Things that should be free

Wine.

The water coming out of the "hole in the wall" is not free JackyB. With the swing towards extreme capitalism everything is commoditised and we, as the man said, " know the price of everything and the value of nothing".

The very problem with the housing market - one which affects most of us in one way or another and could well put a hole in our economy - is that we now see "houses" as a commodity rather than "homes" as a need. Nothing is allowed to be "free" or it diminishes the capital gains of someone else.

This government and those of its ilk see the word "economy" as having little to do with our - the people's - lives and only to do with money. What that money does, who it gravitates towards (Panama Papers ???) or who has too little does not matter as long as the money is looked after. The people can go hang

Reading the title of the thread, I immediately thought "surely everyone has a right to water". Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to buy it in plastic bottles, but could have it just coming out of holes in the wall at home.

Oh.. wait..

People could pick their own wild garlic or whatever – do it if you want to. If it's picked, washed and packaged for them, then the time of the picker and packager must be paid for. If someone picks wild mushrooms and sells only those that are edible, you pay for their expertise in identifying the others that are toxic. You pays your money and you takes your choice!

Sanitary towels, they should be free!

I bet it's incorporated into the cost! Not much is 'free'!

As do Tesco, not that I ever want them.

So do Sainsbury's.

Waitrose gives flavoured butter pats with fish for free...

very enterprising of that farm shop good luck to them , if you want to gather stuff yourself it isn't that easy , trespassing , animal pollution etc

I know you used to get a nice big handful of parsley when you bought fish but you pay for it now.

If they run out of garlic leaves they can come and help themselves to mine - blessed stuff!

Welcome NannaBanana.