As many have rightly pointed out, this is about preventing homeless people from sleeping here. What a country 🫤 Please donate to @Shelter so they can continue their work to help the homeless

@GuyLambertUK Presumably to make the seats on the bus feel like a relief in comparison...

@Neil2Spiky 😂👏

@GuyLambertUK I assume to dissuade the homeless from sheltering there.

@chequeredfuture Yes sadly that does seem to be the motive

@GuyLambertUK It’s purposely designed to be anti homeless. There’s so many examples all around cities. In Glasgow the “seats” on subway platforms are at an angle and if you sit on them you just slide off within seconds.

@ClarkeShedan Yeah it’s awful isn’t it

@GuyLambertUK It's called hostile architecture and is designed to be twattish to rough sleepers Just look at the stylish metal spikes around offices or arms on modern benches

@bruce_warman Yeah it didn’t occur to me at first as Wigan doesn’t have a lot of that but as soon as someone said it, I clocked it right away. How repulsive our society is

@GuyLambertUK And why are they designed so that you can't clean the floor?

@GuyLambertUK It's to stop homeless people sleeping there.

@GuyLambertUK hostile architecture. no place to rest. no place too comfortable. so homeless people don't get to sleep there.

@GuyLambertUK To stop people from staying there for long times ... like teenagers hang out at the bus stop or homeless people

@GuyLambertUK They want to prevent the homeless sleeping there. Same with those narrow rails that are barely bum width apart and curved seats on park benches.

@GuyLambertUK It’s stop homeless people sleeping on them.

@GuyLambertUK I've tried, but it is impossible to get within any approximation of 'comfy' on them. I think I achieved 'Perilously Perched' once, and considered that a win.

@GuyLambertUK So homeless can’t sleep, teens won’t loiter and rain/jet wash water will run off and dry faster.

@GuyLambertUK A ploy to hide the slow erosion of Public Transport . As you sit down , you lose the will to live and walk to your destination

@GuyLambertUK Homeless deterrent

@GuyLambertUK It's a conspiracy of bike-manufacturers - backed by Volvo.