive early to the city centre by bus and sometimes will decide which women will hold the babies they bring to gain more sympathy. The worst part is when old people are targeted because they've collected their pension money

    • @soot.2146
      @soot.2146 Год назад +3

      Most druggies , never see their benefits in parts of GB, it's all collected by their drug dealers, on the tier system.

    • @MC14may
      @MC14may Год назад

      Brits dont care about Dublin...the Irish pikeys have been in the UK for decades praying on the vulnerable with their dodgy tarmacing and building so-called skills.
      It's called Karma in Ireland 😂

    • @MsSamanthaTKO
      @MsSamanthaTKO Год назад +2

      In the north the charity shops only put out one shoe now. I told them to put a sign up in Romanian.

    • @philomenacroghan5437
      @philomenacroghan5437 Год назад +1

      Don't give money to beggars most are Romanians, well known as beggars and thieves .

    • @danking8379
      @danking8379 Год назад

      I’ve seen the Dublin beggers grabbing notes from a woman purse as she opened it . I did nothing as she deserved it for giving to the scumbags in the first place

  • @francis88825
    @francis88825 Год назад +14

    SO THE POLICE KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE, SO HOW COME THEY AINT DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT ? 🐽🐽

  • @contessa.adella
    @contessa.adella Год назад +3

    I was on the tube some years ago…at a station this woman gets on, all swaddled up in cloth rags like from ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, jogging a blanket wrapped baby up and down whilst she begged and cried in some unintelligible, like east European tongue. She collected notes and coins of currency and as she shuffled closer, with the train underway, I could see the ‘baby’ was a plastic doll. Two stations later with no more coin forthcoming she left. The scam was blatant…yet still some people gave money.

  • @mickm7786
    @mickm7786 Год назад +22

    This happens in Benidorm by the indoor market every day and it is usually the same people that do it, they are mainly eastern europeans as well.

    • @duncanhill3953
      @duncanhill3953 Год назад +1

      Correct

    • @alyb731
      @alyb731 Год назад

      Why bother working for a living?

    • @sidkings
      @sidkings Год назад +2

      I've been to few European cities in the last couple of years. They are well organised and sadly use children for begging too.
      France had to be the worst though. Lille and Paris.
      They are Gypsy Roma (Romanian), but often claim to be from a war torn countries.

    • @mickm7786
      @mickm7786 Год назад +1

      @@sidkings You have to watch out for the one's that get you to hold the babies they are usually picking your pockets at the same time.

    • @sidkings
      @sidkings Год назад

      @@mickm7786 I was in Paris, Louvre. This lady was smartly dressed with a clip board. She comes up to me and goes she's doing a survey of tourists and told me to put my name and country down.
      Then she turns round and says "thanks for pledging minimum 10 euros to our charity!"
      I'm like wth! Then I look up and see about half a dozen of them doing the same thing.
      I then clocked they were actually gypsies. They started swearing at me when I said no. Unbelievable!

  • @andrewdudson7750
    @andrewdudson7750 Год назад +13

    I bet they are not English

  • @PaulStratford-vn8ed
    @PaulStratford-vn8ed Год назад +15

    What a lovely country we live in now I love paying my tax here it’s great

  • @Alteringrealitystudios
    @Alteringrealitystudios Год назад +14

    As I've said this is the first time in recorded history that countries will be taken through civil obedience. And the aspects of polite society.

  • @jeffatkins6890
    @jeffatkins6890 Год назад +8

    If you didn’t know this was going on ! been going on for years , best you change to a history channel , not news

  • @andydandyb
    @andydandyb Год назад +3

    Britain has fallen. Thank you EU, thank you Blair &Co.

  • @lacyla8367
    @lacyla8367 Год назад +4

    This has been a problem for years. They're only bringing it up now as they want to get rid of cash..

  • @JustDaniel6764
    @JustDaniel6764 Год назад +10

    In Manchester i seen a beggar with a bloody chip n pin machine, I said ive no change and he said i take card😂😂 i was dumbfounded

    • @webbo9798
      @webbo9798 Год назад

      Did he offer any "cash back". 😄

  • @theolderigetthewrongbitget4746
    @theolderigetthewrongbitget4746 Год назад +5

    The Big Issue is famous for it up here in Scotland.

  • @radicalcartoons2766
    @radicalcartoons2766 Год назад +4

    Bristol resident all my life, this has been going on for decades.

  • @bullet-catcherhohoho250
    @bullet-catcherhohoho250 Год назад +12

    This has been going on for ever all around the country, only fools give them anything and there are a lot of fools out there. it is not worth even bothering to tell a fool anything, because they are fools and will forever be one.

  • @douglasgraham2774
    @douglasgraham2774 Год назад +4

    I met a Rumanian lady,in my home town south Devon selling big issue, she was driven from Bristol and picked up late pm, drove back to Bristol and was there again for rest of week.

  • @keelyjohnston19
    @keelyjohnston19 Год назад +10

    We have them in Kingston upon Thames they turn up in a blue Mercedes van and sit in McDonald, till 8 then spread out around the town centre
    They also threaten the real homeless people

  • @jillclark6076
    @jillclark6076 Год назад +4

    We have it in the USA too. There is a family that comes. The husband sits in his van probably on his phone while his wife and children sit outside Walmart all daybegging for money. It's a disgrace.

  • @JohnBaxterWalker
    @JohnBaxterWalker Год назад +3

    A similar gang were in Canterbury a few weeks ago. Evenly spaced out through the high street. All with the same cardboard sign - I'm Hungry, God Bless.

  • @deb-1558
    @deb-1558 Год назад +13

    This isn't new 😂 my mum has seen this happening in the west midlands for years

  • @Misssprimmm246
    @Misssprimmm246 Год назад +1

    Years ago there was a begger sitting outside McDonald's begging, my daughter went into the shop and bought him a burger and fries and gave it to him, he looked at her like she was stupid, he said i want money not food and threw it away, I've never ever given a penny to any begger since

  • @johnw2758
    @johnw2758 Год назад +12

    The thing is, giving to these 'reputable' charities is also a con as a lot of the money goes on executive wages. I now join local animal charity groups (that I know and trust) on Facebook and give to them as and when as I feel it is being spent on the correct thing BUT there is also a problem with that regarding the vets costs, as I feel that when the vet knows the animal is from a rescue charity, they know that there are members funding it and then they ramp up the prices !

  • @simonruddy8265
    @simonruddy8265 Год назад +11

    All probably on benefits and a number of other scams.

  • @markhorton8578
    @markhorton8578 Год назад +2

    There was a local who used to sit and beg by the bridge by Sainsburys for many years. At the end of the day, he would walk a way to his very nice car and drive out to his large house in Bathford (a very expensive area). That's just one of several reasons I never give to individuals any more.

  • @bepto4877
    @bepto4877 Год назад +5

    A fool & his money are easily parted.

  • @kimbardgett1664
    @kimbardgett1664 Год назад +3

    This has been happening since i was a kid ,my husband stopped me giving money to a child as he had been to the city many times and said watch and extremely expensive car pulled up and picked the child up .From that day to now i give to no one unless they are representing a charity with proper id .

  • @Marilyn-jg6ee
    @Marilyn-jg6ee Год назад +4

    This has been going on in Italy for years. Nothing new here

  • @TheRastler
    @TheRastler Год назад +2

    We had a beggar in our town, dressed in camouflage clothes claiming he was homeless and was spotted by a neighbour from the village he stayed in, a council house, claiming benefits.
    It was reported, turns out he was never in the forces, had his partner living with him and she had a full time job which hadn’t declared.
    We have one exactly like one of those in this article that squats outside M&S and he certainly doesn’t look undernourished and on the hottest of days he certainly doesn’t smell like someone with no access to washing facilities.
    I thought begging was illegal,but I suppose entering the UK via the channel in a dingy is illegal but the government being the bunch of plonkers that they are do nothing about that either.

  • @Toracube
    @Toracube Год назад +1

    Professional beggars stay outside shops and threaten others with violence over their patch. And people give money to these thugs…

  • @meredithisme3752
    @meredithisme3752 Год назад +8

    🇦🇺 we had a similar thing in Australia wealthy Chinese bringing in aged Chinese to beg on the street, and they took the money, fortunately The Salvation army sussed it out and police were involved. Don't give to anyone my advice

  • @patdarby2705
    @patdarby2705 Год назад +6

    Give them nothing. If they're genuinely homeless or poor, the welfare state in this country is available to everyone and is overly generous enough for no one ever to go without either food or shelter.

    • @slickfandango7915
      @slickfandango7915 Год назад

      not exactly true. i was recently made homeless and it took about 2 months before i got any benefits and three and a half months before i got a room in a homeless hostel. without charity in that time i probably would have been forced to steal.

  • @paulstone3209
    @paulstone3209 Год назад +4

    Used to be a guy begging in Enfield Town years ago, can't remember his name, but designer trainers but homeless type clothes. Years later ame out he was a millionaire, clever guy

  • @DBCOOPER982
    @DBCOOPER982 Год назад +3

    Ive seen beggars sitting next to cashpoint machines where i live begging has been going on for years some beggars can be aggressive asking for change with a can of alcohol in their hands

  • @angusclark8330
    @angusclark8330 Год назад +2

    In my area, it's a big F.O. Mitsubishi. They're Roma, either from Romania or Slaovakia.

  • @bryanthomas2598
    @bryanthomas2598 Год назад +3

    Charity begins and ends at home

  • @donnabeuth3193
    @donnabeuth3193 Год назад +1

    I've seen it going on all over West London for years now. A lot of years. 😠🙄

  • @artboy5938
    @artboy5938 Год назад +1

    Got 2 in Barnet High street at the moment! Holding very Hungry signs . Don’t give them f all !

  • @bridiesmith5110
    @bridiesmith5110 Год назад +3

    They are all over the place. In Cambridge as well.

  • @gabrielconstantin8724
    @gabrielconstantin8724 Год назад +1

    It's unbelievable how people are so stupid this day's to give money to crooks 😡😡

  • @woodlandbiker
    @woodlandbiker Год назад +1

    We had this in our small town and before they were picked up in a car they would disgard all the coppers and five pence pieces.

  • @rio-wi1el
    @rio-wi1el Год назад +4

    never give money if you think they are genuine give them a sandwich but a lot of this goes on and it is shameful

  • @LarryFogarty
    @LarryFogarty Год назад +6

    same scum here in ireland

  • @jasonlee4267
    @jasonlee4267 Год назад +2

    this happens in most times, in my town a gang of about 5 'homeless' people loiter the streets begging, I have seen them getting into a nice car at the end of the day, its also a tourist town in the lake district.

  • @ebbyoflondon8365
    @ebbyoflondon8365 Год назад +6

    Ignoring beggars is counter-intuitive to me, but I would rather take the guesswork out of giving a handout and simply donate to registered charities instead. They should know who the genuine cases are through and as long as they are on the Charities Commission register and their operating costs are minimal, I will donate.
    Another bone of contention are the 'begging bags' asking for clothes, jewellery and perfume that are regularly pushed through my door. They are not all registered charities and are businesses, which in my view makes them a better class of scrounger. No thank you.

    • @HarunalRashide123
      @HarunalRashide123 Год назад

      Dont give to Oxfam or Barnados or NSPCC they are all a con. Maybe help for heroes, RNLI or local charities.

  • @rohinipatel3037
    @rohinipatel3037 Год назад +11

    They should be all jailed and if from foreign countries they should be deported. Don't need such criminals in our country. Unbelievable various issues the country is facing which have never ever the country have fave and no strict laws are not yet implemented.

    • @davidsteward9932
      @davidsteward9932 Год назад +1

      i agree,,,,,,,far to late,,,,,we have been invaded,,,,,and they have won,,,,,,,,,,due to are total lack of bolloks from the uk gov.

  • @missjane782
    @missjane782 Год назад +3

    Had someone hassle me for money for accommodation outside the cinema recently. Told her I wouldn’t give her any money but would pay for accommodation at the hostel. She said thanks and walked off.

  • @billericaydickie6137
    @billericaydickie6137 Год назад +2

    As everybody has said, It's been going on for years. Check them out at busy traffic light junctions. Some walk with a limp, Some have walking sticks or crutches, But they all approach your car window cup in hand and say "Pleeeeeese"

  • @mungomuff9716
    @mungomuff9716 Год назад +2

    I was waiting for my husband on a street in Southern Spain when a man parked a pretty decent car infront of me got out got a wheelchair from the boot and a cardboard sign got in the wheelchair and set off...i actually walked past him later begging in a doorway..before i saw him do that i always gave change or the odd Euro to people begging but i never have since...

  • @Katewelsh2415
    @Katewelsh2415 Год назад +3

    It happens in Belfast every day they get dropped off fancy cars

  • @jonethomas3892
    @jonethomas3892 Год назад +4

    Well known, some on the dole make 50 to 6o pounds a day, a lady from Swansea goes forty miles miles away travels with her scruffy looking dog, but goes round the back of a building and changes, drives her car with nice daily profit.

  • @G4RY1159
    @G4RY1159 Год назад +2

    Seen an Asian woman a lot in Blackpool along the Prom, she always sat in a certain Bus Stop with a large tartan rug around her, then one day a Mercedes pulled up with an Asian man driving, the woman in the bus stop got up and got in the car and drove away, I seen her the very next day not far from the bus stop she was picked up the day before.
    Homeless actress!

  • @martinsmith5998
    @martinsmith5998 Год назад +1

    same as the gangs of wind screen cleaners who waited at traffic lights then pounced on motorists. they travelled around different areas, had look outs and get away cars

  • @alyb731
    @alyb731 Год назад +3

    This has been going on for years.

  • @elliotspencer2648
    @elliotspencer2648 Год назад +2

    I used to live in Bristol until 2 months ago, I know this gang they are mainly romainian, who all live in expensive parts of Bristol (clifton, southville) and all of them have been caught going in shops in broadmead (Bristol City center) stealing things, I should know I had them coming into my shop stealing. They are not poor or homeless, don't give them a single penny, I never did.

  • @ianpetch
    @ianpetch Год назад +1

    There was a guy selling the big issue in our town centre for 6 years, maybe more, and when he announced that he was quitting the local newspaper actually did 'farewell' piece on this 'chatty pleasant chap who will be missed'. Can you believe it? He even would be seen nicely dressed with his wife and kids pushing a pram around the shops in the towns shopping centre! (Darlington)

  • @philbamford6957
    @philbamford6957 Год назад +1

    Albanians or Romanians,those type of people that should and could be sent home,but sunak and his mob think it’s ok to let these loose on the British public.

  • @denisehillier5413
    @denisehillier5413 Год назад +3

    Pick pockets are rife too. Nothing new, but a big problem.

  • @MARKETMAN6789
    @MARKETMAN6789 Год назад +6

    Plus benefits ,from dwp

  • @jackkruese4258
    @jackkruese4258 Год назад +5

    There usually the same Romany gypsy woman I pass couple of times a week selling the Big Issue and I always shake my head at her not to refuse money but more as to say what the hell are you playing at. As they have no intention of working.

    • @susanwestern6434
      @susanwestern6434 Год назад +1

      They are mainly young women. They could easily get a job.

    • @jackkruese4258
      @jackkruese4258 Год назад

      @@susanwestern6434
      I know, they’d rather beg than work.

  • @geoffreyfreitag1276
    @geoffreyfreitag1276 Год назад +3

    It is the problem of people coming into supermarkets and asking customers as we shop for spare change as they know we are having money to spend. Then the groups choose to get on trains and undergrounds trapp commutors are stuck with the intimidating look the hustler gives to make you give to get rid of them. This is the thing that you have to contend with now, not just street beggers. Street beggers have been around for decades. It is the new ways they stand at take away stands watching you get change then they ssy can you spare some change. Then we get abuse if we do not comply. It is beginning to make me react. I ask them what they want it for then i play their game by saying i can only buy you food or i will got to the hostel they pretend they say they need a fiver to add to the fifteen for a bed at a hostel, the second you say things like that they go because they want cash. I am beginning to hate walking in shopping area's because of the harassment.