Robert

So a homeless man was reported on social media to have died in the doorway of the Midland Hotel in Derby on Sunday night, that same hotel houses a large number of migrants as does the one over the road. At Christmas I went for a curry down Midland Road (where these hotels are situated) on the way there as we were walking from Town we got chatting with a homeless lad by the name of Mark, he had served in the army and he had been on the streets for ten months, he had a sleeping bag and that was about it, I ended up spending an hour with him, I gave him £20 and he went straight in the shop and brought drinks and sandwiches. I told him I would come down the following evening and bring him some clothing, he asked me if I could get him some socks and some boxers. In the meantime we were surrounded by immigrants from the hotel opposite, they were friendly enough and one was telling us in a broad scouse accent how he travelled around the hotels and had been up in Scotland previously. It can’t be right can it. Anyhow I took the clothing down for mark the next night and he was grateful that I had remembered and not just been pissed. The name hasn’t been given of the guy from Sunday but something has to done for all the Marks that are out there rather than the illegal visitors who are given priority over the homeless of this country. A recent statement from the police said the man was successfully resuscitated so let’s hope so.@GOVUK @Keir_Starmer derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/de…