Louisa BritainNov 20, 2022

I am so incredibly tired of writing posts about what actual poverty looks like only to get replies saying words to the effect of put a jumper on, eat porridge, how dare you have any source of entertainment or pass-times, a dangerously bad home is still a roof over your head, if you were actually poor you wouldn't have a car, etc.

It's ignorance masquerading as informed perspective, it insults the intelligence of >14 million UK residents and it's blamey as fuck.

I've no patience with it.

Show threadClaire Cansick
@RoadsideMum bbc news perpetuates this attitude almost every day. They need to stop telling the poor how to budget, they’re experts at it, and it is a form of victim blaming imo.
Nov 20, 2022 at 5:19pmWeb
Show threadLouisa BritainNov 20, 2022
@clairecansick No one knows more about making money work well than Martin Lewis and he tipped into "this can't realistically be done anymore" at least a year or two ago.
Show threadClaire CansickNov 20, 2022
@RoadsideMum Utterly scandalous.