stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoSuella Braverman says rough sleeping is ‘lifestyle choice’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.ukuk_politics@feddit.uk
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Home secretary criticised for tweets vowing to restrict use of tents by homeless people, ‘many of them from abroad’
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·1 year agoI know “sleeping rough” is the UK phrase for being homeless or living on the street but “rough sleeping” just sounds too close to “rough sex” for me
minus-squareChronographs@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoI figured out what it meant from context but when I first read the headline my immediate thought was something along the lines of “what the hell does that mean? Sleeping on a bed without sheets? lumpy pillows? The fuck?” lol
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI was picturing restless sleep after a night shift when you have an opening shift just after sunrise.
I know “sleeping rough” is the UK phrase for being homeless or living on the street but “rough sleeping” just sounds too close to “rough sex” for me
I figured out what it meant from context but when I first read the headline my immediate thought was something along the lines of “what the hell does that mean? Sleeping on a bed without sheets? lumpy pillows? The fuck?” lol
I was picturing restless sleep after a night shift when you have an opening shift just after sunrise.