Yesterday we reported the awful news that a homeless man died on the streets of Liverpool.
But the circumstances were not relevant - a man died, cold and alone, inside a tent on the streets of our city.
Richard Kehoe was just 40-years-old, his unresponsive body was found in Moira Street at 10.55am - and he was pronounced dead at the nearby Royal Liverpool Hospital a short time later.
A friend of Richard's who told me of his passing, was honest in his assessment that he had let life get the better of him - and had lost his way with drug addiction and a chaotic lifestyle, which involved a number of stints in prison.
Far more importantly, he described Richard as a 'nice lad' who was really well liked - and that is what he wanted people to remember.
We reported the sad news on our website yesterday evening and I was not surprised to see an overwhelming response of love, sadness and anger from our readers, furious and heartbroken in equal measure at what had transpired.
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This is a passionate, human and caring part of the world - there is nowhere else where compassion for your fellow human being comes so high in terms of personal priorities.
But in amongst the condolences, there lay a couple of responses which shocked me with their coldness.
One response to a tweet I put out about Richard's death - allegedly from a GP - appeared to quickly sum up and dismiss Richard's life and death in a flicker.
It confidently concluded: "Probably an overdose on Class A drugs as part of the addiction that led to him being homeless and being unwilling to accept any type of support except money to feed his habit."
When I challenged the poster on his harsh and uncaring rhetoric, he accused me of politicising a man's death because I stated how people are struggling - and dying - while those who are supposed to be running the country are solely focused on the Brexit shambles and personal ambition.
I stand by it fully.
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And to suggest that homelessness is not a political issue is naive at best, dangerous at worst.
Yes, Richard may have put his life in danger through drugs - we don't at this stage know what killed him - but to imply he was beyond any help is pathetic.
Liverpool has suffered more drastic government cuts than any other city in the country since 2010.
This has brutally chopped away a huge raft of lifeline services provided by the council - as well as cutting the funding the authority was previously able to hand to dedicated charities and community groups who could and would have worked with people like Richard to help get his life back on track.
Of course it is political - it couldn't be more so.
In the face of a staggering 64% cut in its central government funding, Liverpool Council has done far more than most local authorities to support the homeless - its unique, dedicated night shelter Labre House is a blueprint for others to follow and will offer support and shelter to anyone, regardless of their circumstance.
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The council should be applauded for its efforts - but it is inevitable that people will fall through the cracks of a safety net that it is trying desperately to hold together with sticking plasters - Richard was one of those people.
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So let's not blame him - nobody sets out in life with the intention of dying alone in a tent, he may have made some bad choices but we don't know what led him down that path.
What we do know is that there are now far fewer avenues of support available for people in his position.
What we also know is that 600 homeless people died on the streets of our country last year - a 24% rise over the past five years.
So how about we reapportion that blame away from a desperate man in a tent - and towards those who have created this situation in our country?
