Is this where we are heading.....

[boris1gary]

In the UK, the services of foodbanks are becoming increasingly vital in providing a lifeline to people going hungry. There is extreme pressure on poor families' budgets due to austerity and cuts, with expectations that the situation will worsen when cuts to the welfare safety net begin to bite. Trussel Trust foodbanks fed 128,687 people nationwide in 2011-12 with the figures anticipated to more than double in 2012-13.

from IA

[*crikey*mate*]

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@electric*mayhem*band wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

 According to a YouGov survey released in early November, 25 percent of British people are eating less meat this year than in 2012.

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Probably due to the Horse Meat scare we had last year.

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yes, that certainly put a new spin on the phrase "horses for courses" didn't it?

Now it's horses for main courses.

[electric*mayhem*band]

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@boris1gary wrote:

meritocratic, kind of sounds like "political correctness" -  terms made up by the conservatives to cover up some of their worst excesses.

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Ah yes, The Bullingdon Boys.

David 'The Rave' Cameron (second from left, back row), and his mate Boris 'The Fool' Johnson, (seated, far right).

[debra9275]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

 According to a YouGov survey released in early November, 25 percent of British people are eating less meat this year than in 2012.

That isn't very important in the big scheme of things when discussing poverty and people who can't afford any or little food.

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Maybe to you it isn't am, meat is an important part of a healthy balanced diet for most people, myself for one. Whenever I don't eat red meat for even a few weeks  my iron levels fall dangerously low,  and we are talking about the UK, a leading advanced capitalist country, not an undeveloped nation.

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Me and many others, people can't afford to eat it every day here. A first world country.

It just says eating less meat, not none. They may still eat meat a few days a week.

Lots of vegetarians and vegans remain healthy without eating any meat.

If people can't afford to buy their own food and can get veges, fruit, bread and a little meat from a food bank, they would be thankful for that.

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strange isn't it that meat is so expensive here when we are producers, especially lamb, Is it due to the live animal export trade and so much going overseas??

[*crikey*mate*]

no

[imastawka]

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@crikey*mate wrote:

no

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Breaking News:  Verbosity eludes the great crikey!!!

[cherry*135]

It must be the meat export price affecting the domestic price. 

[boris1gary]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

no

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Breaking News:  Verbosity eludes the great crikey!!!

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link please

[boris1gary]

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@am*3 wrote:

It must be the meat export price affecting the domestic price. 

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yep, and it's delicious.

[cherry*135]

What is delicious? Meat?  Chocolate is delicious.

[debra9275]

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@am*3 wrote:

It must be the meat export price affecting the domestic price. 

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I reckon it must be too