Crocodile Tears. By Uncle Monty.

Crocodile Tears.

By Uncle Monty.

Graphics By Alex Albion.
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Had Ralph Millward, 41, never been a Big Issue
vendor, he would never have been murdered at

his pitch. Such is one of the many hazards faced

daily by such street vendors while The Big Issue

fat-cats-cum-greedy-profiteers sit ever so pretty

watching their big profits always rolling in at the

expense and safety of their own vendors.

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The murderous case of Ralph Millward is a classic

example of the ever growing dangers faced by Big

Issue street vendors all across the UK. Yet, the

Big Issue fat cats take no steps to provide any

concrete warnings, protection and security

for its defenseless vendors.
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Murdered Ralph Millward.

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The so-called-“training” given to new Big Issue

vendors is a total joke at best and at worst never

instructs such vendors on how they can ward off

disturbing yobs, binge drinkers, open nut cases,

violent-prone by passers, argumentative char-

acters and/or ready muggers at their pitches.

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I myself was once robbed at my now arbitrarily

suspended London Covent Garden pitch and twice

almost physically assaulted just for being at my pitch.

Luckily for me, some good customers of mine came

quickly to my rescue and with also such great friends

of mine like Steve Foley and Oliver Titmarch who

quickly battering them off.

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I could well have been another Ralph Millward

for all The Big Issue would have cared despite

whatever crocodile tears they may have then

engendered just for public consumption and PR.

Just like they did for murdered Ralph Millward,

who was plastered all over the front cover of The

Big Issue as the ilk of John Bird could not contain

his crocodile tears on behalf of his rag called Big

Issue. The pathology of crocodile tears by the

Big Issue owner as UK's "guru" on homelessness

is to switch such on and off according to what-

ever he deems is needed for good public relations.

Otherwise, he really doesn't give a damn now that

he’s rolling in big money at his now retirement

age of 65. The same is true for his little lackies!

The day I see Bird truly crying for one of his

vendors will mean to me he must almost

be dying himself!
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What John Bird Often Times Sayz & Thinkz ...

...
Ralph Millward was treated better in his death

than in his life. He was a very popular Bournemouth

vendor at where he had his pitch and also where he

was savagely and mindlessly murdered by teenage

yobs over a dispute about some stogies. Popularity

is, of course, no guarantee you’re safe or won’t even

get murdered or maimed at your Big Issue pitch.

Nor does one's popularity guarantee you won't

also have your pitch suddenly yanked from under

your feet by the ilk of Big Issue’s Peter and John

Bird like they did to me on May 19th, 2010.

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In other words, nothing is secure with The Big

Issue when it comes to its vendors. There are

always plenty more poor buggers to take their

place. And the Bird Brothers know that better

than anybody else. That's why they don't give

a damn about their vendors, if the truth is

really known. Sure, crocodile tears are cheap

and mostly meaningless despite the horror of

Ralph Millward's despicable murder at the

murderous hands of some young yobs that

Broken Britain has brought upon itself with

the breakdown of traditional child rearing and

home, school, and societal discipline for all too

many little morons who freely roam the streets

and rule the roost with open impunity.
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Another Image of Ralph Millward.

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4) Big turnout expected for Ralph procession (From Bournemouth Echo)

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The Big Issue has never for years taken legal

responsibility for the safety and care of its

thousands of street vendors in the UK. It pro-

vides no insurance coverage or health pack-

age or sick leave benefits or pension contri-

butions for such vendors since The Big

Issue is legally allowed, unlike most other

businesses, to dodge such by not technically

employing such vendors due to some an-

tiquated English laws that exempt them

from taking such responsibility for the life and

limb of their vendors selling on the streets.

While the same operators can and do fire or

sack vendors like me as if The Big Issue is a

fully-fledged employer. They get it both ways!

The situation, then, is almost fuedal and/or

Dickensian in which the vendors are seen as serfs

or unwanted orphans under their "benevelent"

masters. The street pitches that are legally

commandeered on the public streets by The

Big Issue is also an unfair advantage and a mono-

polistic business that allows no other would-be

competitor to compete against The Big Issue

monoploy on the streets for almost 20 years.

Such benefits economically only the fat cats and

not the way and stays that are the Big Issue

vendors or sellors. The Big Issue is both a

registered charity and a tax-exempt business.

Such only benefits the Bird Brothers and not

their unprotected and exploited vendors.

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Now more than a year later since his pitch

death, Ralph Millward was shown great

respect by his local newspaper at the Bourne-

mouth Echo, who reported his murder with

sensitivity and care towards those who are

not only Big Issue vendors but also toward

those folkz who are locally homeless for what-

ever reason. Reading the Echo's superb re-

ports about Ralph seemed very real to me, while

reading The Big Issue's story about his killing

seemed oddly enough to be so hollow and so

mechanical to me, if not a bit cynical and hypo-

critical, too. Perhaps I've become the cynic,

since I don't believe a word coming from out of

the big mouths of the Bird Brothers any more!

And, I never will until they decide to treat

me and my fellow vendors properly ...
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As for Ralph Millward, the crocodile tears for

him have long since dried-up at The Big Issue.

Samantha Allen from the Bournemouth Big Issue

office paid obligatory tribute to him and floral

tributes were kindly and thoughtfully placed

at Ralph's Bournemouth pitch by his friends,

his customers, and the general public. But in

the end, the Big Issue vendor is no safer today

then when Ralph was savagely murdered.

And such still exists despite the kudos to

Ralph by The Big Issue Foundation's Colin

Heath, who spoke of a planter having now

been dedicated this year in memory of the

murdered vendor.

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Other cases of Big Issue vendors being beat-

en up is not that rare either like the vendor

who was beaten after an animal rights activist

tackled him over an advert in The Big Issue

that the activist felt was anti-animal. Big Issue

honcho A. John Bird (AJB) declared no such

ads would ever be published again in his rag.

But it was too late for the bloody vendor

who got his gob smacked and beaten-up

thankz to the big honcho's careless ad.

Crocodile tears, no doubt, also came once

again from the narrow eyes of that

AJB honcho.

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Then there was the gruesome case of the Big

Issue staffer Sam Woolock at London's Covent

Garden distribution spot, who was found with

two huge black eyes and severely beaten all

over her face that some say was due to some

alleged alteracation with a vendor or a fellow

staffer or a domestic abuser. I was not made

privy to all the sad details, but to see any

mother with two black eyes and facial bruises

is just awful and I think totally uncalled for.

There's another problem, too, with conflict

between vendors that can result in some

nasty street violence that "brings The Big

Issue into disrepute." But such is never

broached by the Big Issue fat cats nor

do they ever reports such stories for

again such only "brings the Big Issue into

disrepute." That term now sounds mighty

familar to me personally after the vile

Bird Brothers also applied that to me! ...

What cads?

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While the murder of a vendor like Ralph Mill-

ward does wonders for the public image of The

Big Issue, that's for sure; but beyond that, the

bottom line for Bird's rag is always business

as usual along with putting away his crocodile

tears until the next vendor becomes come kind

of crime or murder victim, which will surely

happen again, sooner or later, just by being on

the cold streets to rake in more profits for the

Bird Brothers and their fellow fat cats at

their London Vauxhall HQ. As one of my

American buddies used to say after watch-

ing CBS Evening News, "A good tear jerker

is always good news for enhancing corporate

profits." Same, I guess, is also true for those

Vauxhall jerks and their little gang of lackies!

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But just one last thing about Ralph Millward.

No vendor’s life is worth being lost, no matter

how indirectly, for the sods of The Big Issue.

That's how strongly I feel.

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Your feedback is welcome. If you wish

to post a blog message or have a Big

Issue story to tell, please send to:
allaboutthebigissue@britain.com

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For talkative, yet so shy Ralph, Uncle Monty.

+Lammas Day, 2010.

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:: A Red English Rose For Me ::

Whoever it was who apparently left a lovely red

English rose with my name at my Long Acre pitch

believing that somehow I had passed away, I

want to thank such a person for their kindness in

remembering me. While I am, in fact, very much

alive, I know there are some evil folkz who would

be very happy if I passed away. I live and die

by His grace only, not be the wicked minds and

evil lives of those who want me dead. Whatever,

it is now a pitiful case, I must say, of living with

my dead pitch all because of The Big Issue's

ever-bloated pair of Peter and John Bird and

their new, ever-poisonous, friend known

as America's "Colorado Creep."

How dreadful they truly are!!

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:: Now For Kev's Thoughts ::
"mont i wondered what was up not seeing you any

more down covent garden. some sellor gave me

your blog. then i saw all this about pete bird and

you. i don't like him myself. never have or that

nazi duffy who thought he was king shit. don't get

me going on sam. she's a cold witch. she would not

let me have books on credit when i was skint. no big

issue i don't do anything with them anymore. mont

give up your pitch. don't expect them to help you

out like sam was to me. i was told a load of shit

about you. take it as a compliment. i don't give a

fuck what they say. you always helped me out

when others would not like sam. mont i hope we

bump into each other again soon. we will i am sure.

whatever happens you know i am another friend to

you. i will always be even if big issue wants only to

shit on you badly. best for now, mont. i'm your old

mate kevin. remember me? i know you do. you

have a fantastic memory for people and places you

always do. cheers. //////// guess what? got my first

kid since i saw you last. could have named him mont

now i think about it ///// sorry about that mate."

:: Kevin is an ex-Big Issue vendor ::

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Sign up to have Monty's Big Issue pitch restored:

onlinepetitionformonty@gmx.co.uk

Simply type your name only in the subject line and

then send. Your e-mail address will not be disclosed.

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:: HOLIDAY NOTICE ::
With August now here, I shall be taking a little time

off from posting my regular stories and photographs

until after both the UK Summer Bank Holiday and

America’s Labor Day set for September 6th, 2010.

If, however, some major news occurs, I will be back

to quickly blog! In the meantime, I shall be off

to places and events, far and wide, along with en-

countering old and new friends, and meeting some

important and famous people, coupled with my

exciting planned visits, here and there, both at
home and abroad. Happy Summertime everyone
and have a good one! Your’s, UM. Contact John

Lenhart, ONLY if you need to contact me

urgently: johnlenhart@email2me.net.
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Now for some new stories set for
mid-September and beyond:
Come With Me To Paradise
How The Big Issue Lost 25,000 Quid
Fanny - Nunz & Nazis - Bloody Broken Britain

Welfare Reform Right On - Guess What?
From Paris To Berlin - Althorp & Afternoon Tea
Arrival of the Pope - What I Was Told About Tom
Inside Lambeth Palace – Yet, His Evil Son Still Lives
All these and more future blog stories are in the

works by Uncle Monty and/or other writers .

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Cymru’s Sant John Roberts.
I mewn Cymraeg At Ewythr Monty.
In Welsh By Uncle Monty.
Fotos a graffigau ny Alex Albion.
Photos & Graphics By Alex Albion.

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