Quote Originally Posted by ninianclark View Post
UK and France are roughly the same size of population 68 million ish
Foodbanks introduced into the UK (circa 2001) 17 years AFTER they were introduced in France (circa 1984)
France Foodbanks consume about 4 times the amount of food than UK foodbanks.

In France they are seen as a sign of how caring the Govt / the people are in helping those less fortunate, socialist values etc
In the UK they are seen as a sign of poverty, destitution and desperation.

Has anyone ever had 'kidney' soup ?
Just another political football to be used by those who are looking for a cheap shot rather than identifying a strategy that involves policies that would make a positive difference without destroying the economy.

Personally I think things overall have improved dramatically since I was a kid.

And probably very little of this is down to who was in charge but more down to relative stability over the period