"In McDonald's you can get a full meal for £3.99.......that's objectively a cheaper alternative" Utter BS. That's £3.99 for a meal for one person. I could cook fresh chicken, new potatoes and garden peas for a family of 4 for less than it costs for one McDonalds meal. I could cook a passable spag bol or chilli con carne and rice for a family of 4 for around half that amount.

@martynblackburn9632

5 ай бұрын

I can cook a full meal for less than 30p. It will taste vile but it can be done. And who needs food anyway? Are there no workhouses?

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

@@martynblackburn9632 You don't need to cook it for 30p, just cheaper than £3.99 to disprove the panelists point. You could have a meal consisting of two grilled chicken thighs (75p), a tin of new potatoes (38p) and a tin of mushy peas (35p). £1.48 all in, and much healthier than a McDonalds meal - even if the veg does come out of a tin.

@paulsmusic2908

5 ай бұрын

@@eljay5009 You didn't add the cost of actually cooking it. I agree its still cheaper tho

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

@@paulsmusic2908 True - but how many people live within walking distance of a McDonalds (and even if they do - how many would actually walk). I think it'd be fair to treat the cost of cooking as equivalent to the cost of travelling to the McDonalds in this instance. You can also minimise energy costs in cooking by bulking up and freezing what you don't eat. It's just as easy to make a double or triple portion of something like spag bol or chilli con carne and freeze it for later.

@sidsod1616

5 ай бұрын

Our prisons can currently feed a prisoner for £2.68 a DAY not £3.99 for one junk meal.

We are very low paid pensioners on the basic income. We eat very well because we can cook!! Chips and McDonald’s are not cheap! Our meals with lots of vegetables cost next to nothing! I would almost guarantee the drink, cigarettes and phone take precedence!

@nannyjak

5 ай бұрын

💯

@originalunoriginal4055

5 ай бұрын

Depends on what it takes to fill you up every lunch and, teatime, dinner and late night snacks. You can get a big burger and chips from McDonald's for £1.99 if you fill up the survey on your receipts of previous purchases at McDonald's. Or every Tuesday, the free newspapers that is handed out to comuters on the tube, have "£1.99 burger and chips" McDonald's coupons printed on one of the newspaper pages. There are usually 5 coupons on each newspaper.

@sunnie734

2 ай бұрын

​@@originalunoriginal4055You're not getting the point. The burger and chips are not food. They'll only drain your energy and make you hungry, deficient and fat. Why do that to yourself when you could eat for far cheaper AND fuel your body well?

We have a housing crisis, rather than poverty, but they are connected.

There is no poverty in the UK whatsoever, there is relatively poor, two entirely different things. When ever I see film of food banks it's nearly always over weight people holding mobiles grabbing free food.

There’s no such thing, you can buy basic ingredients and feed your family Even if you’re on benefits. The point is that most people are too lazy and the ones I see it outside the local food bank seem to have plenty of money for cigarettes and tattoos.

@user-qn8hl7cp8f

5 ай бұрын

Spot on and latest mobile etc🤣🤣

@Black.Sabbath

5 ай бұрын

False nails, Nonceflix, BBC licence, dogs.

@davidellis279

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely my daughter does voluntary work at a food bank and she says they have all got money for cigarettes and taxis, they are also a bit picky about what they give them,so much for being hungry,whilst a lot of people are struggling not all are as bad off as their making out but while they get free food and gas and electric vouchers whose going to work and be worse off,the whole benefits systems need overhauling so that people who won’t work cannot be better off than people who get up everyday and go to work,not working should never pay better than working ever. Disabled people should be helped as much as possible to either work or live decently but people who refuse to work should be used by local authorities to earn their benefits,no work no money.

@dont.accept.the.hoover

5 ай бұрын

i dont have a family so i only need to work part time to fund me. parents will have to work harder if they want to fund schools etc.

A McDonalds cheap meal won't be nutritional or fill you up. Just processed garbage.

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

It's also comparatively expensive. I could cook a passable spag bol or chilli con carne for a family of 4 for less than the cost of a single McDonald's double cheeseburger.

@middleman9183

5 ай бұрын

@@eljay5009 Indeed

If there's no poverty why are families being made homeless it's not just about food.

@matthewhale2464

5 ай бұрын

This is about food poverty, people losing their homes is a completely different subject.

@mariewalmsley6143

5 ай бұрын

That's why I said it's not just about food.

@stequality

5 ай бұрын

​@@matthewhale2464did you read the comment properly ?

@joehenry8896

5 ай бұрын

We don't have priorities

If you can afford McD's you can afford fresh food.

@stequality

5 ай бұрын

People get maccys everyday so have to agree either you, happy to use petrol to get there to

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

Yep - for the price of a McDonalds cheeseburger - I could put together a meal consisting of 2 fresh chicken thighs, new potatoes and a large portion of mixed veg. For the price of one Big Mac meal - I could feed a family of 4 with the above.

McDonalds objectively cheaper?! No, mate... 6 Aldi frozen Chicken Breasts - £4.25, bag of mixed veg, £1.89... Works out at less than £1 a day.

@Warp75

5 ай бұрын

IQ levels are plummeting every year.

@dnstone1127

5 ай бұрын

Chicken breasts ? you mean processed, left over chicken patted into cheap lard.

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

Yep. I could cook a passable spag bol for a family of 4 for less than the cost of a single McDonalds Double Cheeseburger. Same for a chilli con carne. I could do chicken, potatoes and peas for 4 for less than the cost of a Big Mac - and have enough chicken left over to make a chicken a split pea soup for lunches throughout the week for around £2 for a large pan.

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

@@dnstone1127 Nope - actual fresh chicken breasts. Half a kilo of fresh chicken breast pieces currently costs £2.75 in Tesco. 2kg of fresh chicken thighs costs £4.50.

@tomrichards4956

5 ай бұрын

@@dnstone1127 Stick to your Maccy Ds then.... lol

You can buy a pack of 2x chicken legs and thighs for £1.52 and a pack of fresh rice for £2.00 in Waitrose, it can feed your family for 2 to 3 days. It's parents not having cooking and money management skills that is the problem.

@MinkieWinkle

5 ай бұрын

It has for the most part always been the case in the UK. very few people are actually poor due to external forces, it is almost always self induced, Their actions determine where they end up. Spend everything you have, poor money management skills, impulsive buyers. the " Must have it" mentality and so on. putting wants ahead of needs I personally know people that cry poverty, while walking around with 500 pound hand bags, latest apple accessory and phone. etc. They are not short of money, they are just short sighted and have their priorities in the wrong place

@MinkieWinkle

5 ай бұрын

@@user-in9zb5lo8z people were claiming poverty long before any of that happened, besides, over that exact same time frame millions of millionaires have been made, they had faced the exact same circumstance as you just explained. so stop making excuses for peoples bad decisions, the problem is, the majority of people are genuinely bad with money in most cases, if you lined up 10 random people. and gave them all 1 million pounds each, statistically speaking, 7 of them will end up going broke. It's not a lack of money problem, its a habit problem. Money only makes you more of what you already are, if you are a big spender without money, you will only be a massive spender with it, if you are a saver, and someone that lives with in your means, with good money skills. then if you had money given to you. you will more than like end up doubling it is a few years.

@Obatala_Vibez

5 ай бұрын

Yeah a lot of people are doing that and to make sure the kids are fed they still can’t only eat once or twice a day.

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

I suspect that is true in many cases. A 500g pack of spaghetti is 28p (probably enough for 2 meals for a family of 4). A tin of chopped tomatoes is 35p. You can get 500g of mince for £2.50 (enough for two meals). Chuck in an onion (12p) and a couple of carrots (say 20p tops) and a sprinkling of dried herbs - and you have a passable spag bol for a family of 4 people for a little over £2 (around the same price as a McDonalds double cheeseburger) 1.2kg of chicken drumsticks (around 8-10 drumsticks) costs around £2.80. A large tin of new potatoes is 38p and a tin of mushy peas is 35p. So if we say 2 drumsticks for an adult and one for a child, plus 2 tins of potatoes and 2 tins of peas - you have chicken, potatoes and peas for 4 people for about £3.50 (less than the price of a Big Mac) - and you have a few drumsticks left over for another meal. I reckon I could make a decent chicken and split pea soup with the remaining chicken legs, half a pack of split yellow peas (£1 for a pack - so 50p worth), an onion, a couple of floury potatoes and a few carrots. Probably no more than £2 for a pan large enough to do a couple of days worth of lunches with bread. I did a food shop for a donation to a local charity before Christmas. I filled two of the shallow type trolleys to overflowing for a little over £100 (around 10 or 12 carrier bags full). I must have had enough for at least two weeks worth of food for a family of 4. I can easily spend 1/3rd that amount just going to the local takeaway on a Friday night - for two people.

@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus

5 ай бұрын

@@user-in9zb5lo8z Yes, however, their comment is still spot-on!

That chap who said that takeaways are a cheaper option is deluded. That peice is for one meal. You could by a chicken and veg and feed 4 for less than 4 McDonalds. A lot of parents just dont cook or cant be bothered. As for foodbanks a lot of people shouldnt be getting free food they need to budget and do without things they cant afford

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

You could feed 4 for less than the price of 1 McDonalds. A regular big mac meal costs £6.69. 1kg of chicken drumsticks costs £2.82 A pack of 4 baking potatoes costs 65p 1kg frozen mixed veg costs 89p. So you have a meal consisting of up to 250g meat, 250g veg and a baked potato for each person for the total ingredient cost of £4.36. Even if we over egg the energy cost and say £2 to cook it - you have still fed a family of 4 for less than the price of 1 big mac meal - and it's a much healthier meal to boot.

Unfortunately, the welfare state, which was a wonderful thing all those years ago, but alas it is open to scandalous abuse nowadays . I live 200 mtrs from a food bank and Every week I watch people throwing certain food items that they don't want on the pavement as they walk home it really is a total sham in most cases.

I cook everything. I do not eat fast food or take away food

My daughter works in a food bank on a voluntary basis,the food there is coming out of the door as people line up for free food,they never run out of anything,fresh food tin food bread crisps anything you could buy at a supermarket, some people are turning up in cars and taxis to collect their gas and electric vouchers and a shed load of free food,it’s no wonder retail food prices are so high when they overproduce this much food and it’s us mugs that are paying for it at the checkout,as usual the people who get out of bed and go to work are supporting the ones who have children they can’t afford and live of the state all their lives,anyone can run into bad luck in their lives and should be helped but there are some who have made a career out of not working and complain they are poor yet smoke and drink and have a car. I’m a pensioner and get just over the limit to be able to get pension credit which opens the door to lots of other things which means I worked all my life to end up with less than people who have never or rarely worked,I can’t get free food or electricity and gas vouchers I have to manage on what I get full stop,some of these poor people even have holidays abroad,I haven’t a holiday in years anywhere,I wish I knew how things would have worked out when I was turning out at six in the morning to go to work,I wouldn’t have bothered and been better off now.

@HerbertDuckshort

5 ай бұрын

Have you ever heard of punctuation?

@davidellis279

5 ай бұрын

@@HerbertDuckshort Just give it a rest,at my age I consider myself lucky to be alive,it’s been 65 plus years since I left school smart arse.

@scotthendry6298

5 ай бұрын

​@@HerbertDuckshortbe quiet it's not a fkn school fud

Poverty is a mind set, people feel entitled to a better lifestyle than the generation before them, yet want to do less and less. The best advice i ever got was to avoid the poor and unhappy, they're perpetual victims who blame anyone and everything before looking in the mirror.

@paulgibbons2320

5 ай бұрын

No amount of self blame is going to bank a £68000 house deposit. People are already blaming themselves that's why we have so many in antidepressants. Stop the psycho babble bullshit.

For the most part it doesn't matter what the government does: if someone chooses to take personal responsibility, they can sort themselves out. The only thing that is required from government is to get out of the way.

Only drinkers and smokers find it difficult to eat because they take care of their addiction first before they eat

@EnterTheSoundscape

5 ай бұрын

Not entirely, being a student is also incredibly difficult with the cost of living. I barely get by working 3 days a week, I have maybe £30-60 a month to spend on non-essentials. Same goes for people living off only a basic state pension.

@Sjoldschool

5 ай бұрын

@@EnterTheSoundscape you know what I’m talking about 🤨could you smoke and drink out of your wages???

@EnterTheSoundscape

5 ай бұрын

@@Sjoldschool Not if I want to go out and do literally anything else, like buying clothes or having a diner with friends. £30-60 doesn’t get you very far in alcoholic drinks either if that’s all you do for a whole month.

@Sjoldschool

5 ай бұрын

@@EnterTheSoundscape you’re supposed to be smart if you’re in uni so figure out how to make money 💴 side hustle or whatever.

@EnterTheSoundscape

5 ай бұрын

@@Sjoldschool Having a job at all while in studying to become a medical professional IS a side hustle. Everyone else is living off the bank of Daddy or taking extra loans. Uni 5 days a week, plus lots of difficult assignments, plus working 3 nights a week. There aren’t enough hours in the week to do a “side hustle” if I want to keep my sanity at all.

How many people going to food banks, smoke a packet a day, have a drink, have Netflix, High speed internet, like a bet, eat at McDonalds (which is not cheap), own an i-phone and probably drive a car

Home economics learning should be reintroduced. 2:12

@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus

5 ай бұрын

You're absolutely right. I was just thinking the same thing.

@Black.Sabbath

5 ай бұрын

In state schools? What do you think would happen then? They'd use it as a chance to spread free food socialist propaganda.

Interesting statistic, nearly 3 million people receiving emergency food parcels from Trussell Trust foodbanks this year.

@alexander92179

5 ай бұрын

The year isn't even over, so the full figures aren't even out.

@johngraves2755

5 ай бұрын

@@alexander92179 Yes it will be higher......

@Black.Sabbath

5 ай бұрын

You know placing "emergency" in front of food doesn't make it so, right?

Inflation in food, housing and fuel has been massive. Of course, it will make it a thing. Next question.

@NO-CASH478

5 ай бұрын

What 'thing' is that then? Context, man. Context!

@andrewoliver8930

5 ай бұрын

@@NO-CASH478 Food poverty. The question in the headline.

we have an obesity problem because people on low income will eat more carbs to fill up and these are the cheaper items. like bread, pasta,rice

I have one question what did we do in the 1970s before food banks became a thing?

@ashleybosvik3031

5 ай бұрын

A lot of people went hungry

@rosarose3443

5 ай бұрын

My parents cooked filling meals. We did not eat between meals and only had treats on the weekend.

@fastacesus8499

5 ай бұрын

@@rosarose3443 yes same. It always amazes me how many cooking programmes there are on the TV yet this and the previous few generations don't cook anything...

@rosarose3443

5 ай бұрын

There is KZread too. Me and my sister are Autistic and gluten intolerant. We live together. We have a very tight budget and cook meals that we ate as children. Even though we both have sensory problems, we had to eat what we were given. There was no choice, we all ate the same meals and did not eat between meals unless it was fruit and only had treats on weekends. Gluten free bread is £2.00 for a small loaf so that is a treat. However, we cook a one pot in the oven and make enough for a couple of days and freeze. We never buy named brands. We have fresh vegetables e.g carrots, parsnips and cabbage and also frozen vegetables. We eat lentils, kidney beans, chickpeas, sardines, salmon, chicken thighs, eggs, cheese, yoghurt and apples, oranges and plums.

Veg is very Cheap to buy.

What planet was the fool who said you could get a meal for £3.99 at mc donalds ? It costs us £ 2.68 a DAY to feed a prisoner in hmp also to feed a care home resident in a home near me it costs £2.40 a DAY. fresh ingredients are always cheaper , more nutritious , healthy and flexible than junk food.

Get tf back to work Anderson. Are you not on the clock when you're poncing around on the telly or what?

People' that don't work and use food banks have more food in their cupboards than some people in full time employment

So yeh well done 30p for trying your hardest to dismiss the truth, but your full of it. Let’s cut your wage packet and see how you survive

I'm poor and i see people suggesting a pack of oats, spaghetti, or potato to last for days and weeks. Perfect for nutrition, right? We're not living in small villages in Africa. Or during war time. You can survive without food for a month if you're talking survival. You can survive with them doesn't nean it's right.

@delladog

5 ай бұрын

You need to learn to cook, buy the basic ingredients and anyone can cook a reasonable nutritious meal for a few quid, I bet you have an i-phone, probably have high speed internet, enjoy a drink and perhaps smoke, to not feed yourself shows a total lack of awareness and judgement

@Mjbeswick

5 ай бұрын

It's ironic that people with money, educated in nutrition, tend to eat simple diets out of choice

@lyndamayfield1913

5 ай бұрын

There’s nothing wrong with porridge oats, pasta and potatoes. A large bag of oats lasts for about £2 lasts for over a month and my partner and I pretty much eat it every day for breakfast. It’s healthy and nutritious. Stir fries and casseroles will last us several days. I cook a batch then reheat it. I don’t buy expensive cuts of meat or ready meals. We’re not poor and that’s probably why.

it would be a good idea for the food bank to give out weight watchers food as most are obese who use them

This is the problem with defining poverty as being less than 60% of the median average... No matter how rich the country is, you'll always have roughly 25% of people classed as 'poor'.... despite them all being in perhaps in the top 10% of the world average.

@davidstrelec2000

5 ай бұрын

The right wingers are in coping mechanism. Denying that poverty exists in the uk lol

There are more mobile device subscriptions in the UK than there are people. No, food poverty is not a prevalent issue in the UK.

Funny how at my local food bank some of the people get their free food and put it in the back of their new Mercedes car ! Not joking.

Bag of oats £1-2 will last longer than a week. Rice, potatoes and cheap cuts of meat. Frozen veg are all cheap. I notice many on our estate still afford £10 a day for cigarettes and always boozing.

@New-ye2fl

5 ай бұрын

Fucking oats 😂 jog on mate, it’s not 1939

@andrewoliver8930

5 ай бұрын

Big tellies, sky TV etc... Heard it all before.

@MinkieWinkle

5 ай бұрын

@@user-in9zb5lo8z You can not claim they are on benefits and then say they are facing high taxes. MATE THEY DONT PAY ANY, No income, no capital gains, not inheritance. no national incurrence. etc etc etc Furthermore, you complain about the rate rises,, and rising house prices. You do know that low rates CAUSED the high prices... you understand that right ? you can not have one without the other, low rates, high prices, or higher rates, and lower prices. ...

@MinkieWinkle

5 ай бұрын

@@New-ye2fl Then go hungry, people think they deserve to live a life of luxury every day,. no one to blame but your self with that attitude champagne taste and only beer money the point is, if people really were hungry, you would eat oats. i eat oats, they are nice, a little jam, or honey,. great way to start the day. costs pennies to make

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

@@New-ye2fl What's wrong with oats? They make a decent breakfast. I eat porridge oats pretty much every morning.

Its a well known fact that if you give people stuff for nothing they will demand more and more.

@Black.Sabbath

5 ай бұрын

Give them an inch, they take a mile. The reality is they've never, ever had it better.

I believe it’s a bit of both, yes we are much better off financially than our parents or great parents were in the 1970’s and prior. But in those days you brought a TV and there were no subscriptions to pay like Sky, landline, internet or mobile phones and so on, those alone can cost up to two hundred pounds or more a month, that’s around £50 a week extra towards your shopping alone. Why are those things so important if you’re starving!!! When I was young we never had either of them. That alone will stop poverty and they should be a luxury not an everyday essential.

@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus

5 ай бұрын

Excellent points. However, everyone needs a landline phone for emergencies etc. I don't own a cellphone, and the landline is super cheap here in the USA. The internet is debatable. I can see both points.

@billbo7630

5 ай бұрын

Like it or not the internet today is essential. Also you seem to have forgotten in our parents and grandparents day, a man could go out to work and support his wife and family, nowadays people are still struggling when both are working.

@paulgreen3361

5 ай бұрын

@@billbo7630 The internet is essential!!! I know people that don’t have the internet nor mobile phones and they get on with life quite normal. We’ve made it essential just like mobile phones. The only time I hear from my best mate is if he calls me on his landline or sends me a card. His more of a nature man where he walks everywhere, he doesn’t drive but walks for miles. Sadly we are lazy today. But I do agree with you about both partners are forced to work, but a lot of that is private renting where back in the day it was mainly council housing. People are paying around three times as much in private rent than they would in a council home.

Snap Im a chef. What really gets me looking at these comments is that people go on about cost. Being a highly sophisticated human being, I think my body deserves a little bit more than some crap processed meal. And if these people ever worked in a food manufacturing environment they wouldn't eat it.

@mmaramotswe1024

5 ай бұрын

Processed food is more expensive, less satisfying and less nutritious then plain food. Good old meat, potatoes and one vegetable is more then adequate when times are tough.

@simplesimon5739

5 ай бұрын

@@mmaramotswe1024 Meats the most expensive part of a meal.

If you can get it for free why would you pay for it you can then spend your money on something else

Who is going to tell her a diet drink is not healthy

@johnmoore9862

2 ай бұрын

Why don’t you.

i dont have a family so i only need to work part time to fund me. parents will have to work harder if they want to fund schools etc.

Tell us about your donors, 30 pence Lence!!!

Be amazed if people ever take responsibility for themselves. And the government are not interested in helping people.

I can live on £20 a week it's just people that want what they can't afford, and McDonald's burger £5.49, a loaf of bread £1 a tub of butter £1 bag of spuds £1 etc etc you see where this is going, takeaways are a luxury

@lindark28

5 ай бұрын

Which shop do you go to and where did you get a loaf of bread,butter and potatoes for a £1 😂😂 try shopping in tesco,morrisons, even aldi, liddle because I haven't seen butter,bread etc for a £1 unless you're buying margarine 😅😅

@martynblackburn9632

5 ай бұрын

I can live on just 30p per week. The great prophet Lee Anderson told me so.

@lindark28

5 ай бұрын

@@martynblackburn9632 😅😅😅

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

@@lindark28 A 2kg pack of all rounder potatoes is currently 99p in Tesco. The cheapest 800g loaf of white bread is 45p. The only one I cant find for under £1 is actual butter - cheapest I could find was Aldi at £1.69, but you can get a 500g tub of 'I can't believe it's not butter' clone for under £1. If you are truly on the breadline, are you really going to be concerned about buying actual real butter though? I don't think I ate real butter regularly until I was in my 20s.

@lindark28

5 ай бұрын

@eljay5009 no you've picked me up totally wrong, i can't eat cheap margarine and tesco where i live i honestly can tell you nothings cheap,yes butter £1.69 same price has aldi,i wasn't criticising just saying where we shop nothings cheap,wish it was, and no definitely not on the breadline only saying 😀and i definitely didn't eat real butter brought up in a family of 12 so we were on the breadline but i am a pensioner now and retired with a pension feel sorry for people who are on the breadline, but good luck to all who can buy cheap 👍sorry if I have upset anyone wasn't meant

When you are on a fix income it's hard, like a lot of people when we shop for things they have gone up again from the previous week. It's so rare for me to have a cook meal. My health has suffered a lot in recent years because of cheap eating. My friend said the other day about using the local food bank but I feel I don't deserve to use this because I'm a proud man. Things will get even worse that's a certain fact.

@debbiebrown7119

5 ай бұрын

Foodbanks are full of people who don't need them it's something for nothing so of course it will be popular.

@mavericktriple9488

5 ай бұрын

@mcjeebus No I don't think so either, I try to eat vegetables etc when I get a chance to. It's getting bad for people, I hope one day things will get better.

Lee you're on 82k mate don't chat crap you've no idea about.

I don't think people eat Mcdonald's because it is cheap food (which it isn't). They consume it because it is a cheap treat. A big Mac meal is less than a pint of beer. Or for a family of 3 or more it is an affordable luxury. I enjoy a McDonald's but it eat it despite of its nutritional value!

@EnterTheSoundscape

5 ай бұрын

This. People go to McDonald's to temporarily escape the rat race that is living in the UK.

Well there are economist out there who tell us UK wages are about £1800 per year behind where they should be at. Employers are getting far too good at short changing people. We are notoriously bad at negotiating wages like they do in Europe. Knowing your value, selling skills and Negotiating what you are worth needs to be taught in schools. More employers need to offer bespoke wages. Minimum wage very quickly became maximum wage. Cheap over seas labour under cuts real wages. Our land rents and house prices are completely out of step with wages. Rent levels are an absolute scandal. People are handing over 70-80% of their income on rents as amenities. This is all factual reasons and evidence of real genuine entrenched poverty in the UK. Ofcourse wealthy Tory's don't see it. But it is 100% factual. Some people won't go to the food bank out of pride. Sure this is linked to the sky high suicide rates. An mental health crisis. I'm sure poor people will be thrilled to see MP's sat around calling them bullshitters while they are at their lowest ebb. Weldone.

@paddydoyle4234

5 ай бұрын

Housing is so expensive as land in the UK is of a premium, France has roughly the same size population, yet over twice as much land.

@chrishart8548

5 ай бұрын

​@@paddydoyle4234why Is the land of a premium though

@paddydoyle4234

5 ай бұрын

@@chrishart8548 because there's much more of a demand for it, more people less space than other countries.

@Mjbeswick

5 ай бұрын

The sad truth is that in the UK we have an excess of unskilled labour. The really market rate of those minimum wage jobs would be much less, as there is no shortage of people that could do them. The money that you get paid for any job isn't based on how hard you work, or the education it requires, but simple what it would cost to replace you. Most of the wealth that exists in the UK is in the form of property, which is over valued because of the limited supply. More property would devalue the exist property prices, which would ultimately reduce the value of the pound. That would be very bad as the UK is dependent on imports for just about everything. Land isn't really the issues, as most property is in the form of small houses; which is horribly inefficient but profitable for developers.

@si_w8201

5 ай бұрын

Wages for lower paid may well be behind where they should be but employers know that any wages shortfall will be picked up by HMG in the form of tax credits, so their view is 'why should I pay more?'. It's not right, but that the unintended consequence of that policy...

Goimg to food banks with 800 qwid phones in hand 😂😂😂

There is no poverty in the UK. People do not understand what poverty is. There may be people who don’t have a lot but if those who earn low wages or are on benefits used the money on the right things, not booze, smokes and fancy phones, they would be able to eat and live better. Sounds harsh but it’s true.

@carysparkes

5 ай бұрын

You're having a laugh aren't you? I've literally seen poverty on a daily basis in my town.

@martynblackburn9632

5 ай бұрын

It's not poverty, it's just personal choices.@@carysparkes

@martynblackburn9632

5 ай бұрын

Come on! They've never had it so good.@@user-in9zb5lo8z

@stequality

5 ай бұрын

​​@@user-in9zb5lo8zI agree with you bud ! But you're wasting you're time talking to one of the biggest trolls on gb news comments section who is martynblackburn....... the biggest one being John kitching

@carysparkes

5 ай бұрын

@@martynblackburn9632 rubbish, actually quite disgusting you can even say that, I've seen it first hand. Poverty is relative and it is present in the UK and growing too. You should be ashamed of yourself.

These people are awful and ignorant

That guy has not been to McDonald's for quite some time

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

It's £3.99 for a cheeseburger medium meal - I guess that's what he's talking about. I could cook a meal for 4 for that price though.

Just shop lift. If its no longer illegal to illegally enter a country, then surely other laws should just be ignored.

I presume this is why there’s been a 1000% increase in food banks over the last decade?

Its all about responsibility and budgeting wisely. We live in a society of conformity and peer pressure where people MUST have ALL the subscriptions in the world and must dine in all the latest trendy and cosmopolitan restaurants. People would rather not afford basic things at the expense of keeping up an image and having friends. Fact. I see it all the time.

@paulgibbons2320

5 ай бұрын

No amount of budgeting on 25k jobs is gonna translate into a £68000 house deposit. This is such a bullshit attitude. The game is rigged. You are just too cosy to see it.

Buying takeaway is like taking out a bank loan .

Children are still taught to cook in Scotland btw

It’s kids having kids these days I walked through a shopping mall and saw so many young mums with children in buggy’s with sausage rolls or cheese straws or sweets in their mouths to shut them up and alcohol under the prams and as soon as they get outside they light a cigarette up then plead with the next breath they can’t afford to feed their kids , well stop smoking and drinking and giving your children junk food . I’m not saying it’s all young mums most are really good parents but I have seen it with my own eyes what can happen and things need to change

21st century here we are having food banks

I don’t know. My impression has always been no there is no good poverty. Especially when we compare to other countries. However, I watched this documentary the other and those poor people really didn’t have any food.

If you go to the supermarket after 8pm. You'll get steak for the freezer, for about £1.50 - £2.00. That's sirloin, ribeye and rump steak. If you go to the chip shop, just before it closes you'll get free chips, Scotch pies, Haggis, Black pudding, King Ribs, Onion rings,etc

@New-ye2fl

5 ай бұрын

I’ve never in my life heard of any chippy giving away free food, defeats the entire purpose mate 😂

@kristoforlearmonth4939

5 ай бұрын

@@New-ye2fl Nope, they honestly use to. Because at closing it was just food waste. You don't get to choose a meal. But you get whatever is leftover. Me and my mates use to years ago on the way home from the pub, on a Friday night.

@alicydonmeld8363

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, great idea. Keep your young kids up until midnight so they can then enjoy some greasy chips (unless somebody else has been to the chippy before you).

@New-ye2fl

5 ай бұрын

@@kristoforlearmonth4939 Aye well all I can tell you is that’s rare, I’ve worked in places they’d rather bin than give anything away free. That’s the world we live in, hyper capitalism, one of the first concepts we teach or kids is consumerism, money before anything, that’s the rat race we allowed them to put us in, suck it up

@stequality

5 ай бұрын

​@@New-ye2flafraid I can not disagree with you

There’s no reason for poverty in the UK. Broke yes and I’d say a lot of people are broke but they aren’t in poverty I.e. no shelter, no food, no water, and no clean suitable clothes. This however doesn’t remove my empathy for those who are broke. It can often be the case you don’t have enough to make ends meet and you are living on barely any resources, that’s a very taxing experience and wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

Compared to war rations I say people are well-fed The world owes me a living attitude

@paulgibbons2320

5 ай бұрын

Houses were 10 a penny after the war. Nobody was paying rents.

@EnterTheSoundscape

5 ай бұрын

People are well fed in terms of quantity. The nutritional quality of people's diets was actually the best during WW2 rationing.

@paulgibbons2320

5 ай бұрын

@@EnterTheSoundscape Oh god are conservatives advocating new ration books now 😂

@EnterTheSoundscape

5 ай бұрын

@@paulgibbons2320 Hahahaha noooo, I’m just pointing out an interesting fact. More regulation in terms of improving the nutritional values of junk food can’t be a bad thing though.

@paulgibbons2320

5 ай бұрын

@@EnterTheSoundscape it's probably out of date info. New information on processed meats like corned beef , spam ect are not good. War time really shifted British cuisine. We never really recovered. Not saying I don't like those products. But they are now linked to a lot of bad stuff.

My goodness when i visited England for Christmas i couldn't believe how cheap things are in supermarkets especially vegetables compared to Spain and Canary Islands. People get off your arse and start cooking for your children! You've watched enough of MasterChef time for action!!!

@eljay5009

2 ай бұрын

Yep - a kg of frozen mixed veg costs less than £1. Chicken thighs work out at around 40p each.

Maccies a cheaper alternative hahaha what planet is he living on a coffe alone is a couple of quid your telling me a coffee in macdonalds is cheaper than buying a jar of coffee give us a break from these muppets please

Imagine living in a country that produces so much they literally give ut away. Oh wait ,we do. Its not bad is it?

Food banks are now big business. I no longer contribute to food banks.

@NO-CASH478

5 ай бұрын

what are you some kinda communist or something.

@martynblackburn9632

5 ай бұрын

How dare you not contribute to the post-Christian Big Society.

@bridiesmith5110

5 ай бұрын

@@martynblackburn9632 easy, I used to but the supermarket I used forgot to state in their how good we are pr pieces, that it was the customers that donated the food.

@NO-CASH478

5 ай бұрын

What wouldn't Jesus do@@martynblackburn9632

@Black.Sabbath

5 ай бұрын

All charities are businesses.

Yip it's all about priorities.

Not poor . Money management . Bag of pasta 0.75p dont eat McDonald's

Try and survive for 2 weeks with £10. Can't be done.

Lee Anderson would have been the bailiff for a Tory landowner in a past life.

Low wages , high rents, especially if you are not lucky enough to have a council house . High gas & electricity prices ! We never had food banks before ! There has to be a reason ?

How we simultaneously have food poverty and an obesity epidemic?

Yes it terrible does GBN backers have no shames missable new year for millions. The Tory’s can not talk about this fools .

Our food is over processed and we don't know what to eat we are brain washed by crap adverts

More out of touch MPs. It almost seems as bit gaslighty they have no clue about how people get poor.

@martynblackburn9632

5 ай бұрын

It's their own fault, surely. They just need to try harder.

@Black.Sabbath

5 ай бұрын

​@@martynblackburn9632 Yes you do.

@martynblackburn9632

5 ай бұрын

It's not about me.@@Black.Sabbath

Fast Food is a Cheaper Alternative 🍟🍔

@eljay5009

2 ай бұрын

It just isn't. A single big mac meal these days costs over £6. I could cook a meal for a family of 4 for less than that.

People should learn how to cook or budget or maybe some of them a fkn job

Not a problem for £100,000 pa Lee, certainly!

Lee Anderson doesnt live in the real world only the madness of his own mind.

@middleman9183

5 ай бұрын

@@user-in9zb5lo8z 0% interest rates were always too low. It was only a matter of time. Free money? Not any more!

@jordoncampbell5118

5 ай бұрын

Lee does live in real world £85.000 salary claimed hotel room one night £180.paid by taxpayer's.could he not use budget hotel.

Steven Hawking couldn't invent a cold fusion reactor, because he wasn't clever enough. 😄 Einstein couldn't reconcile relativity theory with quantum mechanics, because he was too thick. 😮 See what I'm getting at? 🤔 Some people don't have it in them to put even a crust of bread on the table.

30p Lee would piss on your face and tell you that it’s raining.

There’s no food poverty but malnutrition stats are up. No food poverty yet prices for basic ingredients, ie eggs flour butter milk have all gone up. Large supermarkets like sainsbury is a huge rip off compared to your local hala supermarket especially for fruit veg rice toilet paper. Also consider the elderly who are forced to shop locally because of transport or mobility issues and only have expensive supermarkets. Supermarket’s also rip people off by only packaging things in 2s and 4s as if there’s no odd numbers in families and forcing you to buy an extra pack. The only meat poor people eat is chicken pork and mince as it’s the cheapest. Fish is expensive fruit from supermarkets is way overpriced and not even that nice

@radicalcartoons2766

5 ай бұрын

Sorry, you're wrong, we have 2 of the corner shops you mention near us, and Sainsburys is cheaper, hands down.

@Mjbeswick

5 ай бұрын

Years ago meat was more expensive than it is today. Supermarkets make about 4% on groceries, which is extremely low compared to other retail sectors. The UK is an island that is dependent on imports for food and energy, which is why prices on the shelves are so sensitive. You know food in the UK is actually cheap compared to some countries in Europe, where people earn less!

Oh dear

If I work all month just to be told I have to think twice about ordering a take away I might aswell just quit 😂 so basically I'm supposed to work all month and live like I don't have a job 🙃

@chrishart8548

5 ай бұрын

If you have a job now you can't afford a house or a car or a holiday I thought that was the reason I got a job. £1400 rent £1800 wages. The rest doesn't cover utilities and food

@TrailBlazingTalesTV

5 ай бұрын

@@chrishart8548 couldn't agree more

No

Where I Live I can't see any food poverty no food banks here everyone keeps buying new cars and going on expensive holidays

@carysparkes

5 ай бұрын

Where's that?

Government made fat food cheap and health food cost more

Silly debate

you can spend 200 grand a year on clothes for doing bugger all.... ask kate the grifter middleton

@martynblackburn9632

5 ай бұрын

As a child of Jabulon, Kate is the one of our betters and is destined for higher and greater things.

@stequality

5 ай бұрын

​@@martynblackburn9632you what ?

@pete276

5 ай бұрын

@@martynblackburn9632 cupid stunt

@lyndamayfield1913

5 ай бұрын

And you can get £200 grand a WEEK for kicking an effing football around so what’s your point 🙄

@stequality

5 ай бұрын

@@lyndamayfield1913 haha !

a rare good mp

How is it possible, for someone ( Anderson ), to have such a non-existent personality ????

Time for good old salt of the earth Lee Anderson to do a spot of good old intelligence-insulting propaganda about how the country's ills are all poor people's fault and not the fault of the party he's part of which has been in power for 13 years. On the People's Channel(TM).

You must be joking Lee Anderson

@carysparkes

5 ай бұрын

30p Lee

Lee...the voice of reason on GB 'news'. Rule Brexshitania! 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌎

Are any of you were alright jack and joans taking into consideration the cost of electricity and gas to cook these cheaper meals ...because you can’t cook them for free ! and the energy prices cripple the working people

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

Yes - even with the energy cost, it's still cheaper to cook at home. When cooking pasta - I tend to boil the water in a kettle first, to do most of the legwork. At today's energy prices, that's around 5p. Call it another 5p to finish off on the pasta on the hob - plus say an additional 10p to make the sauce. I do baked potatoes in the microwave (a microwave costs about 1p to run for 3 minutes - so a large baked potato probably costs 2-3p to cook).

Lee Anderson is out of touch with the real world .HE SHOULD GIVE HIS UNEARNED EXPENSES BACK

30p Lee needs to shut his mouth. Same with Edwina Currie. Torys are finished.

This show really is a benefit of the Brexit dream, could be pay per view? Fine audience also, very lovely.....

@widervision710

5 ай бұрын

@@user-in9zb5lo8z I'm celebrating the Brexit dream, hope you also enjoy this show...... The gift is endless......

@carysparkes

5 ай бұрын

​@@user-in9zb5lo8zand it means not having the benefits of being in the EU. Sooner people stop moaning about that the better

@maxwild1212

5 ай бұрын

@@user-in9zb5lo8z In what sense was the UK not independent before Brexit?

@maxwild1212

5 ай бұрын

@@user-in9zb5lo8z OK, I have done so, and now I'm waiting for you to make an actual argument instead of just vaguely and non-falsifiably implying I'm wrong.

@maxwild1212

5 ай бұрын

​@@user-in9zb5lo8z OK, still waiting for you to make an actual argument instead of just vaguely and non-falsifiably implying I'm wrong.

Poverty is the UKs Biggest Problem!!! 🇬🇧

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

Laziness is. If people can afford to buy fast food and takeaways - they can afford to eat healthily, but it takes time and effort.

Fast Food and Takeaways are Cheaper Alternatives

@eljay5009

5 ай бұрын

Sorry that's utter BS. A bag of chips round where I live is £2. I could cook a meal of 2 fresh chicken thighs, a baked potato and a large portion of mixed veg for less than that (including the energy to cook it). For the cost of a single large big mac meal - I could cook a healthy meal that would feed a family of 4/6.