“Fuel prices rose by an inflation-busting seven per cent in 2013, pushing more people into fuel poverty. The fact that this is happening in an energy-rich country is scandalous." - Housing Minister Margaret Burgess.
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| In fairness I very much doubt that by any measure the UK is the 6th largest economy in the world, but by anyone's standards we are relatively rich as a country. Why, then, do people have the indignity of begging for food thrust upon them? |
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| This is because he is a Tory. The Conservatives in Scotland who accept that they have no chance of forming a government want to see Gentleman Jim as the leader. |
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| I suppose there are always food banks ma'am. Although it is rather infra dig, and there are a lot of MPs who would think that you were faking it. |
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| Ah, yes, the horrendous cost of keeping this OAP home for toffs open could have been reduced just a little, had they agreed to share catering with the Commoners along the corridor. However, this was rejected by their Erminenesses on the basis that the vintage of the subsidised champagne would not have been of sufficient quality for the taste buds of aristocrats, and well, one couldn't have that, could one? |
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| Ewwwww. UGLYYYYYY Bastards |
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| The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, largely responsible for the misery of hunger gets a photo opportunity at a food bank, and shows just how detached from reality he is. |
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| I suppose there must be trickle down in some way. After all the hyper rich have to eat, have their cars driven and their houses cleaned, but they are so incredibly mean that they pay for it all at the bottom possible rate, leaving the recipients unable to let the money trickle any farther. |
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| In one of the top 20 countries in the world... Makes you so proud to be British. |
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| Who can argue that? Not seen many poor councillors though... |
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| Well, we couldnt have a Westminster government frightening away their friends who will give them directorships when they retire to the Lords |
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| Socialism... what's that then? |
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| Well, otherwise he wouldn't get home in time to see his little prince get off to bed like hundreds of thousands of other fathers all over the country. Maybe the DWP could provide helicopters for all of them on the social security? No? |
