Mr C
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So this poor family needs to go on a fishing holiday to Scotland to get that cheap mealI caught the salmon in the River Tweed when I was in Scotland last week
So this poor family needs to go on a fishing holiday to Scotland to get that cheap mealI caught the salmon in the River Tweed when I was in Scotland last week
Its not for the person(s) who are struggling to reach out. It s for others to be intuitive and help in ways that are subtleHow poor is a nation when you can't rely on a government but need to rely on neighbours?
For the record though you have no clue on 90% of your neighbours, friends or families situation. You know what they tell you. That's why food banks exist. If you want to help make regular donations.
Would you reach out to your neighbour if you were struggling?
lol, I was only joking about catching the salmon.So this poor family needs to go on a fishing holiday to Scotland to get that cheap meal
Its not for the person(s) who are struggling to reach out. It s for others to be intuitive and help in ways that are subtle
lol, I was only joking about catching the salmon.
Sainsburys - 2 responsibly sourced Scottish salmon fillets at £3.25 you can check it out for yourself.
No, it is not because I wouldnt buy 2 packs of the same salmon, as with most things the more you buy of a product the less a single unit costs.So for a family of 4 that's £6.50 before you add anything else.
Families that are struggling can't afford £6.50 let alone that as one portion of the meal. You just don't understand the struggle people are going through because it's been a very long time and the cost of living has changed since you were anywhere near that sort of position.
I agree, educating people to live within thier means is incredibly important.I also tell him he needs to eat sensibly, be frugle and sensible and use fuel sensibly.
No, it is not because I wouldnt buy 2 packs of the same salmon, as with most things the more you buy of a product the less a single unit costs.
In this case I would buy a pack of 4 Tesco Wild Salmon Fillets for £3.30
Seems you know everything that I know nothing about! your opening line above in itself makes the rest of your post not worth reading.So you'd change your shop? What if you lived in a town like the one I do where the only place you have to shop is Sainsburys or Waitrose? You forgetting the fuel cost to change your choice of shops?
I'm only under the impression that you've no idea what it's like to be a person struggling financially in the 2000's (Let alone 2020 during a pandemic). I'm sure you'd agree with me on that? So you're casting aspersions on a reality you know nothing about.
It's fair enough you want an opinion on it. But your opinion is wrong in this case. You've got a head buried in the sand because it makes you feel better about ignoring what's going on. And let me make it very clear that you don't understand your brothers struggles one bit. If you did you wouldn't have made any of the statements you have today. I promise you that. You lack the empathy required to understand his struggles. I wish him the best though and hope he gets the required help from others that don't judge him for the position he's in.
I for one am proud of Rashford for what he's done. Forget his on the pitch actions. This is bigger than that even if you don't get that.
Thanks for the piece of drivelDavid Squires on ... Marcus Rashford v the Tory government
Our cartoonist on the striker’s mission to provide meals for children in need, and the grimly predictable obstacles in his waywww.theguardian.com
Thanks for the piece of drivel
No, I'm a realist. You think everytime somebody has a shout up the government should just throw the dosh about like confetti?You are aware that if you don't like a comment made by someone you don't have to continuously be rude for no reason.
We get you're a Tory sympathiser.
Now that's rude!You are aware that if you don't like a comment made by someone you don't have to continuously be rude for no reason.
We get you're a Tory sympathiser.
They had a woman on the radio yesterday, who got the extra support measures in place from the local council etc. They then put the council tax up and took it all away.No, I'm a realist. You think everytime somebody has a shout up the government should just throw the dosh about like confetti?
Like I said before, there are already support measures in place. It is good the rest of society, family, friends, neighbours and businesses offer further support.
How do you think people got by in the post war years, it was everybody looking out for each other, folk knocking on neighbours doors to borrow a wee cup of sugar or a wee drop of milk for the tea, a few lumps of coal for the fire, or even to borrow a couple of bob. That's the way of the world as far as I am concerned. Folk look out for one another in their communities.
I dont have any particular political leaning, I just make my judgement on whatever is happening at the time.
You on the other hand make your judgments in a biased fashion based on your political leanings.
He's launched another campaign today to try and get young kids reading through his own book club.
Part of this will include financial support to kids from poor families to give them access to books to read.
That's nothing but a load of sugar coated shit. For almost 2 hundred years this country has provided a more than excellent public library service. In my young days this was limited to books, magazines and newspapers but there was never any shortage of them. I came from a poor household but never was I short of reading material, there was no need to be, the at least every two week visits to the library resulted in leaving there with piles of books to take home. Often many an hour would be spent sitting in the library reading books, or reference material that couldnt be removed from the library.
In Marcus Rashfords days there would also have been audio and music tapes, CDs, Video's, Audio books, eBooks, MP3 Music etc.........
All for free!! This is a regulated and statutory service in this country and has been for many years. It is truly ridiculous not to recognise and congratulate this fantastic public service.
If this supposed initiative was about offering kids encouragement to read, that would be fine, but it is not. With Marcus Rashford making statements such as:
'I just wish I was offered the opportunity to really engage with reading more as a child, but books were never a thing we could budget for as a family when we needed to put food on the table.'
The suggestion that families in this country have to prioritise food over books due to poverty is a total affront to the great service that has been offered by the Public Library Service in this country for so many years.
I think it's high time he got his mind back on the football, his school meals crusade was admirable but i saw this coming. He is getting carried away.
He should not be saying he was short of opportunity to read as a child due to shortage of reading material. That is total nonsense. If he didn't read it is because he chose not to and/or there was no encouragement to do so in the household.I think the sentiment is fair enough and may encourage young children to read more books (especially United fans). But yes, there are libraries, school libraries and I remember a library van coming to our primary school once a week.
He was getting a lot of praise from non football fans in my team today. I didn’t want to mention any potential distraction on the pitch as I thought I would come across as selfish when he was being called a hero for his efforts.
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