Poverty in UK

mexico1970 said:
I don't think life is fair mate, it will never be fair no matter what system we live under and whoever has privilege, my point on this thread about poverty is that it's highly exaggerated to make it sound like people are genuinely starving and living in workhouses.

Just because someone is wealthy it doesn't mean that I automatically dislike them, this also applies to poor people.

The mantra IMHO of let's make all the rich people poor people is a bad one, most of this furore is caused and promoted by people who have a comfortable life and sneer at the real working class anyway.
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Your "life is never fair" attitude is exactly why these titled cunts can keep getting away with owning all the land in Britain.
By saying things like "things aren't that bad" plays right into their hands.
 
Bill Walker said:
Haha, I have plenty of lifelong friends and family in England (and Scotland) I know exactly how they live, some well, some not so well.

So do you think it's fair, I mean the aristocracy owning on third of Britain ? Having enormous wealth while the working class struggle through life.

Kings & Queens have been completely screwing the working class for centuries. It's time it stopped and every time I see the gaumless twats standing outside the palace waving their little flags, hoping for a glimpse of some upper class snobby billionaire **** who wouldn't spit on them let along befriend them, it makes me wanna puke..
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Australia being the largest land grab, of all time...You could always hand back your property and return to the motherland. That's if you really want to right the wrongs, of the ruling classes, of course.
 
Bill Walker said:
Your "life is never fair" attitude is exactly why these titled cunts can keep getting away with owning all the land in Britain.
By saying things like "things aren't that bad" plays right into their hands.
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It really really doesn't mate, there are people the world over with entitled inherited wealth and for me I would put up with a bit of envy if it keeps us away from the big C and a wardrobe full of itchy jackets and berets.

Nobody really owns the land in Britain, it changes over and over again. I am happy to be in the position I am of having warmth food drink and a family, I will leave the envy to the middle classes Bill.
 
mexico1970 said:
It really really doesn't mate, there are people the world over with entitled inherited wealth and for me I would put up with a bit of envy if it keeps us away from the big C and a wardrobe full of itchy jackets and berets.

Nobody really owns the land in Britain, it changes over and over again. I am happy to be in the position I am of having warmth food drink and a family, I will leave the envy to the middle classes Bill.
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You need help mate. Either that or a time machine back to McCarthy-era America. Progress though, you didn't mention "mini Che's" this time.
 
mexico1970 said:
Nobody really owns the land in Britain, it changes over and over again.
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:) From the Independant;

Who owns Britain? Most of us would instinctively reply: we do. The British people own the British Isles. This is a democracy, isn't it? But the facts tell a different story. When you look at a map of the British Isles, you are looking not at your home but at a land mass overwhelmingly owned by a tiny aristocratic elite. Extraordinary though it might seem, in the 21st century, 0.6 per cent of the British people own 69 per cent of the land on which we live - and they are mostly the same families who owned it in the 19th century.

Very interesting article, it seems only Scotland are doing anything about it.

Britain's land is still owned by an aristocratic elite - but it

Who owns Britain? Most of us would instinctively reply: we do. The British people own the British Isles. This is a democracy, isn't it? But the facts tell a different story. When you look at a map of the British Isles, you are looking not at your home but at a land mass overwhelmingly owned by a...
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
 
Bill Walker said:
:) From the Independant;

Who owns Britain? Most of us would instinctively reply: we do. The British people own the British Isles. This is a democracy, isn't it? But the facts tell a different story. When you look at a map of the British Isles, you are looking not at your home but at a land mass overwhelmingly owned by a tiny aristocratic elite. Extraordinary though it might seem, in the 21st century, 0.6 per cent of the British people own 69 per cent of the land on which we live - and they are mostly the same families who owned it in the 19th century.

Very interesting article, it seems only Scotland are doing anything about it.

Britain's land is still owned by an aristocratic elite - but it

Who owns Britain? Most of us would instinctively reply: we do. The British people own the British Isles. This is a democracy, isn't it? But the facts tell a different story. When you look at a map of the British Isles, you are looking not at your home but at a land mass overwhelmingly owned by a...
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
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I don't care mate, how much land do you think the working poor own in this country or other countries? What we have in this country are the "doing well" mob punching down whilst being jealous of the people with more than them.

We are such a small country compared to most others that having land isn't the same as having land in Australia/Canada or America.
 
mexico1970 said:
I don't care mate, how much land do you think the working poor own in this country or other countries? What we have in this country are the "doing well" mob punching down whilst being jealous of the people with more than them.

We are such a small country compared to most others that having land isn't the same as having land in Australia/Canada or America.
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So you thinks it fair, about the aristocracy I mean ?
 
Bill Walker said:
So you thinks it fair, about the aristocracy I mean ?
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I explained, life isn't fair but I enjoy the pomp and ceremony and would like to keep it. There is just the same amount of wealth inequality in Australia/Canada/USA as there is in the UK, there are no serfs in the UK now and getting rid of the monarchy wont improve it.

What next? landgrabs and put everyone on the same salary?
 
mexico1970 said:
It really really doesn't mate, there are people the world over with entitled inherited wealth and for me I would put up with a bit of envy if it keeps us away from the big C and a wardrobe full of itchy jackets and berets.

Nobody really owns the land in Britain, it changes over and over again. I am happy to be in the position I am of having warmth food drink and a family, I will leave the envy to the middle classes Bill.
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It's the way life is man. The people who get massive inheritance fair play to them. But for me I just have to carry on going work.
 
I read today that one of the reasons retail sales were down last month is that people aren’t buying as much food as they used to because they basically can’t afford it.

I also read Wetherspoon pubs are thriving because people are looking for cheaper places to eat and drink when they go out.

I then also read that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt doesn’t think that £100,000 is not a huge salary in Surrey.

In this country there seems to be a massive gap between the haves and the have nots and nobody who can do anything about it seems to care.
 
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