The beggar who makes £150 a day

Kirk Watson can make up to £150 begging on the streets of Newcastle.

[@heyzus]

Most of them make in excess of £150.00 per day, tax free and also collect benefits, wise up, they are better off than most donors!

[@jonathonwest7245]

Shut up no they dont

[@danonthecut2351]

The guy not homeless, he said he took food home ffs.

[@tcct4618]

yea... home not house

[@davidmarchant9386]

it states he's a beggar n not homeless

[@JAKEJIM12]

What a load of rubbish the help being there to help homeless people off the streets.I was homeless for a whole year.The only help I got which I was really greatly appreciated for was the soup kitchens and the volunteers to helped the homeless with meal's.There was churches that also helped the homeless with meals.But as for the council you must be joking.I saw no help from the council in Portsmouth in helping me off the streets.Only thing I had was my follow companion's who were also homeless to help me.We would stick together sometimes to help each other out.There was one charity that helped us which was the salvation army with sleeping bags.The worst thing now is there are so many fakes out there taking off the real homeless people.its taken me years to get over my addictions to which I am now clean from everything.

[@judyheller]

Glad you are over your addiction.

[@victoriacrass9378]

It really pees me off...idiots like him are depriving the real people who need it.. my daughter and myself have bought food and water for the Genuine people, but he is something else!!!

[@adamjones3818]

idiots like sky news and yous lot

[@eileenpritchard9154]

Absolutely correct 💯

[@johnsmith-bx4rn]

kirk must have had a great night in front of the tv with his sausage sandwiches and pasties and dozens of cups of tea coffee and -hot- cold chocolate LOL

[@johnnyboy-pb6zw]

It compliments his munchies 😂🤣😅

[@seanbradley7414]

Totally disagree, success rate of these organizations is very low,believe me.. At least if you give direct to the beggar, it might just stop them doing something far worse.A sick junkie gets very desperate. If you're still unsure, buy him a gift voucher.

[@aceofspades4948]

From a recovered herion addict and ex beggar too right

[@celticminstrel8252]

I can never just walk past, I'll go and buy them a sandwich and a drink but never give money. I'm well aware there are many frauds but if it means just one person doesn't go hungry then I'll take those odds. None of us is ever any more than one bad decision from being in their shoes.

[@mjh5437]

Bollocks...it takes a lot more than just one stupid decision.

[@SCARRIOR]

Then all you are doing is supporting it. You might not give money, but plenty do, you are basically rewarding scum bag behaviour; you are part of the problem.

[@Supposedlyimrightwingnow]

I have occasionally offered to buy food and drinks to the homeless...but you know what since seeing this I won't be doing that again!

[@spiderrock215]

Think food's still lot better than giving money.

[@joepeterson2819]

@@spiderrock215 they dont want food

[@paulos9900]

@@spiderrock215 buying food just saves the beggar money. None of them are starving and dont have money to buy food if they dont spend it on drugs. If you want fo help give to Changing Lives charity.

[@shivastonestrange7121]

When I've had to beg, I always appreciated the food and drinks.

[@jamestait2996]

@@shivastonestrange7121 me to 😉

[@braxfan683]

I'll never give any money again. I can't afford to pay for people's alcohol, smoking and drug addictions. You're better keeping it in case you need it /spend it on animals

[@TRADINGMAN1]

If you give a pound to someone begging they get the whole pound. When you give to a charity a lot of your pound goes in expenses and in some cases only nine pence reaches the people they are helping :-(

[@joepeterson2819]

If you want to spend your life taking drugs and alcohol you should really work for it

[@paulos9900]

When you give a pound to someone begging 90% of the time that pound is going straight into the pocket of a dealer. You aren't helping them. You are enabling them.

[@davidmarchant9386]

@@paulos9900 exactly many addicts have personal issues what needs to be addressed not just going cold turkey. it's a issue with many layers some beggars resort to crime when they don't raise enough money

[@deadpoet62]

Give socks, underwear, soap, food etc & a little chat if you have time. Yes substance abuse is a big problem amongst the homeless & Cash probably does go to a dealer, the only way to eradicate this is to legalise all drugs & buy them from a pharmaceutical outlet, regulated by the government. Every dealer then will have to get a proper job.

[@danh9920]

Wht a disgrace

[@JackBrown-p6i]

It’s the lifestyle these days

[@killerjoe3025]

don't give them money

[@ContentArchaeology-vv7dl]

Can you accommodate every single homeless person tho

[@JackBrown-p6i]

What with 100.000 people each year, no chance

[@deanbrandt2748]

I used to do the exact same thing to get money for drugs…then when I had enough score I run to the next phone box to call my dealer - then home to shoot up….then head back out again straight after to do it all over again. I’ve been to rehab and I am 8 years clean now but the system let me down and I am facing homelessness for real now. The Council doesn’t care. I never got help with my mental health and now I’ve come full circle. They said if I only quit drugs I’ll be fine. Not so. What was it all for? I wished I had died and not gone to rehab. I would be at peace now. 😟

[@jackharrison6771]

I saw a beggar outside Waterloo Stn; when someone brought out a big posh pizza for her. Some bring them much more, which I often can't afford, being retired due to industrial injury. But what REALLY makes me angry with some, is the way they look at people, and say "Is that all"? YES destitution and homelessness can happen genuinely, But aggressive and ungrateful begging shows their true intent.

[@davidmarchant9386]

and maybe desperation in needing that next fix is making them on edge, but i don't give money to beggars maybe if they sell a big issue n I have coins on me i might

[@nelsonmelgar3975]

Those people who give this kind of people, food and money they are destroying society. They are bad people, horrible people.

[@ashleyveevers2007]

Is that it, I used to make £250 a day spot begging in slough town centre!!! That’s minor numbers 150£ a day shit I got 2 asbos bannning me from slough!! Now I’ve been clean 8 years off both!!! Completely changed my life!!!!

[@livhartly3872]

I went to Newcastle 2 days ago, there were many homeless people however some homeless person came up to me and said “any spear change there pet?” I said no sorry.They said okay and barged passed me… Everyone can have a home, and enough money to spend on food..They just either spend it on drug$ or something else, everyone in the world can get a job.Also I used to give money to the poor or homeless when I was 6 or 7 bc I have a very big heart and people say I still do now, however this person said he buys drug$ with his money he gets.Witch means I could give up an opportunity to give a nice person who won’t buy drug$ who is homeless, but there are so many of these people you just never know..

[@jayrapid1478]

You chat shit

[@Yournotwokem]

150 a day isnt even much. you cant live on that in london. even if you rent a single room

[@rog3833]

Typical Junkie con artist. Hes not street homeless - hes got a home, cos for starters you need an address to have a tag fitted. And he took his food home. Mugs are just paying for his needle.

[@gerryd7027]

Used to give to homeless but don't anymore as just funds drug habit.

[@ryanskeffers5286]

I know a homeless guy who earns 50 000 per annum

[@seantuaima]

Who is that? And where is he?

[@columbojustonemorething9464]

Then if he doesn't beg on the streets he might end up breaking into some ones hoose , council are a shambles 🤦

[@daveberry7733]

I wish I got £150 day for doing sweet fuck all

[@euanscotland]

0:50 i didnt for one minute think they would invest it in the stock market

[@josephbenadam]

Why going to university when you can get 150 a day UNTAXED ? Not even Doctors would make that money

[@christy140]

Doctors make over a Hundred GRAND A YEAR....FOOL..WTF.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@christhomas9956]

all you clowns making comments i was homeless its ol the councill say dont give anything any one can become homeless so dont judge people unless you been there

[@paulos9900]

It doesn't matter if it can happen to anyone. There are a lot of fake homeless begging and I dont know who is genuine. There is help there for genuine people who want it. I'm not paying for someone else to use drugs. Nobody should give directly to a beggar cos it doesn't help. Give it to a homeless charity that actually helps ppl get out off the situation. Dont enable drug habits...

[@christhomas9956]

@@paulos9900 i was homeless i wasnt a druggie or anything else for that matter i use to go to these places did not want to know

[@mjh5437]

@@christhomas9956 Bet you`re still a druggie

[@SmartfoolGB]

0:54 dont you just end up mostly paying for the salaries of alot of highly paid staff. Those charitable organisations aren't charities. They're organisations which run off the back of charity. Many even receive government funding to help with costs which for an effort which at the foundation level relies on the people giving for nothing in return. These charities have become fat beasts which just need to be fed so much money just to move. We cannot leave the welfare of the needy in the hands of the greedy. We need to take charity out of the hands of these money eating beasts and let those who have real charity in their hearts take over. Exploitation of poverty is a multi headed monstor.

[@PhillipplaistedPlaisted-qu7nc]

if he getting all that food given too him almost everyday and making a good bit of money from doing what he is doing ones his tag is finished about he actually makes him self homless and someone else can have his place too live that would be more grateful for a roof over someone else head and he live like a. rat

[@thedancingalien7766]

Do Not Bare False Witness Against Thy Neighbour Do Not Lie😮😮😮

[@mohammadayub2760]

Some people are so gulable don't give them anything thay have Moor money than u stop it now

[@kittyk.klandasions7008]

What £7.79? Which took them 3 hours to beg... The fake Romanian beggars are getting more money than any of us. But not genuine homeless people that have been spat out by society because of the government chewing them up first. This is lies lies lies there is no real help for homeless I was a keyworker for the frontline homeless in London. The government are lying.

[@dailyamusing235]

3square meals is their safety net hmp so they don't give a fk

[@steven320]

Not a real man.

[@anthonyfrance4796]

Better than universal credit I wish I could hire my ass for money but I'm 63 still as has a good selection of rotting food in there bins

[@mandypearson9082]

That's a toxic combination injecting heroin and taking cocaine at the same time. I have empathy for the cocaine addiction but not the heroin addiction. I admire someone that can get off heroin and turn their life around but everyone and especially him must have seen the film trainspotting. No matter how bad your life gets heroin is a slow and painful death that destroys you. So much help out there and rehab centres plummer court and project answer. Oak trees also. Street cat named Bob good film also. One is an opium and one is a stimulant and he should not be mixing the 2 of them together. Perhaps he should go to the charity shops and buy some true life addiction books, a therapeutic bit of retail therapy and think I can do this! Only 4 places he will end up, mental institution, a coffin, the streets or in prison . Find some interests and turn your negative past into a positive future! 😊

[@eltinmccarthy2469]

It beggars belief.

[@tommyclaytonodonnell7439]

There isn't loads of help like councillor whoever he was not all who are homeless are on drugs and what about the ones who start on drink & drugs because they have to sleep on the streets of Newcastle day in day out go and tell them theres loads of help ..public beware yes drug addicts will most definitely take advantage of generous public so be wise ! But they are human so conversate with them and by that use your judgement...!!! Just my opinion

[@mikehughes2426]

Regardless of what he makes a day, I can guarantee that won't be every day and comments such as doctors don't make that much or what a good night in front of the TV he must have had just shows the total ignorance of some people. I have been in his situation and although I didn't ask for change, I was helped by passers by, some of whom I got to know over time. Anything given is given by choice, to tell people not to help homeless, that doesn't just mean rough sleepers, but to give to charities instead, again shows how little the one saying so knows about the reality of homelessness. In five years on the streets I had one Christmas with Crisis in a sports centre, sleeping on a camp bed in the sports hall with at least 50 others. I never received any help whatsoever from them or any other at any time. The only charities I can say actually help and provide continuous support and contact are The Royal British Legion and SSAFA, the rest in my opinion are frauds! I wish this guy all the best and life will improve when the time is right and you're ready. One thing is certain though and that is, he has more about him than anyone who judges, puts him down or says he should get a job or dumb arse comments along those lines.

[@mjh5437]

The Royal British Legion should be helping shell-shocked soldiers not blaggers.

[@victwenty2324]

i have a crew doing this we go from London to Manchester to Leicester onwards and upwards we make lowest £40 a day and most £150 with occasional big wins like 1k to 5k very rear we move around citys have winter rated sleeping bags and access to showers and one night stay rooms we do this and sleep rough and shower each day for say 5 days we then do it all weekend and sleep in a hotel and bath and pamper are selfs...all spring and summer into autumn winters we go back to are homes i made 70k last year and flipped it to 120k in Nintendo stock and isa saving accounts....

[@Angel-vl3bk]

Seriously that's mad

[@mjh5437]

Oh look.....a human rat.

[@Dg-zj6jo]

problem with that is you get fat but no money better off in jail

[@Mike-tb3ci]

Not in Portland

[@eyefishinggunkchannel1011]

but housing them aint gonna stop them beggint..they dont get 150 a day bullshit...but ye there all in houses the place is run down rent is chewpas hell landlords dont csre iff your on drugs there desprwte 2 fill thr flats so there wll getting better life thwn wlof of ppl who work

[@eayodele50]

Refusal to pay for accommodation?

[@adamjones3818]

take this down

[@eyefishinggunkchannel1011]

hahaha these guyes do not make 150 a day that probs most some1 has made i no some1 who made 90 pound in a 4 hour spacd but most days its 10 20 pound iff your lucky..i give to them dont care iff there on drugs alcohol and codein are both drugs so most ppl r on drugs infact codeine is heroin just alot weeker

[@MegaPianogenius]

what a stupid lying title? he only has 20p maybe makes a tenner a day tops

[@joepeterson2819]

A beggar will remove any money on show to encourage dumbos like you to give them your cash and buy their drugs for them You are funding the drug dealers lifestyle BMW Rolex holidays guns cheers

[@paulos9900]

You think a beggar would leave the cash in open view if he had it? Cant get the sympathy vote if you are sat there with more money than the passing public have themselves..... The food he said himself he had got that day was worth about £15 alone..

[@paulos9900]

There was a guy who was sleeping in a tent outside monument metro station in Newcastle and he used to brag he was making £400 a week in cash and got tons of free food etc handed to him every day. I also know he got offered accomadation and rejected it multiple,e times. He oonly got off the streets when he ignored a police dispersal order and got arrested. While he was at the police station his tent and all his gear got removed and got put in storage. His gear is still there a year later because he doesn't care to get it but he has a place to live now. Enablers giving him cash kept him on the streets.... He had to be forced ingo making the change. I also know for a fact a lot of the beggars in Newcastle aren't homeless because a lot of them live in a block of flats in Gateshead where 1 of my work colleagues is living currently...