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once you have a dirty hovel, with people behaving badly. you lose any respect, and any argument you may have to stay, it's a sad fact. if you have a basic home with basics the a bath, and toilet, that is kept neat, maybe a few plants, your wish to stay is much stronger and more likely to be respected.
In a few years time there will be more places like this. I am 68 and when my adult son leaves home I 🏡 will not be able to afford to stay in the house I am living in unless I go into debt. I have never been in debt and never will be nor do I expect my children to provide me with a home. I have worked since my eary teens and have lived a modest lifestyle, now I am slowly selling my posessions and saving every penny to buy a van. There will be many, yound and old facing the same future as me.
@@bbuzz1687I think it will become increasingly common. People who’ve been unable to purchase a house are faced with ever increasing private rents given the lack of social housing. Those rents might be just about affordable when working but aren’t affordable on a state pension. There aren’t enough smaller housing association homes on reduced rent to go around, housing benefit doesn’t cover all the costs, etc.
I agree. I was worried at first that he was going to give homeless people a hard time, but I was pleased to hear he’s been to Christiania in Copenhagen and likes it there. Of every community in the whole of Europe Christiania is my favourite. It feels like people actually get excited about where they live because the government isn’t pissing on them with building laws, they build what they want and are very happy. Summary: rich people get jealous when poor people appear to have easier lives so they make laws to sabotage certain communities of free thinkers from growing
@@thegenius8817 it reminds me very much of the squat/traveller scene in England in the seventies and early eighties, before Thatcher and the Tories found ways to make it illegal or impossible. If local councils don't have the funds to redevelop empty properties and are prepared to turn a blind eye to the various health and safety legislation being ignored, what harm does it do? You can at least take people away from sleeping rough in city centres and you may just end up with vibrant, creative communities like Christiania. Either way, with the huge numbers of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees being added to those who desperately need housing, something positive has to be done to avert this crisis.
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
It’s actually had a nasty impact on the caravan lane’s inhabitants due to unsolicited attention being bought onto them. Journalistic curiosity is a great thing, but only with the consent of all who are being documented.
@@basling Totally agree, although it would be pretty hard to determine consent from every single person affected (unless they're featured in the video). What kind of 'nasty impact' has been going on?
That was an excellent video. I've visited Glastonbury since the early 1970s, but I think you've manage to capture something very important about the state of Britain - and the British State - in the early 21st century through your report.
I hope those two guys from Manchester get proper safe housing. I quite liked the zigzag building, its the sort of place I would have lived in when i was young, but as you get older, a warm home with a shower and inside loo is really important.
They won't. They are on the bottom of the pile and there are many, many more 'deserving' cases above them. For as long as I can remember this has been the case. If you are young and male you are expected to shift for yourself.
I live in Liverpool, I’m shocked by the amount of empty buildings and boarded up houses when there are so many people who are homeless. Where else are the people meant to go, because they don’t own anything they’re not wanted or deemed as a nuisance 😥 what a way to run a country
i agrree when i live din kent i could not get a council house when the private rented house I lived in was being sold, I they said their were none available I said , I worked all over and can tell them where there is at least 50 council houses boarded up, they said these are reserved for migrants exactly those words each local council I was told had to keep at least 400 vacant property empty
They could be put up in the hotels and social housing which seems to be gifted to foreign nationals who never chipped in a single penny to the country. It's beyond heartbreaking. Their grandparents didn't fight for this.
I hope the disused area and the zig zag building can continue to be a home for the people that have created a safe place for themselves to live. They have made useable the derelict and uncared for spaces, which is more that the council have done. It about time we started looking after our indigenous population and work together to create a better liveable space and not ‘just’ a barely survivable one. The disused area was obviously cared for by the people living there and they are enhancing that space by keeping it free from neglect. There was some lovely creations taking place in that zig zag building, people with obvious gifts and talents. That should be encouraged and not demonised. I wish them all a happy safe heaven and the best of outcomes. 🕊️🍀🕊️ Just subscribed 😊
@@soundsoflife9549 Hi, It’s very sad and I hope that changes sooner rather than later. Everyone that respects their home and surroundings deserves a safe place to live.
@@donna9679 Hi, thank you. It’s so sad that those who obviously care are being treated so poorly. Those empty derelict places would only become dumping grounds and become more contaminated. I wish them well and hope for once that the council connect with their humanity and common sense for once. I remember hearing of a neighbourhood that turned a waste area and dumping ground into a lovey community garden, it was loved by all and made the area a much healthier and happier place to be. The council made them rip at all out because they didn’t give permission for it. Utter insanity, absolutely unconscionable, nonsensical and heartbreaking. I hope these people fair better.🤞🏼
Thanks for this. Brilliant journalism. Well done the owner of the Zig Zag building. That community needs more funding. They have done some good things and need help to repair and paint. Councils must act to protect people...residents and homeless ones. The lock up yard is a great concept and being used in the US. Councils designate a site, provide shower & toilet blocks and safe sites for people to park and live. This forms a community and the residents then run it themselves. Also in the US there are councils designing and running tiny house enclaves where each homeless person has their own new little wooden home and ablution blocks are provided. We need to look out for each other more. Thanks again for bringing it to my attention. All the best!
Hey Joe. I was at Christiania in Copenhagen way back over forty years ago. It changed my life. I was in Copenhagen for an aviation conference as an aviation executive. I lived a very material life. I spent just one day at Christiania and it changed my life. Within a year of being there I had given up my material life and moved to Brighton where I became the frontman of a folk rock band and had a head full of locks. It was good in Copenhagen back then. All these pretty little houses all painted in pastel colours. Everyone was so friendly and open and everything was done by barter - you door squeaks. I'll fix it for a kilo of potatoes'. People with work outside the community gave some of their wages into the upkeep and maintenance. There were absolutely no hard drugs then. Now there are. It's sad the way the UK and many other places have declined badly. There were enough homeless in Brighton when I was there and too many hard drugs. I eventually left Brighton in 1996. I've been back a few times and was shocked at the amount of homeless and hard drugs users now. I don't think there will ever be an end to homelessness as there will never be enough accommodation to house people and the more austere life becomes, the more homelessness will happen. I now live a real basic life in a little house in Normandy which is like another planet compared to the UK.
Normandy, France? France is turning into a totalitarian state too. Like UK and other EU countries. Yeah, Brighton sucks. It looks very run down and people overthere look severely depressed. Spiritually awful place.
You can say that people choose to live like this. But at an average of about £1k for some crap one bedroom flat plus parking plus outrageous council tax and utility bills. Unless you have children you'd have to be an absolute moron to spend your (probable) one and only life working to pay a landlord's mortgage. It's only going to get worse. Housing should be a basic fundamental right in a wealthy country, not some luxury to be traded and horded. Don't pay. Tune in, drop out.
IS THAT 1000 POUND PER MONTH RENT , PLUS, WHY CANT THE PEOPLE BEHIND GATES AND IN ABANDED BUILDINGS JUST STAY WHERE THEY ARE IF THERE NOT CAUSING NO PROBLEMS, BECAUSE IF THERE GOING TO THROW THEM OUT ,THEN THERE BE EVEN MORE CARVANS ,WHICH THE LOCAL PEOPLE SEEM TO BE SAYING ARE THE PROBLEM, ALSO ,WHERE DO ALL OF THEM GET MONEY FROM,TO BUY EVERY DAY NEEDS, NOT SHOUTING ,BLIND IN ONE EYE, OTHER EYE GOING THE SAME WAY
@@SeeDaRipper... “I ain’t got nuffin’ to say bruv but you’s is American!!!!!!” America gave you people 78 billion dollars in financial aid and 10 billion dollars in military aid during 2024 already, and this is how you thank us? Absolutely ungrateful. No wonder your country is in it’s current state of affairs.
I live on a council estate in Essex..........in the last 5 years, all of a sudden there's been a huge influx of people from Africa, India and the middle-east..........yet, there are thousands of British people out there without homes.......I don't get it.
@@tee331 Yes, I saw it from the 80s after the Miners Strike that I was in...as the system was quickly asset stripped, so the rich could become richer...and f_ck the rest.
Hi 👋 from the US 🇺🇸. I was quite shocked to see this . We too have a homeless problem. Most take up residence in tents ⛺️. We have tent ⛺️ cities across the US. Most of which are evicted right a way . The city sends in bulldozers, authorities, cops .... We need more affordable housing for them . Unfortunately here in the US these tents ⛺️ cities are full of drug addicted people and some with mental health issues. We really need to help our citizens for housing, mental health,joblessness, and drug addiction. None of this caravan cities or tents cities will be resolved until to get to root of those problems. 😢 thanks Joe 🇺🇸♥️🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
agree Joe. Prefab housing is so low cost, the issue is land availability which in UK will be down to state and the local councils. As always, its the people with the power to change it who refuse to provide the fix.
Spot on description of zig zag building, it was indeed a tannery originally owned by morlands, without doxing myself on the internet it was owned and ran by a now deceased relative and founded by his father making various sheepskin products there's also close links with Clarks shoes, the various quaker meeting houses and friends in the area. Although it had been sold off some time ago and i've no idea to who, it was nice to see inside the building, thank you for taking the time to be so respectful to those who've made it their home and speaking to the lovely lady living there, I really do hope they manage to continue living in their home. The cost of living is absurd in somerset(to be fair it is everywhere) with rent sky rocketing, the 40% homeless figure isn't surprising, but is saddening, with so little well paid work in the area that allign with the rental demands (which as a single occupier would take up to 3/4 of your salary/wages) means if you're born working class here and don't move to or within commuting distance of bristol / bath you can get shafted fast.
@@DaysOfDarknessUK give it a fucking rest, your like a broken record, half of the problem with glasto is so called new age travelers ( dross from citys ) taking the piss
Glastonbury festival donates a lot more than 10%, the majority of profit goes to charity, including homelessness. Last year is was about 3.7 million donated
It's a mental asylum . Dark energy , most alcohol drinking demon possessed . ....having experienced all of it for three years including eviction notices .
Hi Joe . I have been to Christiania too and it has been successful for many years . What I believe is a community can live and exist in peace with rules and I would rather these places than seeing people struggling on the streets . At least they have something to do than nothing to live For .
I understand homelessness, but I don’t understand why the people have got to trash everything. Crap graffiti, stuff dumped everywhere. There wouldn’t be so much animosity if the “residents” kept the place looking tidy.
They got no toilets so there is a lot of 💩 it’s not just rubbish,they nick food and booze from the shops too ,it’s not surprising people have had enough in glasto
I find the ZIGZAG building beautiful. May they stay. It is so difficult but if the rubbish + unoccupied vans + caravans were removed - regularly - it would make a big difference. I am in South Somerset there is room for ALL.
They haven’t got any money to clear up they don’t work and our council has gone bankcrupt ,so who can pay for all the vehicles to be removed and it all cleared up regularly? And we have got a few thousand immigrants coming to the area so I’m not so sure there is space for us all any more to be honest ,that’s why half of this lot are homesless ??
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
Prime minister Keir Starmer has just promised 30 billion to Ukraine which is enough to house every homeless person in the UK. We have to decide to prioritise our own people and house them.
30 billion huh? Now imagine being an American taxpayer, here are some of the global aid numbers from TWO BILLS ALONE during the fiscal year 2024, as per the the United States Agency for International Development: Israel, 310 billion Egypt, 168 billion Afghanistan, 158 billion South Vietnam, 144 billion Ukraine, 113 billion South Korea, 95 billion United Kingdom, 88 billion ... Remember, this is no where near a complete list(in fact I only included the interesting ones because I'd be here typing all day to include everything). *This is ONLY our 2024 aid from TWO BILLS passed on March 23rd and April 26th respectively.* So imagine you're an American taxpayer and some British guy on the internet is making fun of you because you "can't afford healthcare," when your country has given his country 88 billion dollars over 2 months time in 2024 alone. Insult to injury.
@@charlesbrown4483 Mikitary aid to compensate us for the billions wasted on fighting your war in Afghanistan? Before Biden abandoned us. Economic aid for whom? The Dems' fellow communists who are destroying our freedom. Someone is paying the expenses and wages of "anti-racism" and "anti-oil" activists.
15 years ago I lived aboard a boat, my dad suggested he buy me a cheap caravan to move ashore and avoid the difficulties of boat dwelling. I explained it's cheap to buy an old caravan but the problem is where to site it. Dad thought a friendly farmer or smallholder would be happy to let me park up, discretely. I knew enough to insist it's just not like that.
@@Westhamsterdam Yep, propaganda rags like the Metro and Guardian are constantly running nonsense articles with young 20 somethings, aboard their huge wide beam in central London, talking about how they dodged the need for a mortgage deposit and can go wherever they feel. In reality, most cant afford a mooring so will be on a continuous cruising licence, so will need to move every 2 weeks and cover 20 odd miles in one direction every year. Being on the canals in London means you can look forward to your property being ethnically diversified regularly, and as the towpaths are dimly lit with no escape, the chances of having them personally redistribute your wealth is high too. Unless you've got £50k or more, you're going to be on a boat that needs constant attention too. Leave Mordor... I mean London, and it's much nicer, but now you've got to rearrange your commute every two weeks, and find somewhere to leave a car.
I am learning all those cities in the UK through you (and Google Maps). I didn't know that much about them. The poverty is shocking. I didn't expect that from the UK. It's even worse than Bulgaria.
Exactly where in Bulgaria is better, and please don't list larger towns and cities. I have travelled around parts of Bulgaria a lot, and in some villages people live in hovels with no windows
This is such excellent coverage of the situation in Glastonbury. We know that there are not enough affordable houses and not enough council run houses for the population of the UK. What are people supposed to do? But I can imagine how difficult this is for local people who are seeing the place they chose to live changing so dramatically. Sadly our new government is only going to make the housing situation worse. I despair. Thank you for this Joe.
No government can afford to build houses, schools, hospitals etc etc unless there are enough people going to work and paying taxes - our pension system is on the verge of collapse for example. If those people want an alternative lifestyle to the majority, who should be paying for it ?
What do you expect when in the last 25 years we have had more people come to live in the country then in the last 2000 year history! the numbers are unsustainable and the infrastructure is not there to support all these new arrivals housing is not there either you simply can’t build enough homes to keep up I believe at the moment they building 100,000 new homes a year but last year alone we had a net influx of just under 700,000 people! And that’s not including everyone that’s only the ones they know about. So not only have you not touched the demanded you have increased it by 600,000 in just one year and these numbers are only increasing with each passing year. That’s not even mentioning or getting into the types of people that are coming in and the problems they are causing it’s basically bankrupting the country.
The level of entitlement is rank. Just fucking up peoples towns because you can’t be arsed to work and lean on ‘alternative lifestyle’ as a way of justifying it. And I say this an aging lefty.
@@TonyGray-bo4uy nah, not everything can be blamed on the Tories. I live in Wales, under a Labour government with a Plaid Cymru council. The local hospital was demolished years ago, and still the council have not created plans, let alone started building much needed housing on the site that is left.
they chose to do it in Glastonbury to be near their kind. many could get housing more easily in another area but it would require not hanging out with their friends on the Tor every day and they don't want to give that up and get into the mindset that they should be accomadated
There are empty properties in some areas which nobody wants to live in, so eventually refugees are sent there - it happened on some Scottish islands, because the properties were empty for years and no British people wanted to live on those islands, so refugees were put there AFTER Brits didn't want to. I am in no way in favour of refugees, beggars etc, but I am only pointing out that there actually are some empty properties available if people are willing to relocate.
There were plenty of caravans and wild dogs howling at night 25 yrs ago when I was up there often for a weekend or week in my tent. I mixed with some of the homeless, and they seemed really sweet. I know the situations changing now...there looks more caravans, and the drug and homeless issues...and mh issues... are all much worse. The govts we had ran the country down from the 70s and 80s...and friendly communities that had resources for everyone are non existent now. Public baths closing, sports facilities closing...care facilities closing...Housing issues, employment issues and so on, on the increase...then add immigration problems...the country is imploding and it's unsettling for everyone. Glastonbury itself is an unusual place...it has high spiritual energies that attracts people, unaware of its spiritual significance and meaning, although they sense something and it draws them. Then it has the music festival, and it has the Tor, the Abbey, the Wells, and other sacred places, and quite a decent size shopping centre that reflects the spiritual core of the town. It's a shame there is not the money to upgrade the caravans, and develop those buildings and sites...the people seemed respectable...but without resources, it can seem like a losing battle. Thank for the video.
Lived there for nearly 20 years until about 3 weeks ago, such a shame I missed you! Would have been happy to give you a great insight and shown you around. Hope you enjoyed your stay, I don't think much of the place but it has a warm place in many peoples hearts.
It's what gives Glastonbury it's vibe , it's an awesome little town with loads of characters & most people you meet are friendly, more so than any other town I've been in the country. Love this place ❤️
No, they kill the town. "vibe" is a very elastic word, it means a feeling that is personal to you and everyone experiences 'vibe' differently. Glastonbury's character comes from the Tor, the Chalice well, The white spring, the history of what industrious people built there long before hippies even existed. The hippies try to claim what was already there as theirs and they ruin it for the decent, well behaved folk who would visit.
One of the causes of homelessness in Cornwall in particular is people from the city's , London, etc, who buy property for use as holiday homes for 2 or 3 weeks of the year, this causes local property prices to skyrocket to a point where local people can't afford a home in the town where they were born where their family have lived for generations, this has been a problem for decades.
This is fundamentally what needs to change, globally - live in 1 house. Towns and parishes could set the number of dwellings that could be used for accommodation and that would be the maximum limit for that town or parish. It would reduce the need for house building significantly. Why won’t this happen? Because buying houses is a good way to hide wealth. I have friends who have been kicked out of rented property so that the owner could turn it into an Airbnb, meaning these places are empty. It’s sickening.
@@RunningOnABall in Barcelona there is currently a massive movement of local people fighting against losing their communities and neighbourhoods to Air BnB. Its happening all over the world right now, local people being forced out of their own neighbourhoods.
Fascinating this is happening today.. they seem like genuine people that are lost through difficult times. A shame they can’t find sanctuary but have to rough it like it is. I wish them the best..
Meanwhile there are loads of empty flats and houses across the country owned by Chinese , Saudis and Russians as INVESTMENTS. They should be compulsorily purchased and let out as social housing.
I get the zigzag building and they have done a really nice job, they should be allowed to stay. The caravans dumped all over the place I do not agree with. Especially when they can even keep them well kept
As a resident of Glastonbury I could say a lot about this subject. We do our best to cater for the homeless community here and as far as I am aware, the new proposals from the Town Council include a new area, properly set up, for them. On the other hand, the Zag Zag building was sold to the guy who owns it for peanuts, with the proviso that it would be restored and used for ‘workshops’ and a meeting area for the Local inhabitants. It was NEVER meant to be used by the homeless community to squat in, which is basically what they are doing. We are a teeny, tiny Town and the problem has got so bad (ie, drugs, drinking, loitering, mess, disorderly conduct) that we can’t support this many van etc dwellers. Regardless of what the ‘nice’ people say, many of them are a problem.
It is interesting situation as I guess the Farmer who sold out Glastonbury town is fundermentally to blame... he put the sleepy town on the international map... Maybe he should be taxed to provide help for the town and its "new" problems caused by his business venture... But I am sure the town loves the new festival business and a few people made a huge amount of money... this is life unfortunately...you can't have good fortune without a little payback.. Unfortunately...the normal residents are paying the price...
@@tonyhussey3610all wrong, Glastonbury festival is not even in glasto, pilton is as toff as can be. People come to Glastonbury and the surrounding area for the history and lay lines.
@@docgreen6948I'm sure.. but mud sticks .. I'm sure the festival in the local area will help bring in the travelers too... let's just say the added exposure will not help the situation .. many laylines in stonehenge and not a huge problem there.. ??
Glastonbury residents are nothing but right wing fascists. They only want them gone because they're not from Glastonbury. Anti-social behaviour, assaults and fear is part of living in a multicultural society.
🌴🌴🌴. I’ve noticed that there’s not really any people there in the daytime. Do you think that they’re working and just can’t afford a brick and mortar place to rent? The zig zag building looks amazing 🤩. Why would any government officials try to ruin this place? JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE 💥❗️ Thank you Mr JoeFish for a great video today. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
I live in a van in this video, close to the zig zag. I've been here a year so still fresh but aware enough to know that the same problems in the uk are reflected here in the state of housing and homlessness. Becasue a lot of people are drawn here in the alternative spectrum its much easier to accept living in a van or caravan. Sadly because caravans are easier to anomalously dwell in they do tend to get abandoned as occupants often aren't earning enough to keep them in good shape and the amount of trashed caravans are growing. With some aligned community efforts and new policy these issues could easily be managed and improved on, but as mentioned in this video, the council wont bend, mostly because they're bound by the same legalities that plague the whole of the UK. I live in a van, own a local buisness and have to accept this way of living. Not out of choice, but becasue the current system simply doesnt have a route for me to build and live in an environmentally sustainable building on my own land. Its shocking. This town is totally magic, the people who live here are kind and exciting, so many marvelous minds and wonderful people. We need land/planning and housing policy change, ideally before this country implodes from within!
I can't see why the council wants to evict the people from the zigzag surely doing so will exacerbate the homelessness problem. Demolishing the site to build a few houses will only serve more economically advantaged people and not the current users. By the looks of things more innovative ideas like this are what is needed and less lining of the developers pockets.
Exactly. My son was a heroin addict for fourteen years. Lived in an old container for a lot of the time but he always kept it tidy and clean. Likewise an old homeless guy stayed in an old shed on a motorway service station. Local’s used to make his life more comfortable by giving him useful stuff. Christmas presents even. One day he packed up and moved on. But he left everything as tidy as possible.
@SaalaxKaahin... it is necessary for the Establishment to keep poorer, working class towns in a state of despair and disrepair, almost 3rd world, so that the Elitists and other stuff at the top can look down on them and gloat and feel superior.
If you are referring to Ukraine, then you're very short sighted if you think not assisting them would make things better at home. They are fighting your war for you and it's their sons dying in order to stop the war spilling into your country, not your sons..yet. If they were not supported, can you not see who would have been attacked next? As a NATO member, the UK would have been drawn into any war in any number of NATO member countries. Be thankful for what you have.
The question is... would you rather have a mainly deserted town full of old people where nothing happens, or a colorful town with all the upsides and downsides. The downsides will go away i think, with proper investments, support and education. Mobile homes residents seem to be english people so they are easy to integrate into the community, its not like they are immigrants from different cultures. I've been into quiet little dead towns... yes its safe, yes its quiet, yes its clean, but they are damn sad...
Amazing insight, I lived in Street over 10 years ago and have visited Street/Glastonbury frequently since so have seen this all roll out. Power to these people, especially the people just trying to make use of the would-be abandoned areas. ❤
I’m not from this part of the world, but surely in the same way that the Government can put illegal immigrants up in hotels and give them food and money, they should be able to find a way to assist their own population.
Hey Man, I literally live in one of them caravans that you walked past if you ever want to have a proper conversation with somebody I’m always open to one buddy
Just to add the caravan that you say has the window smashed in is actually a music studio that we all jamming and make music in sometimes it’s really good sound in there that’s why it’s empty and has wooden flooring
If they were imigrants, they'd be getting a free house, rent free, free health care, free dentist, and an I phone, and 50 quid a week. Boils my piss!!!😡😡😡😡 Leave these folks alone, they've been persecuted enough.
You can’t keep using the immigrant argument, it’s known to be a complete myth about them having houses etc. They can’t have a house that doesn’t exist and like everyone else they are caught up in a situation where not enough social housing exists. Before I get jumped on I’m not a sympathizer I’m just reacting to opinions based on untruths. We need more social housing and we need more places where people such as these featured can live an alternative life without fear of being assaulted and moved on every few days. We need more tolerance for those less fortunate than us.
@@TheJonno1968my sister in law works in housing for our local council (Sheffield) and they have to prioritise immigrants for social housing. They are specifically told to prioritise them over English locals. Immigration is a problem. It’s not a myth at all.
It’s the immigrants fault!!!! Bloody hell, immigrants are blamed for everything bad in the UK.1930’s Germany did exactly the same thing. When will the UK wake up and realise the dodgy, corrupt politicians and councils are to blame. I suppose immigrants are to blame for inner city decline, sewage being pumped into the rivers and sea, the decline in public services, transport, NHS…you name it. It is shocking how stupid and ignorant people are in the UK.
@@pauli2169it’s not a lie. Illegal migrates get given hotels and housing. That’s not all of them granted as a lot are unknown but the ones in the system definitely get these benefits.
Ignorant comments when people have no clue as to the effects of long term astuerty measures ,cost of living crisis,Brexit and Recession ,The economic demographic of the UK has been very stretched beyond sustainable levels its nothing to do with immigration
@benjaminollis7621 The UK would slide into recession without immigration. The issues in no particular order are - the fact there has been very little social housing built in the last 30 years, Brexit's continued impact on UK businesses & resulting loss of tax revenue, the criminal lack of investment in the countries infrastructure, the increase in importance of the profit motive illustrated by privatisation and outsourcing of public services that provide virtually no value to the population but is expensive and unreliable to consumers, in need of regular bailouts using public money whilst returning healthy dividends to shareholders. They love that you are moaning about immigrants while the NHS and other public assets are sold to hedge funds.
Why don’t the council put them in a big field with toilets and showers. Evidently these people would be homeless. It’s a terrible situation in the UK now.
The council don’t do much for residents that are paying them through council taxes. So they definitely won’t put anything up for people paying nothing. However if the council or residents were to ask people to chip in to construct a toilet/shower facility I’d definitely contribute. Even knowing there would be a good chance it would end up trashed. That’s the problem.
@@NeilBarrattmay come a day where they are too broken or just become blaise it's happening with small e vehicles a blind eye is turned as the issue is too much...but indeed for that to happen with land ...well that's a biggie!
Many of them are in caravans because they want to be in Glastonbury with their hippy mates, they could get housing elsewhere where they have a local link, or elsewhere in the country, but they want to be in Glastonbury.... There are social housing flats, one and 2 bed places advertised every day on Rightmove, you have to know where to look and you have to be quick, but they are not in Glastonbury, they are in Birmingham or Grimsby .... Glastonbury is full of caravans because people want to live in Glastonbury and they are disconnected from reality
The zigzag building must definitely stay! It seems like a creative, well run sanctuary for homeless folk...the authorities would be cannibalistic for not letting the people live at this very interesting, tranquil site. Too bad! A peaceful, but effective revolution is absolutely needed to change the status quo: the selfish system of oppression and the marauding imperialistic empire has gone too far! Who needs CEOs and Kings in our day? Thanks Joe for great reporting. Keep up the positive work!
@@simonjbrandbut THEY like it! Better than having nowhere. The council could help with the costs to renovate it even as the lady said, just the basic living requirements, instead of giving our money away to foreign entities. The area of the coal yard was kept clean and and those people deserve somewhere to call home too.
Zigzag looks like a fantastic creative artistic space that’s being well looked after if anything it should be given funding and used as an example of what can be done with communal living I really hope they get to stay 😁
I can appreciate that a lot of people choose this way of life but also a lot out of necessity due to the parasitical government we have. I pay over £300 in rates a month for fock all and on top of that pay tax, vat, duty on everything I buy and when I die the focking government feeds off me again with inheritance tax. The only people the residents of the houses should be complaining to en masse is their useless and parasitical m.p. and local council, but then you know they do not give a shat as long as the rates and taxes keep flowing. Good on these travellers keeping a roof over their head and not giving the government any more of their money than they have to, respect.
I tend to agree with you but the ones that really, really piss me off are those that claim they are living a free, individual, alternative lifestyle and want the taxpayer to pay for them to live it.
You don't pay for nothing - you pay for refuse, adult and children social care, emergency services, schools, local amenities, street lighting etc etc Paying for the basic structures in society is key to living in a developed country. Try living in places that don't have any local government infrastructure and see how you like that.
@@nickrails Yeh, I am basically paying for every benefit scrounging scum bag out their and people with to many children who cannot control their urges.
There was always free common land where people of Britain could go and live or graze their cattle until the greedy ruling classes nabbed it and shot the poor people for complaining …. Don’t talk about taxes when the same ruling class are turning Rich citizen against poor citizen . The taxes are too high because the MP Will not control the economy .@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle
@@nickrails Yeah, but the amount of tax collected per capita, per month is definitely overkill. inheritance tax is day light robbery. The tax system keeps everybody working for nothing, apart from paying bills. Emergency services, education , ect are all underpaid and taxed highly. The police are against the tax payer. It's all a backwards trap. I moved to the Philippines for this exact reason. At least I can save money here.
Glad I did my UK tour in the mid 2000's (from New Zealand), travelled from the top to the bottom over a 2 year period, loved it but now it seems it has turned into a shithole with crime rampant and an authoritarian government hell bent of destroying the country for some reason. I feel for the working and lower class natives.
It's getting like that all over the world: authoritarian govts hellbent on destroying the people. It's all their dirty New World Order plans. Its biblical prophecy being fulfilled, the world is preparing for first of all a great collapse then the introduction of the anti christ with promises of peace (but destruction in reality).
In the UK, an occupier may acquire 'Squatters' Rights,' or 'Adverse Possession,' after 10-12 years of continuous residence, potentially leading to long-term legal ownership. Authorities often evict individuals before they reach this threshold, thereby preventing any claim to ownership. The first eviction I became aware of occurred in the early 1980s at a farm in southeast England, where the occupants had lived for 11 years and were integrated into the local community, including schools and other social connections. Such evictions can have lasting, detrimental effects on family life, social ties, education, and employment.
"after 10-12 years of continuous residence, potentially leading to long-term legal ownership". The 'potential' part, is if the person's occupancy of a resisdence IS NEVER questioned during that period. "Authorities often evict individuals before they reach this threshold" Yes, because during that period, they WERE questioned, and found to NOT be the legitimate owners. It's really quite simple. 🤦♂
We need sites where people can live the full year in tiny homes like in America. Also some space for long term people to stay where they can empty their waste and get clean water. There are many who cannot get social housing or buy a home yet for a living. Let them contribute and be a part of society
If the Festival had never grown and grown, this secondary population of the area would never have come. Michael Eavis, for all his good works, bears a huge responsibility.
Meanwhile in the northern town where I live there are plenty of empty houses. You can buy a terraced house for £70k, a three bedroom semi for £100k and average monthly private rent is £600. This is not only the consequences of not enough housing on a national level but also of not levelling up and regional inequality. When towns like where I live are left behind and in the top third of most deprived towns, when they've got nothing but minimum wage, low skilled jobs nobody from outside wants to come and live here because it is not seen as a place to come to make a good life. We are also losing much of our own young as many go into further education, get professional qualifications and then subsequently have to move away to those already overrun cities like Bristol or London in search of those professional jobs they want. So our young are making the housing shortages in those more sought after locations even worse. I think this is one reason why the plans for a new housing estate to be built on the edge of the town I live in have been kicked into the long grass. What's the point in building more houses in a place where they can't even sell the existing houses? Even though there's a massive national shortage of housing, there's no point in building new ones in northern towns like mine where nobody wants to come to live. I believe that if the better quality, skilled jobs were spread out more evenly across the entire country then the people would naturally spread out more and the property hotspot areas such as Bristol and London could be somewhat relieved just by this better usage of the housing we already have. It's simply crazy that we have some places where there's 60 people all fighting over one tiny flat at £3000 per month rent when in some northern towns there's entire rows of empty, boarded up houses they can't sell for any amount.
Here in Nelson we have houses going from as little as 45k. They may not be in tip top condition but they are good starter homes where you can do them up and perhaps resell to get a bigger house.
Thank you for taking the time to post your informative insights. I had previously read similar regarding a northern town - in that particular one the source of income - mines - had closed down back in '80s I think - and no investment. Are the local councillors any good?
Digital nomads should consider buying these houses. They can work from anywhere, need to get on the housing ladder and will inject money into the local economy.
@@ness-ee that is a very good idea. From what I have seen the areas are a bit 'dubious' and single female might feel vulnerable. But you would only have to have a few of these digital nomads move in and the area would start to come up as a trendy (don't know if that is the right word) oasis. It would be a good investment - house might need a bit of work though. If council own them I wonder if they have them for sale. Too many questions, not enough answers.
Looks like a home to me, great how they brought so many interesting things to enrich the site. I propose it should be bought for them to live permanently in and plumb it in.
Why don't they buy or rent a field between them to live in rather than park by the side of the road? When it's one or two caravans by the side of a farmer's field living there with permission of the farmer, it's not a problem. In Wales there are yurt and tipi villages hidden away in fields as intentional communities. Planning departments don't want them but they don't cause a problem as they build compost toilets.
ZigZag used to be really good, creative, friendly, then a coupla years ago went closed and really unfriendly , kicked loads of people out, so they are also to blame as they did not make the effort to stay communal at all !!!!!
I love all your content Joe .. thankyou.. im Bristol born and bread ..I think the council are trying to remove the vans from the downs ..my brother who lives near St George’s park said they seem to be moving there .. even in fishponds I’ve noticed people are living in vans .. but If the choice is the streets or a van I know what I and probably most would all choose..
Joe, you are a legend for shining a different light upon situations like this. It is no surprise more and more people find themselves homeless and helpless in this country. It is their vilification that often keeps them down and unable to see hope. It seems to me that this is their only hope. However, in a country obsessed with land ownership and possessed with a very negative view of traveling folk, I can only see this ending one way. Money is power is the sad truth and they will be forced to leave. Nobody will care that they may die on the streets just so long as they're gone. I really hope many more people see this kind and considerate piece. You are completely none divisive and that is a precious commodity in these times. Much love x
I live there. Very fair presentation. Some have no where to go and are living an alternative life. Harmless. Some are druggies and criminals. Shop lifting is everywhere. Burglary from sheds etc. Human poo is a problem and I think the kindness and understanding from locals is be pushed too the limit.
Understandable why a particular demographic end up like this, especially after the past few years of the total destruction of the economy due to the you know what
@@LegalAlien100 Austerity, Covid, inflation, but most of all value being created in Britain for benefit of other nations mainly from continued sale of national institutions and corporations to foreign investors… many more… anyone who blames immigrants before these doesn’t understand the difference in scale between that and the four things I mentioned.
The illegal immigrants get homes and help but the British people get put on 2 year waiting lists...Spin any way you try but we all know illegal immigrants are the biggest part of the problem.
People have a preconceived idea of how someone should be. When I lived just outside of Wolverhampton my next door neighbour his house wasn't up to the neighbours standard. My daughter and I found nothing wrong with this man when we asked for help he was willing and didn't even moan about it. I think this man didn't have a lot of money to renovate. People often get judged by their outer appearance and not what is inside. Society has become judgemental it's sad.
Why are they not letting the people stay in the zigzag building? Its amazing what the people have done with it, give them a chance to keep their home!!! They are more than looking after the building
It is a massive space to house only 23people it’s been a long time and made very little progress I really think it needs socially minded developers to make it functional it’s not enough to run it the same as a 1980 swatting club
Great vid that mate..eye opening that I didn't know about that in Glastonbury...the gov pushing everything expensive is forcing ppl to live that way...so expensive now
Great video highlighting the inevitable consequence of inequity in society. As long as the wealth gap continues to widen, I can only see this sort of thing increasing.
The model of casino capitalism we were all seduced and forced into was never right...now we are seeing the fruits more clearly...they were always there...ripening...almost ripe now...then the inevitable wars and implosions will follow...proceeded by a New Reset...if there are any of us left...
@@BigBrotherwillwatchyou Since the Miners Strike...the corporates and super rich have asset stripped parts of the world...for the UK it meant denationalisation...then a plummet into 3rd world poverty...now politicians are forced to work with them and their system...as they threaten them. It will be very messy shaking off these systems of governance...like a raging fever...but it has to happen at some pt!
I found this interesting being a past 'traveller' and did stop in Glastonbury for a while - it was an exciting life at the time but don't think I could return to now, it is difficult contending with the insecurity of it all. UK is not the friendliest of places to try and live alternatively. Even stranger many of those I knew in those 'travelling' days, are quite well off middle class folk now, living in reasonable farmhouses, I look back and find it was a valuable experience and we don't often meet with such freedom in our lives.
The Zig Zag house should be able to remain there, just as it is. It seems there is an overall trend in UK that the councils are out of touch with reality and locals...! /A Dane
Precisely. Everything going on now is about keeping us down, the rich and powerful were terrified by the rising standard of living, they don't want us reaching their level.
You know the Worlds gone Mad when you need a Licence to Keep a Chicken , yes they want to Control every aspect of your Life And i mean EVERY Aspect We are now at the point when we cannot even speak about what's on our Mind without the Thought Police knocking on your Door
Same reason they hate family. The self employed and anyone who generally has control over their own future. The government are here to stop progress not help it.
We need more of these do we ? So please tell me who is going to pay for it all, like medical care, education etc if those people don't work or pay taxes ?
The lads in that fenced commuinity - i hope you guys get to stay there, having a bit of security changes your life if you let it and it sounds like youre making the most of it. Good luck to you all from new zealand x
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once you have a dirty hovel, with people behaving badly. you lose any respect, and any argument you may have to stay, it's a sad fact. if you have a basic home with basics the a bath, and toilet, that is kept neat, maybe a few plants, your wish to stay is much stronger and more likely to be respected.
Good on you mate with your work ❤
In a few years time there will be more places like this. I am 68 and when my adult son leaves home I 🏡 will not be able to afford to stay in the house I am living in unless I go into debt. I have never been in debt and never will be nor do I expect my children to provide me with a home.
I have worked since my eary teens and have lived a modest lifestyle, now I am slowly selling my posessions and saving every penny to buy a van. There will be many, yound and old facing the same future as me.
Same here, 59 and the future looks like a van
How are you unable to support yourself?
@@bbuzz1687 rent, council tax, water, gas and electric alone will exceed my pension.
What's going on
@@bbuzz1687I think it will become increasingly common. People who’ve been unable to purchase a house are faced with ever increasing private rents given the lack of social housing. Those rents might be just about affordable when working but aren’t affordable on a state pension. There aren’t enough smaller housing association homes on reduced rent to go around, housing benefit doesn’t cover all the costs, etc.
Excellent journalism Joe, your content gets better and better mate.
I agree. I was worried at first that he was going to give homeless people a hard time, but I was pleased to hear he’s been to Christiania in Copenhagen and likes it there. Of every community in the whole of Europe Christiania is my favourite. It feels like people actually get excited about where they live because the government isn’t pissing on them with building laws, they build what they want and are very happy.
Summary: rich people get jealous when poor people appear to have easier lives so they make laws to sabotage certain communities of free thinkers from growing
@@thegenius8817 it reminds me very much of the squat/traveller scene in England in the seventies and early eighties, before Thatcher and the Tories found ways to make it illegal or impossible.
If local councils don't have the funds to redevelop empty properties and are prepared to turn a blind eye to the various health and safety legislation being ignored, what harm does it do?
You can at least take people away from sleeping rough in city centres and you may just end up with vibrant, creative communities like Christiania. Either way, with the huge numbers of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees being added to those who desperately need housing, something positive has to be done to avert this crisis.
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
He’s a f’kin fascist!
Cheap low budget poor or no story.
This feels like a standard of journalism that we’re not used to when homelessness is covered in the media. Well done mate
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
And we're not homeless
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
It’s actually had a nasty impact on the caravan lane’s inhabitants due to unsolicited attention being bought onto them. Journalistic curiosity is a great thing, but only with the consent of all who are being documented.
@@basling Totally agree, although it would be pretty hard to determine consent from every single person affected (unless they're featured in the video). What kind of 'nasty impact' has been going on?
2:24 "Either a group breast feed, or a biology lesson'. 🤣 British humour, top notch! 🤣
That was an excellent video. I've visited Glastonbury since the early 1970s, but I think you've manage to capture something very important about the state of Britain - and the British State - in the early 21st century through your report.
I hope those two guys from Manchester get proper safe housing. I quite liked the zigzag building, its the sort of place I would have lived in when i was young, but as you get older, a warm home with a shower and inside loo is really important.
They won't. They are on the bottom of the pile and there are many, many more 'deserving' cases above them. For as long as I can remember this has been the case. If you are young and male you are expected to shift for yourself.
I am in my 70s I live full time in a moho I have indoor lav shower warm & cosy I can't afford to rent......
my bus i am making is a warm home with a shower and inside loo :) you don't need bricks and mortar :)
I live in Liverpool, I’m shocked by the amount of empty buildings and boarded up houses when there are so many people who are homeless.
Where else are the people meant to go, because they don’t own anything they’re not wanted or deemed as a nuisance 😥 what a way to run a country
i agrree when i live din kent i could not get a council house when the private rented house I lived in was being sold, I they said their were none available I said , I worked all over and can tell them where there is at least 50 council houses boarded up, they said these are reserved for migrants exactly those words each local council I was told had to keep at least 400 vacant property empty
They could be put up in the hotels and social housing which seems to be gifted to foreign nationals who never chipped in a single penny to the country.
It's beyond heartbreaking.
Their grandparents didn't fight for this.
@NiSiochainGanSaoirse I absolutely 1 billion trillion percent agree with every word
@andrewsimms70 it's disgraceful isn't it, shame on this country
@@andrewsimms70 Your comment made me shiver. They obviously plan to have them all here, and make it their country instead of ours.
I hope the disused area and the zig zag building can continue to be a home for the people that have created a safe place for themselves to live. They have made useable the derelict and uncared for spaces, which is more that the council have done. It about time we started looking after our indigenous population and work together to create a better liveable space and not ‘just’ a barely survivable one. The disused area was obviously cared for by the people living there and they are enhancing that space by keeping it free from neglect.
There was some lovely creations taking place in that zig zag building, people with obvious gifts and talents. That should be encouraged and not demonised. I wish them all a happy safe heaven and the best of outcomes. 🕊️🍀🕊️
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Some years ago Prince Phillip was driven past the Zig Zag building. He asked what was being done with it? I bet that he didn't envisage this!
It is sad that governments would rather support corporations/NGO's rather than help those less fortunate.
I agree with this great post
@@soundsoflife9549 Hi, It’s very sad and I hope that changes sooner rather than later. Everyone that respects their home and surroundings deserves a safe place to live.
@@donna9679 Hi, thank you. It’s so sad that those who obviously care are being treated so poorly. Those empty derelict places would only become dumping grounds and become more contaminated. I wish them well and hope for once that the council connect with their humanity and common sense for once.
I remember hearing of a neighbourhood that turned a waste area and dumping ground into a lovey community garden, it was loved by all and made the area a much healthier and happier place to be. The council made them rip at all out because they didn’t give permission for it. Utter insanity, absolutely unconscionable, nonsensical and heartbreaking. I hope these people fair better.🤞🏼
Thanks for this. Brilliant journalism. Well done the owner of the Zig Zag building. That community needs more funding. They have done some good things and need help to repair and paint. Councils must act to protect people...residents and homeless ones. The lock up yard is a great concept and being used in the US. Councils designate a site, provide shower & toilet blocks and safe sites for people to park and live. This forms a community and the residents then run it themselves. Also in the US there are councils designing and running tiny house enclaves where each homeless person has their own new little wooden home and ablution blocks are provided. We need to look out for each other more. Thanks again for bringing it to my attention. All the best!
Hey Joe. I was at Christiania in Copenhagen way back over forty years ago. It changed my life. I was in Copenhagen for an aviation conference as an aviation executive. I lived a very material life. I spent just one day at Christiania and it changed my life. Within a year of being there I had given up my material life and moved to Brighton where I became the frontman of a folk rock band and had a head full of locks. It was good in Copenhagen back then. All these pretty little houses all painted in pastel colours. Everyone was so friendly and open and everything was done by barter - you door squeaks. I'll fix it for a kilo of potatoes'. People with work outside the community gave some of their wages into the upkeep and maintenance. There were absolutely no hard drugs then. Now there are. It's sad the way the UK and many other places have declined badly. There were enough homeless in Brighton when I was there and too many hard drugs. I eventually left Brighton in 1996. I've been back a few times and was shocked at the amount of homeless and hard drugs users now. I don't think there will ever be an end to homelessness as there will never be enough accommodation to house people and the more austere life becomes, the more homelessness will happen. I now live a real basic life in a little house in Normandy which is like another planet compared to the UK.
Normandy, France? France is turning into a totalitarian state too. Like UK and other EU countries.
Yeah, Brighton sucks. It looks very run down and people overthere look severely depressed. Spiritually awful place.
You can say that people choose to live like this. But at an average of about £1k for some crap one bedroom flat plus parking plus outrageous council tax and utility bills. Unless you have children you'd have to be an absolute moron to spend your (probable) one and only life working to pay a landlord's mortgage. It's only going to get worse. Housing should be a basic fundamental right in a wealthy country, not some luxury to be traded and horded. Don't pay. Tune in, drop out.
Spot on
"Socialism got us into this mess. Obviously the answer to our problems is that we weren't socialist-er enough!"
IS THAT 1000 POUND PER MONTH RENT , PLUS, WHY CANT THE PEOPLE BEHIND GATES AND IN ABANDED BUILDINGS JUST STAY WHERE THEY ARE IF THERE NOT CAUSING NO PROBLEMS, BECAUSE IF THERE GOING TO THROW THEM OUT ,THEN THERE BE EVEN MORE CARVANS ,WHICH THE LOCAL PEOPLE SEEM TO BE SAYING ARE THE PROBLEM, ALSO ,WHERE DO ALL OF THEM GET MONEY FROM,TO BUY EVERY DAY NEEDS, NOT SHOUTING ,BLIND IN ONE EYE, OTHER EYE GOING THE SAME WAY
@@charlesbrown4483 WTF are you going on about? Obviously American.🙄
@@SeeDaRipper... “I ain’t got nuffin’ to say bruv but you’s is American!!!!!!”
America gave you people 78 billion dollars in financial aid and 10 billion dollars in military aid during 2024 already, and this is how you thank us? Absolutely ungrateful. No wonder your country is in it’s current state of affairs.
I live on a council estate in Essex..........in the last 5 years, all of a sudden there's been a huge influx of people from Africa, India and the middle-east..........yet, there are thousands of British people out there without homes.......I don't get it.
What are you doing to help homelessness then?
@@TM-ch3hl I'm not the government mate. What a bloody stupid question.
@@TM-ch3hl What recommendations do you have?
Sorry your not worthy of a home according to keir starmer
the kalergi plan
I'm in shock how bad things are getting
It will get much worse
@@tee331"you will own nothing and you will be happy," C.Shwab wef
@@tee331 Yes, I saw it from the 80s after the Miners Strike that I was in...as the system was quickly asset stripped, so the rich could become richer...and f_ck the rest.
I really wouldn't worry. you haven't seen anything yet.
Maybe people should look up, instead of down?
Hi 👋 from the US 🇺🇸. I was quite shocked to see this . We too have a homeless problem. Most take up residence in tents ⛺️. We have tent ⛺️ cities across the US. Most of which are evicted right a way . The city sends in bulldozers, authorities, cops .... We need more affordable housing for them . Unfortunately here in the US these tents ⛺️ cities are full of drug addicted people and some with mental health issues. We really need to help our citizens for housing, mental health,joblessness, and drug addiction. None of this caravan cities or tents cities will be resolved until to get to root of those problems. 😢 thanks Joe 🇺🇸♥️🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
agree Joe. Prefab housing is so low cost, the issue is land availability which in UK will be down to state and the local councils. As always, its the people with the power to change it who refuse to provide the fix.
Spot on description of zig zag building, it was indeed a tannery originally owned by morlands, without doxing myself on the internet it was owned and ran by a now deceased relative and founded by his father making various sheepskin products there's also close links with Clarks shoes, the various quaker meeting houses and friends in the area. Although it had been sold off some time ago and i've no idea to who, it was nice to see inside the building, thank you for taking the time to be so respectful to those who've made it their home and speaking to the lovely lady living there, I really do hope they manage to continue living in their home.
The cost of living is absurd in somerset(to be fair it is everywhere) with rent sky rocketing, the 40% homeless figure isn't surprising, but is saddening, with so little well paid work in the area that allign with the rental demands (which as a single occupier would take up to 3/4 of your salary/wages) means if you're born working class here and don't move to or within commuting distance of bristol / bath you can get shafted fast.
10% of the profit from glastonbury festival could make a massive diffrence
@@DaysOfDarknessUK give it a fucking rest, your like a broken record, half of the problem with glasto is so called new age travelers ( dross from citys ) taking the piss
Glastonbury festival donates a lot more than 10%, the majority of profit goes to charity, including homelessness. Last year is was about 3.7 million donated
@@ex-voto bollocks the local community sees very little from the festival
Whats it got to do with Glastonbury Festival? 😂😂
Sorry that money is set aside for cocaine and 1,2,1 time with minors
You know what Mike Tyson said,
"Everyone is a hippie until you step on their lawn.
To be expected, hippy is an abbreviation for hypocrite
"Disagree and I'll bite off your ear and/or rape your ass because I'm a psycho sick pig animal criminal...."
-Mike Tyson
Very very right.
And then they become Clint Eastwood.
He also said ‘ I will eat your kids ‘ so maybe a pinch of salt with that 😂
The Zigzag building looks well cared for, the residents should be able to stay!
It's a mental asylum . Dark energy , most alcohol drinking demon possessed . ....having experienced all of it for three years including eviction notices .
WELL CARED FOR! brits are obviously oblivious to how people are supposed to live. I'm. From south Africa and this is a hovel
We found the squatter
@@lr6477not sure what your point is? Are they happy, yes. Nuff said.
No they shouldn’t.
Just to say well done mate great vid. All the best. From a truck up north
great work Joe - very interesting - Love Glastonbury
Hi Joe . I have been to Christiania too and it has been successful for many years . What I believe is a community can live and exist in peace with rules and I would rather these places than seeing people struggling on the streets . At least they have something to do than nothing to live
For .
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You are deluded. People in Christiania live in flats. Not caravans.
@@ls-l1518 I am not talking about that caravans dumb ass .
I understand homelessness, but I don’t understand why the people have got to trash everything. Crap graffiti, stuff dumped everywhere. There wouldn’t be so much animosity if the “residents” kept the place looking tidy.
They got no toilets so there is a lot of 💩 it’s not just rubbish,they nick food and booze from the shops too ,it’s not surprising people have had enough in glasto
Because fundamentally most of them are crap people. It's not rocket science.
It's the same reason a lot of them have ended up homeless, they can't responsibility for themselves.
@@djohnson9857 facts.
Graffiti is art just koz yuu don't like a particular piece doesn't invalidate the artistic merit for others
I find the ZIGZAG building beautiful. May they stay. It is so difficult but if the rubbish + unoccupied vans + caravans were removed - regularly - it would make a big difference. I am in South Somerset there is room for ALL.
They haven’t got any money to clear up they don’t work and our council has gone bankcrupt ,so who can pay for all the vehicles to be removed and it all cleared up regularly? And we have got a few thousand immigrants coming to the area so I’m not so sure there is space for us all any more to be honest ,that’s why half of this lot are homesless ??
Its crazy the zigzag builing owner gave it to them but council can kick them out
They had certainly made a nice home in the zigzag building. Cold in winter though I bet.
Thank you Joe for documenting these changing times, you are far better than any mainstream media 🇬🇧❤
Sometimes springs to mind
And Mayhr Tousi!!!😊
@@julieemery8963Joe is way more charming
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
Prime minister Keir Starmer has just promised 30 billion to Ukraine which is enough to house every homeless person in the UK. We have to decide to prioritise our own people and house them.
30 billion huh? Now imagine being an American taxpayer, here are some of the global aid numbers from TWO BILLS ALONE during the fiscal year 2024, as per the the United States Agency for International Development:
Israel, 310 billion
Egypt, 168 billion
Afghanistan, 158 billion
South Vietnam, 144 billion
Ukraine, 113 billion
South Korea, 95 billion
United Kingdom, 88 billion
...
Remember, this is no where near a complete list(in fact I only included the interesting ones because I'd be here typing all day to include everything). *This is ONLY our 2024 aid from TWO BILLS passed on March 23rd and April 26th respectively.*
So imagine you're an American taxpayer and some British guy on the internet is making fun of you because you "can't afford healthcare," when your country has given his country 88 billion dollars over 2 months time in 2024 alone. Insult to injury.
Where was this energy when Boris was over there giving them all sorts ?
@@charlesbrown4483What was the 88 billion for? I promise you I've not had any of it.
@@NeilBarratt 78 billion in economic aid, 10 billion in military aid.
@@charlesbrown4483 Mikitary aid to compensate us for the billions wasted on fighting your war in Afghanistan? Before Biden abandoned us.
Economic aid for whom? The Dems' fellow communists who are destroying our freedom. Someone is paying the expenses and wages of "anti-racism" and "anti-oil" activists.
15 years ago I lived aboard a boat, my dad suggested he buy me a cheap caravan to move ashore and avoid the difficulties of boat dwelling.
I explained it's cheap to buy an old caravan but the problem is where to site it. Dad thought a friendly farmer or smallholder would be happy to let me park up, discretely. I knew enough to insist it's just not like that.
Boat dwelling is not cheap morings can be 1000 GBP a month.
@@Westhamsterdam Yep, propaganda rags like the Metro and Guardian are constantly running nonsense articles with young 20 somethings, aboard their huge wide beam in central London, talking about how they dodged the need for a mortgage deposit and can go wherever they feel.
In reality, most cant afford a mooring so will be on a continuous cruising licence, so will need to move every 2 weeks and cover 20 odd miles in one direction every year. Being on the canals in London means you can look forward to your property being ethnically diversified regularly, and as the towpaths are dimly lit with no escape, the chances of having them personally redistribute your wealth is high too. Unless you've got £50k or more, you're going to be on a boat that needs constant attention too. Leave Mordor... I mean London, and it's much nicer, but now you've got to rearrange your commute every two weeks, and find somewhere to leave a car.
Hard to get a mooring that you can live abroad for cheap
Bang on the money thats for a 30 foot boat in London price
I am learning all those cities in the UK through you (and Google Maps). I didn't know that much about them. The poverty is shocking. I didn't expect that from the UK. It's even worse than Bulgaria.
Exactly where in Bulgaria is better, and please don't list larger towns and cities.
I have travelled around parts of Bulgaria a lot, and in some villages people live in hovels with no windows
This is such excellent coverage of the situation in Glastonbury. We know that there are not enough affordable houses and not enough council run houses for the population of the UK. What are people supposed to do? But I can imagine how difficult this is for local people who are seeing the place they chose to live changing so dramatically. Sadly our new government is only going to make the housing situation worse. I despair. Thank you for this Joe.
No government can afford to build houses, schools, hospitals etc etc unless there are enough people going to work and paying taxes - our pension system is on the verge of collapse for example.
If those people want an alternative lifestyle to the majority, who should be paying for it ?
What do you expect when in the last 25 years we have had more people come to live in the country then in the last 2000 year history!
the numbers are unsustainable and the infrastructure is not there to support all these new arrivals housing is not there either you simply can’t build enough homes to keep up I believe at the moment they building 100,000 new homes a year but last year alone we had a net influx of just under 700,000 people! And that’s not including everyone that’s only the ones they know about. So not only have you not touched the demanded you have increased it by 600,000 in just one year and these numbers are only increasing with each passing year.
That’s not even mentioning or getting into the types of people that are coming in and the problems they are causing it’s basically bankrupting the country.
The level of entitlement is rank. Just fucking up peoples towns because you can’t be arsed to work and lean on ‘alternative lifestyle’ as a way of justifying it. And I say this an aging lefty.
No homes = homelessness living in vans tents ect. Thanx to the governments and councils
while illegal migrants are living in a 5 star hotels paid by GOVERNMENT who supposed to help CITIZENS of UK
Nope - you are wrong. It was/is thanks to the Tory Government. Councils were NOT ALLOWED to build affordable housing.
while illegal migrants are living in a 5 star hotels paid by GOV who instead supposed to help CITIZENS of UK
while il... legal mi... grants are living in a 5 star hotels paid by gov. who supposed to help CITIZENS of UK
@@TonyGray-bo4uy nah, not everything can be blamed on the Tories. I live in Wales, under a Labour government with a Plaid Cymru council. The local hospital was demolished years ago, and still the council have not created plans, let alone started building much needed housing on the site that is left.
They haven't 'chosen this way of life' sorry. Rentals are very expensive and difficult to find. Even finding a room is difficult now, same in Bristol.
I'm sorry but some people choose to be homeless.
Exactly
they chose to do it in Glastonbury to be near their kind. many could get housing more easily in another area but it would require not hanging out with their friends on the Tor every day and they don't want to give that up and get into the mindset that they should be accomadated
There are empty properties in some areas which nobody wants to live in, so eventually refugees are sent there - it happened on some Scottish islands, because the properties were empty for years and no British people wanted to live on those islands, so refugees were put there AFTER Brits didn't want to.
I am in no way in favour of refugees, beggars etc, but I am only pointing out that there actually are some empty properties available if people are willing to relocate.
There were plenty of caravans and wild dogs howling at night 25 yrs ago when I was up there often for a weekend or week in my tent. I mixed with some of the homeless, and they seemed really sweet. I know the situations changing now...there looks more caravans, and the drug and homeless issues...and mh issues... are all much worse. The govts we had ran the country down from the 70s and 80s...and friendly communities that had resources for everyone are non existent now. Public baths closing, sports facilities closing...care facilities closing...Housing issues, employment issues and so on, on the increase...then add immigration problems...the country is imploding and it's unsettling for everyone. Glastonbury itself is an unusual place...it has high spiritual energies that attracts people, unaware of its spiritual significance and meaning, although they sense something and it draws them. Then it has the music festival, and it has the Tor, the Abbey, the Wells, and other sacred places, and quite a decent size shopping centre that reflects the spiritual core of the town. It's a shame there is not the money to upgrade the caravans, and develop those buildings and sites...the people seemed respectable...but without resources, it can seem like a losing battle. Thank for the video.
Well said.
Successful governments don't have a heart for the poor.
In Biblical terms,if you do that-you're out!
This is a much more accurate reflection on the town .
Lived there for nearly 20 years until about 3 weeks ago, such a shame I missed you! Would have been happy to give you a great insight and shown you around. Hope you enjoyed your stay, I don't think much of the place but it has a warm place in many peoples hearts.
It's what gives Glastonbury it's vibe , it's an awesome little town with loads of characters & most people you meet are friendly, more so than any other town I've been in the country. Love this place ❤️
No, they kill the town. "vibe" is a very elastic word, it means a feeling that is personal to you and everyone experiences 'vibe' differently. Glastonbury's character comes from the Tor, the Chalice well, The white spring, the history of what industrious people built there long before hippies even existed. The hippies try to claim what was already there as theirs and they ruin it for the decent, well behaved folk who would visit.
One of the causes of homelessness in Cornwall in particular is people from the city's , London, etc, who buy property for use as holiday homes for 2 or 3 weeks of the year, this causes local property prices to skyrocket to a point where local people can't afford a home in the town where they were born where their family have lived for generations, this has been a problem for decades.
Also true for the Lake District too 😢
This is fundamentally what needs to change, globally - live in 1 house. Towns and parishes could set the number of dwellings that could be used for accommodation and that would be the maximum limit for that town or parish. It would reduce the need for house building significantly. Why won’t this happen? Because buying houses is a good way to hide wealth. I have friends who have been kicked out of rented property so that the owner could turn it into an Airbnb, meaning these places are empty. It’s sickening.
@@RunningOnABall in Barcelona there is currently a massive movement of local people fighting against losing their communities and neighbourhoods to Air BnB. Its happening all over the world right now, local people being forced out of their own neighbourhoods.
The Cornish should declare independence.
Black and brown people can't be blamed, so nobody cares...
Fascinating this is happening today.. they seem like genuine people that are lost through difficult times. A shame they can’t find sanctuary but have to rough it like it is. I wish them the best..
Meanwhile there are loads of empty flats and houses across the country owned by Chinese , Saudis and Russians as INVESTMENTS.
They should be compulsorily purchased and let out as social housing.
May be in the high-end areas of London.
I get the zigzag building and they have done a really nice job, they should be allowed to stay. The caravans dumped all over the place I do not agree with. Especially when they can even keep them well kept
Great mini Docu mate, respect!
As a resident of Glastonbury I could say a lot about this subject. We do our best to cater for the homeless community here and as far as I am aware, the new proposals from the Town Council include a new area, properly set up, for them. On the other hand, the Zag Zag building was sold to the guy who owns it for peanuts, with the proviso that it would be restored and used for ‘workshops’ and a meeting area for the Local inhabitants. It was NEVER meant to be used by the homeless community to squat in, which is basically what they are doing. We are a teeny, tiny Town and the problem has got so bad (ie, drugs, drinking, loitering, mess, disorderly conduct) that we can’t support this many van etc dwellers. Regardless of what the ‘nice’ people say, many of them are a problem.
It is interesting situation as I guess the Farmer who sold out Glastonbury town is fundermentally to blame... he put the sleepy town on the international map...
Maybe he should be taxed to provide help for the town and its "new" problems caused by his business venture...
But I am sure the town loves the new festival business and a few people made a huge amount of money... this is life unfortunately...you can't have good fortune without a little payback..
Unfortunately...the normal residents are paying the price...
The new living area actually needs to be created BEFORE these people are evicted!
@@tonyhussey3610all wrong, Glastonbury festival is not even in glasto, pilton is as toff as can be. People come to Glastonbury and the surrounding area for the history and lay lines.
@@docgreen6948I'm sure.. but mud sticks .. I'm sure the festival in the local area will help bring in the travelers too... let's just say the added exposure will not help the situation .. many laylines in stonehenge and not a huge problem there.. ??
Glastonbury residents are nothing but right wing fascists.
They only want them gone because they're not from Glastonbury.
Anti-social behaviour, assaults and fear is part of living in a multicultural society.
It’s so sad people cannot afford rents , when we put others in 4 star accommodation but can’t provide homes for our own it’s shame on uk ,,
Other things that didn't happen
@@Jellyroll66 oh but it is happening dear
🤡 @@Jellyroll66
@@rockgsxr Fantasy island. have a good evening
Tow the bloody boat back....all fakes.
🌴🌴🌴. I’ve noticed that there’s not really any people there in the daytime. Do you think that they’re working and just can’t afford a brick and mortar place to rent?
The zig zag building looks amazing 🤩. Why would any government officials try to ruin this place? JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE 💥❗️
Thank you Mr JoeFish for a great video today. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
This video has caused a surge of hate crime inflicted on the places mentioned in this video. We've had individuals attacking us as people and our homes. Not good journalism - dangerous misinformation and ignorance
I live in a van in this video, close to the zig zag.
I've been here a year so still fresh but aware enough to know that the same problems in the uk are reflected here in the state of housing and homlessness.
Becasue a lot of people are drawn here in the alternative spectrum its much easier to accept living in a van or caravan. Sadly because caravans are easier to anomalously dwell in they do tend to get abandoned as occupants often aren't earning enough to keep them in good shape and the amount of trashed caravans are growing.
With some aligned community efforts and new policy these issues could easily be managed and improved on, but as mentioned in this video, the council wont bend, mostly because they're bound by the same legalities that plague the whole of the UK.
I live in a van, own a local buisness and have to accept this way of living. Not out of choice, but becasue the current system simply doesnt have a route for me to build and live in an environmentally sustainable building on my own land.
Its shocking.
This town is totally magic, the people who live here are kind and exciting, so many marvelous minds and wonderful people.
We need land/planning and housing policy change, ideally before this country implodes from within!
You mention that you own a local business, what kind of business is it? How are you able to have a business location/banking without an address?
I can't see why the council wants to evict the people from the zigzag surely doing so will exacerbate the homelessness problem. Demolishing the site to build a few houses will only serve more economically advantaged people and not the current users.
By the looks of things more innovative ideas like this are what is needed and less lining of the developers pockets.
You don't need money to just keep things tidy.
No sympathy for people that turn the place into a shithole.
Exactly. My son was a heroin addict for fourteen years. Lived in an old container for a lot of the time but he always kept it tidy and clean. Likewise an old homeless guy stayed in an old shed on a motorway service station. Local’s used to make his life more comfortable by giving him useful stuff. Christmas presents even. One day he packed up and moved on. But he left everything as tidy as possible.
These people are doing something to help themselves, give a man a fish as they say.
Zig zag building looks amazing.
In all fairness they don't get Bin lorries around there picking stuff up.🤷♂
@@SeeDaRipper... bin lorries around here don’t pick up a lot of stuff they are meant too . 🤣
Congrats on the sponsor Joe.
They got money for wars but can’t feed the poor.
@SaalaxKaahin... it is necessary for the Establishment to keep poorer, working class towns in a state of despair and disrepair, almost 3rd world, so that the Elitists and other stuff at the top can look down on them and gloat and feel superior.
@@janicetaylor2333 that could be part of it but for the most part I think they prefer not to look at all - out of sight is out of mind.
It's your money they're spending on the wars.
Something to ponder on your next shift.
If you are referring to Ukraine, then you're very short sighted if you think not assisting them would make things better at home. They are fighting your war for you and it's their sons dying in order to stop the war spilling into your country, not your sons..yet. If they were not supported, can you not see who would have been attacked next? As a NATO member, the UK would have been drawn into any war in any number of NATO member countries. Be thankful for what you have.
@@warpedweft9004what a load of absolute rubbish. No doubt you have flag filters alm over your social media, such is your susceptibility to propaganda
The question is... would you rather have a mainly deserted town full of old people where nothing happens, or a colorful town with all the upsides and downsides. The downsides will go away i think, with proper investments, support and education. Mobile homes residents seem to be english people so they are easy to integrate into the community, its not like they are immigrants from different cultures.
I've been into quiet little dead towns... yes its safe, yes its quiet, yes its clean, but they are damn sad...
I am a half-Scot who lives in Oregon. So very sad seeing Britain going to pot.
Amazing insight, I lived in Street over 10 years ago and have visited Street/Glastonbury frequently since so have seen this all roll out. Power to these people, especially the people just trying to make use of the would-be abandoned areas. ❤
I’m not from this part of the world, but surely in the same way that the Government can put illegal immigrants up in hotels and give them food and money, they should be able to find a way to assist their own population.
Great video, thanks for sharing
Hey Man, I literally live in one of them caravans that you walked past if you ever want to have a proper conversation with somebody I’m always open to one buddy
Just to add the caravan that you say has the window smashed in is actually a music studio that we all jamming and make music in sometimes it’s really good sound in there that’s why it’s empty and has wooden flooring
If they were imigrants, they'd be getting a free house, rent free, free health care, free dentist, and an I phone, and 50 quid a week. Boils my piss!!!😡😡😡😡
Leave these folks alone, they've been persecuted enough.
You can’t keep using the immigrant argument, it’s known to be a complete myth about them having houses etc. They can’t have a house that doesn’t exist and like everyone else they are caught up in a situation where not enough social housing exists. Before I get jumped on I’m not a sympathizer I’m just reacting to opinions based on untruths. We need more social housing and we need more places where people such as these featured can live an alternative life without fear of being assaulted and moved on every few days. We need more tolerance for those less fortunate than us.
@@TheJonno1968my sister in law works in housing for our local council (Sheffield) and they have to prioritise immigrants for social housing. They are specifically told to prioritise them over English locals. Immigration is a problem. It’s not a myth at all.
It’s the immigrants fault!!!! Bloody hell, immigrants are blamed for everything bad in the UK.1930’s Germany did exactly the same thing. When will the UK wake up and realise the dodgy, corrupt politicians and councils are to blame. I suppose immigrants are to blame for inner city decline, sewage being pumped into the rivers and sea, the decline in public services, transport, NHS…you name it. It is shocking how stupid and ignorant people are in the UK.
@@EvaeAwakelies, lies and more lies.
@@pauli2169it’s not a lie. Illegal migrates get given hotels and housing. That’s not all of them granted as a lot are unknown but the ones in the system definitely get these benefits.
Millions of pounds a day for foreigners though
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The government forgets their own people
Ignorant comments when people have no clue as to the effects of long term astuerty measures ,cost of living crisis,Brexit and Recession ,The economic demographic of the UK has been very stretched beyond sustainable levels its nothing to do with immigration
@@minigrande1939 😂
@benjaminollis7621 The UK would slide into recession without immigration. The issues in no particular order are - the fact there has been very little social housing built in the last 30 years, Brexit's continued impact on UK businesses & resulting loss of tax revenue, the criminal lack of investment in the countries infrastructure, the increase in importance of the profit motive illustrated by privatisation and outsourcing of public services that provide virtually no value to the population but is expensive and unreliable to consumers, in need of regular bailouts using public money whilst returning healthy dividends to shareholders. They love that you are moaning about immigrants while the NHS and other public assets are sold to hedge funds.
Why don’t the council put them in a big field with toilets and showers. Evidently these people would be homeless. It’s a terrible situation in the UK now.
That building will be very damp and cold in the winter
The council don’t do much for residents that are paying them through council taxes. So they definitely won’t put anything up for people paying nothing. However if the council or residents were to ask people to chip in to construct a toilet/shower facility I’d definitely contribute. Even knowing there would be a good chance it would end up trashed. That’s the problem.
It's against planning laws for councils to do anything creative, even if it solves problems.
@@NeilBarrattmay come a day where they are too broken or just become blaise it's happening with small e vehicles a blind eye is turned as the issue is too much...but indeed for that to happen with land ...well that's a biggie!
Many of them are in caravans because they want to be in Glastonbury with their hippy mates, they could get housing elsewhere where they have a local link, or elsewhere in the country, but they want to be in Glastonbury.... There are social housing flats, one and 2 bed places advertised every day on Rightmove, you have to know where to look and you have to be quick, but they are not in Glastonbury, they are in Birmingham or Grimsby .... Glastonbury is full of caravans because people want to live in Glastonbury and they are disconnected from reality
The zigzag building must definitely stay! It seems like a creative, well run sanctuary for homeless folk...the authorities would be cannibalistic for not letting the people live at this very interesting, tranquil site. Too bad! A peaceful, but effective revolution is absolutely needed to change the status quo: the selfish system of oppression and the marauding imperialistic empire has gone too far! Who needs CEOs and Kings in our day? Thanks Joe for great reporting. Keep up the positive work!
These people are NOT homeless, the building IS their home, the government want to make them homeless.
Well run sanctuary ? Its barely fit for pet habitation let alone human.
Absolutely!
@@simonjbrandbut THEY like it! Better than having nowhere. The council could help with the costs to renovate it even as the lady said, just the basic living requirements, instead of giving our money away to foreign entities. The area of the coal yard was kept clean and and those people deserve somewhere to call home too.
Zigzag looks like a fantastic creative artistic space that’s being well looked after if anything it should be given funding and used as an example of what can be done with communal living I really hope they get to stay 😁
2 year waiting list? I didn’t think it was that short.
I loved the Zigzag community, creative & warm ❤️
Great journalism, I live nearby and wasn't aware of this.
I can appreciate that a lot of people choose this way of life but also a lot out of necessity due to the parasitical government we have. I pay over £300 in rates a month for fock all and on top of that pay tax, vat, duty on everything I buy and when I die the focking government feeds off me again with inheritance tax.
The only people the residents of the houses should be complaining to en masse is their useless and parasitical m.p. and local council, but then you know they do not give a shat as long as the rates and taxes keep flowing.
Good on these travellers keeping a roof over their head and not giving the government any more of their money than they have to, respect.
I tend to agree with you but the ones that really, really piss me off are those that claim they are living a free, individual, alternative lifestyle and want the taxpayer to pay for them to live it.
You don't pay for nothing - you pay for refuse, adult and children social care, emergency services, schools, local amenities, street lighting etc etc
Paying for the basic structures in society is key to living in a developed country. Try living in places that don't have any local government infrastructure and see how you like that.
@@nickrails Yeh, I am basically paying for every benefit scrounging scum bag out their and people with to many children who cannot control their urges.
There was always free common land where people of Britain could go and live or graze their cattle until the greedy ruling classes nabbed it and shot the poor people for complaining …. Don’t talk about taxes when the same ruling class are turning Rich citizen against poor citizen . The taxes are too high because the MP Will not control the economy .@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle
@@nickrails Yeah, but the amount of tax collected per capita, per month is definitely overkill.
inheritance tax is day light robbery. The tax system keeps everybody working for nothing, apart from paying bills. Emergency services, education , ect are all underpaid and taxed highly. The police are against the tax payer. It's all a backwards trap. I moved to the Philippines for this exact reason. At least I can save money here.
The zigzag building has been put to good use. It is organised and maintained so should stay that way.
A home for these people.
People need to live somewhere. Choosing that lifestyle is as valid as choosing a high powered business lifestyle.
Absolutely amazing find, good luck to them, let them do their own thing ❤
Glad I did my UK tour in the mid 2000's (from New Zealand), travelled from the top to the bottom over a 2 year period, loved it but now it seems it has turned into a shithole with crime rampant and an authoritarian government hell bent of destroying the country for some reason. I feel for the working and lower class natives.
It's getting like that all over the world: authoritarian govts hellbent on destroying the people. It's all their dirty New World Order plans. Its biblical prophecy being fulfilled, the world is preparing for first of all a great collapse then the introduction of the anti christ with promises of peace (but destruction in reality).
In the UK, an occupier may acquire 'Squatters' Rights,' or 'Adverse Possession,' after 10-12 years of continuous residence, potentially leading to long-term legal ownership. Authorities often evict individuals before they reach this threshold, thereby preventing any claim to ownership. The first eviction I became aware of occurred in the early 1980s at a farm in southeast England, where the occupants had lived for 11 years and were integrated into the local community, including schools and other social connections. Such evictions can have lasting, detrimental effects on family life, social ties, education, and employment.
"after 10-12 years of continuous residence, potentially leading to long-term legal ownership". The 'potential' part, is if the person's occupancy of a resisdence IS NEVER questioned during that period.
"Authorities often evict individuals before they reach this threshold" Yes, because during that period, they WERE questioned, and found to NOT be the legitimate owners.
It's really quite simple. 🤦♂
Yeah could get a job like
We need sites where people can live the full year in tiny homes like in America. Also some space for long term people to stay where they can empty their waste and get clean water. There are many who cannot get social housing or buy a home yet for a living. Let them contribute and be a part of society
If the Festival had never grown and grown, this secondary population of the area would never have come. Michael Eavis, for all his good works, bears a huge responsibility.
Meanwhile in the northern town where I live there are plenty of empty houses.
You can buy a terraced house for £70k, a three bedroom semi for £100k and average monthly private rent is £600.
This is not only the consequences of not enough housing on a national level but also of not levelling up and regional inequality.
When towns like where I live are left behind and in the top third of most deprived towns, when they've got nothing but minimum wage, low skilled jobs nobody from outside wants to come and live here because it is not seen as a place to come to make a good life. We are also losing much of our own young as many go into further education, get professional qualifications and then subsequently have to move away to those already overrun cities like Bristol or London in search of those professional jobs they want. So our young are making the housing shortages in those more sought after locations even worse.
I think this is one reason why the plans for a new housing estate to be built on the edge of the town I live in have been kicked into the long grass. What's the point in building more houses in a place where they can't even sell the existing houses? Even though there's a massive national shortage of housing, there's no point in building new ones in northern towns like mine where nobody wants to come to live.
I believe that if the better quality, skilled jobs were spread out more evenly across the entire country then the people would naturally spread out more and the property hotspot areas such as Bristol and London could be somewhat relieved just by this better usage of the housing we already have.
It's simply crazy that we have some places where there's 60 people all fighting over one tiny flat at £3000 per month rent when in some northern towns there's entire rows of empty, boarded up houses they can't sell for any amount.
Hull?
Here in Nelson we have houses going from as little as 45k. They may not be in tip top condition but they are good starter homes where you can do them up and perhaps resell to get a bigger house.
Thank you for taking the time to post your informative insights. I had previously read similar regarding a northern town - in that particular one the source of income - mines - had closed down back in '80s I think - and no investment. Are the local councillors any good?
Digital nomads should consider buying these houses. They can work from anywhere, need to get on the housing ladder and will inject money into the local economy.
@@ness-ee that is a very good idea. From what I have seen the areas are a bit 'dubious' and single female might feel vulnerable. But you would only have to have a few of these digital nomads move in and the area would start to come up as a trendy (don't know if that is the right word) oasis. It would be a good investment - house might need a bit of work though. If council own them I wonder if they have them for sale. Too many questions, not enough answers.
Looks like a home to me, great how they brought so many interesting things to enrich the site. I propose it should be bought for them to live permanently in and plumb it in.
Thankyou for your video. Much appreciated ❤
Why don't they buy or rent a field between them to live in rather than park by the side of the road? When it's one or two caravans by the side of a farmer's field living there with permission of the farmer, it's not a problem. In Wales there are yurt and tipi villages hidden away in fields as intentional communities. Planning departments don't want them but they don't cause a problem as they build compost toilets.
ZigZag used to be really good, creative, friendly, then a coupla years ago went closed and really unfriendly , kicked loads of people out, so they are also to blame as they did not make the effort to stay communal at all !!!!!
I love all your content Joe .. thankyou.. im Bristol born and bread ..I think the council are trying to remove the vans from the downs ..my brother who lives near St George’s park said they seem to be moving there .. even in fishponds I’ve noticed people are living in vans .. but If the choice is the streets or a van I know what I and probably most would all choose..
Steve Hillage was singing about the Electric Gypsy's in the 1970s and here we are in 2024
Neil Neil Orange Peel played it at a party in ‘the young ones’, in a scene that begins with the words ‘Get the tit off your head!’
I was looking at the video and thought : gypsy's strike back.
Motivation Radio - pretty good album ✌🏻
@@Robert-A-R love it. Green is my favorite 🍻
Leave Steve out of this 🖐️
Meanwhile, new arrivals to these shores get accommodated at the tax-payers' expense....
No they don't.
@@benhall4141. Yes, they do.
@@benhall4141who pays for them then ?
@@SpudUnaif they opt to stay with family, they receive no money at all.
Costs us billions a year too! Meanwhile…….
Joe, you are a legend for shining a different light upon situations like this. It is no surprise more and more people find themselves homeless and helpless in this country. It is their vilification that often keeps them down and unable to see hope. It seems to me that this is their only hope.
However, in a country obsessed with land ownership and possessed with a very negative view of traveling folk, I can only see this ending one way. Money is power is the sad truth and they will be forced to leave. Nobody will care that they may die on the streets just so long as they're gone.
I really hope many more people see this kind and considerate piece. You are completely none divisive and that is a precious commodity in these times.
Much love x
I live there. Very fair presentation. Some have no where to go and are living an alternative life. Harmless. Some are druggies and criminals. Shop lifting is everywhere. Burglary from sheds etc. Human poo is a problem and I think the kindness and understanding from locals is be pushed too the limit.
🌈🦋They should be able to stay there looking after the place and made a home Leave them alone all the best from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
Understandable why a particular demographic end up like this, especially after the past few years of the total destruction of the economy due to the you know what
I don’t know actually. Genuinely. What are you referring too?
@@LegalAlien100 The you know what...
@@LegalAlien100the lockdown
@@LegalAlien100
Austerity, Covid, inflation, but most of all value being created in Britain for benefit of other nations mainly from continued sale of national institutions and corporations to foreign investors… many more… anyone who blames immigrants before these doesn’t understand the difference in scale between that and the four things I mentioned.
The illegal immigrants get homes and help but the British people get put on 2 year waiting lists...Spin any way you try but we all know illegal immigrants are the biggest part of the problem.
People have a preconceived idea of how someone should be. When I lived just outside of Wolverhampton my next door neighbour his house wasn't up to the neighbours standard. My daughter and I found nothing wrong with this man when we asked for help he was willing and didn't even moan about it. I think this man didn't have a lot of money to renovate. People often get judged by their outer appearance and not what is inside. Society has become judgemental it's sad.
its better than them living in tents in london unlike another group of people we know about
Great reporting on the reality of modern Britain 🇬🇧
That was some fantastic filming and access. Nice job, very well presented! This was a side of Glastonbury I just didn't know anything about.
Why are they not letting the people stay in the zigzag building? Its amazing what the people have done with it, give them a chance to keep their home!!! They are more than looking after the building
It is a massive space to house only 23people it’s been a long time and made very little progress I really think it needs socially minded developers to make it functional it’s not enough to run it the same as a 1980 swatting club
Hi, watching from Canada 🇨🇦
Just like South Africa
Regards
Andrew
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Great vid that mate..eye opening that I didn't know about that in Glastonbury...the gov pushing everything expensive is forcing ppl to live that way...so expensive now
Great video highlighting the inevitable consequence of inequity in society. As long as the wealth gap continues to widen, I can only see this sort of thing increasing.
The model of casino capitalism we were all seduced and forced into was never right...now we are seeing the fruits more clearly...they were always there...ripening...almost ripe now...then the inevitable wars and implosions will follow...proceeded by a New Reset...if there are any of us left...
Funnily enough parties like Labour aren't fixing it, because they all aren't for the people either. Something not right is there
@@BigBrotherwillwatchyou Since the Miners Strike...the corporates and super rich have asset stripped parts of the world...for the UK it meant denationalisation...then a plummet into 3rd world poverty...now politicians are forced to work with them and their system...as they threaten them. It will be very messy shaking off these systems of governance...like a raging fever...but it has to happen at some pt!
@@nialloneill5097 100% correct
Labour will move in some much needed diversity to spice it up.
I found this interesting being a past 'traveller' and did stop in Glastonbury for a while - it was an exciting life at the time but don't think I could return to now, it is difficult contending with the insecurity of it all. UK is not the friendliest of places to try and live alternatively. Even stranger many of those I knew in those 'travelling' days, are quite well off middle class folk now, living in reasonable farmhouses, I look back and find it was a valuable experience and we don't often meet with such freedom in our lives.
Well it all looks silent and peaceful.
The Zig Zag house should be able to remain there, just as it is. It seems there is an overall trend in UK that the councils are out of touch with reality and locals...!
/A Dane
Many, if not all, institutions serve for power's sake...not for the genuine welfare of the people...f_ck that they say
100% correct 👍
Agree, I don’t understand how the council can evict if it is privately owned.
They don't want people doing for themselves because they know they will not have control over you.
Precisely. Everything going on now is about keeping us down, the rich and powerful were terrified by the rising standard of living, they don't want us reaching their level.
You know the Worlds gone Mad when you need a Licence to Keep a Chicken , yes they want to Control every aspect of your Life
And i mean EVERY Aspect
We are now at the point when we cannot even speak about what's on our Mind without the Thought Police knocking on your Door
Same reason they hate family. The self employed and anyone who generally has control over their own future. The government are here to stop progress not help it.
Super fascinating video, thanks for showing us the land.
A couple of thriving communities where people have come together to make a home. What's the problem?? We need more of these, not less.
We need more of these do we ?
So please tell me who is going to pay for it all, like medical care, education etc if those people don't work or pay taxes ?
The lads in that fenced commuinity - i hope you guys get to stay there, having a bit of security changes your life if you let it and it sounds like youre making the most of it. Good luck to you all from new zealand x