Richard is referring o posts of mine concerning modern "travellers" who were using a purpose built site near where I live to store and deal drugs to local addicts.
They also were involved in money lending and extortion at knife point.
These people were taking advantage of their special status grouping and where the site was situated to evade prosecution.
Anti discrimination legislation made arrests difficult. Finally the site had to be closed and the families rehoused in more accessible accommodation where the police could keep tabs on them.

I followed the situation for a number of years and have spoken to the young victims of these thugs........they are not what I would refer to as travellers, but they were using the legislation to their advantage and to the terrorising of the drug users, many of whom carry the scars to prove it.

Being sympathetic to the predicament of travellers does not equate to the support of brutal thugs....to serve an agenda.