She’s baffling. I can understand the reasoning for some of the lies, like those relating to her finances - poverty is her USP, the lies are still wrong but I get it.
This sums up why , like many people here, I went from a follower of JM to doubter .Poverty was the reason she became visible to a wider audience, and yes, at that point it was her USP. But much of her appeal was because she was one of us- a single mum, relying on benefits , financially struggling through circumstances that could befall anyone. Several years on, with numerous published books, brand deals , tv appearances, engagements to several financially stable women ,Groucho membership etc , for her still to be working poverty as her USP is insulting. She could easily have rebranded herself as an inspirational figure - someone who despite the hurdles of financial circumstance, in addition to being a non binary , trans , single parent- was now financially secure, and wanted to use her experiences and new position/privilege to help others. She could have published a book of basic cooking skills- something that many people her generation ( I’m a similar age) may have not been taught at school, with an emphasis on how these basic skills help make a limited budget go further . She could have done a book of child friendly meals, aimed at parents, who like her, were struggling to make food stretch to feed both children and parents. She could have used her profile to promote the importance of nutrition , and how it food can be used alongside medical intervention, to help manage the medical conditions that she reportedly lives with ,etc. Instead, she has made the decision to retain her living in poverty narrative , working ridiculous hours on a living wage,living alone in “
crappy” rented accommodation, with no real support or childcare . Like I’ve said here before, when I first started following JM , I was in a similar situation. I still struggle financially at times, but I have a stable home , my kids are always fed without me needing to sell their favourite toys, I work around the limited childcare ( ie school hours, breakfast/homework club, kindness of my children’s friends parents) available to me. I might not have a smeg fridge, expensive knives,nor expensive perfumes or coats. My last weekend trip away might have been to a caravan park in Hastings with the kids, rather than a cheeky trip to wherever it was that JM went to and had to check in/leave ( I forget which ) the expensive knife. A (rare ) meal out might be at my local pub for the earlybird special rather than at the Groucho shouting at Jude Law to sit down so I can see the results for Redcar . I might not be rich or famous, i might not have the blue tick which deems me worthy of a response. But if I was given the choice between my current lifestyle and JM’s , would I still choose mine? Yes, absolutely!
Really? I like the threads here - they respond to JM when they need to, which is most of the time, and rattle on nicely in between.
this is the first thread here that I have actively engaged in, and it’s precisely because of the inbetween rattle
. Jack is a chef/cook/food blogger/influencer, a political activist/potential MP, a parent, a pet owner, someone who has a experienced relationship breakdowns. Most, if not all, of the slight tangents we have taken have had a starting point in something Jack has said or done. We have been assigned membership to a cabal Of Hausfrauen by her devoted fanbase .there is a shared interest in food/cats/Cookbooks/a certain chefs forearms/seeds/general Hausfaus activities between us all.its like we are our own little micro community within the chat about JM. We care for, and look out for each other. We share our knowledge. We open up to one another. We challenge each other when needed and take the opportunity to challenge and expand our own knowledge and points of view. We are one big maverick, chaotic,weird little brained online family. Which will be very handy post trial when ms 100% legal success record has taken all our assets and we are forced to share one rented
crappy bungalow ,cooking our one daily meal of rinsed beans and grated corned beef on a camping stove that is set up in the bathroom, next to the fridge
. So I parked my bum over here and it's a perfect fit for me 
