Re: 'out of touch', ignorant MP
With regard to food banks, Trussell Trust UK food bank was set up in about 2004.
UK is not the only country with food banks, they are worldwide and in 2014 France and Germany had far more food banks than the UK.
France had twice as many food banks as the UK and Germany had 1.5 million people per week using them.
To my mind it has been another 'organised' and well 'orchestrated' very back handed way of forcing the general public to contribute to the countries needs.
We must also recognise that it progressed from food, and appeals were put out also for ladies toiletries, toothbrushes, soap, nappies and a lot more. It transpires that Trussell Trust also provides for overseas .
It was also disheartening when not so long ago, there were complaints made about too many tins of baked beans being supplied for the cause, and they would like more variety. Well, blow me ! When church going pensioners ( who provide a huge amount to this charity) dig into their pockets and give willingly (whatever it might be) to such a cause, for then to be told it's not good enough ,is downright rude.
Don't blame this present Government for all ills of our society, after all we had almost 15 yrs of Labour which left UK in a pretty bad state, but some people have very short memories .
We have fewer homes, because Mr Blair, pushed education and University , which is great in one way but folk were buying up whole streets of terraced houses where families would have lived , and renting them out to students. Then we had to accommodate 3 million migrants from the EU.
When everything seemed to be so bloody marvellous, it's all back fired big time and now we are still picking up the pieces .