A poor country with a few rich people. Well said sir.

@zeeone4492

5 ай бұрын

The British Empire at it's best

@TheSuperPsychoKiller

5 ай бұрын

Of course the UK is unequal. The country’s national anthem is about how a king or queen is prioritized over its people.

@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw

5 ай бұрын

A country where the vast majority are either poor or very poor with a small minority of rich and super rich is almost by definition a third world country.

@bloodmoon1956

5 ай бұрын

David Icke was always right then? 🤔

@ScottishRoss27

5 ай бұрын

@@TheSuperPsychoKiller Verse 6 is anti scottish

Take a bow, everyone that voted Tory over the last 14 years. This is on YOU!

@patrickwalsh2086

5 ай бұрын

Blows my mind how they keep voting for the same dusty, worn-out politicians 🤯🤯

@alanc457

5 ай бұрын

Go back a bit further. 1997

@marcusp905

5 ай бұрын

It's hard to bow when skiing

@SkageXL5

5 ай бұрын

@@ClannCholmainNo, he's right. New Labour was just Thatcherism with a new hat.

@gavinsmith9564

5 ай бұрын

Brexit has cost £140 Billion so far, imagine if we'd spent that on the country instead.

Lived in UK since 2011 until 2022...since COVID it got me so broke that I ended up on the street after owning a company. Finally made the decision to move back to italy and when I think about how many poor people I left there I get so sad that they don't have another option like I did. My health is still not restored after all the challenges I put my body too just to get by and make debts in UK. Shocking

@poetmaggie1

3 ай бұрын

I hope your better soon. Be aware however that Italy is in just as much trouble, if it is not exactly showing yet, this is going to be world wide.

@andreabianchi6156

3 ай бұрын

​@@poetmaggie1we are definetly not on the level of having scurvy

@sloeberdoet

2 ай бұрын

And better climate.@@andreabianchi6156

@geertstroy

2 ай бұрын

​@@borisnegrarosa9113 INDEED . .... never got it why you would want to " live" there , I moved to N. Germany to the coast : clean orderly attention to detail , food , price quality , crispy feeling. Chique houses. Perfectly built , modern triple glazed , renewables , fruit orchards , close to S Scandinavia and the picture perfect cities of N. Poland. Married here from Netherlands , brw also crispy clean , even creepily creaky😮

@adolfmaotsestalin8753

2 ай бұрын

​@@geertstroyif more of you move to Germany then order will be gone

The average person in Slovenia is living way better than the average UK resident. Almost every one in Slovenia has home property, which is unreachable for an increasing portion of UK society.

@geertstroy

2 ай бұрын

Lovely beautiful country that uk cannot match in most essential parameters .

@thelovertunisia

2 ай бұрын

I'm shocked to hear these things. I visited Britain some 20 years ago for study and when I hear such things it is shocking. Greetings from Tunisia.

@FreaksSpeaks

2 ай бұрын

So, why are people not flocking to Slovenia? 😂

@vaska1999

2 ай бұрын

If we were to judge a national standard of living by the percentage of households who own their homes, both Slovenia and Serbia would come far on top of Germany as most Germans rent, not own, their homes.

@thelovertunisia

2 ай бұрын

@@vaska1999 yes. Here in north africa the same. But honestly being in your own house and sometimes even on your own piece of land, and not having debt because you dont use credit gives you a certain security and freedom despite living a simple life.

We haven't "become poor" we've been deliberately made poor.

@Natta44

4 ай бұрын

When we are so poor that we live to work rather than work to live. Rich folks job is done. We effectively become slaves because we have no other options to better our lives. Rich sit in their penthouses and manor houses laughing at hiw they shafted us. Most of us won't even get a pension, so basically worked for nothing all our lives.

@briaf3370

4 ай бұрын

Yup, one of the results of capitalism

@lovely-mq4rg

4 ай бұрын

USA done by lies to rule eu and make down first Germany,started ukrean war the forced is uk usa, German fall on trap,so UK also fail on trap and will suffer lot with no help

@gcb4763

4 ай бұрын

Voted for Brexit more likely.

@romansUK

4 ай бұрын

And you voted for it with Brexit. Having said that it is painful to witness this especially as nothing is being done to rectify it.

Never has the British public become so much poorer under one parliament than they have under this tory government

@kinghenryxl1747

5 ай бұрын

Hey, what's the problem? London has more millionaires now than it ever did before! They're going to trickle-down their riches to us any day now. Be patient. Work harder.

@factstrumpprejudice6740

5 ай бұрын

When capitalism succeeds in channeling wealth away from workers to the mega rich, fascism will rise. Beware.

@davidcooks2379

5 ай бұрын

It's because we give our taxes for people not to work or to work less. Riches come from working

@Alex-cw3rz

5 ай бұрын

@@Craig121000 yes it did you just never leave the house so don't know. Bet you complained about energy bills right?

@Alex-cw3rz

5 ай бұрын

@@davidcooks2379 more than half of people on benefits are in work. More people were on benefits in 2010 and not working. The exact opposite happened that you have claimed. Look up marginal propensity to consume and you'll realise instantly why this nation that funnels money to the rich is getting so much poorer.

I am South Korean here. I pray for UK and British people to come back to Lord. I am often deeply sad how so many British people say badly about their country. Dear Heavenly Father, please lead them to come back to you so they don’t need to struggle with their false identities and finally see how much God’s grace was poured down on this special country.

Vitamin C is also in cabbage and cabbage is cheaper than fruit!Fresh potatoes are nearly nutritionally complete too. Processed potatoes like chips, fries aren't nutritionally complete. Tins of beans are cheap and excellent for health. People lack nutrition knowledge, aren't cooking, and rely on processed food when they buy food. Sounds like they also need to offer free breakfast and free lunch at school for poor children.

@sallypickard2227

2 ай бұрын

Kids don't like cabbage

@lorrainevart8827

2 ай бұрын

Of course they don't ifthey have a choice and brought up on pizza and chips.

@ampersand.

2 ай бұрын

@@sallypickard2227 Maybe they should learn to :)

@VWT5Alive

2 ай бұрын

@@sallypickard2227, They do if they’re hungry !

@JPKnapp-ro6xm

2 ай бұрын

Cabbage has vitamin C only if eaten raw.

The politicians that encouraged this need to be recognised for their work.

@edmurth

5 ай бұрын

Like the French have done in the past?

@steveharrison76

5 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@Craig121000are you saying that the one has a direct causational link with the other? You’d best be careful how you reach oversimplified conclusions in public like this.

@lisaglaze250

5 ай бұрын

In court

@blaircorral8158

5 ай бұрын

Yes, let’s thank our benevolent Victorian style government properly, by showing them the door at every available opportunity 😢

@GM-qz9fo

5 ай бұрын

@@steveharrison76 No, that is what you said. I said what I said. Without threatening anyone. Take your "advice" and stick it.

Here's the worst part - people voted for this.

@davidjupp961

5 ай бұрын

No they voted for the lies they were fed by almost all the tory mainstream media,

@keech100

5 ай бұрын

To be fair people voted for the cause not the effect. It's important not to just blame voters. They have to see why they shouldn't do it next time.

@markwilkie3677

5 ай бұрын

@@keech100 Scots haven't given the Tories a majority in 70 years so forget a next time!

@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922

5 ай бұрын

Scotland never voted for englands disasterous brexit ...time for Scottish independence

@TheSuperPsychoKiller

5 ай бұрын

To be fair, people were lied to. Leveling up was promised but broken.

Poverty comes when cruelty, wickedness and hostilities against the other, is the order of the day. They are bedfellows!

The food we have in the uk is honestly now only only one step above dog food.

@ayumisae6864

4 ай бұрын

Finally someone said it… the food quality has become shocking over the last few years

@user-po5dd3zi2m

3 ай бұрын

Yes! So noticeable! I moved back to Spain a month ago and the difference is unbelievable.

@user-kl9vq9os4w

2 ай бұрын

Agreed! I visited the U.K. twice recently and was appalled at what was on offer at the supermarkets. Nearly as bad as China. And that's saying something.

@richardlongmore9301

2 ай бұрын

@@user-kl9vq9os4w I bought 500g of Tesco finest mince beef got it home and the bottom half was grey and rotten 😡

@incorrba

2 ай бұрын

That's so sad really. If I went to one of the finer restaurants there would I not be served excellent fare?

I'm a palliative care patient living on social security in England. I eat one meal a day. I can confirm it really is grim and thank you for highlighting these issues.

@eleanorwalmsley635

5 ай бұрын

My heart goes out to you 😢😢😢 You deserve so much more ❤

@joannedibben2352

5 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry your going through a difficult time i feel for you🌈

@blossom6473

5 ай бұрын

I'm sorry 😢 to hear this. Is there any support that has been offered to you? ❤ How about the citizens advice bureau?

@TheBillaro

5 ай бұрын

really sorry to hear this

@Ellis_B

5 ай бұрын

🙏

An artist once said, "They have money for war, but have no money for the poor" We the people of the UK should be ashamed for allowing this to happen.

@crxdelsolsir

5 ай бұрын

The faster you recognise you have been invaded with unconventional warfare (corruption and gaming the "humanitarian" "refugee" definition with a commandeered UN and EU) the quicker you will realise it is Global and beyond a "ashamed" thing.

@swojnowski453

5 ай бұрын

They poor should never again go to war when the rich want them to. That day will come sooner or later. Let the rich lead the rich into the fight to protect their wealth. The truth is capitalist countries need people only to keep them in debt during peaceful times and to send them to war when one has started. Refuse to go to war, refuse to buy from abroad, refuse to buy new stuff, always buy second-hand, refuse to service your staff with networks, use local people. refuse to buy stuff local handyman or yourself can't service, refuse to insure, buy a bike, get rid of your car ... be as little a part of elite capitalism as possible. If many follow this, capitalist elite is dead. As it stands now, a lot o people in the UK still buy stuff they can't afford, like drug addict addicted to comfort a dose gives you, they want the comfort, but they have no money for it. Cut down on your market participation as described above and if that's not enough, leave the country. There is no point staying in the place you can't get a shelter, food, clean water, clean air, afford your car, your car insurance, your house mortgage. Pack you luggage and go elsewhere. The country will not change, and you will die waiting for a change that never comes.

@Davidsplace19

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯

@scytheoflife1947

5 ай бұрын

Still just as true today. For example our navy in the red sea has been firing off sea viper missiles which cost just north of £1 million shooting down drones that cost about £16,000. What makes it even more ironic is their missile was to protect red sea merchant vessels however the second you turn it into a warzone insurance companies refuse to insurance ships and tell them to take the Cape route instead. So now we are literally doing the Houthis job for them whilst paying for the privilliage. Those puppets who stand up and tell you about war either don't know what they are talking about or are lying about it.

@Bertrum123

5 ай бұрын

You need to speak to dwp theres much help out there if you ask for it they should come out to your home .you need a ds5000 form from your specialist

Shocking and shameful 😮😢

These things are trivial to fix. That our government is incapable of this rather speaks to the general incompetence of our political class.

@JerzyFeliksKlein

3 ай бұрын

Oh, they know how to fix it. They're doing everything they can not to.

@thenoobcannon9830

3 ай бұрын

@@JerzyFeliksKlein which begs the question why. Their wealth is denominated in sterling. Taking out the rest of the country will take out them as well.

@smellslikethinice1107

3 ай бұрын

It's going perfectly to plan for the "Highwayman " (tory). They've lined their pockets and now scuttling the ship. And still brits will vote for them...insanity.

@friedrichjunzt

3 ай бұрын

Brits have voted Tor for 11+ years now, so that seems to be what a majority wants.

@smellslikethinice1107

3 ай бұрын

@@friedrichjunzt do you know how "first pass the post" works. For decades the tories have been in power by less than 50% of the actual ticked boxes, sometimes just over 1/3 of the votes. Educate yourself.

Britain has become a third-world country, Nobody wants to take responsibility for the economy, It is sad when junk food is cheaper than decent meals. When I grew up, it was the other way around. My mother always managed to feed 5 kids a healthy meal.

@zeeone4492

5 ай бұрын

The British Empire could never last

@hungbearlover

5 ай бұрын

How much would that cost now, think about it. Food was getting cheaper but the last 3 or 4 years it’s got so expensive

@lat1419

5 ай бұрын

​@@hungbearlover when I was a child, 5lb potatoes was 2d (tuppence, old money). Two hot fresh pigs trotters from the butchers 1d. Bread from the bakers was 6d, and a cream doughnut a shilling - 12d. Butter and lamb from NZ was dirt cheap, ate it for breakfast, and dinner. Milk was cheap too. We really only stopped getting cheap healthy food when supermarkets started to shape our options and incomes grew in the 60s and 70s. Women were encouraged to go put to work, and often a second wage made a huge difference to family income, even with part time work. We cant keep on banging on about "my mam .. 20 kids ...fed on nothing.... healthy home cooked food". That doesnt exist anymore especially where people cant affird to turn on their cookers.

@iansenior9759

5 ай бұрын

The third world is Britain's new population through continuous immigration from the time the Windrush docked to now. Numerous diseases have been brought into the country as no health checks undertaken with new arrivals.

@Prometheus7272

4 ай бұрын

That's over the top we're not third world, but we will be soon. Give I 50 years.

The billionaires took all the money. Tax the rich. Get Boris to pay back every last cent wasted.

@Mounhas

5 ай бұрын

Johnson…

@Permissiontospk

5 ай бұрын

And stop the foreign aid, the HS2 white elephant and expensive hotels for adults who’ve got here illegally. What else does money get wasted on…? Legal fees, diversity training,…the list goes on . A fraction of it could have prevented this poverty.

@lorrainelane6583

5 ай бұрын

🙄

@joannedibben2352

5 ай бұрын

Yes get Boris to empty his bank account and give that back at least

@johnthompson7105

5 ай бұрын

I wonder if mass unwanted immigration could be the cause of our problems

Britain is still very rich. Just won't bother about the poor citizens of Britain. See how much they can afford to give to Ukraine. $billions!!

Glad I foresaw all this in 2017 and got out of the UK. No regrets whatsoever.

@mrexpress8002

3 ай бұрын

where are you

@Longlostpuss

3 ай бұрын

So where did you end up? As far as The West is concerned, there's not going to be much difference in the politics whether you're in the UK or EU, the principle is the same, the rich ruling class are gobbling up everything and leaving very little for anyone else. The ever changing regs and tax system are designed to make sure you'll never catch up with them.

@margaretdalton7899

2 ай бұрын

I got out and unfortunately came back! and oh boy have I regrets

@SRSR-pc8ti

Ай бұрын

Very sad... I got out in 2001. Germany has its ups and downs but life here is so much better than I remember in the UK. It is a crime what the British political class has inflicted on the British people 😢

Rickets? Scurvy? In modern UK? A nightmare that cannot be believed. Beyond desperation.

@marcus.H

5 ай бұрын

What if it's only a literal handful of cases of people who refused to go outside and get sunshine? Have you met anyone with these conditions which are curable with fruit juice 🧃

@b62boom1

5 ай бұрын

​@@marcus.Hit isn't just a handful of people.

@marcus.H

5 ай бұрын

@@b62boom1 Well I missed the part where they said it was a lot of people. It could be that 5 people last year had it but 7 have it this year. That's a 40% increase. A massive increase, but 7 isn't really that much, even though it's a lot bigger than 5. If loadsa people have rickets, why has no one told me? Why hasn't it been on the news? How many people you met are literally unable to buy an apple? Or an orange? Is scurvy truly something that's widespread among the people you have met? Sunshine fixes rickets. Last time I checked, sitting by a window to get some sun was available to everyone

@czgibson3086

5 ай бұрын

@@marcus.H 30,000 cases of rickets and scurvy over the last four years.

@MrsGardiner

5 ай бұрын

@@marcus.H Well if 88 health authorities now have patients and in patients with these diseases, it is more than you suggest! You are deliberately belittling a huge new problem. Did you miss that in 2022 ONE MILLION children were in abject poverty, in destitution? Did you miss how destitution was defined as lacking 2 or more of the absolute essentials for life? And you think it is clever to belittle the numbers? How dare you. Have you also missed the report that children in UK have actually shrunk 5cm on average due to malnutrition? We only used to get such reports from famines in Africa. Now it is rife in the (still) sixth richest country in the world! Stop doubting the numbers and put the blame where it belongs, at the government of 14 years. At the government in power who could have avoided this.

I really understand that someone might not want to vote for Labour or Lib Dems but to vote for a party that has never done a single thing for the average person but make life harder every time they're in government is beyond me.

@samgaynor

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree

@cannabico6621

5 ай бұрын

Poor people pretending to be part of the rich by voting the rich man's party, happens in my country too.

@ChrisArmstrong-qn1ob

5 ай бұрын

They keep lying but people still vote Tory lemmings comes to mind 😮

@MrBabylon

5 ай бұрын

This is how you define stupidity.

@beckyecklund5773

5 ай бұрын

That's our republican party here in the US

100% in agreement. The two things you cannot be in Britain in 2024. Skint or ill. The tories really have turned us into a backwater.

@rebjava

3 ай бұрын

No NHS anymore?

@Viewpoint91

3 ай бұрын

@@rebjava The NHS we have has been decimated, like pretty much everything else by the 13 years of conservative corruption.

@danielclemence3689

3 ай бұрын

Blair you mean. Things happen over longer timescales. Things went rotten ever since Labour got in. The current government just inherited a mess.

@Viewpoint91

3 ай бұрын

@danielclemence3689 Oh please.

@danielclemence3689

3 ай бұрын

@@Viewpoint91Oh please what?

*_This should be news!_* *Malnutrition rickets and scurvy soaring in the United Kingdom!* Thank you for this broadcast.

I don’t get no sun light because I’m working 12 hour days 6 days a week to put food on the table and keep a roof over my head. The depressing thought about this is….I’m one of the “lucky ones” This country needs a revolution!

@sarahl7904

5 ай бұрын

Well said

@williamfowles2940

5 ай бұрын

So you DO get sun light?

@Andrew-ti8hi

5 ай бұрын

@james Believe me you're not one of the lucky ones.😊😊

@noelfleming3567

5 ай бұрын

As d saying goes don't have time to get sick😂

@catherinebirch2399

5 ай бұрын

Yes!

We’ve turned the clock back to being the sick man of Europe all over again.

@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922

5 ай бұрын

Scotland can do better much better...Time for scottish independence

@Aegmog

5 ай бұрын

Its what happens when you import the sick. Look at NHS waiting list over the last 20years, a 700% increase of the sick.

@louis-philippearnhem6959

5 ай бұрын

@@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 get out asap 🇪🇺

@renebosselaar2198

5 ай бұрын

Even worse a lot of people voted for it.

@eddierussel5911

5 ай бұрын

Yeah because you never learn the lesson.....rich thieves lying and stealing and you are happy

Britain has the smallest average house size in Europe, 950 sq ft, in the US its 2200 sq ft--How big are the King's residences?

@Trund27

Ай бұрын

Huge, and he has a lot of them.

Interesting how the US and Britain are experiencing similar things at the same time.

@kristiblack4789

4 ай бұрын

Super, duper Interest-ing! But TRUST US they say!

@chrisbacos

3 ай бұрын

Not quite. I live in California and despite our problems (all states have them) we don't have that kind of poverty and many cities are taking the homeless crises into their own hands while our state government in Sacramento deals with that and other issues.

@wilhelmtomas4023

3 ай бұрын

In both countries, the last 45 years or so the same ideology has held sway. In both countries, we're saturated with right-wing media. In both countries the political class has been thoroughly corrupted by oligarchs & malign foreign influence.

@Whatt787

3 ай бұрын

US has a much higher standard of living than the UK, especially in average house size

@preferanonymous

3 ай бұрын

The UK is waaaaaaaaay worse off than the US. Way, way worse off. Not even remotely similar. I know misery loves company, but this is not an American thing.

As a visitor from Ireland, I have been astonished at the level of poverty in northern England. London is super rich but not representative. Germany imposed a solidarity tax after reunification that transferred wealth from west to east. That’s what England needs but of course the people keep voting for politicians who went to Eton and Oxford. It’s puzzling. What don’t I understand?

@RasmusDyhrFrederiksen

5 ай бұрын

The voting system hinders proper representation.

@emmabrooker166

5 ай бұрын

Murdoch propaganda encourages focus on the wrong things

@greattobeadub

5 ай бұрын

@@emmabrooker166 pointing the poor people at other poor people in rubber dinghy’s deflects from looking at a class of people that can afford €65k a year per child in Eton etc. clever

@sukhvindermangat1087

5 ай бұрын

In America, it's been seen as the "Myth of Individualism"... A Society that works together and prospers together is seen as Flawed, it's those "Cowboys" who are Rough and Tumbled just looking out for themselves and their immediate family who will "Prevail" at the end! No logic behind it besides the Reagan/Thatcher brainwashing over the last 40 so years!

@hmq9052

5 ай бұрын

The north voted Brexit and Tory. You couldn't make it up.

a friend of mine come to visit from Dubai and spent travelling around UK, he said he never seen people anywhere so sad, poorly dressed and looking miserable like in the UK.

@pizizhangsg1319

5 ай бұрын

Karma, may be.

@MyScotty7

5 ай бұрын

😂 it's not Pakistan give over!

@JackTenrec-qk4zp

5 ай бұрын

OH please as if UAE is any better! It is not, I been there I have seen how people live there.

@SamOreo7

4 ай бұрын

You think UAE is better than the UK? I don’t think so, I been working and live in UAE for a decades and more people poor than in the UK. Unless if you are in a business sector or to a wealthy royal family. 😂 all fake😂😂😂

@aclark903

4 ай бұрын

@@Show_what_I_LoveMate, there are a lot of poorer countries than the UK. Travel more.

I was fascinated by THE IDEA of the UK, so I moved there in 2016. It took me a year to admit my mistake and shortly after, I was gone. Never looked back.

@melissachartres3219

2 ай бұрын

You were GONE? Like... you disappeared into thin air and were never seen again?

@henrik4438

2 ай бұрын

@@melissachartres3219 haha - yeah - exactly

@fezisheikh3044

2 ай бұрын

Where did you come from?

@henrik4438

2 ай бұрын

@@fezisheikh3044 Switzerland, Scandinavia and the US.

*The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance.It's obvious we are headed for hyperinflation, it is always the poor who take the hit.*

@antoniete387-

4 ай бұрын

*to be a successful in life required not only hard work but awareness and sometime opportunity at the moment, investment remains the best way to start.*

@marysakawa4628

4 ай бұрын

I agree with you. Investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity. And not just any investment but an investment with guaranteed return.

@natashanile907

4 ай бұрын

*yeah investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity but venturing into any legit investment or business without a proper guidance of an expert can lead to great loss too.*

@shirleya.osgood

4 ай бұрын

*Obviously talking about been successful, I know I am blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as mrs ava Kimberly*

My dad was an immigrant who came in the 60s. The councils had so much money, they didn't know where to spend it. Factories had employees to search and poach workers from other factories. You could get a job in any factory you walked into. Kids who left school could immediately get apprenticeship roles and employment. The council had enough money to fully refurbish your house (from bare brickwork) and even paid your rent when they moved you into temporary accommodation. This depletion of wealth and poor governance started 50/60 years ago.

@eleanorwalmsley635

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely true I am so confused living in Britain. It is a shell of what it used to be

@johnchristmas7522

5 ай бұрын

TOGETHER WITH LABOUR GOVERNMENTS.

@maureenbarclay2127

5 ай бұрын

Sadly recent mass immigration hasn't helped infrastructure under pressure. A race to the bottom with wages. Manufacturing taken away. The country only produces financial services. My dad worked in the mills in Yorkshire that was a tough job he joined the Army to get out of the poverty they had to endure we've had family die in the poor house. This country really isn't Eldorado we can barely look after our own. Without offering a safety net to the world

@idomalion6167

5 ай бұрын

​@@maureenbarclay2127Always blaming mass immigration. The area with the most wealth is London which has a 40% migrant demographic. London creates most of the UKs wealth.

@aclem8246

5 ай бұрын

Got to turn those millionaires into billionaires. The rich never have enough. Same thing is happening world wide. No pensions from work anymore, terrible health care, raising the retirement age and government keeps hinting your state pension may go away in the future.

As someone almost 60 years old I am surprised anyone is surprised by this, every multi-term tory government ends the same way. The poorest are destitute, high streets are boarded up, roads go unrepaired but tories and their donors live in solid gold houses claiming there isn't enough money for social services, education, infrastructure etc and we all need to tighten our belts. The cycle repeats inevitably and no one ever learns.

@veramentestanco

5 ай бұрын

Sadly reminiscent on Orwel's 1984! 😢

@bg1616

5 ай бұрын

Yes it is like a sustained stealthy scoop from the public purse to the bank accounts of millionaires over the course of the terms. The tax brackets are out of date for a start. Freezing them with a future date in mind should be illegal

@swojnowski453

5 ай бұрын

You have lived long enough to see a couple of these cycles, keep on sharing coz people should know.

@ancientanomalies

4 ай бұрын

Why did the people vote for that when they're all affected by it except a few.....there's something far wrong in the upper levels

@rebjava

3 ай бұрын

How are the illegal immigrants faring?

This is heartbreaking!

It's not just Britain. It's everywhere.

As thatcher said "there is no such thing as society" this IS the legacy she aspired to. She must be proud of the last 14yr's of "achievement" they have made.

@nudgenudgewinkwink3212

5 ай бұрын

Well the left think there is no such thing as society why else would they want open borders.

@thehellyousay

5 ай бұрын

she's dead. how is she supposed to be proud of anything? geez.

@paulbird3235

5 ай бұрын

Hypothetical my dear Watson, hypothetical. 😆😆😆........@@thehellyousay

@siemprestruggle9272

5 ай бұрын

She never actually said that, the quote was brushed up by the editor. This is not to defend her record, it's just a oft quoted error.

@paulbird3235

5 ай бұрын

Margaret Thatcher said. "There is no such thing as society". This was during an interview with Womans Own in1978,@@siemprestruggle9272

At long last someone says it how it is, thank you Professor. I have lived on both sides of the coin. When I was younger I went without meals in order to feed my children, I would eat their scraps if there were any and in my later years I paid the price with my health. Now a pensioner and 40 years on I cannot believe things are even worse but still Society and the Government engage in belittling and punishing the poor!

Having regularly lived/travelled through various European countries, I sometimes get the impression that poverty somehow hits UK families in a particularly hard way. Its not a pleasant experience anywhere but the subtle difference on how both the families elsewhere, their wider network of friends/relatives and authorities take it more seriously gets them somewhat more prepared. The guy interviewed mentions Slovenia but even countries in eastern Europe that seem poorer in monetary terms might actually have its poorest people living better than their UK counterparts.

I personally think people need an average salary now of between 50-60k a year, to have disposable income left over in their pay packets due to taxes and how much things cost in the UK.

Rishi's response to the "destitute" sleeping rough is to fine them £500. If all fines were based on "ability to pay" then Rishi should have been fined £1Bn for breaching covid rules. The moral ethics of this man are mirrored by the effluent outlets of UK water companies.

@tangaz5819

5 ай бұрын

Hang on, cut him some slack. He will lower taxes for some people and get rid of that pesky inheritance tax that clearly affects us all. 🙄

@kM-ij2ly

5 ай бұрын

Inheritance tax is a tax on the dead and is shameful

@simonrobinson4761

5 ай бұрын

Remember folks: “Punishable by fine” = “Legal for the rich.” 😂

@swojnowski453

5 ай бұрын

We all remember Eat Out to Help Out, he was a wrong man at the wrong place, a court of law should look at this.

@user-eb1nz4qb8h

4 ай бұрын

It's the UK government response to everything fine or sanction

Malnutrition and scurvy... Turns out Moog did manage to get the UK back to Elizabethan times 😂

@Moxiecore

5 ай бұрын

Hey, that is Lord Jackob "I lied to the Queen" Mogg to you mister!

@michaelaskew6025

5 ай бұрын

Mission accomplished for the "gentleman" from the 19th century.!🙄😬🤦

@r016976

5 ай бұрын

It's not necessarily the government more the food companies and billionaires pushing Ultra Processed Foods on us. Eat single ingredients and your'll be fine.

@salkoharper2908

5 ай бұрын

It's not funny, these are English children. The young, the future of our nation. You talk about it like it's a joke. Children in Ethiopia are malnutritioned. Now English people are talking like this is normal for the UK, not just the Horn of Africa. This subserviant mentality of the English working class is what has led to this. You never stand up to the upper class.

@katlegomoatshe1312

5 ай бұрын

Neo-Liberal policies would prosper you they said....

I left the country 8 years ago and was very lucky as I came from a very poor background. I will never go back and now I have children i am so lucky they dont have to live in the UK. I speak to friends back there and I say if you can get out!

I pray for my family and friends who live in the UK. I left a year ago and won’t work in the UK ; my life is at risk

The true legacy of 14 years of Tory government, a return to 18th Century. No wonder Rees-Mog looks so smug all the time.

@Andrew-ti8hi

5 ай бұрын

@musicman An almost laughable comment.

@Paul-md8de

5 ай бұрын

@@Andrew-ti8hi whats almost funny about preventable diseases that this "government" has caused ?

@richyjay330

5 ай бұрын

That would be Ree-Smug.

@bert454

5 ай бұрын

It's thanks to Blairs New Labour from 1997 that England is in an absolute mess. They opened up the flood gates migration which has put a strain on all services, especially schools.

@Paul-md8de

5 ай бұрын

@@bert454 ooh dear haven't you seen the immigration figures under this tory regime , you're in for a big disappointing surprise

You can’t talk about poverty without mentioning the extreme levels of wealth concentrated at the top. The multimillionaires and billionaires have done very very well recently.

@mnnh1

5 ай бұрын

You ideas on how to fix this with potentially somebody like Trump as the leader of the ‘free’ world? Tax billionaires on their net worth? Can’t see him and those neo-con republicans even entertaining the idea……

@xAKIMBOCURLYx

3 ай бұрын

Presumably you think that we are poor because they are rich?

Poverty us in America as well. Not yet as bad as Britain. Bad fast food , soft drinks, snacks, processed foods. We all need to grow a garden! Eat fresh foods.

Not only 🇬🇧 Britain has becomes a poor country, USA 🇺🇸 and 🇦🇺 Australia also. Many people in these countries are living in poverty with hundred of thousands homeless people living in tents ⛺️ on the streets.

@celticlofts

4 ай бұрын

I agree. I'm from Ireland and was visiting friends in Illinois this past September. I couldn't get over the cost of foodstuffs, all of it. for example meat cost on average twice or three times what I pay in Ireland for it. Mushrooms that would cost about 90cents in Ireland cost about $3.50 in the US. Everything just seemed to be far more expensive. I used to stock up on clothes when visiting there but not any more, it's much cheaper in Europe now.

Back in 1992 I joined the Army coming from a very working class background. Ended up serving 25 years, retired and settled in Germany now living a very comfortable lifestyle. I'll never forget how Brexit voters told me that within a few years I'll be wanting to go back home to live in a prosperous United Kingdom. The mind boggles

@MookMineola

5 ай бұрын

That's what you get for listening to Boris . he told a pack of lies solely and only to attain his personal ambition .

@aion5837

5 ай бұрын

The German economy is doing far worse than the UK's. The standard of living that most Germans' are used to is coming to an end. I'm not happy about this, and had hoped that we would all weather this economic crisis, but a recession is inevitable. Young well educated Germans are leaving the country in droves. That does not bode well for the economy.

@aion5837

5 ай бұрын

The EU once had an economy that was equal to the US. Now it has a fraction of that wealth. Hard times are coming.@@MookMineola

@Me0wish

5 ай бұрын

@@aion5837 Its only 1% less than the US in share of global trade....

@PB-Tommy

5 ай бұрын

Are you from the UK or Germany? It's no secret that Germany is not enjoying quite the same lifestyle it had twenty years ago but that's the same the world over. What I am talking about here is the comparison between the two nations. I travel back home twice a year so I sadly get to see the decay of my home country and it's very striking. I am only talking here about my experience. @@aion5837

As we say in America, its expensive being poor!

Scurvy - it's why the Germans used to eat sauerkraut, it's also rich in vitamin C and very very cheap as it's just fermented white cabbage.

From April 2023 the benefit cap was increased to £25,323 in London and £22,020 outside London. Some people don't get this much from working.

The government spent 40 billion on track and trace which disappeared and yet didn’t once think to share vitamins and organise fresh fruit deliveries for the vulnerable - no serious tech required and simple measures would do wonders for our country

@MookMineola

5 ай бұрын

You actually think that Karen and her six children on benefits wants to eat fresh fruit ? Really ! As for forty billion quids wasted : that's what UK government and councils are all about , spending other people's money and wasting it .

@randomdaveUK

5 ай бұрын

​@@MookMineolathey do want to eat healthy food, but it's cheaper not to. That's the point. £40 billion is a lot + £140B lost due to Brexit + all that lost to PPE scandals. Dreadful

@lat1419

5 ай бұрын

​@@MookMineola people in Wales (40% poverty rate) cant afford to use their cookers to make hot food even when its given to them. Many on UC even in work have deductions from UC - one lady I know is having deductions against debts her husband ran up before he ran off, even though shes working part time and raising 2 children.

@richyjay330

5 ай бұрын

Money wasted on HS2 and Rwanda bill

@Andrew-ti8hi

5 ай бұрын

@markbright Well it wouldn't do "wonders" for the country but it would have helped. Billions were wasted on Lockdown I do agree.

Absolutely crazy ricketts is back on streets in Britain 🇬🇧

@Eric-kn4yn

5 ай бұрын

Maybe exaggeration me thinks western countries have a plauge of obesity

It's so sad to see what's happened to Britain! 👿

Why is this happening ?

I am a Portuguese citizen, living in Portugal, I love Great Britain and I´m heartbroken to hear this news 😢😢😢

@rodgerhargoon3402

5 ай бұрын

Am sure you also loved Mozambique and angola😂😂😂😂

@pip1723

5 ай бұрын

Yes brexit and taking back control apparently we'd all be better off post brexit ...well that's what they said as the sold it to the country .

@marcus.H

5 ай бұрын

Please don't believe it. Wages have been rising rapidly and prices have fallen In Portugal the minimum wage is close to €5 per hour. In England, it's €13.37 per hour. These reports do not reflect the reality. I was shocked at how expensive Portugal was when I last went there. Shopping for food and fuel is cheaper in England

@pip1723

5 ай бұрын

Brexit and taking back control so this is what it looks like ....

@marcus.H

5 ай бұрын

To clarify, I meant the 2024 minimum wage starting in April will be £11.44 per hour, which is over €13 per hour. This means the pay is more than double here. We also get paid holidays from work and fully matched pension contributions, meaning we make equivalent to about triple the rate in Portugal

The people in the UK are poorer because of 14 years of Tory Government. We need a government who cares about the people.

@BeanFace-oj2en

5 ай бұрын

We won't be getting one any time soon

@rayglenister9799

5 ай бұрын

I am sorry to say that not much will change under Labour. It's the Establisment that rules, mostly faceless 'elites' that pull the strings. Both Parties serve the same master and vilification awaits all that challenge the status quo; as Corbyn well knew.

@hmq9052

5 ай бұрын

​@@rayglenister9799The problems are structural. And paradoxical. By quitting the EU, people are now realising we need immigration to drive the economy and achieve growth. Without which we will all be poorer.

@kanedNunable

5 ай бұрын

@@rayglenister9799 yet we were in a much better place when labour were running things. labour arent beholden to a handful of rich donors at least. with our press we stand zero chance of a decent left wing gov sadly.

@davidalexander2607

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree ..I've never voted Tory and never will .we've now had 14 years of wage stagnation..this is the result

You can't possibly get enough VitD from sunshine over 30, and it gets worse with age. A supplement with a main meal is the only way.

So true. So sad. Shameless government.

There's enough money to go around. It's just in the wrong hands. And too few hands. Tax the rich.

@healthiswealth6797

5 ай бұрын

800 billion + printed for covid and it's sitting in the bank accounts of all the Goverments big business mates earning them interest . Soon as interest comes down they will then buy houses and assets with it pushing prices up higher !! Goverment had a option to give everybody 16k over covid !! Instead gave it to there mates for trickle down effect that never happened

Just read his reports plus the one 10 yrs on. Its shocking. Life expectancy going backwards for the first time ever! How can a health service run effectively with a -.75 % budget!??? Shameful. Prof. Marmot does whatever he can to raise awareness but on the current government it’s wasted. Thank goodness we have Prof Marmot! ❤❤❤

@environm3ntalist549

5 ай бұрын

As Marmot would also point out it’s not the health service funding that matters most either, it’s the cuts in funding to our social, environmental and public infrastructure that have taken the most toll on widening health inequalities.

@MarkDoe-lg1kp

5 ай бұрын

We live in a heavily addicted society. That’s why the health service is on its knees

Remember when people thought brexit was a brilliant idea.....

Wow, this is shocking. America has poverty also, but not rickets & scurvy. What happened?

@glennhumphries9444

2 ай бұрын

You have oranges and sunshine.

“A poor country with a few rich people” perfectly summarises the current situation. I really don’t think it’s being felt fully yet because everyone is either racking up debt or reducing their standard of living; but eventually it’s gonna crash

@fredfolson5355

3 ай бұрын

Wow, that's a pretty scary thought.

The Tories trashed the country and made the poor suffer and now they plan to persecute the disabled. This is stuff of real nightmares.

The same is happening in large cities here in Canada to both young people under the age of thirty and to the elderly. If that is happening in all nations which have been part of the Commonwealth or are continuing to be part of the commonwealth while their population is aging then what can we all do about it then besides working longer after retirement age; if we can; while offering charity to others too?

You are right about being back to Victorian era

I'm shocked that people are shocked this is happening. Years of austerity and refusal to help those struggling of course this was always going to be the natural conclusion of this toxic recipe for the UK. When people kept saying this was getting bad and things needed to change the torys got voted in over and over. Get the torys out and start healing the damage ASAP.

@Marvin-dg8vj

5 ай бұрын

It is long term economic decline in the UK. The statistics are false we are not stagnating we are getting poorer. These diseases numbers from the NHS are the real figures

So I have lived abroad for the past 15 years and have returned to UK for a long trip over some family issues. The amount of things that are broken or overpriced is pretty shocking. Trains from Edinburgh to Liverpool costs £56 and was delayed for 50mins. Getting a a partial refund is nice but the fact that there is a system in place to handle these refunds kinda indicates this is quite a common thing to happen. Waited for 36 hours in the A&E with my father. Potholes EVERYWHERE! There are also road closures but it looked like very little work is being done. Mobile reception is appalling. So many blind spots even in some central locations. Even the AirBnB host had to ration heat because the cost of energy is so expensive. The only thing that I noticed any improvement is when they want you to pay. Wireless card payment is wonderful but that’s about it. Honestly, it’s really sad to see Britain like this.

@prp3231

4 ай бұрын

Please let your friends and family know how bad things are in the UK. Avoid at all costs. Their people voted for clowns and now they are complaining. Next election, they will vote for the other clowns they voted out about 14 years ago. So the cycle of doom and destruction continues in the UK. Avoid even coming as a tourist.

@prp3231

4 ай бұрын

Please let your family and friends know about the state of the UK.

@prp3231

4 ай бұрын

Avoid at all costs, especially as a tourist. The people are to blame. They voted for clowns and now they are complaining, and in the next election they will once again vote for the other clowns that they voted out 14 years ago and so the cycle of destruction and decay continues.

@prp3231

4 ай бұрын

There's a daily " Pay as you pollute the world airsupply" charge in the UK and a 32 km per hour speed limit in the UK, voted in by the public which means more taxes and even longer commuting times for the public to get to work and back.😂😂 All voted in. Which fool will want to settle in the UK?

@alphonser272

4 ай бұрын

How much did trains from Edinburgh to Liverpool cost in 2009'?

Poverty is very saddening tourist 😮 but name for Briton in 20/21 centuries

The crooks in POWER got their WISH! and the Labour crooks will NOT provide the CURE! NO matter what lies they spout! take note folks. This clever man speaks perfect sense to me.

The UK is not a poor country. Wealth is concentrated in a few hands. If ever there was a time for a top to bottom redistribution of wealth this is it.

@ScottishRoss27

5 ай бұрын

It is a poor union

@jounik

5 ай бұрын

It's a poor country with a few very wealthy individuals in it.

@miras2222

5 ай бұрын

it's a country of poor people leeched and rulled by the bunch of rich

@mmcc5846

5 ай бұрын

​@@jounikbritain is not a country Muppet

@jounik

5 ай бұрын

@@mmcc5846 "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is an island country that sits north-west of mainland Europe." But what would the Commonwealth Secretariat know...

The solution to all this is very simple , never ever again with the Tories .

@gavinsmith9564

5 ай бұрын

and reverse Brexit, it's cost £140 Billion so far, imagine if we'd spent that on the country instead of on the fantasies of a bunch of Eton schoolboys.

@mikecook1537

5 ай бұрын

How is it the Tories fault? If people can't afford to feed their kids it's irresponsible to have them.

@keithhealing1115

5 ай бұрын

And what if you happened to have kids before the Tories took power? What if you had kids who are now 10 years old? You obviously can't spell your surname - too many "o"s.@@mikecook1537

@pip1723

5 ай бұрын

How's it's the Tories fault 14 year's of austerity perhaps?

@barryboom717

5 ай бұрын

​@@mikecook1537 then over time the low birth rates reduce the number of people in employment while also pushing the county's age demographic up. Elderly people are less economically productive, pay the least in tax yet consume the largest amount of public services. That, coupled with fewer young people in work paying tax, results in a massive decline. You could of course bring in migrant labour but I'm guessing you're not particularly in favour of that either? Despite what Thatcher said, there is such a thing as society and it's made up of a complex web of dependencies. If you change one thing you can guarantee it'll have far reaching consequences somewhere else.

“May I have sommore, please sir, I’m hungry.” :-| didn’t have that on your bucket list five years ago did yah? Time for Great Britain to eat their rich.

People on benefits have plenty of money, they just don't know how to spend it.

Never in the history of British social inequality, has so much harm been inflicted on so many, by so few....

@jamiecurran3544

5 ай бұрын

Yeah we will fight the corrupt rich on the beaches lol!😂

@ecod7r

5 ай бұрын

can't wait for GTA6, i must obey the system until then.@@jamiecurran3544

@Musician7831

5 ай бұрын

erm overpopulation? if the previous parent had less competitors for rent and property purchases they have more money for their children and vice versa. It's all about, overpopulation which drives up cost competition for investments. Also sometimes populations go through iq and creative thinking decreases. This further reduces the ability to bounce back. To be sure it is also in part fault of elites and lack of curtailment or regulation on what they can own and the fault of the banks. but overpopulation and lack of cultural direction are the main drivers. Allied with, obviously the lack of action on restructure of national debt. However the national debt is also based on tax revenue based on many things, but overpopulation again being a big factor.

@samplechannel2fiyd5idjfufjfud

5 ай бұрын

Come on, early medieval times were much worse

@Musician7831

5 ай бұрын

I want inform, that overpopulation is not always a deal breaker. But for a country that currently has no obvious industry strength, or natural resources (see japan and fish) and (bad timing) one of the worst artificial debts (created by the evil banks and allowed in by labour gordon brown) it is indeed a deal breaker. p.s. I am thinking of joining labour as a member, but havent voted for anyone in a long time.

Given the direction of travel and open contempt for the underclasses in the UK who could possibly be surprised by this? The Tories are looking to exacerbate deprivation.

I have lived in UK for 10 years and to be honest I haven’t seen any changes instead of more homeless people, and crumbling infrastructure meanwhile the government spend billions to please Americans and support the war, I have seen how double standards the British government and politicians are towards China, so I left and returned home last August and I am glad I did !

Conditions in the USA are just as bad.

This is truly shameful in one of the world's richest countries.

@rodgerhargoon3402

5 ай бұрын

Yes and most if their wealth was by exploitation and plundering the unfortunate while they lived in their ivory towers

@jim122

5 ай бұрын

Britain is only rich for the richest in this country I’m disgusted by what’s happening here

@jamesgould7373

5 ай бұрын

You honestly think the UK is wealthy country!? You’ve been fed a lie for decades my friend! The uk has lived above and beyond its means for decades! Get used to it! It will get worse and worse. Wake up!

@chatham43

5 ай бұрын

Not since brexit it isnt! Where have you been?!

@eddierussel5911

5 ай бұрын

UK is nothing now....UK was rich being in the EU....now it's just a hole for criminals

Brexit Britain coupled with a widening of inequality in wealth distribution has set us back 150 years...Jacob Reece Smug must be absolutely loving this.

@kinghenryxl1747

5 ай бұрын

Neoliberals in 1980 - Give the proletariat just enough to be hungry and disciplined in the workplace Rightwing libertarians in 2010 - Give them nothing! Starvation is the ultimate disciplinarian of the proletariat!

@MrBabylon

5 ай бұрын

​@@kinghenryxl1747the English ridicule the French as cowards in war but in reality it's the English who are the cowards. 14 years of Tory corruption on a scale never before seen and in full public view, systematic erosion of our rights, systematic destruction of our public service, destitution and poverty returning to pre war levels, a Tory PM suspends parliament to prevent scrutiny of a critical piece of legislation, the same PM openly breaks the law on multiple occasions and during a national emergency, Tory party changes PM and core policies multiple times without a GE, all this and more yet why isn't parliament surrounded by protesters demanding criminal investigations and an immediate GE. If Macron had done just 10% of what the Tories have and continue doing the French would have dragged him out of the Elysée palace kicking and screaming all the way to court.

@chatham43

5 ай бұрын

@dibdab You too.The perfect opportunity to be outraged yet again.😂

@dibdab101

5 ай бұрын

@@chatham43 glad to know you think it is acceptable.

@DK-ee6qt

5 ай бұрын

Brexit ... but not the mass train wreck of lockdowns, half a trillion printed for furlough, sanctions war on Russian energy or green taxes. No... just Brexit 😂

Torries have brought UK to experience Charles Dicken`s Hard Times first hand All over again

In America 3 popular discount stores are going out of business. This will PLUNGE thousands further into poverty.

Mogg must be ecstatic. Its like all his dreams have come true

@Lee_303

5 ай бұрын

Mogg lives in that phantom raspberry blower of old London town episode of the Two Ronnies 😅

@johnwright9372

5 ай бұрын

He will deny it with complete, condescending conviction.

@gavleopardi70

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely! He's always wanted Victorian Britain for the present day and here he has is. Now all's he got to implement again are workhouses for the poor and the reintroduction of Chimney Sweeps.

@a13xdunlop

5 ай бұрын

Workhouses next

Cold snap last week , £90 for 1 weeks worth of gas and electric is a sick joke

@jagman999

5 ай бұрын

At least wealthy pensioners got the cold weather payment, funded by you 👍🏼

@susanwestern6434

5 ай бұрын

​@@jagman999Pensioners would have been in hospital with pneumonia without it.

@cr1s69

5 ай бұрын

Too true. I'm glad for this storm as the temperature at least went up a bit. 😔

@malcolmmitchell6529

5 ай бұрын

Yes, my meter went crazy, what a madhouse.

@samanthahardy9903

5 ай бұрын

On a so called Smart prepayment meter the costs are astronomical.

Its not destitution ,it is poverty

Great Britain swirling around at the bottom of the loo

But apparently all the problems will be solved when we 'stop the boats'. Shameful.

@cupguin

5 ай бұрын

Don't forget whatever Frazer is on about. Dealing with bias on the BBC that exists exclusively in people's minds which is what makes it real?

@markwilkie3677

5 ай бұрын

@@cupguin So that's why BBC Scotland had to offer more corrections/apologies for falsities, than the entire BBC network combined? Take your time now....

@cupguin

5 ай бұрын

@@markwilkie3677 Congratulations on proving how idiotic her point is. Issuing corrections isn't proof of bias, it's proof the BBC issues corrections. It's even arguable proof the system is working as intended since corrections get put out as needed. Either way you look at it, issuing corrections doesn't show a need for added OFCOM powers. And "there's a public perception of bias" cheers on demonstrating that. Let's say I work for the BBC. I make a mistake or learn something in the future, is that bias? More importantly, why are you so convinced you know that corrections were due to bias? Would I be wrong in assuming no matter what I saw you're convinced that there's a "left" bias that's reflected in those corrections? And I'm going to give you a small hint why people are going after the BBC. If people can trust the BBC and it publishes a story about a sudden spike in childhood illnesses associated with lack of access to food it would reflect poorly on the government. That's not reporting bias, it's reporting reality. But if you're convinced there's a political bias at work you'll ignore that and think favourably about the government. So there's a direct political benefit in making people doubt factual reporting. But sure, perception, correction and all being interchangeable when it comes to the BBC isn't serving Frazer's party at all and it's the BBC to blame somehow.

@moretimeneeded56

5 ай бұрын

@@cupguinI agree wholeheartedly especially the third paragraph. Are these people who call BBC biased ok with bias in their direction (confirmation bias). I’m thinking specifically about the Panorama programme on supposed anti semitism in the Labour Party under Corbyn. It’s been proved to be lies and distortion but “hey that’s ok as it was our gang against your gang”.

@denzel270

5 ай бұрын

Yes, net migration of 745,000 a year hardly helps the country. We are paying out millions every day for people who enter this country illegally.

My daughter invited a friend home after she felt weak and unable to walk all the way home from school just half a mile away. She hadn't had anything to eat for 5 days and was literally starving to death! This reality cannot continue for these kids with the 1% swallowing the entire wealth of those already at the bottom with nothing more, even food!

@lovejoypeace6174

4 ай бұрын

If you can't support your kids YOU are the problem! Don't have kids.

@akhilsharma20

4 ай бұрын

I am not British or UK person, but your whole country is going downhill basically and hearing this story of not eaten for 5 days, omg, such a poor child,

@SamHocking

4 ай бұрын

@@akhilsharma20 Not sure the whole country, the already wealthy elite are doing even better from the cost of living crisis, but we have had probably the most destructive conservative government since Thatcher and it's gonna take yet another Labour fight. Unfortunately I don't see it with Starmer, only the pure clarity of someone like Corbyn will ever help those at the very bottom like this poor kid is stuck in.

@zan4110

4 ай бұрын

What about food banks ..are there not very many in each town..we have 2 in my town of 7,000 in Quebec, Canada..

@SamHocking

4 ай бұрын

@@zan4110 There is one, but many reasons why parents might not use them or children claim school meals. One solution would be to give all children school meals regardless of income perhaps.

Letting in millions of foreigners, that's going help no end

As a child we collected rosehips which was made into rosehip sirup. We delivered these to school when they were picked. This gave us vitamin c. We did not have oranges and lemons. There was a lot of poverty in the UK in the late 1950's and 60's. I remember that poverty. It shaped my life and I was determined that I would never be poor again. I was lucky enough to get a grant from the government at the time and go to university. Such opportunities are now gone. I am horrified that people have to suffer from poverty as you have described with no way out. I no longer live in the UK.

@kalinarusi

5 ай бұрын

You are clever to escape on time

@Jalleur14325

4 ай бұрын

Yes but it's sad that we are forced to leave because of rampant immigration and corruption. Where do you live now?

@markmanc-zw3td

4 ай бұрын

Well got-out Emma !

@Emma-og2jt

4 ай бұрын

Norway but I still love the UK and have been back many times. I love the hiking and country pubs besides other things. @@Jalleur14325 '

@Emma-og2jt

4 ай бұрын

At the time I had no idea I was escaping from anything. I wanted to travel and work in different countries but it seems I did the right thing. @@kalinarusi

There are 1) poor countries that know they are poor 2) rich countries that think they are poor 3) rich countries that know they are rich 4) poor countries that think they are rich The UK has moved from 3 to 4 under the Tories

@oralminyi9826

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@HKChineseCanadian

5 ай бұрын

China has moved from 1 to 2. I just came back to Canada from visiting China and the two nations are headed in opposite directions.

@minesadab

4 ай бұрын

I agree except that I'd argue it was mainly caused by central banking printing trillions of pounds out of thin air over the last 5 decades

@Natta44

4 ай бұрын

It's crazy because so many countries which were once 3rd world are becoming 1st and over taking the west. Most of Asia has thrived, why? Because we the UK and west imported billions over the last 3 decades. Cars, phones, Tvs, clothes especially. It's karma in my eyes.

@CarlitoGio

4 ай бұрын

The only thing that is rich is the UK Passport; that is a saving grace for now

Starker doesn’t seems enthusiastic . Under his leadership nothing will change , he is a spineless untrustworthy leader

@louisboylan7623

Ай бұрын

I agree let’s stick with the Tories

The UK is more caught up in what is happening in the Middle East than caring for its own citizens.

Thatcher came to power espousing "Victorian values".Implement Victorian style policies,get Victorian style results,it's not rocket science.

@staciasmith5162

5 ай бұрын

Spot.on.!!! But have the British as a people begun to recognize the connection from yesterday to the suffering of today?🤔

@anthonysteel6877

5 ай бұрын

Of course they haven't but that's because 95% of the press and broadcast media don't tell the truth.@@staciasmith5162

@Andrew-ti8hi

5 ай бұрын

@Anthony. It's certainly not rocket science but it's certainly twaddle!😊

Thatchers legacy... it's going great . Just as all the rational people said at the time she destroyed everything people fought over centuries, in a few decades. RIP UK

Welcome to our America, now, then and possibly the future! Talking about the poverty here and everywhere too!

@kerrynight3271

4 ай бұрын

The U.S. economy is doing great, far better than in England and Europe. I realize there are poor people in America, but as a country, we're doing great economically.

@davidhorvath66

2 ай бұрын

If you had your welcome to America moment, the people of Britain would be far wealthier and healthier. This is more like your welcome to India moment

No family needs billions and billions. Pure greed and selfishness.

High levels of inequality is destroying this country, the greed and selfishness by the billionaires is a disgrace. How many billions do they need? I couldn't comprehend having that much money and coutinue to want more while people in this country are living in such poverty.

@salkoharper2908

5 ай бұрын

The Billionaires don't have loyalty to any nation or people. They have loyalty to gold. If they can make more money in Singapore, they will go there. If taxes are lower in the US, they will go there. Billionaires have no vested interest in a nations stability or success. They just extract wealth and assets and then hide their billions in a vault in a Swiss mountain, or a Cayman Islands tax haven. Western Democracies are going to be destroyed not by Russia or China, but by the greed and avarice of Billionaires who have no loyalty to the West or Democracy, only gold.

@swojnowski453

5 ай бұрын

there is no upper limit, if you feel insecure, you will always need more. Do not count for the reach to become less greedy. They do not feel they are rich and will never slow down. Stop paying for new stuff, use local services, buy national produce and products. That's the start.