‘Slum city’ on the Thames? – BBC London News

A stretch of the Thames has been described as a floating 'slum city' by angry residents near Hampton Court Palace. They claim twenty boats are moored off publicly owned land, which means they don't pay mooring fees. And that's it's an eyesore to forthcoming visitors to the flower show. Gareth Furby has been to find out more.

[wallbags]

The poor residents of Hampton Court how will they ever be able to carry on living a normal life after this. Their cucumber sandwiches have been tainted with this atrocity.

[MyScubasteve]

That section of river has always been a dwelling for Bargees for hundreds of years, these people were quite often born on and worked the river for all there lives. This snob knows nothing about his own area.

[bigearedmouse]

I have been living on the Thames near Hampton Court for years on my U Boat and have never had any complaints, I do stay submerged in the day time due to Destroyer activity.

[SuperDancingdevil]

That bloke in his silly little launch is a snob nothing more or less and talking right out of his arse, Who made him the Sheriff of the Thames all of a sudden?.

[keswickcaravan]

Blatantly lying about guys who obviously bailing water from a small boat and inferring its sewage is pathetic

[ViewsfromMidfield]

People need to live and these people have found alternative living arrangements. If they were homeless and living in the streets then these same people who are complaining about them now would complain even more. It's just sad how people judge others before setting up any dialogue.

[yantantethera]

I just love hearing rich people whinging about people they don't approve of!

[kdri]

Nimby comes to mind...for those who don't know it means Not In My Back Yard....sadly it's an all too common stance in the UK

[stellathefella]

now that kevin has pointed out that other people are alive somewhere, i dont think ill be able to survive the night

[seanluve]

Can somone just live in a boat in peace ✌🏼 This man probably has no life

[Galaxyofbrian]

Oh dear we dare not upset the flower show visitor's zzzz. So long as they don't pollute the river they are doing nothing wrong leave them alone.

[MrBisketTV]

High cost of housing...? More like astronomically expensive cost of housing'

[minionofgozer]

No matter what you do in life, there is always ALWAYS going to be someone there to pick fault. Thats the problem with opinions, we've all got'em and not all are palatable 🤷‍♂️

[bobbythompson]

Having spent a week in Abingdon and touring around, the River, I was struck by the friendliness of all the people associated with the River, lock keepers and boat people as well, and found a love for Real Ale, especially the green one! I hope to return soon!

[badferritbadferrit]

meanwhile the real problem in England with a certain religious cult that has a epidemic problem with grooming gangs is ignored.

[wolfthorn]

Dudes is bailing out his boat and Kevin's got his knickers in a twist.
Ohhhh golly me! That's just not cricket!

[gavinreid]

I get the impression that some want only shiny new boats in posh parts of the river and older boats to be segregated.

[yeboscrebo]

How bout Kevin goes over there and helps them out instead of acting like he owns the river

[VOWelAHC]

Elitist classist bollocks, let people live

[elcapitan]

Such snobbery..He'd rather it was full of posh million quid yacht..