I find tonight’s article in the ‘Evening Standard’ about poverty in the UK harrowing stuff. I just feel so grateful I am not living in a country which, largely through the Brexit fiasco and unworthy government, is self-harming itself more and more.
We ourselves are not particularly well-off. To heat ourselves we often forage in the forests surrounding our Italian mountain cottage for wood, much of what we eat comes from our allotment and we’ve had our second-hand Fiat Panda for over five years now.
Let us hope, however, we never have to undergo the insupportable pangs of fuel and food poverty which apparently a third of all children in the UK are now suffering. Our hearts go out to them and their families in these times of especial need.
As a friend commented ‘Food poverty in one of the world’s most wealthy countries is an utter disgrace. But, of course, it’s the people’s fault for being losers. Trump says these things openly but the UK Government just thinks them – and then persuades the ‘better off’ it’s true.’
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