What is wrong with this country, these travellers own the land they have chosen to settle on, to have a group of people in society that nobody seems to want is a dangerous reflection upon our society, this is a slap in the face for all who believe in equal opportunity for all. No group of people in brittish society in the past 30 years have had their basic human rights abused in such a way, firstly by the government who turn a blind eye to this abuse which seems to suggest they are seen to have no human rights and secondly by the majority of middle England, who adopt the attitude of not on my doorstep.
The decision to evict is often made at council level or within the local justice system, many of these people are local to where the travellers have settled and could potientially gain from evictions, also they exercise the attitude of not on my doorstep. The system should be robust and flawless and i conclude it is not.
The solution of resettlement is excercised in a fashion which shows no understanding of the culture of the travellers who live within strong family units and choose to live close to their extended families in a rural areas, the current resettlement solution does not lend itself to this culture and we have a situation where dispersal occurs in a urban area and many travellers fail to settle in this social isolation. We fail to compromise with the travelling community always forcing them to live in our way.
As a professional person not belonging to the travelling community i would like to express my regret in the way we have treated they members of the travelling community, i hope that some day society gains an understanding of this group of human beings.