Slavery

[White Room]

This beggers belief in this day and age but it's happening, not something you expect in your neck of the woods Bedfordshire slavery ring: Travellers were organised crime ring running family business' | Mail Online

 

[user123]

I know, I heard it, too, The police said how disappointed they were that 2 or 3 of the slaves refused to testify, having been so conditioned into a state of fear. Poor souls.

 

[Dan]

According to that article 9 have left the investigation at the point of the medical assessment.

A real shame. You wouldn't think it happens at all over here let alone in such a sound place.

It confuses me though, they're "travellers" with property that looks like a house (I'm guessing they're huge statics)

Surely there should be some law that says they have to start paying council tax, business tax, and every other tax just like the normal man.

 

[White Room]

Funny they never seem to mention Tax and Revenue...strange that..

 

[Dan]

They should confiscate the buggers vans. They're work vehicles. So they can't say they don't work and then drive around in vans.

Ahhh, I'm moaning again. Trying to not moan makes me moan more. grrrrrr

 

[White Room]

Human rights Dan, not even going down that road:mad2::mad2:

 

[Dan]

I'm sure if I did it, they'd come at me with the old van thing. And the house thing. And the lack of paying tax thing. And yada yada yada

I bet you knowing me, they'd want to do me for racism and anti social behaviour for sticking big walls up and not involving myself in society, too. haha

Just my luck that.

We should all club in and build a mansion 3ft off the floor but stick 3 steps each a foot high leading upto it around the whole bugger. And then claim we're in a static caravan and don't need to pay everything. And then say as we're in our own community and we don't pay tax, we wont start.

** looks in wallet ** I've got £40 here towards it if we want to take a punt. lol

I'll get the domain name for it read, TotallyWickedEvenNewerThanNewAgeTravellersMansionForums.com/notax

 

[Tabby Cranks]

Slavery is truly a nasty business, but it still goes on. Lots of the criminal under world are involved in it, not just travellers. Lets not forget this great nation of ours was practically built on it.

The trouble with reading these stories from papers like the mail is you get to thinking all travellers are the same. I know a few travellers, they pay all there taxes. One thing you have to admire is their sense of comunity.