Benefits Street - bidding war on road sign

toon_mad

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This is absolutely disgraceful. One of the idiots from the latest series of benefits street has listed on a well known auction site the road sign of the street name, so far it has bids up to £60K (you need to find the listing on auction site) :mad:

Everyone should report him, surely the road sign belongs to the council and not some chav who can claim that he owns it? :confused:

Link:
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...__Benefits_Street__road_sign_tops___50k/?lp=4
 
Surely you should be commending him for his entrepreneurial spirit? He's got himself a job at least... ;)
 
toon_mad said:
This is absolutely disgraceful. One of the idiots from the latest series of benefits street has listed on a well known auction site the road sign of the street name, so far it has bids up to £60K (you need to find the listing on auction site) :mad:

Everyone should report him, surely the road sign belongs to the council and not some chav who can claim that he owns it? :confused:

Link:
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...__Benefits_Street__road_sign_tops___50k/?lp=4
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Not your street or your sign and he's likely not going to get away with the money even if they were real bids. Why do you care so much? :p
 
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I can't watch the show it makes my blood boil!!!
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Did you see the documentary think it was Monday night, well it was effectively Tuesday morning on BBC3.

Where Am I Sleeping Tonight?

At 16, Martin Read found himself living on the streets. Since then, he's spent time in prison and suffered from mental health issues. But he has picked himself up and is now a film director. This, his first film, is made in and around Bristol and tells the stories of the young people he meets who are not registered anywhere as homeless, but are forced to sleep on friends' sofas, in tents, in caves, under bridges and on the streets.

Since the introduction of the bedroom tax, benefit sanctions and the privatisation of many hostels, the under-25s have been hit hard. Charities estimate that the real number of 'hidden homeless' is three times as high as the official homeless figure, so that almost half a million people are now sleeping rough or being supported by friends.

Martin's past experiences have enabled him to gain unrivalled access into the worlds of those he meets, and the result is an honest and revealing look at what homelessness for young people really looks like today.
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It's on iPlayer.
 
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benefits street the first one was rubbish, they should have filmed it someone rough as hell ,that was just like an ordinary street in a poor area they all have a few characters but for the most part they are all mouth and out right liars
 
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