RE: The good news about the tory victory16 Dec 2019 10:11
Hi getinthere it seems that even the homeless are capitalists - I live in one of the poorest areas of the country - Rotherham - and we only have one rough sleeper that I regularly see. It seems they gravitate to the richer areas where the pickings are better.
I was brought up in a council estate - my mum had 3 children by the age of 20. we had noo central heating or phone or colour TV or toaster or micro wave. At times my dad was unemployed and I had to queue for free dinners at school and take a chitty to the local shop for uniform items. I have never lived in poverty - we had food - albeit bread and jam or a tin of soup and chips to share or a crisp sandwich. We had clean clothes and a change of clothes and we had coal for the fire in the living room. We never ate out anywhere - we got raw ingredients and cooked everything at home
The people in Rotherham who claim to be in poverty and visit food banks have nail appointments, hair extensions, house phones and mobile phones, drink, some take drugs, eat out regularly - daily even. Many of them gamble money away on lottery tickets, football and horses. Meanwhile I have waited outside the train station for my step daughter and observed the 'homeless person' - he collects money in the day and then is visited by a bloke who takes his money for drugs and strangely he disappears at night - maybe he has somewhere warmer to sleep - I don't know.
What's my point - the poverty figures are erroneous - there has never been a better time to live - it is easier now than it has ever been. there are some who through no fault of their own come across bad times and we must re-double our efforts for them. There are also some people living in large cities where rents are high really struggling to make ends meet despite two wages coming in. The solution for them is to move home - they cannot afford to live where they are. I can't afford to live where they are - that's why I live here where property and rent is affordable.
99% of the problems can be fixed by those supposedly in poverty themselves - we should help those who can't help themselves - not those who won't help themselves.
My parents are pesioners now - they have NEVER been better off in their entire lives. My cousin has 5 children to 5 blokes - we have paid to bring them all up - the tax payer that is - they have had a large car - free and holidays abroad - I didn't get my first new car until I was 40 and have only been abroad on holiday about 6 times. The poor people where I live think that is laughable - they go abroad at least once a year.
The Labour party has an open door policy to immigrants (can't get doctors appointments, can't get your kids into the local school, queuing at A and E, housing demand goes up so rents are high) which depresses the working class people's wages due to the constant influx of cheap workforce. The people in working class communities said no to Labour because they are a big part of the problem and have none of the answe