Now looking at the current plague situation its so blindingly obvious what the main factor causing the huge rise in people ignoring its existence is and carrying on as near normal as possible . The money has run out for most people , millions have been rejected for any government support and the government support that has been provided isnt enough to pay your rent and eat , many have come to realise that a cushy life on benefits hasnt existed for years except when Rupert Murdoch and friends decide its a money maker for them on the front pages of the press . Then theres the folks working 3 jobs and grafting, festering with resentment because they are getting nowhere . Undervalued nursing and care staff , the poor bloody cleaners at the hospitals who if they work more hours receive just 63p of it after the government takes it off their Universal Credit . Folks doing a shift driving an Asda truck after a day at work because after the mortgage holiday is up they know they have to pay double to catch up what they have been allowed to miss . Once your plastic is maxed out and you still have rent to pay and kids to feed your not going to be going for a Covid test for the benefit of the world at large . In Lincoln they have set up two of the rapid test centers in the terraced areas where most of the cases have been , this is packed with multiple occupancy houses and theyre moaning that nobody is going for tests , they want everyone to go even those without symptoms . It just wont happen if you get a positive test thats your job and livelihood gone , most people are on agency contracts and with the level of unemployment they just get rid of you straight away . It doesnt matter what the government says , that is what happens . Shitty Tory Britain at its best !!!
Then theres the kids meals scandal , what can anyone say ? I did read the list that the government sent to the suppliers and it doesnt sound unreasonable for a small child lunch 5 days a week but then you see what was actually supplied and its horrific , fruit that is one step from the recycling bin , cheap cheese slices , frubes an abomination of a food product, what the suppliers have done is supplied the cheapest lowest grade and most profitable for them food parcel . Because poor kids are worth it ? . Why are we even surprised?
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Discovered your blog, read back through 3 posts then I couldn't stand to read anymore. The most depressing, gloomy, self opinionated and whining blog I've ever read.
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for the people you know who have to listen to stuff like this.
Don't bother to reply - I won't be back to read it.
Spreading positivity as usual
Deletethe worst is yet to come. I was shocked to see what was going in those kids lunches - vouchers seem a better idea. You have made so many good points here about a bad situation - I don't have any idea how to resolve it though.
ReplyDeletei remember Compass catering having the school meals catering contract at my sons school many years ago . 5 year olds got a quarter of an apple and 8 year olds graduated to a third , guess they havent changed much
DeleteBrilliantly summed up, you should share it far and wide.
ReplyDeleteAs for "anonymous", they’ll not be missed ��
What I like about your blog is that it is an unvarnished slice of life. It would seem that not everyone in Great Britain lives like the dude that owns Virgin Airways or the Queen Mother.
ReplyDeleteMost in America do not live the high life either and yet we have soooo many who are blind to it, stepping around the homeless, faulting the hungry for being hungry and seeing so many as “ less than”.
I enjoy reading about your “ work around” to provide for your family and your wry sense of humor.
Joyce