I was brought up on a very rough London housing association estate in the 1970s and 1980s.
Most of the people complaining do not know poverty or have anything to compare it to.
Poverty for me was being sent out at the age of 5 to nick milk off people's doorsteps at 6am because the local food canteen was empty the night before and no one would dare kick a child in because the police might actually give a shit then...
Most of the people complaining do not know poverty or have anything to compare it to.
Poverty for me was being sent out at the age of 5 to nick milk off people's doorsteps at 6am because the local food canteen was empty the night before and no one would dare kick a child in because the police might actually give a shit then...