Jack Monroe

She is inspirational, has had many troubles in the past.

Does not deserve the vitriol directed towards her by some of the Twitteratti

I agree MaizieD, a well written, hard hitting article.

She writes from the heart, and it needs to be said and heard.

She is a hero

I have huge admiration for Jack Monroe, she is articulate and straight to the point. What a comparison to the lying Johnson and his cohort. Some of the verbal attacks against her have been breathtaking in their violence and vitriol.

There was a bit of a conversation about her on another thread last night. Lee Anderson had a go at her on a YouTube video and slandered her. Or libel, not sure which. Anyway, I believe she is going to sue him.

I posted a link to the same article on the thread mentioned by volver yesterday. Jack is an inspiration to many and no-one knows better just what is is like to have to exist on next to nothing. Her recipes are not only budget-friendly, however - they are good, tasty food and in the main, easy to make too. She wears her heart on her sleeve and says what she thinks and I for one love her for that.

volver

There was a bit of a conversation about her on another thread last night. Lee Anderson had a go at her on a YouTube video and slandered her. Or libel, not sure which. Anyway, I believe she is going to sue him.

Good. If she wants financial help to do so, I am in. Libel is written, slander spoken. Maybe she could bring more attention to the subsidised canteens and his £200000+ expenses in the past year. When he was WFH.

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Dear me.

Well now I've got my breath back.

He said in the video that she was taking money off the poorest people in society. He said she was rich and he wasn't. None of that is true.

Hopkins falsely claimed that Monroe had vandalised a war memorial. Of course Monroe sued her.

Saying that people are touchy when they stand up for themselves and casting doubt on their state of health is just revolting.

Anderson has been rather stupid, hasn’t he? He has drawn attention to himself, insulted the poor, and been economical with the truth about being able to cook a meal for 30p. The claim is based on a college bulk-cooking Ready Steady Cook event eight months ago. He may have overestimated how many meals they made.

He makes a lot of noise so people start to look into who he. They find out about his history with the Labour party, that he was given an ASBO and defected to the Tories. They find the Michael Crick report which shows he is a dishonest man and that his support in the community may be from the hang ‘em and flog ‘em brigade. Local people who try to hold him to account are accused of bullying and being members of Momentum.

So what does he do when challenged? He starts telling lies and blaming others. Why wouldn’t you when it’s the ethos of your party and the Prime Minister? It’s obligatory, isn’t it?

What Anderson and Daubney said about Jack Monroe is slanderous. I see that she has now engaged a lawyer.

Both Hopkins and Anderson were warned to take down their posts, and apologise, before Jack Monroe instigated Court proceedings - her post on Twitter re the Anderson video -

This is a very clear cut case of outright libel. So far I can see it has 19,300 views. You’d be wise to take it down and fully retract and apologise before you make this any worse for yourselves.

The Reclaim Party on Twitter made the video, highlighted the video on Twitter, it's (at this moment) has 748.3 thousand views. Jack Munroe is being given by an MP as taking money from vulnerable. She's got to fight that - Anderson can't be allowed to do this.

kircubbin2000

I think she is very mean to threaten Lee Anderson. She started the row by calling him names and he answered back.It was terrible what she did to Katy Hopkins. She is very touchy perhaps due to her claim to be autistic and disabled.

Jack Munroe called him a "rich white privileged male" - he's certainly rich, can't deny he's white, privileged - well, that can be any individuals point of view, can't it. Male - undeniable. Not name calling in any of those statements.

I read somewhere……She has now made a fortune and he is the one helping out in soup kitchens….. why do I think that is a little bit of propaganda.

Off topic - know one thing I like about Gransnet?

Somebody will post something absolutely off the wall and then about half a dozen people will show up an post evidence that show why its completely off the wall.

OK, back to Jack.

I commend Monroe for her sterling work on the Vimes Boot Index.

kircubbin2000

I think she is very mean to threaten Lee Anderson. She started the row by calling him names and he answered back.It was terrible what she did to Katy Hopkins. She is very touchy perhaps due to her claim to be autistic and disabled.

Are you kidding me? So you think it's perfectly ok for someone like Hopkins to make totally untrue, libellous statements about someone and get away with it? Your comment infers that you don't really believe Jack Monroe is autistic and disabled, when it's very clear that she is both. She is not threatening Anderson - he has made statements about her which is untrue, so she's perfectly entitled to take action over that. She gave Hopkins ample opportunity to retract her libellous statements, but Hopkins chose to have her day in court instead. That's not being 'touchy' - her actions are perfectly reasonable, and backed by many of her followers.

dogsmother

I read somewhere……She has now made a fortune and he is the one helping out in soup kitchens….. why do I think that is a little bit of propaganda.

I read somewhere...

Perhaps you'd like to link to it, dogsmother. Otherwise it sounds like foundationless gossip.

If there are GN posters who think Jack Monroe is the problem, I truly despair…

I agree with Lee Anderson Jack Monroe is making money off the backs of the poor flogging her cook books at £11+ a time you can't hide the facts and she's made herself rich, good for her.

Maudi

I agree with Lee Anderson Jack Monroe is making money off the backs of the poor flogging her cook books at £11+ a time you can't hide the facts and she's made herself rich, good for her.

Your post is so full of errors I do not know where to begin.

Jack is not rich, the majority of her profits from books goes to charities along with 100% of profits from the tote bags.

She lives in rented accommodation, walks to her local supermarket and carries the shopping back.

She cooks and documents/costs every meal for all to see on her Twitter account.

She is offering to give them away if someone, anyone, can come up with a 7 day eating plan at £1 a day.
Notice the challenge is yet to be taken up on here though.
Wonder why?

MissAdventure

She is offering to give them away if someone, anyone, can come up with a 7 day eating plan at £1 a day.
Notice the challenge is yet to be taken up on here though.
Wonder why?

I think Jack is a hero, a credit to her Family, Friends and Essex.

I couldn’t feed my family for £1 each per day.