😢 #brutal #brutalism There is a strong sense of pride and community in #handsworth/Soho Rd. But, each glimmer of hope and vibrancy is shrouded. Gun crime, drugs and child poverty are the worst that I've seen in England. I've lived in some of the worst boroughs of London pre-gentrification like Tottenham hale, Edmonton Green, Battersea Rise. There needs to be more support for the kids here. I've spoken to them, at bus stops, in the shops, over the last few months, and many have lost people to gun and knife crime before they have left high school... #theoppositeofaddictionisconnection #lifeasashortyshouldntbesorough #blacklivesmatter #warondrugs = war on people #heroin