Lockdown -People Should Be Grateful They Have A Home, What Of Us?

With those pair of starry eyes and luxuriant hairs falling on her feminine overcoats, she is truly an adorable woman, any day. Yes, she is, with all the feminine features in their right places.

However to conclude that she is one to be envied this season may be taking the matter to the extreme.

Diane Birkby of Leeds, UK, and her three children are actually in distress and all the appealing physique is nothing compared to what she is currently shouldering.

It is such that she would be willing to swap places with the so-called less adorable but who are opportune to have comfortable homes and yet are complaining of prolonged lock-ins.

She has seen all and now says such people should be ‘grateful for what they’ve got’

They were homeless at start of lockdown, but eventually ended up in a one room B&B (a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation of a bread and breakfast) which was paid for by a charity.  Diane said emotions were high with three children all cramped into one room

A homeless man on the streets of London, picture courtesy of Mail On Sunday

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Speaking to Sky News, she told how emotions were ‘up and down’ when she and her brood were cramped in a small bedroom.

‘My oldest boy had already been through a lot, so obviously this on top, they were just unsettled, they were constantly arguing,’ Diane said.

‘You can’t keep a three-year-old in a one room for, what, 48 hours. You can’t, and it’s too risky for her to go out, and you’re trying to keep the noise down all the time in case the owners wanted you out because of the noise levels.

‘It was horrible, it felt like I couldn’t be a proper mum to them. I was stressing, that I was being short with them, they were being short with me, it was just constant arguments, that ain’t how it should be.’

Diane said she struggled with the guilt that she wasn’t able to provide for her children, but did the best she could.

‘I couldn’t provide them a roof, I couldn’t provide them stability, but at the end of the day, I tried. I was trying to do the best I could for them,’ she said.

Diane added that people across the country who are currently stuck in their homes shouldn’t complain about the lockdown.

‘They should just be grateful because there are a lot of people out there who are on the streets, who can’t get homed, that are needing a roof over their head,’ she said.

‘Fair enough, you’re in quarantine, but you’ve got a roof over your head, you’ve got your own homely belongings.

‘People take that for granted, it shouldn’t be took for granted.’

Diane pointed out that there are still many people who are living on the streets ‘freezing at night’, adding: ‘Just be grateful and thankful for what they’ve got.’

Diane’s comments follows the news that the UK government is set to extend the UK lockdown for another three weeks.

Recall earlier reports that more than 1,000 homeless people in London are now safely self-isolating in hotels after being taken off the streets.

Rough sleepers are more likely to have underlying health conditions, particularly respiratory ones, than the rest of the population. They also have little access to handwashing or hygiene facilities.

So the Intercontinental Hotel Group, Travelodge, Best Western and Accor are all giving up rooms across the capital to make sure homeless Londoners are protected from the deadly virus.

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