Homeless sent out of Edinburgh to make room for Taylor Swift fans
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11em0e5e6o
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Homeless sent out of Edinburgh to make room for Taylor Swift fans
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11em0e5e6o
Posted by Throwaway100123100
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_Newly homeless_ people are being sent out of Edinburgh, not those already placed into hotels. Because hotel rooms in Edinburgh are scarce and out of the price range of the council on those three nights that Taylor is in town.
Just out of curiosity a few days ago, I looked up hotels in Edinburgh on the first night of the Taylor Swift concerts there. The cheapest room available in the city that night was £198.
I looked at Wembley, and for hotels in the immediate vicinity the cheapest was £414. Even the Travelodge at Brent Cross, a 30 minute walk away, was £220 for a Swift Night.
“Edinburgh City Council said it was working with affected households to find…”
I think they need to rethink their scope
It would make more sense to send Taylor Swift and her fans to the moon. Forever.
Many problems solved all at once.
I’d be getting te fuck out of Edinburgh on that night with all those degenerates creeping around !
In 2023 Edinburgh spends £5,271,381 per annum on homelessness. Housing an estimated 7000 people in 5000 temporary homes. The expenditure has risen 16% from 2023 and is expected to continue to grow due to the financial climate.
[https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=66127](https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=66127)
I thought this was going to be an article from The Onion.
So glad our public sector is there for the convenience of billionaires and their cult followings.
Edinburgh keeps voting Lib-Lab, hope they realise their follies.
The weird cult around Taylor Swift genuinely creeps me out.
I don’t get this cult, and people think Jehovah’s Witnesses are bad.
Why are they using hotels for this to begin with? I’m surprised the hotels would agree to it tbh.
Just let people build. It’s insane how much is done to try to work around the housing crisis instead of just building.