Homeless sent out of Edinburgh to make room for Taylor Swift fans

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11em0e5e6o

by Throwaway100123100

12 comments

  1. _Newly homeless_ people are being sent out of Edinburgh, not those already placed into hotels. Because hotel rooms in Edinburgh are scarce and out of the price range of the council on those three nights that Taylor is in town.

    Just out of curiosity a few days ago, I looked up hotels in Edinburgh on the first night of the Taylor Swift concerts there. The cheapest room available in the city that night was £198.

    I looked at Wembley, and for hotels in the immediate vicinity the cheapest was £414. Even the Travelodge at Brent Cross, a 30 minute walk away, was £220 for a Swift Night.

  2. “Edinburgh City Council said it was working with affected households to find…”

    I think they need to rethink their scope

  3. It would make more sense to send Taylor Swift and her fans to the moon. Forever.

    Many problems solved all at once.

  4. I’d be getting te fuck out of Edinburgh on that night with all those degenerates creeping around !

  6. I thought this was going to be an article from The Onion.

  7. So glad our public sector is there for the convenience of billionaires and their cult followings.

  8. Edinburgh keeps voting Lib-Lab, hope they realise their follies.

  9. OP should also post this to r/Fauxmoi it will attract more attention there, since it is a very influential subreddit for entertainment news.

    — Edit —

    Changed the link of the subreddit, as the previous name is linked to a person, instead of a sub.

  10. The weird cult around Taylor Swift genuinely creeps me out.

  11. I don’t get this cult, and people think Jehovah’s Witnesses are bad.

  12. Why are they using hotels for this to begin with? I’m surprised the hotels would agree to it tbh.

    Just let people build. It’s insane how much is done to try to work around the housing crisis instead of just building.

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