Let Them Eat...?

[allenlondon]

MPs rejected the plea for free school meals to be given during holidays.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/oct/21/marcus-rashford-in-despair-as-mps-reject-free-school-meal-plan

Should be very good news for all the Answerbanks who think poor families spend too much on smoking, gambling, etc, so should get NO more handouts!

Let them eat cake! Or nothing.

Charles Dickens would not believe it.


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[allenlondon]

Youngmb whines and whinges "As usual I see the socialists on here reverting to name calling, no change there then".

Can I go first?

[LadyCG]

No, the parents let them go hungry.

My child is my responsibility and no one else's.

[Sqad]

YMG....as you know, I am not a fan of BA's but I am astonished that they have come to the state where an insulting reply gets a BA.

We may come to the time when a BA is removed for being......insulting.

[Prudie]

I suppose it's too simple and hard hearted to suggest the school feeds them in term time and parents when they're at home?

[allenlondon]

What tosh (my child is my responsibility, no-one elses').

Hungry children, sick old people, the poor, the deprived, the ill. We live in a SOCIETY, not a *** bubble. ALL people, particularly the impoverished, are ALL our responsibilities.

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[Sqad]

Exactly Prudie, when I was at Eton,the school fed me during term time but my parents were responsible for my tuck during holidays.

[ummmm]

And if they have no money?

[douglas9401]

Carlsberg don't do best answers, but if they did...

[AuntPollyGrey]

// My child has a freezer full of home-cooked meals - fish pie, cottage pie, chicken casserole, bolognese ... all chock-full of healthy ingredients. //

How nice for you. Some parents from the poorest homes have to share a kitchen and if they are lucky, they have a fridge that they have to share. Children whose parent are addicts or have mental problems should not be made to suffer because their parents can't cope. As Rowan said however, these are a tiny minority, but should not be forgotten. They should get the most help, while the fat parents who can't cook won't cook need educating on how to budget and cook. Its not the children's fault, but unless something is done they will become fat lazy parents who rely on handouts too.

[Jackdaw33]

My grandmother, a widow, fed, clothed and housed herself and two young daughters on ten shillings (50p) a week. Mind, that was a hundred years ago.

[Old_Geezer]

It's all very well wanting to help the underprivileged but don't we already have a welfare system that covers basic needs ? It's easy to be a popular celeb demanding some group is given more from the public kitty, but it's unclear that, that isn't already covered. If it isn't, why isn't it ? If it is, why is someone demanding that it's doubled up on ?

[Sqad]

Blimey jackdaw, your grandmother must be feeling the pinch now.

[Arksided]

It's such a shame that it takes a high profile footballer to even suggest such a notion and be active about ... without coming out with a sob story like some on here... I too know the stuggles of being hungry as a child... IMO yes they should.

[AuntPollyGrey]

correct - the poster who said her mum managed on £55 per week plus £10 child allowance would be in receipt of £ 251.62 a week in today's money (taking rates at around 1982). I think most could manage on that (plus housing benefit of course)

[ummmm]

O_G - it's not quite so simple. When people have to wait 5 weeks + for benefits to kick in.

[ummmm]

And - people with mortgages don't get them paid for, unlike private rental or social housing.

[Mamyalynne]

UC includes housing costs, it replaces HB.

[ummmm]

I don't know, Mamy, but I was always lead to believe that they will only pay the interest on mortgages. No help to people who have a repayment mortgage.

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry Ummmm, that wasn't a reply to you but explaining that HB was replaced by UC along with other benefits.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Most mortgage companies are happy to receive just the interest on a mortgage until the mortgagee can get back on their feet. The total loan amount stays the same, so they are still getting paid.