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Welcome to Britain’s Victorian Christmas……..

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Farzanah Mon 23-Dec-24 10:39:49

……..where volunteers in Santa hats fulfil the basic functions of the state.

A Guardian headline of an article by Frances Ryan.

She continues “there is something inescapably bleak about a Britain that relies on philanthropy to tackle its social and economic problems.”

I completely agree. How did we come to a place in a rich country such as ours where food banks are commonplace in every town and widely accepted as the “norm”? It’s not normal or right for people to have to depend on charity and handouts to feed and clothe their families.

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dalrymple23 Thu 06-Nov-25 15:19:08

I am pretty sure that there is abuse of the system - visible when claimants rock up to the distribution centres in brand new SUVs. I might be way off base but I thought that a recipient had to produce proof of need - e.g something from DWP?

Don't forget that a lot of the generation younger than those of us on this forum have never been taught to cook. There was a fascinating documentary on U Tube yesterday about what people ate and how they kept themselves well nourished during The Depression in America. And during WW2 here. Apologies, I cannot remember what it was called. But I think that everyone should be encouraged to watch it. As we are now all ostensibly going into desperate times, maybe we should all have a look - potato peel soup, masses of pulses, scavenging butcher's bones for stock etc. etc.

I am pretty frugal but it could be fun!!

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