"If you want to see "poor", visit some of the out of the way villages in the USA, Argentina, Peru etc. These so called poor people in the UK don't know the meaning of the word."

I've been all over south Ameica, Asia and Africa and I've seen 'real poverty'.

I am also friends with people who work in charities that work in these places.

They also work with poor people in the UK.


Bonzo,

Just beacuase you are ignorant, it doesn't mean that there is not serious poverty in the UK.

Just because you are ignorant, it doesn't mean that it is easy for them to escape the poverty trap.


Ignorant means that you don't know what you are talking about.


But you come on here trying to tell people how 'it' is.


There is 'real' poverty in the UK.


Poverty is a trap that very few escape.


None escape without some kind of help, except those upon whom providence smiles.


If hard work and wealth correlated, binmen, recycling depot workers, nurses, policemen, firemen, teachers, prison wardens, cleaning staff etc etc would be multi millionaires.


Reading posts by people who are happy that the poor are going to have it a but tougher makes me wonder what exactly we have to hope for.


The next 5 years will be about braving the failings of our ConDemNation and preparing for the next election.


Any Lib-Dem who canvasses me had better wear protective clothing.