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Thread #163884   Message #3914802
Posted By: Jim Carroll
02-Apr-18 - 09:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: On the cause of Famines
Subject: RE: BS: On the cause of Famines
""The definition of poverty in the UK seems to be the inability to afford to watch sky TV. ""
Sen did not actually say that, at least, I hope she didn't
What particular smuc Tory rag did that come from "it used to be "why have they all got televisions if they are so poor"
There is no justification for comparing the situation in the wealthy west to that of the impoverished Third World Countries
This is the situation in Britain today - notice the predictions of what's to come
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/poverty-britain-joseph-rowntree-foundation-report-theresa-may-social-mobility-commission-million-a8089491.html
I was forced to leave home ans settle in the soft South Eastern underbelly of Britain to find work - I couldn't even do that now with the predatory price of accommodation wherever there's work
I don't know what planet you people are living on in your smug cocoons of unreality - certanly not the same one as me and mine experienced AND ARE STILL EXPERIENCING
Jim Carroll