Child ‘Very Angry” At Prime Minister Over Homelessness
A video of a five-year-old girl chastising the Prime Minister, Theresa May, over the treatment of the homeless has gone viral on social media.
Brooke Blair, from Coventry, says in the video that she has seen “hundreds and millions” of homeless people on the streets and that the PM should be distributing biscuits and hot chocolate, or even building houses for them.
The youngster begins: “My name is Brooke Blair and I’m five years old. I’ve got something to say to you, Theresa May. Yesterday night I was out on the streets and I saw hundreds and millions of homeless people. I saw one with floppy ears, I saw loads. You should be out there, Theresa May, you should be … biscuits, hot chocolate, sandwiches, building houses.”
She continues: “Look, I’m only five years old, there’s nothing I can do about it. I’m saving up money and there’ll never be enough. You’ve got the pot of money, spend some and help people. That’s what you’ve got to do, because we’ve had lots of wars in this country and I do not like that, Theresa May. I’m very angry.”
The video was first posted on YouTube by Brooke’s mother, Holly Matthews, before it was also shared on Facebook. So far, more than 900,000 people have viewed the video on Facebook and more than 17,000 on YouTube. Many of those who commented on the video praised the passion with which Brooke delivered her 53-second diatribe, with some even suggesting she could be a future prime minister.
Brooke’s mum said in a post on her blog that homelessness had been troubling her daughter for some time. “When she saw homeless people, she asked me why they didn’t have a home,” she wrote. She went on to say that she explained some reasons for homelessness in “a child-friendly way”. When Brooke then asked why her mother could not buy houses for the homeless people herself, Ms. Matthews explained she would not have the money to do so.
“She asked (logically), ‘Well who does? Who’s in charge? The Queen?’ I explained we have a prime minister and she asked their name,” said Ms. Matthews. “From there she has had a major bee in her bonnet. She and her younger sister are saving any money they get, to buy presents for homeless people at Christmas this year. They even sold a slice of birthday cake they got to their dad for 50p to put in their pot.”
If you haven’t already seen it (or even if you have) you can watch the video here https://youtu.be/Xt0u77VD21Y