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Can someone explain this to me?
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I know there's some ridiculous law to stop twats like this from being chucked off land, but what is it, and what's the justification for it? Anyone else who did this would have their cars towed in about 3 seconds.
Travellers have set up camp near a cross-country course, forcing an event for 2,000 youngsters to be called off.
About 20 caravans have moved on to Western Park, Leicester.
On Saturday Leicestershire Primary Schools Athletics Association was to stage a number of races for youngsters aged seven to 11.
The city council said it was working to resolve the problem but was unable to evict the travellers until welfare checks had been carried out.
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Incidentally, I'm lead to believe that if these people set up camp on private land, they can legally be kicked out straight away. The problem comes when it's council land, which seems ridiculous to me.
There is a lot of animosity towards travellers but like anyone else they're probably just trying to get by.
I think someone must have spoken to them as it sounds like some dialogue has been set up : "The city council said it was working to resolve the problem "
Then get by within the law, like everyone else has to. If you own a caravan and a 4x4, you're doing much better than most of the people who are struggling to get by in this country. Not only are there plenty of legal caravan sites in the country that would be happy to take them, but some councils have even provided free-to-use sites at their own expense. Any road map will tell you the exact location of thousands of legal campsite, so there is absolutely no excuse.