I was once in a debate about the merits of fighting for homeless people against the merits of fighting for the little creatures at risk in the UK (mice, worms moths et al). The nonsense is that ALL have their own merit and we know from the ludicrous money lost by bankers, there is enough wealth to solve all the needs. There is no argument.

The problem with the UK not having a 'Good Samaritan Law' is that no one then is made to be a good samaritan and then unsurprisingly when a person is compassionate to a homeless person or someone else in need, its considered a very rare deed; the whole thing seems extraordinary.

What happens if emergency bed spaces are closed? Homeless people will 'tramp', they will walk, to an area where they can find a bed for the night. Is it any surprise then that areas with good services for homeless people have a higher homeless population? No; it necessarily follows. It has always been this way and so, it will always be. What a nonsense.

I am happiest in bed. In that half-asleep and half-awake state I have no fear; I know where I am. I know what I am doing. Then I wake up and I am lost.

Money rarely buys happiness. It is options. With no money, no options. With money, where you live, what you do and who you sleep with are all considerations; and depending on how much you have, anything is possible.

Old civil and social institutions are often full of traditions and ritual; old ideas. It's much easier for young people to look at them and just assume them to be irrelevant than bother to infiltrate them and influence positive change. Too often its only the vitality of youth and the will to change that's required to turn them into profoundly relevant bodies in our modern world.