Jack Monroe #134 Suffer the little squiggles, for I am The Poor

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SoulRebel said:
www.reform-magazine.co.uk

Interview: I was hungry - Reform Magazine

The food poverty writer and campaigner Jack Monroe talks to Stephen Tomkins at Greenbelt ‘This morning, small boy had one of the last Weetabix, mashed with water, with a glass of tap water to wash it down with. “Where’s Mummy’s ... Read More
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Was life financially hard for your family or were you comfortably off?
I was never aware until I was an adult how financially difficult my childhood had been. Quite often, my parents didn’t eat dinner with us, and it took me being a parent to realise that’s because they didn’t have any.
Oh my bleeping life!
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Obviously because they were saving up their hard earned for an Omega watch for her to sell
 

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heretoreaditall2019 said:
Forgot to quote the relevant article, but friends at 24 who are wealthy enough to lend you money towards a rental deposit? Just say your parents paid it to keep you out of their worst nightmare - council housing!

Why does she feel the need to justify “only” having a 2 bed at 24? Her upbringing / value system is very..... Tory
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She's a bleeping idiot a council house would have been the best thing to have happened to her. Decent rent, option to buy it later on or save for a deposit to buy something better. I know council housing gets a bad rap, sometimes deservedly so but there is still some half decent stock left. It would certainly have been better than moving 5437927 times or whatever were on now.
 
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