Didn’t put this on the politics board because I don’t think it’s political really - made me laugh.
https://youtu.be/XBQCPZOnxF4
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Didn’t put this on the politics board because I don’t think it’s political really - made me laugh.
https://youtu.be/XBQCPZOnxF4
Michael Gove - he's down with the kids.
That cant be genuine???!!!
Sounds like that trade deal with Colombia is coming along nicely!
What was the Barry Grant impersonation at the end all about?:hehe:
I think Trump's stand up is better
He should be taken to a field and shot
I saw this live this morning- very odd way to respond to the questioning.
Also is 'common sensible ' a thing?
I think that's what the Tories want.
They have fecked Britain over for a good decade or two and are happy to pass the reigns over to someone else and then blame them for the next 10 years until everyone forgets or gets brained washed vote them back in for them to rape us once more......................
Look how long Britain has been under Tory rule over the last 100 years..... but its Labour's fault for the few years that they have been in power to try and give the working man a better life
But they are the Masters of turning working class against working class by telling them you are better than him/her because you earn a couple of pound more an hour ffs
‘Passing the reigns’ is becoming the new escaped goat :hide:
Micheal Gove
Micheal Fabricant
Rees Mogg
There are people who vote for these weasels
Unbelievable
and someone voted for this one
"A Tory MP has been branded "out of touch" for saying people needed to learn how to cook and budget "properly", rather than use food banks."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61414951
Levelling up Minister ...........wtf
Another made up job title for the boys to stay on the payroll..............
Another G&T Roger ..........ching ching
Tories raised the minimum wage more than the Labour party did
Tories raised income tax threshold more than the Labour party did
Tories tend to get more working class people actually in work.
Thats not a defence of the Tories, it's a criticism of your inaccurate post that treats politics like it's some kind of 16th century religion
On the subject of Tories and food banks: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...AXa4IE?ocid=st
The food at foodbanks is provided free.
The idea is to make the food last longer and get the maximum nutrition from it, and so that if you have £10 or £5 or £3 spare, that you can make the most out of that.
Quite obviously, helping people who are hungry to maximise the use of food is a good thing, even if it it within the context of foodbanks generally being a negative.
They are in existence and have grown in every country though.
And they occur more frequently in two of the three regions/nations in the UK that have devolved (non Tory) governments.
So the evidence would suggest that the lazt narrative of 'iTs aLl tHe ToreYs fAUlT" clearly isn't true. And if it isnt true, then we won't find a solution.
So no, I think a lot of people are more interesting in making political capital out of the situation rather than genuinely helping.
There's loads of issues at play, it's complex, but quite clearly helping families and individuals to cook better and to make food go further is a good thing. Damn site more helpful than middle class people on twitter getting angry at the bloke who said it.
Do you think he is right in saying that his foodbank can show you how to make meals for 30p per day? It probably costs that in gas or electric to cook a meal at the moment.
Also, we shouldn't need foodbanks at all, yet they are ever increasing under Tory rule. I know, I know, how political of me to point out the obvious.
Maybe you didn't read the article you posted?
Granted, it is designed to inflame the culture wars and to be spread far and wide on social media, rather than accurately report anything - thats why the quote from the man who is accused comes so far down in the article.
But as stated, the buffet was put on not by them, but by the organisers, and they were asked to cut the ribbon. Also, everyone in the photo is smiling.
So, yes, thats why I think left wingers love politicising these issues - not surprised to see the Lord Chief of Smug James O'Brien getting involved.
They are responsible for the entire country, but there are regions where food banks are far more needed and used than others. This suggests that there are other issues at play, does it not?
What is so different between Wales, Scotland and North West England, Yorkshire and Humber, North East England etc?
This is from 2017/18 I'll grant you but there are a lot of factors at play here; some devolved, some not. But it's in Wales and Scotland that the need seems greatest.
Surely if you care about these issues, you would wonder if this is linked to the issue, no?
https://www.statista.com/chart/14092...-foodbanks-uk/
I'm saying that he says the Foodbank he volunteers at can provide meals for 30p a day and they help users learn to cook healthy meals with the ingredients provided.
1 / I don't know whether thats true, but he invited MP's to visit to find out
2 / Yes, I think as long as volunteers are cooking the food, then I think a meal could just about be provided for 30p - something such as a stew, perhaps sausage, mash and peas etc.
All areas that have been historically ignored by consecutive governments when it comes to funding infrastructure and employment?
Please get off your high horse and stop suggesting people don't care about certain issues just because they disagree with you regarding causality. It's a poor look on you.
You routinely vote and support a party that consistently punch down on the most needy. I could suggest that you're a hypocrite and don't care about these issues at all because you vote for the status quo to continue (or get worse in terms of the need for foodbanks).
It's the volunteers bit that's confusing me.
Either it costs 30p per day for someone to buy ingredients and cook a meal or it doesn't.
Sausage, mash and peas would cost more than that. Unless you buy the cheapest pack of sausages you can find and only have one of them with your meal.
All part of a varied diet too, I assume.
The point is, the UK government is responsible for benefits in every nation/region in the UK. And yet there are glaring disparities nationwide, and those where they have far less responsibility (in transport, education, economic devt, healthcare, housing) the need for foodbanks is far worse.
I wasn't accusing you of not caring. I was answering your questions. I do think people who just use any situation of suffering and make a lazy political argument devoid of facts are guilty of caring more about politics than helping people. If you want to solve a problem, you look at the facts.
You have no idea how I vote, but I had three votes last week, and I assure you one of those went to a centre-left party. And as I said, you view it as consistently punching down on the most needy, but I have stated four facts here;
1 / the tories raised minimum wage more than labour
2 / the tories raised the tax threshold on lowest paid more than labour
3 / the tories typically get more working class people in jobs than labour
4 / the need for foodbanks is demonstrably higher in places where the tories have the least control over the levers of power.
Notice, I won't accuse you of voting for a party that consistently punches down, but the evidence isnt great.
As with another poster, I'm not sure you have listened to the video. The MP says that when people come to the foodbank in Ashfield, they have to sign up to a budgeting course and a cookery course. I think to solve the problem, this is a good thing, don't you? It's helping people more. Giving people skills.
He then goes on to say they can provide a meal for 30p a day.
I'm saying, that if that meal is provided for by volunteers (ie, cooked in the centre, as he seems to imply) then I think that could be done for 30p a day.
I also think people could make some meals at home for 30p.
Where it isn't possible, is if those cooking it are paid to do so - thats what I mean by volunteers.