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The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Posted: 15 November 2011 at 07:15 PM »
I normally dont have a lot of time for Edwina Currie but having heard her saying there are no people actually starving in this country I have to say I  totally agree with her. She went along to the house of one woman, mother of three who is 'so poor' she is having to accept food parcels (worth £35) from a local charity but in the house was a very large well groom boxer dog, two or three budgies, a large TV, and mobile phones this is a 'starving' family. In an interview today the woman in question said she was so angry at Edwina for doubting her, when questioned further she said if she didnt have the handouts she d have to get a job that she didnt like, and she didnt see why she should be unhappy. By the end of that interview she wasnt the only one feeling angry
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Re: The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Reply #1 Posted: 15 November 2011 at 07:21 PM »
What channel and what time was that FC?
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Re: The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Reply #2 Posted: 15 November 2011 at 07:27 PM »
Hi BB I think mainly in news programme thats where I saw it, they were also discussing it in detail on Radio 5 alive last night and just now interviewed the lady on The One Show
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Re: The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Reply #3 Posted: 15 November 2011 at 07:30 PM »
OK Thanks FC.
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Re: The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Reply #4 Posted: 15 November 2011 at 07:41 PM »
Heres a BBC link to other links BB

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15336931
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Re: The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Reply #5 Posted: 15 November 2011 at 08:00 PM »
Well maybe thats because no ones feeding them as opposed to them living  on benefits which is a whole different story and would warrent a thread on its own
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Re: The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Reply #6 Posted: 16 November 2011 at 07:50 AM »
Listening to another interview this morning with a 'poor person' she was bemoaning the fact that she was now so poor she would have use hand me downs for her new babies and as she was pregnant she had a yearning for an Indian takeaway which she now couldnt afford, she was then getting ready for taking the car out for the school run.
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Re: The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Reply #7 Posted: 17 November 2011 at 11:46 PM »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2059238/Army-veteran-Mark-Mullins-wife-Helen-driven-suicide-poverty.html

This poor couple suffered though and they went hungry
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Re: The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Reply #8 Posted: 18 November 2011 at 04:40 AM »
How sad, seems they were let down by Social Services...but I don't suppose anyone will take responsibility, pass the buck, blame the government, throw a sickie (poor stressed out social workers) and have a strike so some more 'ordinary' people can slip through the net.

I watched Edwina Currie the other night and like Funkychick I thought she talked a lot of sense.
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Re: The thoughts of Edwina Currie « Reply #9 Posted: 18 November 2011 at 08:47 AM »
There's a big difference between the really needy and some of the people who live off benefit....I noticed the young woman who was mentioned at the start of this thread had managed to find money to have her hair styled and coloured and her nails were sporting coloured nail varnish...!
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