When is a traveller not a Traveller?

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by nomadking

Are you saying that they are doing without those services?

Well, assuming they don't want to go legit, there are a few ways around the problem (at least with Electricity).

1) Connect the supply to a convenient local source, such as a local house, business or even street light. This is both illegal and dangerous, but I daresay they've been done at least once, whether by travellers or not.

2) Use generators.

[Dai]

Originally Posted by Flyboy

I have no idea, but I doubt very much that the water, electricity, gas and telephone companies were banging on their doors, do you?

It wouldn't surprise me actually. They've been known in the past to supply services to other sorts of squatters.

[papa smurf]

'We'll bomb, gas and burn the bailiffs': After making life a misery for villagers for 10 years, travellers in Gypsy City won't go without a fight

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1GgrPY9ku

[Hom3r]

I'ld like to know how some of them can afford a £35-45,000 range rover.

Originally Posted by Hom3r

I'ld like to know how some of them can afford a £35-45,000 range rover.

you mean you can't guess

[Flyboy]

Go on then, let us all know. Please remember to provide the evidence.

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

'We'll bomb, gas and burn the bailiffs': After making life a misery for villagers for 10 years, travellers in Gypsy City won't go without a fight

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1GgrPY9ku

Aah yes, The Daily Heil, friend of the Gypsies.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Flyboy

Go on then, let us all know. Please remember to provide the evidence.

Not wanting to Tarmac them all with the same brush but this isn't an exactly a news flash.

http://www.themissinglist.co.uk/poli...ler-nationwide

Police today issued this image of a prolific bogus caller wanted for a spate of offences in Birmingham and Manchester.
John Francis McDonnagh, a member of the travelling community, is being hunted by police for several offences of distraction burglary and for breaching a recall to prison.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Flyboy

Go on then, let us all know. Please remember to provide the evidence.

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Aah yes, The Daily Heil, friend of the Gypsies.

thank you for the comment i see the quality of the content is still substandard

Originally Posted by Flyboy

Go on then, let us all know. Please remember to provide the evidence.

I assume that was directed at me ,and unless you have been living in a box then you would know that crime rates generally take an upturn whenever travellers are in the area ,but since you want some evidence here you go

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-year-low.html


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-caravans.html

If you want more then remember that is your friend

[Will21st]

Originally Posted by martyh

I assume that was directed at me ,and unless you have been living in a box then you would know that crime rates generally take an upturn whenever travellers are in the area ,but since you want some evidence here you go snip....

yes,but that's not politically correct,so shush

[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by Derek

Not wanting to Tarmac them all with the same brush but this isn't an exactly a news flash.

http://www.themissinglist.co.uk/poli...ler-nationwide

Would you like a list of non-travellers who are criminals? I'll hazard a guess at which list will be longer.

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Originally Posted by martyh

I assume that was directed at me ,and unless you have been living in a box then you would know that crime rates generally take an upturn whenever travellers are in the area ,but since you want some evidence here you go

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-year-low.html


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-caravans.html

If you want more then remember that is your friend

Are you seriously trying to correlate the two events? Gypsies get put away and as a result the crime rates plummet?

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Flyboy

Would you like a list of non-travellers who are criminals? I'll hazard a guess at which list will be longer.

I'm a realist. There are plenty of gypsies / travellers who are perfectly law abiding but a significant number do get involved in criminality. It's also pretty much a given when an bunch of caravans appear the crime rate for shopliftings, theft of metals, criminal damage and bogus workmen spike and remain higher till they move on.

That might offend the muesli eating, sandal wearers in the audience but it happens to be the truth.

[PeteLockwood]

nevermind 20 million + eviction, send a few jcb's and bulldoze the place regardless of weather or not they move out, these people are vermin.

if things get out of hand with the bulldozing, send the flying squad!

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Flyboy

Would you like a list of non-travellers who are criminals? I'll hazard a guess at which list will be longer

If you could put it in terms of % per population, that would be much better please.

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Originally Posted by PeteLockwood

nevermind 20 million + eviction, send a few jcb's and bulldoze the place regardless of weather or not they move out, these people are vermin.

if things get out of hand with the bulldozing, send the flying squad!

Very harsh.

But I'm not a hypocrite, if a band of travellers turned up in field next me, I'd be in the first JCB

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Pierre

if a band of travellers turned up in field next me, I'd be in the first JCB

Dig a trench so they can't get out?