Don't buy it all you like, I'm supporting families in this kind of situation, OK so they have shoes but they don't fit and have holes in, or are in flip flops in the winter.
Who says I work in Torbay? Although it has some of the highest area of deprivation in the country.
Guess that's why I work with the families I do and you don't. You would be judging straight away and they would pick up on it. In the 30 odd years I've supported families you would be horrified by what we see. Remove your blinkers as to what is going on in this country there are massive areas of deprivation. Also some of those with working parents who don't receive benefits of any kind are in massive hardship currently. Working all hours and still not making ends meet. And guess what kids clothes and shoes get worn out and grown out of.
How lovely to live in your world.
First of all, you work in that area because you choose to I assume. I don't because that is not what I have chosen to do in my working life. Second of all and most importantly, in real life I don't judge other peoples situations unless they directly involve me or someone requires my help. I keep my nose out and my mouth shut, mainly because it's none of my business and I've come to realise the only significant changes I can make as one person is canvassing to make political change.
As for blinkers to deprivation, you clearly didn't read what I wrote objectively. I listed significant issues that lots of people are dealing with right now and have done in the past. A broad spectrum from workers to addicts to migrants and refugees. I also didn't mention which I should have, long term sickness and disability or criminality, because I've seen and dealt with it all. Don't even begin to try and lecture me on hardship. I know. So if someone is approaching me saying they haven't got £3 to get their child plimsoles, I know full well there is more to the story than just a poor wage, which essentially is what we are discussing here.
And as I said, if the deprivation in Torbay is so significant that it's beyond anything I've seen throughout the North over the years. Contact your Conservative MPs and your freshly voted in (2023 no less,) Conservative council and ask them to mention it as humanitarian issue to the Conservative Prime Minister whose finishing off the job of destroying the country that his predecessor started.
Do not have a shit fit at me for saying I've seen people in the worst circumstances manage to get their kids in clothes, or that I've pulled off some stealthy manoeuvres myself to get my kids what they need in the face of personal adversity. I said what I said because I meant it, not because I'm a clueless airhead that's seen fuck all. I think in what's been my so called "lovely" world, you'd absolutely shit yourself to be honest.
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