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Originally Posted by YorkshireBloke
Hi, Agreed, great debate. 
Today there are fewer very poor people, living longer, healthier lives, accessing "libraries" on-line like Uni lecturers only had access to. 
How? Globalisation. We run 2 cars, holiday abroad and enjoy life. A woman in my office went to Japan on bloody holiday! No, not the Boss Lady, the part-time admin lady! Unrepresentative? Colleagues holiday 3 times a year, abroad. Just mid-level office wallahs, not big income sales / business owners / senior managers. 
Or would you prefer all equally poor?
YB |
Tell that to the kids in this country that are only eating hot meals at school, and only then because they qualify for free school dinners.
http://http://www.independent.co.uk/...-a7700161.html
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ing-to-shelter
I'm an adult (ish) volunteer for the Scouts and we do fundraising as you do through out the year, some of the money generated goes into a hardship type fund to help parents that would otherwise struggle with the cost of sending their child on camp or other activities we do. It's not publicised or anything so that no one feels any different but allows all the kids to take part no matter what's happening at home.
That's this country and it's real people.