James O'Brien wonders if Suella Braverman is 'actually evil' | LBC

Suella Braverman has indicated she would like to 'ban tents,' to avoid problems facing cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Home Secretary has drawn criticism for claiming that rough sleeping is 'often a lifestyle choice'. Reacting to her comments, James O'Brien explores reasons why it might actually be 'Tory policies' that are the issue, rather than homeless people themselves.
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[@GreatHealer.]

I work in a homeless shelter, she has no clue whatsoever.

[@ppo2424]

Neither do you apparently.

[@BigPurpleCarrot]

​@@ppo2424Nice one, mate! I suppose you know better don't you.

[@stefenney3126]

I used to work in a homeless shelter, but got sacked for shouting "Come on you lot - some of us have got homes to go to" !

[@ppo2424]

Yeah, I do@@BigPurpleCarrot

[@BigPurpleCarrot]

@@ppo2424 Enlighten us then.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Next up from Cruella, the evil hate goblin: banning soup kitchens in winter.

[@CaptainFearless1]

tents banned quickly followed by cardboard boxes and a fine on people wearing extra jumpers under bridges !!! hard to understand how heartless this is

[@DoctorBastard]

Banning walking sticks for pensioners next.

[@trevcam6892]

​@@DoctorBastardThat's ok. I've got two spares hidden in the loft where the walking stick police can't find them.

[@APEXGuerilla]

She'll probably ban food banks next.

[@AndrewSmith-fd3fi]

Well after the tents, some have sleeping bags so ban those, and a tax on the luxury mansion cardboard boxes, a charge on every second cardboard box.

[@_Area-51]

She's basically saying she wants all the homeless to die out in the cold, and anyone who tries to help them will be breaking the law and prosecuted 😢

[@Contextualiser16-tn8nd]

Then why don't you virtue signallers ensure she is removed post haste? Or will you get in your feelings and Insist that the only way is via ballot box?

[@jameshansing5396]

@@Contextualiser16-tn8ndWtf are you talking about?

[@jameshansing5396]

@@Contextualiser16-tn8ndface and name hiding? Brave! 😂

[@icelolly4277]

​@@jameshansing5396What he's saying is correct. Do you understand his comment?

[@jameshansing5396]

@@icelolly4277 it’s barely a proper sentence and laced with nonsense insults… 😂😂😂

[@sonofliberty1]

She's an absolute sociopath; only trying to engage with the worst fears and prejudices of people's character in order to garner support to maintain political power.

[@jonmould2946]

They're on your side. They're flooding the nation. So thick.

[@hybridangel3403]

I don't think she is a sociopath, but displays their traits. But in her head she know know one can touch her where she is. At some point she will hide and shut up.

[@simonwinter8839]

​@@hybridangel3403So she's not a sociopath but she is a sociopath. Make your mind up.

[@timthegallant]

​@@hybridangel3403so shes as close to being a sociopath without actually being one.😂😂

[@mogznwaz]

How dare she stand up for Britain and British people over foreigners, illegals and criminal gangs! 🙄

[@raheelsarvana]

"How are we going to attack the homeless, they've got nothing." "Well some of them have got tents" "Bingo, let's take there tents."

[@italianstallion9170]

they shouldn't living in tents they should be sheltered in accommodation hostels, temp housing etc. homeless charities get millions and all they do is run soup kitchen and provide tents it's like they are keeping them homeless so the charity directors/CEOs they can have nice cushy 250,000 per year jobs

[@raheelsarvana]

I completely agree with you. There's tons of money people give to charities, but that money never seems to go to help end homelessness. So where does the money go? Who's going to track it, and account for it. All these politicians and so called leader seem corrupt. But instead of going after the rich corrupt, let's take the tents away..@@italianstallion9170

[@user-fe9qi1ic1r]

There may be something in that/ I worked in a hospice charity shop as a volunteer. Eventually I calculated it took three of these shops with free stock, unpaid staff and no business tax to pay the director his wages. @@italianstallion9170

[@twolessba1087]

​@@italianstallion9170or, a £70 tent will give someone vulnerable shelter immediately while accommodation can be found for them. A tent is a cost effective way of keeping people alive. Don't talk about things you cannot understand.

[@rebelmc7925]

​@@italianstallion9170Bravermen knows this and that is one reason she is doing this

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Weird that no millionaires choose to live in tents if it's a choice...

[@IRAM_rehman]

😂 exactly

[@jbentosimoes]

😄

[@robertturner6530]

have you ever lived on the streets been homeless , not for months but for years if not you know nothing

[@maybenot6075]

​@@robertturner6530thing is its usually through choice, that choice being drug addiction, alcohol etc. If its mental health and family reasons it's usually only temporary and help is available. personally slept in my car for a week before I found a place to stay, still j didnt miss a shift at work and used the showers there. Cant speak for the whole country but my area it is choice. Theres a lovely old bloke wondering round with a shopping trolley full of stuff. His wife died and he left his house and now lives rough. He has money and a home but refuses to go back or stay with his children or anything. In that situation its mental health problems which should be assisted. The rest are smack heads that would rarther beg, steal and cry life's unfair but when offered the help turn it down for their next hit or drink.

[@daughterofenoch677]

@@Valhalla-vk7hf What was his name

[@ryanconnor9240]

I'm reminded the time Sunak asked a homeless man what business sector he's in. They literally live in a parallel world and destroying ours at the same time.

[@joline2730]

Ryan: and that reminds me that way back around the 1950s the Prince of Wales or some such royalty asked a man in the street, after he said he had 10 children: "Do you have a Nanny"

[@earlcadman3436]

One could argue the case that he was being more inclusive and less judgemental than you are. I have had a job at the same time as being homeless and would have appreciated less people making the same assumptions than you currently are... I'm not agreeing with Braverman here, nor am I agreeing with you. If anyone identifies as being left of the political spectrum, then they should know not to judge a book by its cover. I would suggest that Sunak had the presence of mind to remember that, and therefore tried to give the fella the dignity, even if he knew that statistically he was likely to be unemployed.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

​@@earlcadman3436Critsizing someone who lives in a bubble is not judgemental. It's observation.

[@earlcadman3436]

Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative or positive qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments to a written detailed response@@jean-lucpicard5510

[@TheHarrybo1]

​@earlcadman3436 Anbody who tries to defend Sunack is not worth listening too

[@martinstevens5892]

One of her own Tory colleagues has described her as 'actually evil'.

[@Athanael777]

Interesting how more people "choose" to be homeless when Tories are in power.

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

A 75% increase since 2010, which just happens to be when they got into power, a coincidence, I think not.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

As someone who was once living on the street, there are very few people who got there by chance. They made choices that got them there. But, that doesn't mean they chose to be homeless and don't deserve our help to pull themselves out of it.

[@wavydavy9816]

@@bipolarminddroppings Sometimes, being homeless is the lesser of two evils. It very much depends on the situation (that any individual can find themselves in) 🤷‍♂

[@davidedbrooke9324]

More? No where do you pluck these words from?

[@Will-hg6zs]

​@@davidedbrooke9324what are you saying?

[@bigpants6121]

Cruella would be happy if children swept chimneys.

[@jsd8981]

And bringing back the workhouses..

[@liamhegarty3220]

I am now, officiallly and unequivocally, ashamed to be British. What have we become?

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Bmans NOT one of us.

[@dekone5758]

Selfish

[@Mike-tv9rk]

What took you so long . Welcome to the club.

[@dianag.9866]

Pls Don’t be ashamed by these with Non-British values. These people should not be in the power and we never voted for them to be there.

[@paulburns1333]

Muslim.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

I'm not sure what's worse: A British politician thinking her ambitions will be furthered by this. Or the fact that, with a part of the population, they will.

[@kathrynburgess7836]

She is beyond evil. And is the one that needs to be deported.

[@TheNadiabear]

who would want her in their country though!

[@hollywooda111]

Steady, your racism is on show there.

[@eddiegrimm9462]

Racism

[@WardyLion]

Russia? North Korea? Hungary?

[@flipflap4673]

@@WardyLion Gaza

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Around 70% of homeless people in the UK have 2 diagnosed mental health issues, close to 90% have at least 1. These are people who need help not dismissal and contempt.

[@Writeous0ne]

and most of them are men, which means society is openly sexist

[@AKHill-gj2uy]

The figure is misleading. The incidence of mental health disorders (and drug/alcohol abuse) in the newly made homeless does not significantly differ from the incidence found in the general population. The longer someone remains homeless, the higher the incidence of mental health disorders and substance abuse problems. I.e. On the whole, mental health disorders does not cause homelessness, rather homelessness causes mental health disorders.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

​​@@AKHill-gj2uy Firstly this does not change one thing I said they need help. Secondly have you a source for what you said. I would also ask why are you talking about drug/alcohol abuse. Is there a reason you lumped that in?

[@silverfox8874]

The problem is they have to ask for help....you can't force help...so what is the answer?

[@yt.personal.identification]

​@@AKHill-gj2uyWhat is your point? Don't help?

[@timwoodger7896]

It’s what happens when MPs don’t have to take mandatory psychological evaluation to screen against psychopathic disorders. You would be shocked at how many psychopathic traits politicians have.

[@everseeking60]

What on earth is happening to this country ? It's very scary where we are headed by having these very deranged,unhinged, sick people in charge.

[@lich109]

When I was younger I used to think nobody was actually evil, that everyone had a way to justify to themselves what they were doing, but now that I'm older I can say some people are just evil.

[@claudioricci1]

My mommy always said there were no monsters - no real ones - but there are, aren't there? Yes, the Tories

[@jeanmitchell5834]

Definitely and plenty of them

[@richardhowlett4097]

And sewer bravermen is near the top of the list of tory mini sisters.

[@Deathwish026]

your looking from a flawed perspective. shes not evil shes just so incredibly out of touch with reality and human empathy that she seems that way.

[@lich109]

@@Deathwish026 She's not out of touch, she's deliberately ignoring basic empathy in favour of harming people with nothing. The word for that is evil.

[@shawngrinter2747]

“Profoundly immoral and wicked” - Umm, that’s a yes from me

[@skinwalker_]

She definitely is not normal. Very cruel and disturbed person. One can only wonder if she was abused as a child and is now taking on the role as the abuser. Otherwise, there’s no other explanation for her cruelty and lack of compassion.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

It’s called w@c15m

[@everTriumph]

Braverman evil? I thought that issue was settled long ago. A resounding YES.

[@jonsouth1545]

As someone who has been homeless as it was the only way to escape the abuse from my parents and at the time was suffering from severe depression that was making it impossible to keep my job, I find Suella Braverman's ideas to be beyond reprehensible

[@MrCsifan55]

​@StopThePlanet_I_WantToGetOff what's wrong with you? If you won't speak to someone like this to their face, keep these remarks in your confideds of you home or in your mind. Don't bother to respond I do not get notified and I do not revisit any comments made.

[@TMBRKS]

​@@StopThePlanet_I_WantToGetOffWhat? That was a perfectly acceptable response for the matter in hand you freak.

[@Lezzyboy87]

​@@StopThePlanet_I_WantToGetOff grow up

[@BeanyBop]

Sorry you went through that dude. I have suffered abuse from a partner before and actually ended up loosing my job, leaving my home and ending up in supporting living ( classified as homeless) for 3 months because I had nowhere else to go. I was depressed. Suffering from physical and emotional trauma and had lost everything. It was one of the darkest times in my life , but now I'm working for the NHS mental health team helping others suffering with depression. Live in a new house. New relationship. A puppy together. It's awful you went through it, but I'm glad you survived. The world needs survivors to carry the torch for those that can't right now.

[@richardjames3022]

@@StopThePlanet_I_WantToGetOff You poor sick sod

[@sophial3339]

James O’Brien definitely speaks facts! Respect to this man for being real.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

It's a pity his little pink eyes and snout make him look like a piglet though ?

[@shymillz6356]

It's time for the game of evil to end!

[@zaidal-hindawi1784]

Suella Braverman probably thinks tents are “Hate Homes”

[@cheebee2659]

not just banning the tents.... banning the tents FOR WINTER

[@graemehart9286]

George Carlin: “Know why there’s a war on drugs, a war on crime, a war on terror but no war on homelessness? No money.”

[@adamndirtyape]

NOBODY chooses to be homeless. But lack of work, unbelievably high rents, lack of treatment for mental or physical illnesses, and lack of options for people trying to escape abusive home situations lead to homelessness. Anyone saying being homeless is a choice or that it indicates a person is immoral or criminal in some way is totally disgusting.

[@fintamaria2429]

If you want to see the true character of a person ,give them power!!!!

[@APEXGuerilla]

She should be in prison anyway for leaking documents and then for asking the civil service for help after being caught speeding. This country is in the toilet and run by inhumane maniacs.

[@azh6737]

💯

[@missk9950]

So true. How her political career survived from this raises serious questions

[@alwhyte6533]

​@missk9950 that's an easy one...Sunak needs her there to cling on to power.

[@geraldinecowan8301]

Try Belmarsh. She could start off the women's wing. Later on we can send the front row of the Labour party to join her!

[@petermaclellan9977]

I agree with you, and will continue to be a toilet under labour, just in different clothing!

[@khalidauddin7160]

Syphoning money into their own pockets in the shape of higher salaries and pensions. Raising taxes for the poor, raising the cost of living on all fronts forcing people to dip into the little they have saved away for a rainy day. Wasting taxpayer money on wars abroad that serve no other purpose than to make their friends in defence contracts more money, and then taking away the tents of the homeless at the beginning of winter to freeze them all to dearh, instead of providing any help with health, housing

[@jsd8981]

That's called Called collective evilness, that's what the concervative party are all about and have been since they came into exsistance...

[@khalidauddin7160]

Braverman the goblin should be made to soend a month on the streets, without a tent, to learn how much of a lifestyle choice it is.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

So they are worried that a march for a ceasefire would disrupt a day marking a ceasefire....

[@HumansAreShitFactories]

Remembrance Day day doesn’t mark a ceasefire, which is a specific term with specific meaning and your brain isn’t capable of sufficiently nuanced thinking to understand that.

[@dobr4481]

@@HumansAreShitFactories Clearly he's referring to Armistice Day, not Remembrance Sunday. The sentiment is the same re demonising/banning protests in any case. There's no nuanced thinking going on with the political class, they are weaponising a largely peaceful protest, smearing everyone who takes part as Hamas supporters & shutting down/criminalising anyone who publicly shows support for Palestine. None of this is in the spirit of a day set aside to remember those who lost their lives in armed conflicts.

[@pajeetkumar1645]

Yeah ., thats the logic of these zionists.

[@johnjephcote7636]

I always thougt Remembrance Sunday was silly and the Church fiddling dates to suit itself. Nov 11th is Armistice day (and Independence Day for several European countries as a result).

[@flowerpower7288]

Yeah "lest we forget"!

[@ubidog6312]

Ive never been a political type......but I genuinely believe this government needs preventing making anymore important decisions until the general election.They are becoming more absurd, divisive and extreme daily. They started below acceptable to start with.

[@_Area-51]

Exactly right! Especially as now they know the public hate them, they're going to turn really nasty in retaliation.

[@mickeythompson9537]

You might not do politics, but politics does you.

[@superbia75es]

Becoming? Became that years ago. Appalling.

[@l3awjawz]

Worst of all is a large percentage of the general public are just as ignorant and vindictive as Braverman & co.

[@Jimmy-es8bc]

And how would you enact that. And what do you think the fallout would be from that?

[@abhirao8582]

Yet when we do try and help our own, we cry that people getting necessary help are scroungers or Something. Boggles the mind....

[@hoboandhisstick]

Politics appears to be some kind of sick game for the over privileged. Must be nice to be so desensitised, sheltered, out of touch and callous. How does a woman like this even appeal to enough people to hold the position that she does? Something is very wrong with this country.

[@paulhynes170]

a position she was previously sacked from

[@threedoodles]

She had a massive majority at the last election.

[@tedtedtedtedted]

yes, the owner of LBC owns an apartment with 10 bedrooms, just how many pairs of shoes does he need ?

[@Padraigp]

​@threedoodles what is her constituency?

[@Padraigp]

This is the weird part where we vote locally for somone whos going to end up running a whole department who hasn't been elected to that position. Maybe has not even worked in that feild before and possibly hasn't even been voted in locally before. I only found out how the uk system works recently. In the last 3 or 4 years none of the people who were prime minster were voted to be prime minister. Cos you don't vote for your own prime minister you just vote for a local guy who might be great and whatever party he's in if they have a majority of local seats get to decide the pm and the ministers. All very odd.

[@angussoutter7824]

Why do you think Scotland doesn’t vote Tory 🙄

[@PorthLlwyd]

Wild camping is legal in Scotland. Are Labour going to allow wild camping in England? If not, they are supporting a ban on tents.

[@awtistiaeth4699]

Interestingly my Celtic cousin, (excuse the assumption), Wales doesn't either and hasn't done for a hundred years or more. I'm noticing something! lol

[@annepoitrineau5650]

We know why Scotland won't vote tory...

[@angussoutter7824]

@@annepoitrineau5650 you know the old saying fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me 😂😂

[@PorthLlwyd]

@@awtistiaeth4699 ni allai weld sefyllfa yng Nghymru lle bydd gwersyllu gwyllt yn cael ei ganiatau chwaith. Mae'n rhaid i ni fod yn cyddiedig 😉

[@karenwilliams7600]

On the nail James. About 2 years ago I bought a homeless man a tent which he put in a wooded area of a local park. 2 days later the police took it, and wouldn't give it back. My poor new friend was back on the street, sleeping in an alley. I didn't have enough money to buy him another one. It was gutting. S. Braverman needs psychiatric help.

[@karenwilliams7600]

And to be called out for this kind of nastiness. As you are doing James.

[@26aitches]

The p0lice are not on our side either.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Why didn't you invite him back to kip at your place ?? Or did your self righteousness not stretch that far...?

[@Nomad-wv4oe]

She’s doing a great job distracting us from looking at the real problems .

[@TheReginagiovanna]

This woman needs to be removed from office, she is heartless, cruel, and so unkind' When I walk around London I'm happy to see the tents at least the people have some small level of feeling safe and protected.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

Largely speaking I agree with you. But the solution is less about removing her from office and more about removing the Conservatives from power.

[@user-rs1iq3kt6l]

She's based.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

If you're so concerned why not take one home with you ? Otherwise spare us the sanctimony !

[@jsd8981]

It's not just her, she is just a mirrored image of the coservative party as a whole

[@jsd8981]

​​@@2msvalkyrie529so says the minister of opinions, all hail to the minister of opinions, the minister of opinions has decreed that we should keep our sanctamony to ourselves,because the minister of opinions dosen't like it..not one bit of it, because it's upsetting...and annoying 😢

[@hg82met]

I particularly love how she labels tens of thousands of people marching against war and civilian deaths as "hate marches", and yet every time she opens her mouth, just more bile and hatred spews out. She really is a hate goblin.

[@stephenweir9871]

Because they were hate marches

[@SA-wo9lv]

Perfect

[@jasonpetrise]

She's married to a zionist

[@markr8650]

Thats because her husband is Jewish? ....Rael Braverman?

[@thehellyousay]

"Accuse your opponents of doing that of which you are guilty." - Goebbels

[@simonredington6212]

Between 1991 to 1993 I worked for the St Mungo’s Association as the task force coordinator for homeless organisations trying to clear Lincoln’s Inn Field of its approx. 300 population of Rough Sleepers. During that time I got to know some of that population quite well. They considered that place a sanctuary. For most people the idea of homelessness is terrifying for some it becomes a dreadful reality. To describe it as some kind of ‘lifestyle’ option is quite frankly obscene!

[@jsd8981]

Exactly I also have worked with a similar organisation many years ago, and I have been homeless, through no fault of my own, it was sheer luck that I survived that that period of my life, I know what it's like it's like to sleep out in the winter moths in freezing temperatures, I can assure anybody, nobody chooses homelessness !! Mabee bravermen would like to try it sometime let's say for a fortnight no tent or even with a tent, I can guarantee she would get a whole new perspective on what it means to be homeless, but of course she woulden't entertain such a thing...

[@hasaanzaman6241]

Suella is not just evil, she is actually the devil incarnate

[@jakehyams8659]

Oh why? Because she's darker than you???

[@jamesandmikey32]

I was homeless due to being assaulted for years by my partner, it wasn't a lifestyle choice is was through fear for my life and the council having not enough resources to help. I'm okay now, have a flat with my cat and I'm happy. She is truly evil and I wish she spent just one week on the streets to see what it is really like.

[@JigjagjugXyz]

Don't talk about your cat like that!

[@jamesandmikey32]

​@@JigjagjugXyz haha very funny as you can see from my username my cat is a male cat.

[@angelatateclownreality869]

A relative of mine gave a young homeless man £10 on Sunday while he lay propped up in a shop doorway under a thin blanket. She said the poor boy was even having trouble taking the money from her because he was shaking so much. My deepest thoughts on this 'woman' shall remain private, however, my surface thoughts are that she is evil to the core as no normal thinking and feeling human being would ever suggest such a wicked idea (imo)

[@janwallace5005]

Removing rent caps, not building enough suitable homes, not building enough affordable homes, not caring about anyone but themselves take your pick.

[@soapytowel1565]

Anyone remember “cardboard city” ? Thats where the homeless used to live & came about after an extended period of Tory rule. Watch this space, Cruella will be banning cardboard soon

[@jsd8981]

Yep I remember it well let's say better than most... a long time ago...

[@captaincoconut2684]

The main reason these people are vilified is because they do not have a voice to defend themselves, for if they attack someone who does, they are quickly shown for who they are.

[@Human_Herbivore]

Their manufacturing of fear and generating hate is a lifestyle choice and Braverman has decided to ditch any and all of her other possible choices.

[@kasimrafeeq5115]

Sadly this type of politics “attack the other’s” seems to be a global phenomenon, it’s almost like all politicians around the world get their “guidelines” from the same source 😢

[@twolessba1087]

Joseph Gorbals.

[@kasimrafeeq5115]

@@twolessba1087 do you mean Joseph goebbels ?

[@davidrathbone5581]

​@@kasimrafeeq5115did YOU mean Joseph Goebbels?

[@dodonnell-ze9yc]

Funny thinking it's Goebbel when in reality the one who really made it famous was trump.

[@debbiesharp5910]

😂😂😂...WEF by any chance 🤔

[@kazimiah6293]

She make me sick I can’t believe Britain allowed her doing this

[@daviddouglas624]

I never thought I'd agree with this guy, it is evil to ban the homeless from using tents during the winter. Pure evil.

[@G1NZOU]

There's definitely some kind of backroom competition for who can act the most inhuman and out of touch in Rishi's cabinet.

[@clivesmith9377]

When you see people needing help, YOU HELP THEM, not kick them, cruellen.

[@graceomalley4]

Imagine the British public have voted those creeps in for the last 13 years. And might again. Despair.

[@mattslater4605]

The most appalling morality free Home Secretary in British history. And that’s some achievement. Homeless people on our streets is the worst stain on our nation. It’s heartbreaking

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Why is she in office wasn't she sacked for security breaches

[@melvert33]

Yes sacked/forced to resign by Truss and only got her job back because Rishi mistakenly believed he needed her rabid far right hate support to smooth over his leadership.

[@cupguin]

Rishi needed her support to become PM so what's a few security breaches between allies?

[@dermot8626]

She must have files on everybody

[@bigpants6121]

I think she was but Sunak re hired her.

[@Eva_H]

Braverman you’re fired for security breaches One week later Sunak she made a mistake, I want to bring some legitimacy back to the party Braverman is rehired

[@ELSIEMacPhee-kx9vg]

Two things Suella Braverman needs to do ---- 1) sit in front of a mirror for an hour asking herself what she would want if as an immigrant she found herself homeless in London with nothing but a tent to sleep in. 2)walk round the streets of London at night and speak to the homeless sleeping in tents or under piles of cardboard and duvets, whatever they can find to help stay warm and dry and ask them what is their one wish in life and where were they born. I think it just might be give her quite a shock.

[@azh6737]

You can't reason with Evil. Do you really think she doesn't know?.

[@evansnick81]

You forgot 3, where she could f**k off back under the rock she crawled out from under

[@MA-ts9qt]

She wouldn’t be shocked. Look at her eyes, She is dead inside, resident evil

[@equaliser2265]

I would have thought plastic surgery would have been first on the list.

[@26aitches]

Both of those scenarios would require empathy, which she sadly lacks.

[@michaeledwards8079]

if the government grew a pair and sorted out the immigration crisis, built more houses, made working pay, there would be no need for tents

[@jameshogan6142]

Yes and I thought loitering within tent was illegal anyway.

[@sharonmodeste5147]

There is something seriously wrong with this woman...

[@Alex-cw3rz]

It is not a personal choice it is a political one the homeless population has over doubled since the Tories got in.

[@bigpants6121]

and food banks.

[@limpethead]

Its you lot that wanted 1 million illegals to come, with a brand new free fully furnished house each. You were not thinking about the homeless and how it would affect them were you?

[@Writeous0ne]

considering the majority of homeless people are men, then does that mean that policies that lead to homelessness are sexist?

[@Writeous0ne]

@@bigpants6121 counter argument to that - food banks didn't exist until recently, so anything that only recently started will continue to see usage. also it's basically human nature that if there's a chance to get something free, people will take it.

[@georgemorrison9280]

…..since Tony Blair opened the floodgates …..let’s get it right .

[@crazyfool4325]

We seriously need to think how we ban people like suella braverman from politics.

[@ATPMolloy1]

We should insist on some form of DNA test to prove membership of the human race. This would have excluded Braverman.

[@user-zz6sk2sq6i]

I agree

[@Contextualiser16-tn8nd]

Easy way to do it- legal action.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

VOTE THEM OUT.

[@georgethepatriot2785]

Blair Abbot Lammy the list is endless

[@TheKareem87]

James: Is she evil? Me, a Canadian, who up until a month ago had no idea who this woman was: Come on, James, even I've seen enough to know the answer is "yes."

[@chrism415]

“I wonder what would happen if everyone suddenly woke up together and realized they’d been living in an invisible prison run by greedy psychopaths.” ~ Sol Luckman, Cali the Destroyer

[@rabidhoneybadger5436]

Well done James you’ve finally caught up.

[@tismeagen684]

According to Suella Braverman rough sleeping is 'often a lifestyle choice'. People don't choose to live on the street except when desperate. This woman needs a large injection of humanity, humility, and common sense, she is not living in the real world. Rishi Sunak should get rid of her.

[@APEXGuerilla]

Yeah it's so hip and trendy to be homeless 😂

[@ppo2424]

Some people do,fact. They dont want the responsibility that comes with conventional living,nd i dont blame them.Try actually talking to homeless people you might even learn something

[@azh6737]

The unelected sunak brought her back after she was sacked. He is the problem.epic

[@ppo2424]

Top tip, when you vote in an election,you're voting for the party, not the leader.@@azh6737

[@fayvandunk8347]

Neither does Sunak live in the real world....

[@nUmBskulLL]

Its not hatred. Its apathy. She doesn't want you to die. She just doesn't care if you live. Almost worse that way

[@richardhowlett4097]

Bad news for CEOs, Persimmon Homes CEO has had his bonus reduced to only £76million. Boohoo, how dreadful.

[@christopherbuss680]

The only way youre missing something on the issue of tents is if the government is giving them an actual home in return. Otherwise its exactly what you think, calculated cruelty.

[@kamrulspen539]

She is not fit for purpose she must go

[@selesius4591]

Thankfully the worm is putting the final nail in the fake Tory coffin.

[@two-eyesmckay1400]

A woman who's family were welcomed into Britain, her parents worked hard and gave her all the opportunities that the system enables. And she pulls up the ladder and unchecked ambition drives her to the edge of madness. She is evil.

[@VARMOT123]

She is one of the evil politicians in the world

[@colettefoy5961]

Do not comply , it’s simple . If we all stick together to help the homeless , if we all go to jail for helping the homeless if we all get fined ( don’t comply with the fines) it’s completely un lawful what she is about to do . She is taking away a basic human right . Shelter water food . Jail her.

[@breamoreboy]

I refer to Braverman, Patel and Badenoch as The Three Degrees. Of Evil.

[@PanglossDr]

The only hate speech I have heard recently has come from the Tory Party.

[@badmattam]

' from the r1ver to the sea' c/o culturally diverse AND homegrown elements of....The Labour Party!

[@Ryan-gh4iz]

Braverman's words regarding the homeless would be inspiring if she'd included a solid plan to properly shelter these people - but I think she just expects them to not be homeless any more

[@stuartlawson7977]

How much lower can the Tories get. It's thier fault for not building social housing they promised they would. The Tories have to go.

[@stevenmaslin7384]

Imagine being so heartless and callous. Braverman is beyond any ones help but those that support her actions disgust me

[@Naigus]

The right wing need to be behind bars.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

It's always the same with her type they say we shouldn't be looking after aslyum seekers we need to look after our own. Then when it comes to our own, they want to confiscate tents and criminalise charities helping out our own. They don't want to help out our own, they don't want to help out anyone unless they are wealthy and donate to the party

[@obijon7441]

You're being too generous to them, they want to actively punish people who have the audicity to disagree with them and their hateful ideology.

[@hellious7670]

Can we ban Suella Braverman while we are at it?

[@chelleh8673]

Becoming homeless can be as simple as being a single person (mostly males) that becomes unemployed, and going on benefits, while in private rental accommodation, and then your landlord decides to sell up and serves a section 21 notice. Most landlords still won't take tenants on benefits, even if you have glowing references and have never missed a rent payment. Or if they do, they will request the whole 6/12 months rent upfront, and very few renters can afford that. The councils are so underfunded, and there are so few council houses/flats, they can only help people on their priority list (e.g. women with kids, and those with protected characteristics). I came so close to becoming homeless myself a few years ago, when this happened to me. I was one of the lucky ones, who the council could help, then only because I found a job out of the area, and they were able to pay the deposit on a property for me. Even they couldn't help find a flat locally for me, that would take benefit tenants.

[@blackmagic6]

Over the weekend, I've noticed a verity of videos pop up about Suella Braverman. Looking through the various comment sections, I cannot recall one positive comment about her. That literally is the measure of this woman.

[@tariqhussain4194]

She isn't just evil, she's demonstrably psychopathic, by definition. I can't remember hating a politician more, including Johnson, Patel, Gove, Truss, Kwarteng et al...

[@debbiesharp5910]

Please don't feed the animals 😮... with genuine respect 🙏 hate feeds them 😊

[@redemptivepete]

What's Al ever done?

[@thehellyousay]

Oh, I don't know, I feel like Priti Patel is in a psychopath training camp located somewhere in the bowels of Westminster, snarling invective laden memes about immigrants into a mirror in preparation to challenge for the title she once held ...

[@georgethepatriot2785]

Blair with his mass immigration laid on the Brits is worse

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

​@@debbiesharp5910I would show them more than hate if I ever met them.

[@Carl-bg7er]

Suella needs to tell all the service men and women that served this country in military gear. And what does this country do... abandon them, and find themselves living on the streets.

[@MylesMcDowell]

‘Target first, policy second.’ Sadly, so true.

[@tt-ew7rx]

How evil do you have to be to ban tents? You need to be just evil enough to ban tents. Truly ghastly person who will get additional support from ghastly people on this. She highly likely have increased her support within her party with this and this is the only thing she is aiming for. Not that her party should win the next election or keep as many seats as possible, not solving the homeless problem or any of the issues she has been using as props for her evil show. She is aiming to enhance her personal support with the membership of her party. If Sunak is to be replaced after the next election, it is very likely that she will become her party's leader, based on her pretentions of callousness.

[@jonmoore873]

Imagine looking at all the problems faced by the country and thinking this approach is the one that fixes them

[@m.b.4004]

it shows their evilness

[@abemoment]

​@@m.b.4004either that or ignorance honestly

[@Rae-qf7xv]

Desperate to remain in power to steal whatevers left. Thieves in suits.

[@rebelmc7925]

Why would the government think that by banning tents it would solve all the countries problems? Different government departments try to solve problems by implementing certain measures to help with that problem but the home office will never try to solve a problem for the department of transport and vice versa.

[@cyberash3000]

targeting people on benefits, targeting the homeless targeting immigrants meanwhile abolishing inheritance tax piece by piece.

[@helengledhill5121]

Thatcher sold off the council houses and the money made wasn't allowed to go to building more. This is when i first started to see homeless people in London. Also sixteen year old s not allowed housing benefit . Escaping abusive families meant sleeing on the streets.....it all starts with Thatcher

[@katherinemcintosh7247]

As a U.S. American, it never ceases to amaze me how incredibly similar our politics remain to UK (formerly British, English) politics…I was truly hoping we would finally have a divergence similar to that of 1776 when the Brexit thing passed, but no. Trump was elected after all. 🤮…I truly adore the fact that technology allows this 53 year old midwestern housewife to know, without a doubt, that I am not alone on a raft with just my few friends within a sea of wretchedly cruel thinking people who are seemingly completely lacking in empathy. Thanks for that. Two cents: poverty does not point to a lack of character. It merely points to a lack of resources.

[@waqasahmed939]

Or not a lack of resources per se, but the distribution of those resources Many resource rich nations are poor because they're exploited by both international corporations and puppet government leaders

[@ragingbullalf5790]

As long as we have "this 53 year old midwestern housewife... On a raft"! ... Shows there are sane, articulate people out there! All we need to do, is start to tie the rafts together, to get our world back on an even keel (Sorry, couldn't resist the watery theme). I know that sounds trite but while people continue to vote for "the man" or "the party" and not policies. eg. I cannot believe bobert got the job without being properly vetted and constituents voting for party, no matter who the candidate is!

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

I think it's more of an Anglo Saxon thing, you did inherit your culture from us. Mainland European nations treat their people better. Wish I could move there, but Btexit stopped that.

[@msmrepo3271]

​@@jean-lucpicard5510Yes very true, thier beloved Constitution is taken from ours to, they appreciate it more than us British though.

[@Human_Herbivore]

This thing about tents is, as everything else in recent times, merely their picking up of American hate rhetoric generated by Fox, Newsmax, MAGA etc.

[@MrCsifan55]

I noted that too. It is like they want to be on the wrong side of history.

[@petedawson9497]

MAGA for sure......and FJB 😂

[@tonybennett4159]

Suella opines that the numbers living on the streets in the US has allowed to become a problem because they have not been dealt with firmly enough. She is, of course, way out in her analysis. The US is even more heartless than the UK in helping those who need it, but not to worry, Suella is working to match them. The irony is that the two nations that most warmly embraced neo-liberalism are the two developed nations with the biggest homelessness problems. Aping a basket case like the US that cares so little for its citizens is unwise, but has been the way of running a country most envied by UK governments, and most specifically by the Tories.

[@paulmcgrath3835]

Many Americans living on the streets due to prescription drugs, which the authorities were addictive.

[@tonybennett4159]

@@paulmcgrath3835One would have to ask why are there so many addicts in America. If you are a forgotten and despised part of a country, yet the "American Dream" is dangled before you, where you are a consumer unit rather than a person, can anyone be surprised.

[@rolandfry5688]

why not let them live in your house as you are so fond of being a leftie?

[@tommyp1687]

Let's see O'Brien change his tune when someone rocks up with a tent outside his house! The hypocrisy is real.

[@UnfoundFilms]

You see babe when you say things like that thats why people look at you like you’re thick. You wrote that and thought ‘thats a smart comment, I’ll post that’. Amazing.

[@tommyp1687]

Glad you agree, treacle!@@UnfoundFilms

[@Dylanesque]

Sick to death of the sadistic and malicious Braverman and her constant attacks on some of the most vulnerable in society. She ought to try living on the streets for a month or two. A year with nothing but the benefit you're allowed. Let her experience for herself what it feels like to be physically and verbally abused. Let her experience for herself how painful the cold can be. Let her experience what it feels like to never be really warm, never really dry and never really rested because the police constantly move you on but never actually tell you where to move on to. Let her experience for herself what it feels like to be hungry and how it eventually makes you ill. . Yeah. I wish I was homeless again. I do miss being invisible to those who think you're just scrounging money for drugs or alcohol and not being invisible to those who want to abuse you for fun.

[@MrCsifan55]

Thank you for posting this. 😢

[@user-rs1iq3kt6l]

Homeless people literally choose to be there

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Record number of job vacancies but ....let me guess......you couldn't find one ?? You should have popped down to Dover wearing a life jacket. You get free hotel room and meals. !! Still living on Benefits I assume ?

[@ABiggles]

I want to know who hurt her as a child.

[@zahirmamodo358]

I believe her parents didn't love her when she was little

[@michaelpeirce8592]

The Home Secretary is so brainwashed, and Sunak is so weak that he unfortunately have to keep her in her job

[@hamidsheikh9823]

She is beyond evil!Labelling protesting war crimes being committed in Gaza as hate marches! Totally heartless!

[@rebelmc7925]

So Hamas killing innocent people in Israel isnt a war crime?

[@Teknotion]

I think Satan Braverman should spend a month sleeping rough on the streets over the winter, just to see how much of a "lifestyle choice" it truly is.

[@cupguin]

The idea that poverty is a moral failing has been a Tory talking point for a while now. Either poverty doesn't exist or giving people money doesn't help because poor people are irresponsible with money. Look at the madness over school meals. The Tories were very happy to say things like parents would just turn that into drugs or kids aren't hungry so nothing has to be done. And most importantly it means arguably sensible people who have never had to worry about keeping a roof over their heads thought those were sensible opinions they should share.

[@AKHill-gj2uy]

Poverty as a moral failing has been around for a long time. The Victorians had debtors prisons and workhouses.

[@stephenreeds3632]

Just wait, it's coming.....undeserving poor!

[@wexfordgirl1]

It goes back the the 'deserving and undeserving poor' laws and ideology of the Victorian era. Yes, the days if the workhouse and that has and always will be Tory ideology.

[@user-rs1iq3kt6l]

It literally is

[@leegosling]

Dear Elector There’s no integrity left. Yours, The Conservative Party

[@jkcreepingdeath]

She appears to be completely devoid of empathy. She's likely at the very least to have a high functioning narcissistic personality disorder. The complete opposite of what is needed in her position. The people fit for the job don't want it (vipers nest) and the ones that do occupy the position aren't fit for it.