London homeless now treated like vermin

[Tony Gosling]

'Anti-homeless spikes' outside London flats spark outrage on Twitter

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homelessness-spikes-outside-london-flats-spark-outrage-on-twitter-9506390.html

Metal studs outside a block of flats have been criticised across social media

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Saturday 07 June 2014
Metal spikes many believe have been installed to deter homeless 
people from sleeping in an alcove outside a block of flats in London 
have sparked outrage on Twitter, after pictures of the building went viral.
Andrew Horton, 33, of Woking, Surrey, took a picture of the studs 
outside of the block of privately-owned flats on Southwark Bridge 
Road in the borough of Southwark as he walked to work on Wednesday.
Mr Horton told The Telegraph he believed the studs have been put in 
place to prevent homeless people from sleeping there.
"I can't say for certain but it certainly looked like they were 
placed there to deter homeless people. It's dreadful."
The picture has been circulating rapidly across social media, with 
many expressing their disgust and outrage at the studs.
User @CraigMcVegas described them as "barbarism", adding: "A society 
should be judged on how it treats its most vulnerable." David Wells 
compared them to spikes used to prevent pigeons from resting on 
buildings, tweeting: "the destitute now considered vermin".
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