I stopped now because it got to be a pain trying to chose different things each week but when I last used Gousto for 4 meals for 4 people it was just under £50 a week, and whilst that seems a lot it does save you money not having to go to the shops. It also becomes better value the more meals and people you buy for, so 4x4 is not double the price of 2 meals a week for 4 people. (what I mean is if you think you're going to do 3 meals for 4 people you may as well make it 4 meals because it's only a couple of quid more, go all in with the max you can get!)
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Just under £50 for four meals for four people? So roughly £3 per head per dish? That doesn’t sound unreasonable for someone like Sarah when you take into account their endless takeaways when she’s on bed rest or forgetting to cook until 11PM, and buying £2.50 meal kits + all of the ingredients + taxi fare to collect them.
From what I gather they all come with simple step by step instructions as well? Might be a way of getting His Lordship and the two lads in the kitchen a bit. £50 a week for 4 nights that they could all be taking turns to (learn to) cook sounds like a good use of her money while she gets back into the swing of things.
Exactly, and she won't have a clue about the Israeli left.
In the past week, apart from the usual drivel, she's re-posted pieces from those well known leftist rags The Times and The Telegraph. Behind a paywall so probably not even read them.
Last night she was re-posting a very right wing royalist gushing over a prince of the realm visiting a food bank.
Yep, step by step instructions with photos, my kids can make them! I know people say the portions are small, and maybe if you were trying to feed 4 adults working manual labour they would be small, but for 2 adults and 2 kids they were fine, there's just no leftovers - which is part of the point as well.
Aye I agree, it gets a bit Mumsnet when we're criticising her for stuff like that I think as there's loooooads more issues than that one.
My main issue with the recipe box is that she says she's put turkey in a lovely makhani. That's a crime.
That and the oven thing, obvs
The issue is, this is logical advice she will never take because she absolutely doesn’t see why she shouldn’t be allowed to spend £600 worth of free money on shopping every month.
She thinks Labour will eradicate poverty 
its gonna be glorious to see her marinating in the same tit life that's all her own doing. The 1 thing that'll change for her is Labour will tighten up on education attendance. Have to get her fat arse up to make sure they leave for school. The scandal.
its gonna be glorious to see her marinating in the same tit life that's all her own doing. The 1 thing that'll change for her is Labour will tighten up on education attendance. Have to get her fat arse up to make sure they leave for school. The scandal.The problem is amoebas like her trip over their own floorboards pissed an then self diagnose as disabled and get a twisted little kick out of driving round asda on a mobility trolley. The problem is there's millions in the workforce with bad mental health and physical disabilities who are now having to grind til 70 so those who shout the loudest and have 5 days a week free to hassle GPs don't have to. The problem is it's not sustainable.
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This detail from BBC news on the story of videos of girls on nights out in Manchester and Liverpool being shared online- 'GMP said although it is not illegal to film people in public, if the action is causing distress or harassment it could be considered criminal.' Shame aldi girl didn't report the turd.
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This detail from BBC news on the story of videos of girls on nights out in Manchester and Liverpool being shared online- 'GMP said although it is not illegal to film people in public, if the action is causing distress or harassment it could be considered criminal.' Shame aldi girl didn't report the turd.
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I suffer quite badly with sciatica, but the nature of it is that it is a condition which comes and goes. But I can't lie, I've been tempted to apply for PIP off the back of it by using the terminally online disability activists' trick of making out at assessment that your worst ever day of pain/illness is your every day. Like I've literally seen them suggesting that. Openly admitting that they're lying, or at least wildly exaggerating, for that sweet, sweet PIP money. ETA - not just admitting they've lied, but advising other people to do so in order to get what they're "entitled to". I know the capability assessments are a bleeping crime for the genuinely disabled, but if you're having to lie to get assessed as entitled, you're not entitled.
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Some doormat on the benefits thread on here who works in that area dished out that advice about applying.
It's tricky I think, as a lot of the Twitter PIP crew are claiming for conditions which, to be quite honest, could arguably be made better by spending a bit less time online in an echo chamber and a bit more time out in amongst it.
For physical stuff (and severe mental health conditions), I can (and have also advised folk) see where the 'on your worst day' comes from, especially with things like Parkinson's, ME or MS (of which I know/am related to folk with all three of these conditions) where your worst day is absolutely dreadful and you can't move, but an alright day means you can pop to the shops. I don't think you should be excluded from that support on the basis of one or two 'good' days a week when the PIP could enable you to make your life easier when you're having a bad day or a flare but unfortunately the way the system is set up is that you kind of have to exaggerate to an extent if you're not laid up 24 hours a day.
Lazyitis unfortunately wouldn't be counted under the above for me. The 'on a bad day' came out of really seriously disabled people being unable to claim what they needed and unfortunately it's been co-opted by folk who feel that they're entitled to money that is meant to be claimed by people who absolutely cannot work or need financial help to enable them to work and live their lives as well as they can. Not for nails, holidays or indeed shopping.
For physical stuff (and severe mental health conditions), I can (and have also advised folk) see where the 'on your worst day' comes from, especially with things like Parkinson's, ME or MS (of which I know/am related to folk with all three of these conditions) where your worst day is absolutely dreadful and you can't move, but an alright day means you can pop to the shops. I don't think you should be excluded from that support on the basis of one or two 'good' days a week when the PIP could enable you to make your life easier when you're having a bad day or a flare but unfortunately the way the system is set up is that you kind of have to exaggerate to an extent if you're not laid up 24 hours a day.
Lazyitis unfortunately wouldn't be counted under the above for me. The 'on a bad day' came out of really seriously disabled people being unable to claim what they needed and unfortunately it's been co-opted by folk who feel that they're entitled to money that is meant to be claimed by people who absolutely cannot work or need financial help to enable them to work and live their lives as well as they can. Not for nails, holidays or indeed shopping.
There's without a doubt blaggers (I know of someone who was spotted having a rare time playing football with kids when they'd claimed this was impossible
). I think it's OK to point out that there are folk taking the piss at the same time as being aware that there's folk who absolutely depend on it though. I think it's quite hard for some folk to accept sometimes that some people would rip the arse out of it if you aren't that way inclined yourself or haven't seen it.
The blaggers have absolutely fucked it for people who rely on the benefit. I've got loads of examples of using 'on a bad day' (who were absolutely deserving of the benefits) that didn't get through assessment, but I pushed it and it sailed through tribunal and it still amazes me that folk are able to fake it now, but clearly they do.
I don't disagree with anything there. I'm certainly not judge or jury of who is deserving of them either. I find it hard to talk about online, I upset a load of lovely people on the JM thread with all this once.There's without a doubt blaggers (I know of someone who was spotted having a rare time playing football with kids when they'd claimed this was impossible
I think it's OK to point out that there are folk taking the piss at the same time as being aware that there's folk who absolutely depend on it though. I think it's quite hard for some folk to accept sometimes that some people would rip the arse out of it if you aren't that way inclined yourself or haven't seen it.
The blaggers have absolutely fucked it for people who rely on the benefit. I've got loads of examples of using 'on a bad day' (who were absolutely deserving of the benefits) that didn't get through assessment, but I pushed it and it sailed through tribunal and it still amazes me that folk are able to fake it now, but clearly they do.
I agree with a benefits cap. I don't see for example why working ppl stuck in a houseshare who'll miss out on experiencing parenthood for financial reasons should foot the bill for ppl like Reann spawning like rabbits.
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Me saying this magically morphed into me saying for every 1 genuine claimant there are 5 blaggers over on the benefits thread. Ppl just don't listen to what you actually say on this. It's bizarre. An i think middle class posters have no idea of the different culture in working class areas where its endemic. No one's got a partner who lives with them round here. Everyone on the single person council tax and UC for lone mums. But Ste's sat on the couch with his weed all day and doing a bit of grafting. I don't wanna subsidise these ppls lives. Anyway sorry to derail.
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It's a tricky subject, especially if you're left leaning. One of the problems with a lot of the left wing echo chamber crew is that they're mainly white middle class folk and in their opinion, their experience is everyone's experience, so if you place your head above the parapet then you're a TORY.
I suspect it's still very, very hard to claim if you're poorly as you're by default disempowered by the process and you're ill. If you're on the blag, I guess you have more energy for downloading the guides, getting robust 'advice', fighting your own corner. Loads I had on my caseload just wanted to give up as it's knackering, time consuming and totally demoralising.
Bit of a shitshow, eh.
I suspect it's still very, very hard to claim if you're poorly as you're by default disempowered by the process and you're ill. If you're on the blag, I guess you have more energy for downloading the guides, getting robust 'advice', fighting your own corner. Loads I had on my caseload just wanted to give up as it's knackering, time consuming and totally demoralising.
Bit of a shitshow, eh.
I know I posted the Ali g v Tony Benn argument before. That was 20 years ago. Being on welfare should not be a lifestyle choice . Unfortunately it's become that. Sarah has not worked one day in her life. Yet taxpayers chip in to fund a choice not to engage in society.
I hear white dole claiments blaming immigration for the reason they don't have loads of money or a fancy house.
You earn duck all. How can you get to mid 40s and never have tried to work.
I hear white dole claiments blaming immigration for the reason they don't have loads of money or a fancy house.
You earn duck all. How can you get to mid 40s and never have tried to work.
That’s the thing that baffles me: imagine having that little ambition in your life? What did she do sit there at 5 years old writing “when I grow up” essays and be like “I want to sit on Twitter all day retweeting myself because no one likes my posts, abuse supermarket staff, and decide to take taxi’s everywhere with the money the rest of the class are going to go out and earn for me”
Agree. And if you're a poor communicator it'd be even more intimidating. My sister had a fight to get an adapted council house. He was sleeping in the dining room for a while cos that was the only place his specialist bed would fit. There are ppl suffering in horrendous situations out there. There's also ppl who go from cradle to coffin doing duck all except hold their hand out. Sarah's one.
On a lighter note, I wonder what she's having for tea today? I'm personally looking forward to her jazzing up that spaghetti thing she keeps pinned.
How is she not bored? The idea of spending all day on Twitter tweeting into the void is just so depressing.Averaging over 100 tweets a day. Good god.
The sickness benefits thing is annoying. Autism isn’t always the same so you kind of have to do the PIP/DLA on a ‘when it’s bad‘ scenario. If your kid can’t cope with supermarkets 90% of the time and then one day when the stars align and there have been zero other stressors they are okay, then the lying on the floor screaming and having to drag them along the aisles is your reality (I‘m wearing an ‘ask me how I know‘ badge right now). Aand if you never know how it might go, then I think you also have to go with worst case.
I don’t want to make this thread about me (or about my child as it’s his private information) but his autism restricts and curtails our lives enormously.
But about half of PIP claims are for depression or anxiety. And that’s so nebulous that it’s very easy to fudge.I also really worry we’re pathologising negative feelings.
Feeling anxious that you might miss your bus or that you’ve not done a great job are normal. Finding work boring and not fun is also normal.
I do worry that we have a generation of younger people (not including sarah in this) who are so addicted to the dopamine hit of computer games that the relentless dull grind of daily working life feels almost unbearable.
The sickness benefits thing is annoying. Autism isn’t always the same so you kind of have to do the PIP/DLA on a ‘when it’s bad‘ scenario. If your kid can’t cope with supermarkets 90% of the time and then one day when the stars align and there have been zero other stressors they are okay, then the lying on the floor screaming and having to drag them along the aisles is your reality (I‘m wearing an ‘ask me how I know‘ badge right now). Aand if you never know how it might go, then I think you also have to go with worst case.
I don’t want to make this thread about me (or about my child as it’s his private information) but his autism restricts and curtails our lives enormously.
But about half of PIP claims are for depression or anxiety. And that’s so nebulous that it’s very easy to fudge.I also really worry we’re pathologising negative feelings.
Feeling anxious that you might miss your bus or that you’ve not done a great job are normal. Finding work boring and not fun is also normal.
I do worry that we have a generation of younger people (not including sarah in this) who are so addicted to the dopamine hit of computer games that the relentless dull grind of daily working life feels almost unbearable.
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