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Begging in Northern Ireland

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  • qwert_yuiop
    qwert_yuiop Posts: 3,617 Forumite
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    Cotta wrote: »
    Yes, and this is relevant because?

    Astonishing number of angry drunks looking for money and cigarettes at all hours of the day and night. Ours are quite tame in comparison.

    So not relevant.
    “What means that trump?” Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    qwert_yuiop wrote: »
    Ever been to Glasgow?

    More times than I care to remember - ever been to Edinburgh? Surprisingly it's just as bad there.
  • Cotta
    Cotta Posts: 3,667 Forumite
    qwert_yuiop wrote: »
    Astonishing number of angry drunks looking for money and cigarettes at all hours of the day and night. Ours are quite tame in comparison.

    So not relevant.

    It's a fair point you're making but should we have an acceptable level of this type of behaviour?
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    Cotta wrote: »
    It's a fair point you're making but should we have an acceptable level of this type of behaviour?

    I'm sure that's something which each local police chief has to keep in mind - what is acceptable and when should he clamp down?
  • qwert_yuiop
    qwert_yuiop Posts: 3,617 Forumite
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    Cotta wrote: »
    It's a fair point you're making but should we have an acceptable level of this type of behaviour?

    Just an observation, nothing else.
    “What means that trump?” Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
  • Cotta
    Cotta Posts: 3,667 Forumite
    GlynD wrote: »
    I'm sure that's something which each local police chief has to keep in mind - what is acceptable and when should he clamp down?

    Zero tolerance?
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    edited 11 December 2013 at 5:40PM
    qwert_yuiop wrote: »
    Just an observation, nothing else.

    Hey Jimmy - gies a fag pal! :rotfl:
    Cotta wrote: »
    Zero tolerance?

    No, they'll have a directive from Knockbreda on what to put up with, when to move them on and when to lift them. There'll be a central PSNI policy on it.
  • Cotta
    Cotta Posts: 3,667 Forumite
    GlynD wrote: »
    Hey Jimmy - gies a fag pal! :rotfl:



    No, they'll have a directive from Knockbreda on what to put up with, when to move them on and when to lift them. There'll be a central PSNI policy on it.

    Translation, they'll bury their heads in the sand.
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    Cotta wrote: »
    Translation, they'll bury their heads in the sand.

    They'll try to minimise disruption because they won't want complaints from individual consulates.
  • Cotta
    Cotta Posts: 3,667 Forumite
    GlynD wrote: »
    They'll try to minimise disruption because they won't want complaints from individual consulates.

    I'm not sure, some of those beggers are a disruption particularly those associated with gangs.
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