Space Not Spikes
You know you’re living under a Tory Government when it becomes acceptable to create architecture that deters the homeless from sitting or lying down. The cuts have created more people living below the poverty line, using food banks and ultimately homelessness, but rather than deal with the problem the solution is to hide them from the public by putting spikes in shop windows. Out of sight, out of mind.
One group, called Space Not Spikes has reclaimed the spaces, putting a mattress, pillows and a bookshelf with books over the spikes. See the video below or read more about the group’s efforts on Upworthy.
Seagulls Next on Government Hit List
It may seem like we’re picking on the government a bit in this Nibblets, but we’re not. The second they do something nice for someone other than themselves we will report it. Just let us know.
So, Plymouth County Council, rather like a less sexy version of James Bond could soon receive a license to kill problem seagulls. According to the Plymouth Herald
“Reports had come in of people and animals being attacked by seagulls, with some cases of pets being pecked to death.”
Apparently the more humane methods of control have proved “ineffective” so now a general license could be issued where councils and land owners could take lethal action against the gulls if they proved to be a health and safety risk. This presumably includes leaving ladders unattended or spilling water and not putting up a sign. Speaking of signs, we have a conspiracy theory think tank here at Newsnibbles which consists of the interns and anyone who fancies coming in for a sandwich. Having seen these two reports they stated:
“They trained to gulls to take out the homeless, and now they’re out of control and turning on the pets they’ve decided to take them out. The machines are COMING”.
We probably should not have let them watch Terminator before their session.
And in Entertainment News…
There are some Fantastic films out this summer, and one of them is a new Fantastic Four movie. Contrary to popular opinion, we rather liked the original Fantastic Four movies, so will be interested to see how this one pans out, but did you know that in the 1970s there was a Fantastic Four radio show, with Mr Fantastic voiced by the legend that is Bill Murray?
