Should a "civilised society" need food banks...

[The Bedlington Terrier]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...cid=spartanntp

No wonder this girl's a lush, Brexit failing, Universal Credits unviable, hundreds of thousands of UK kids living in abject poverty. Crack open another can of Special Brew and chuff on another fag Theresa, because you are phucking useless...

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[The Bedlington Terrier]

Thought sinkov would have bit by now..?

[alfinyalcabo]

Thought sinkov would have bit by now..?

It's Tuesday BT..He will be collecting his tea from the local food bank..

[1959_60]

Without a doubt the Governments policies are largely responsible.

They have right royally cocked up Universal Credit but are in denial.

[Norder]

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government is led by the big corporations.....the same one's folk are happy to "support" when purchasing their tat - then complain when they see their tax bill - meanwhile the smaller retailers/suppliers shut shop because they can't compete - and the jobs go with them.

[sinkov]

Thought sinkov would have bit by now..?

Nowt to bite on BT, you and me are as one in our thinking on the luscious Theresa. Where's that piano wire when you need it ?

[ClaretinBudapest]

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government is led by the big corporations.....the same one's folk are happy to "support" when purchasing their tat - then complain when they see their tax bill - meanwhile the smaller retailers/suppliers shut shop because they can't compete - and the jobs go with them.

Yes I agree Norder but I think a more precise definition of UK politics was presented by Adolf Hitler in his speech to the workers in Dec. 1940 :-

It is self-evident that where this democracy rules, the people as such are not taken into consideration at all. The only thing that matters is the existence of a few hundred gigantic capitalists who own all the factories and their stock and, through them, control the people. The masses of the people do not interest them in the least. They are interested in them just as were our bourgeois parties in former times - only when elections are being held, when they need votes. Otherwise, the life of the masses is a matter of complete indifference to them.

Furthermore on the subject matter of this post he goes on to say:-

In Britain matters are usually so arranged that families are divided up, one member being a conservative, another a liberal, and a third belonging to the labor party. Actually, all three sit together as members of the family, decide upon their common attitude and determine it. A further point is that the 'elected people' actually form a community which operates and controls all these organizations. For this reason, the opposition in England is really always the same, for on all essential matters in which the opposition has to make itself felt, the parties are always in agreement. They have one and the same conviction and through the medium of the press mold public opinion along corresponding lines. One might well believe that in these countries of liberty and riches, the people must possess an unlimited degree of prosperity. But no! On the contrary, it is precisely in these countries that the distress of the masses is greater than anywhere else. Such is the case in 'rich Britain.’

Not a lot changes in 80 years does it?

[sinkov]

Here are some facts and a question for you to bite on BT.

The UK national debt is £1.8 Trillion.
The UK annual deficit, which varies obviously, is running at around £90 billion.
According to the Trussell Trust, almost half a million children in the UK have to rely on food banks for their meals.
Social Care is seriously underfunded, Allied Healthcare, which is used by 84 councils in England, is due to go tits up at the end of the month.
There is a permanent funding crisis in the NHS, it simply doesn't have anywhere near enough funding to cope, and the situation is deteriorating.
Local government has a funding crisis, libraries, swimming pools, public toilets have been closed, refuse collections are cut back, and still many councils struggle to provide basic services.
The Police are underfunded.
Education is underfunded.

So my question BT, in the light of the dire economic situation this country finds itself in, where local and national government cannot afford to pay for the level of basic public services we have a right to expect, and children are fed from food banks, can this country afford to spend £13 billion annually on Foreign Aid, much of which is wasted or misappropriated ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Vexing question is that one sinkov.

Should we endeavour to eradicate poverty in Third World countries? Most people would say "Yes!"

Oxfam bigwigs spending charity money on prostitutes, sort of puts people off.

Ridiculously inflated salaries for the CEO's of our BIG charities is a total "No-no!"

My paternal grandmother had a saying for just about any eventuality and on this issue I am certain she would have said, "Make sure your own larder is stocked up before you start to worry about your neighbours!"

Where ever you look sinkov, greed and corruption appears to be endemic. Foreign Aid is a moral obligation but just who does morality these days?

[Supersub6]

Vexing question is that one sinkov.

Should we endeavour to eradicate poverty in Third World countries? Most people would say "Yes!"

Oxfam bigwigs spending charity money on prostitutes, sort of puts people off.

Ridiculously inflated salaries for the CEO's of our BIG charities is a total "No-no!"

My paternal grandmother had a saying for just about any eventuality and on this issue I am certain she would have said, "Make sure your own larder is stocked up before you start to worry about your neighbours!"

Where ever you look sinkov, greed and corruption appears to be endemic. Foreign Aid is a moral obligation but just who does morality these days?

The moral obligation should also lie with those countries receiving the aid who shold ensure that it is used properly, however, we are all aware that such a lot is creamed off by those ruling these countries ----but yet we give!!