TriviaNewtonJohn
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EllsBellsWells
Chatty Member
Is she joking posting about the Lionesses?
One of the reasons this has the platform it now does (finally) is because of years of investment and risk taking from the BBC? The same BBC she wants us all to stop giving £14 a month to?
She can fuck off with this shit. The very reason the entire tournament was broadcast in to the living rooms of millions of people is because of an institution that has poured opportunities in to it over the last few years, something many other broadcasters point blank refused to do. How is it meant to champion these causes if it has no money?? She needs to have a word with herself and have a think about the messaging she is putting out there.
One of the reasons this has the platform it now does (finally) is because of years of investment and risk taking from the BBC? The same BBC she wants us all to stop giving £14 a month to?
She can fuck off with this shit. The very reason the entire tournament was broadcast in to the living rooms of millions of people is because of an institution that has poured opportunities in to it over the last few years, something many other broadcasters point blank refused to do. How is it meant to champion these causes if it has no money?? She needs to have a word with herself and have a think about the messaging she is putting out there.
CornedBeefHashtag
Well-known member
For goodness sake. Why not choose a less cool/hip/instagrammable/tragic/predictable hotel where you can then pay the same for a suite and not have to sit in the dark whilst your kids sleep?? As always her choices & contradictions are baffling. She thinks she’s being frugal but it just comes across as stupidity. They really do seem to be a clueless pair making a ham fisted attempt at living as adults.
PastorBake
Chatty Member
Alex: I can't afford sourdough bread
Also Alex: this hotel is "great value" at £350 per night
Also Alex: this hotel is "great value" at £350 per night
I don’t begrudge anyone getting a leg up from parents or family - I was given my first house by an uncle and I will help my children when the time comes - but the whole ‘we’re the same as you, saving our pennies by not paying the licence fee and missing out on sourdough. Poor us eh - buy us a coffee’ is not only a complete fallacy but unbelievably insulting and makes her really very unlikeable.
AllTheGinJoints
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She’s posted about justice for Chris Kaba but given that she never ever posts anything political I am cynical. I feel the same when she posts photos of the racially diverse books she buys Peggy and Cato and when she goes to influencer events and takes photos of herself with influencers of colour.
It’s all very virtue-signalling and as a WOC myself I’m left wondering what kind of anti-racism work she actually does in her day to day life. And this isn’t just Alex either - a lot of influencers only “discovered” racism after May 2020. They never felt the need for diversity and inclusion before that!
It’s all very virtue-signalling and as a WOC myself I’m left wondering what kind of anti-racism work she actually does in her day to day life. And this isn’t just Alex either - a lot of influencers only “discovered” racism after May 2020. They never felt the need for diversity and inclusion before that!
BlairWaldorf86
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The really grotesque part imo, is SHE DOESN’T EVEN NEED TO LIVE LIKE SHE IS CLAIMING TO (sorry for shouting but 
here too). She could easily spend more and not even notice. She isn’t on a strict food budget for any reason other than she gives herself one.
I was going to write that she is performing being poor like we’ve said before, but then I realised, I think she/they actually think that compared to their families, peers, etc… they ARE poor. And that other “poor” people are living just like them. When she reads about people struggling with rising costs and energy bills she thinks that she is like them.
here too). She could easily spend more and not even notice. She isn’t on a strict food budget for any reason other than she gives herself one.I was going to write that she is performing being poor like we’ve said before, but then I realised, I think she/they actually think that compared to their families, peers, etc… they ARE poor. And that other “poor” people are living just like them. When she reads about people struggling with rising costs and energy bills she thinks that she is like them.
murphao
Member
Doesn’t she realise that there’s hardly any scent in those candles, and that the throw is a metre or two? She tagged an independent shop recently, complaining that the candles sold were too ‘expensive’, but she’d get one quality candle there for the price of five candles in Tiger. Cheap doesn’t always mean that it’s a bargain…
She really has become a hate follow for me. She is tight-fisted, a bit of a mean girl (seriously, who tags multiple independent shops complaining about prices?) and has no respect for other people’s work or craft. She’s happy to go a free exhibition, but won’t pay for cultural activities. When they were in Paris, she posted a photo of a series they’re watching. She’s taking advantage of (another) free trial of Amazon Prime, and she can’t even be bothered to pay £6.99 a month for a streaming service that funds the television industry. Don’t get me started on the post on her grid about how to circumvent paying your tv licence...
BlairWaldorf86
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I saw this on her site the other day (it’s from 2016) and thought it would give you all a good laugh like it did me 
nottouraverageuser
Active member
Alex is obviously in bed as this corker is still up! 
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BlairWaldorf86
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Recap…
Alex and Chris still haven’t shown the secret second story extension of their house.
They continue to play at being poor people, eating only white carbs and advocating not paying for a tv licence.
They also continue to fill their house with (Tiger) tat (and their garden with many small storages).
Their neighbour put their house up for sale and it is up for £895k. It was revealed that A&C had a new roof on their house at some point in the last few years (according to Google StreetView). However the front of their house still looks like a squat.
It was speculated that their daughter may be going to private school, as nothing was mentioned about school allocations at the relevant time. Obviously this would be funded by the bank of (her) mum and dad as A&C are just sooo poor.
Finally they went to Mallorca with her family (“we aren’t going to [my parents holiday home in] Spain this year”) but she fudged the timings on Instagram, perhaps in order to pretend they could only go for a much shorter time than they actually did. This was revealed by her sister (as with the secret second story extension) who was posting holiday stories of A&C’s kids the week before. Alex made out she cooked a pasta bake in 39 degree heat at home - but it was ok because their kitchen and garden faces north.
They also launched a new meal planner which no one needs, wants or asked for (especially if all you eat is egg mayo sarnies and pasta).
Phew!
Alex and Chris still haven’t shown the secret second story extension of their house.
They continue to play at being poor people, eating only white carbs and advocating not paying for a tv licence.
They also continue to fill their house with (Tiger) tat (and their garden with many small storages).
Their neighbour put their house up for sale and it is up for £895k. It was revealed that A&C had a new roof on their house at some point in the last few years (according to Google StreetView). However the front of their house still looks like a squat.
It was speculated that their daughter may be going to private school, as nothing was mentioned about school allocations at the relevant time. Obviously this would be funded by the bank of (her) mum and dad as A&C are just sooo poor.
Finally they went to Mallorca with her family (“we aren’t going to [my parents holiday home in] Spain this year”) but she fudged the timings on Instagram, perhaps in order to pretend they could only go for a much shorter time than they actually did. This was revealed by her sister (as with the secret second story extension) who was posting holiday stories of A&C’s kids the week before. Alex made out she cooked a pasta bake in 39 degree heat at home - but it was ok because their kitchen and garden faces north.
They also launched a new meal planner which no one needs, wants or asked for (especially if all you eat is egg mayo sarnies and pasta).
Phew!
heretoreaditall2019
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Absolutely not, it’s a gross lie perpetuated by massive tories (see also: Jack Monroe) to justify woefully inadequate wages/benefits by being good poors whereas anyone else who can’t survive the impossible is just a feckless poor. There’s simply no way to provide a healthy and varied diet week in week out for 4 ppl on that, and how nasty for her to pretend when she’s subsidising it with gifted meals & food.
AllTheGinJoints
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3 months to paint the bin storage? What’s she using? Nail polish??
AllTheGinJoints
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Christ, her latest TK Maxx tips. I love a TKM but “buy one set of candles and split the pack into smaller sets of gifts”? That’s not frugal, that’s being a tight bastard!
TBH she can claim what she likes if she’s entitled to it, fine.
But the sheer audacity to have a page called the frugality when she’s had a secret extension built on a house with secret gifted equity, just been on a secret holiday all while claiming she can’t afford a sour dough loaf!!!
She needs cancelling
But the sheer audacity to have a page called the frugality when she’s had a secret extension built on a house with secret gifted equity, just been on a secret holiday all while claiming she can’t afford a sour dough loaf!!!
She needs cancelling
AllTheGinJoints
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I’ve been lurking here for a while as I think Alex is a complete fraud. But what pushed me over into finally posting was her Frugality post about saving on Netflix, namely her response to this comment. How does the “content” she posts in any way rival the output of Netflix or the BBC?
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PastorBake
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I think she should stop being so generous to us all with the free content, stop all the ads and 'kindly gifted' and move over to charging for her content instead. I'd like to see how that works out for her.