Trouble is, all the common land they used to stay on isn't there any moreso travelling is nigh on impossible as nobody wants them hanging about. So they get moved on by the coppers and end up overnighting in lay-bys, where they generally get moved on again by the coppers.
Nobody wants travellers camping nearby, spoiling the view, leaving a mess, robbing and generally selling pegs and cursing. Once upon a time they would have followed the harvest work getting jobs on farms and the like, but in an increasingly industrialised society they have become an anachronism. You can't deny them the right to their lifestyle, but there doesn't seem much point to it any more. Other than going on channel 4 and generally making life difficult for themselves.
(Nobody wants travellers camping nearby, spoiling the view, leaving a mess, robbing and generally selling pegs and cursing. Once upon a time they would have followed the harvest work getting jobs on farms and the like, but in an increasingly industrialised society they have become an anachronism. You can't deny them the right to their lifestyle, but there doesn't seem much point to it any more. Other than going on channel 4 and generally making life difficult for themselves.
Smallbrainfield,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:17,
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perhaps Endemol could knock up a Traveller/Big Brother/Truman Show type thingTravellers: This is Davina!
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Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something.,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:20,
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feck or booger Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something.,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:27,
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Actually, they have, in Hollandor was it SBS?
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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:32,
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Perhaps we could find them a new country with plenty of space to move around inI think there's a lot of room in the middle of Australia. No police to enforce the laws, either.
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boris the spider,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:30,
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I don't know, I think wherever they went they'd be bothered by the authorities,it seems to be part of their nature to be (or be seen to appear to be) put upon.
Edit: Australia doesn't have the best of records when it comes to dealing with ethnic groups.
(Edit: Australia doesn't have the best of records when it comes to dealing with ethnic groups.
Smallbrainfield,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:40,
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yeah but the aussie police would have a hell of a drive into the middle of the outbackin all seriousness i've no idea what the solution is, but strings of travellers fouling up a site and leaving without cleaning it is both unpleasant and expensive for the taxpayer - quite besides any other issue. that doesn't justify victimising them, but it does justify finding a way of passing on the expense, or preventing it in the first place.
( boris the spider,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:46,
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Make caravans illegal.This would be immensely popular with everyone except a tiny belligerent minority in the population. And the travellers.
( Smallbrainfield,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:50,
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I bet if Jeremy Clarkson stood for MP on a manifesto of banning caravanshe'd get in on a landslide.
( boris the spider,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:52,
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But then we'd have to elect someone opposed to the wearing of slip-onsand long hair on middle aged men who should know better. It's a slippery slope.
( Smallbrainfield,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 13:59,
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That's democracy, my frienda never-ending slippery slope leading straight to hell. Or perhaps to 70s rock played overloud in cars we'll never be able to afford.
( boris the spider,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 14:04,
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It's a price I'm willing to pay.LET'S ROCK!
/puts foot down in slightly crap car, accelerating sedately to 31 mph.
(/puts foot down in slightly crap car, accelerating sedately to 31 mph.
Smallbrainfield,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 14:23,
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FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS MAKE MY ROCKING WORLD GO ROUNDNot sure if that was what I wanted on the radio, but never mind.
( boris the spider,
Mon 19 Sep 2011, 15:00,
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