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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20418  
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Anyone who agrees could you please kindly sign this petition:
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/geor...ger-budget We cannot allow hunger to be an issue in the UK in 2014, it is not acceptable in my view in this day and age in a (what was/is for some a wealthy country) Thank-you. 
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12th Mar 2014 11:03am |
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us off.
| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20418
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Thank-you, I agree with your comments too.
I'm self employed so actually working but because no one has much money in the country the work has dropped off very fast. It all gets passed on down the chain of who gets paid. Ultimately what goes around comes around. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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12th Mar 2014 11:46am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20418
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Here is another good one regarding MP's 11% pay rise where most of our wages just stagnate.
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/davi...e_petition Currently over 400k signatures.  $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R
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12th Mar 2014 12:09pm |
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| Macpaul Member Since: 25 Mar 2013 Location: SW Surrey Posts: 439 
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It's more complicated than that.
I have a friend who is a priest who works with the underclass as a prison chaplain. I am told foodbanks are popular because a lot of the food on offer to those that qualify, is sold on to buy cigarettes etc. It is basically free money so why wouldn't they be well bid. Obesity seems now the problem of the poorest. 2003 Td5 110 Hardtop Now a 2013 110 USW too. |
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12th Mar 2014 12:20pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20418
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Unfortunately there always will be the few that will do that sort of thing.
Obesity IMO is likely due to poor diet through cheap food I.e. High fat and various other rubbish they throw in. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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12th Mar 2014 12:22pm |
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| Macpaul Member Since: 25 Mar 2013 Location: SW Surrey Posts: 439
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I don't get the impression it's a few alas.
The inmates I've heard of think it's great these (well-intentioned) people are handing out something of value for nothing, that they can sell on. I'm sure obesity is the result of high fat/sugar diets combined with zero exercise, but ready meals are a more expensive way of eating than cooking something. It's ignorance of this and how to cook even simple things that's part of the problem. 2003 Td5 110 Hardtop Now a 2013 110 USW too. |
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12th Mar 2014 12:32pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20418
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Many many young people can't cook, often IMO due yo parents not having the time o teach them along with schools that have zero interest.
Combined of course with schools lack of financial teaching for later in life which is also critical IMO. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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12th Mar 2014 12:46pm |
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| Dave-H Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1507  
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Complete waste of time, you can fill in as many petitions as you like, it'll never make the blind bit of difference
Too many freeloaders and dishonset sorts playing the system means the real worthy/needy families would still be left wanting. Until that is addressed any additional help and funding is futile ....  Guns and Landrovers .... anything else is irrelevant. |
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12th Mar 2014 1:07pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20418
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Dave - I know that's the problem.
I have watched the signatures however go up 10k in just an hour or two. Now standing at just over 40k Ought to go the the monarchy and or EU courts IMO. But then who am I? Who are we UK citizens... $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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12th Mar 2014 4:34pm |
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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555 
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Signed.
This is a good Panorama documentary for anyone interested: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03xl...y_Britain/ "With hundreds of thousands of people across the country now getting free handouts of food, reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates the dramatic rise in the number of food banks." An engine to TDi for! "Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948"  |
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12th Mar 2014 4:48pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20418
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Upto just 60k just today, but as mentioned they'll only ignore it still.
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13th Mar 2014 10:35am |
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