Jack Monroe #303 The lingering honk of burning martyr..

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WTFDidIJustSee

I moved into the 2 bed in 2011. Electric was never more than £10 a week, except for when the PS4 was on, and it jumped to £15. I quickly bought a FireStick to watch TV on instead, even though, at the time, it was seriously limited and the PS4 had all streaming services on. (Being able to sack off Sky and Virgin over a decade ago was one of the most joyous things I’ve ever done ) And I used cloth nappies so extra washing loads + the dryer was on daily with a toddler and newborn. So nope, her claims re electric are bollocks.
 
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Cack Conroe

Fruitjack said:
Just a reminder that blog posts can be scheduled. I don’t believe any of her stories AT ALL but I don’t think dates of blog posts are necessarily smoking guns.
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The 31st July and 5th August blogs had references to time and are unlikely to have been scheduled. Also the content of these blogs was damming, not just the timing of them.

I would accept that it’s humanly possible for the 1st and 2nd of August blogs to have been scheduled, but it would be completely out of character for her. Given her disorganisation, and given her lack of boasting martyrdom about how despite already writing her own obituary, she still wanted to keep making a difference so scheduled two blogs about volunteering.
 
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colouredlines

This was two separate incidents.

First, Jack found a job in a pub in spring 2012, then quit soon after. This is what led to her initial problems with benefits, as she was unable to pay her bills and rent, and went into debt. In her original blog, she was quite explicit that this incident is what caused the Poverty (later, of course, the Poverty was retconned to have begun literally the second she left the Fire Service).

She allegedly had her benefits cut suddenly in 2013 after signing a book deal, as the evil Tories in the local office decided this meant she was rich. Incidentally, at this time, she was working full-time as a trainee reporter at the Southend Echo. This cut led to her having to move into a houseshare and sleep on a mattress on the floor leaving behind bags of shit in her old flat.
 
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shouldbutshornt

I’m pretty sure the dwp don’t make changes to benefit payments by looking at your social media and guessing what your income is. I have to tell them my income and business costs every month or else I get nothing.
 
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allybongo

I was loaded on tax credits when I was a single mum 10 years ago. Probably better off then I am now working full time
 
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KebabGirl

One thing that is really annoying is Jack saying "oh, I'll just go and work as <insert occupation>" all the time.

It is possible to attempt any job, but to be good at a job is very hard. We have a wide range of jobs in the canal, yet Jack seems to think any of them would be easier, less stressful, better paid than whatever she does.

It winds me up - I've worked hard over the years to be good at my job, to learn new things to be even better at it. I am constantly trying to improve instead of thinking yeah, completed it mate. I don't know if it's just me this annoys?

Ultimately, I don't think there are many jobs Jack could walk into right now, and probably none that would pay enough to keep up with the lifestyle / rent. She's all but made herself unemployable outside the media / influencer type work.
 
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HotesTilaire

According to a scurrilous poster on the Sarfend Echo Jack got the rent paid direct, never paid the landlord and potentially left behind carrier bags full of excrement, rather than use the toilet
Justice for Iqbal!
 
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Smeghead

Push back from a non-white winger. Good numbers so far

 
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It’s The Truman Show

HotesTilaire said:
According to a scurrilous poster on the Sarfend Echo Jack got the rent paid direct, never paid the landlord and potentially left behind carrier bags full of excrement, rather than use the toilet
Justice for Iqbal!
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I missed the bags of poop story …. Anyone got a screenshot ? Sorry to be annoying but I’m gutted I missed this. ETA: not a literal screenshot of said bags.. of the comment made
 
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Smeghead

This from a former columnist at the Big Issue and Libertarian publication Spiked
 
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frankychester

Great - just great. More right-wingers attacking Jack. Again bolstering her reputation amongst the blue-tick 'left'.
 
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Cack Conroe

Surely an abridged version of this has to be the thread title?!
 
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