It's crushingly sad that, in these 'unprecidented' and viciously cruel times, politicians couldn't dig deep enough into their basic humanity and put political ideologies to one side to ensure that the most vulnerable don't have to suffer even more than they already are.
Every family will have been impacted by this virus. Every single child will be feeling the impact in some way or another. Families who already had nothing may now not even have that. Families who previously had plenty may now find themselves without. Government decisions as to who qualifies for furlough, what business can remain open and, let's not forget, the inertia around finalising EU trade talks, will have impacted many, many families. These won't just be the easily targetable 'dreggs' of society that should 'learn to budget' and be grateful (but let's keep quiet the fact that the most benefits are actually paid out to working households as that definitely doesn't fit the benefit scrounger channel 5 fetishized trope). These will be families where parents are self employed and fall short of qualifying for furlough. These will be families where their employer has folded. These will be families where parents previously worked in universities but had their contracts ended early.
No parent will ever let their child go hungry. As every piece of evidence shows, the parents- normally the mothers- will go without to allow the child to eat. Then, when that option stops being viable, meals will be cut. This impacts children academically, physically and mentally.
Let the UK never forget that these elected leaders chose to vote against something so financially trivial but socially and ethically huge.
Whos making these decisions 
