So proclaim the BBC, via the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

 

I'm sorry, I just don't see that

Wouldn't know poverty if it slapped them round yed. Bless their Nikes and bless the abundance of food, water and shelter there is in the Uk.

see, this is when they lose the middle ground

 

its just utter nonsense

 

1 in four living in poverty???

78% of them live in Horwich apparently.

You've obviously never been to Aldi on Higher Bridge Street! :-)

So proclaim the BBC, via the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

 

I'm sorry, I just don't see that

I'm on a tram from Radcliffe, I'd say the figure is higher.

14 million in poverty bet

 

13.5 million are iPhone wankers

There are kids in poverty here in the UK, the fact their parents manage to source i-phones or lo-grade widescreen tellies doesn't change the fact. You'd also hope the yardstick against which their lives are measured wasn't that of their counterparts in unequal (and low tax/social welfare) shitholes like India and Mexico.

There are kids in poverty here in the UK, the fact their parents manage to source i-phones or lo-grade widescreen tellies doesn't change the fact. You'd also hope the yardstick against which their lives are measured wasn't that of their counterparts in unequal (and low tax/social welfare) shitholes like India and Mexico.

 

 

what do you think a reasonable definition of poverty is

 

and i accept we shouldn't be measuring ourselves against downtiown mogadishu

Is that a genuine question or a deadfall with prices of a bag of porridge at the bottom?

you've lost me

 

again

If you have a mobile phone, you're not in poverty

 

If you wake up under 5 year old bedsheets that you can't wash, panicking because you can't feed yourself or your dependents that day, you're in poverty.

 

14 million my fucking ringpiece.

Surprised it's not more to be honest.

If you have a mobile phone, you're not in poverty

 

If you wake up under 5 year old bedsheets that you can't wash, panicking because you can't feed yourself or your dependents that day, you're in poverty.

 

14 million my fucking ringpiece.

I'm glad we have you, the definition guru of poverty on board.

There we have it, dig out those old phones, put £5 top up on them, distribute them to the povos - poverty is history, suck my ballsac, Bono.

out of 14 million how many dont 

 

have running water

 

Electric

 

Heat

 

Food

 

poverty my arse

what do you think a reasonable definition of poverty is

 

and i accept we shouldn't be measuring ourselves against downtiown mogadishu

It might be from this report from 2011

 

http://www.poverty.ac.uk/europe-poverty-forecast-social-exclusion-whats-new/14-million-risk-poverty-and-social-exclusion

 

Gives the definition though says at risk of poverty rather than actually in poverty

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cheers

 

 

or live in a household with low work intensity.

Im a bit skint at the moment, want to go the beer festival Thursday, Friday & Sat, but need save some spends for another holiday in 2 weeks.

I'm glad we have you, the definition guru of poverty on board.

 

If I may remove my tongue from my cheek then

 

Poverty - literally - means having little or no money, goods or means of support. So maybe - literally - that is correct.

 

Poverty - in the real world - has a different meaning in the general consciousness. It brings to mind images of people fighting over UN aid parcels and having no running water or access to sanitation. In the real world, this is not the case for 14 million Brits.

 

Words, like statistics, can be used to generate feelings and opinions depending on what you want to achieve from your statement. The JR Foundation may be - literally - correct, but being honest I would still say those 14 million could have a smaller TV if it means paying the water bill.

I call BULLSHIT!

 

Watched a programme a few week back, think it was Beeb 2 so it might be still be kicking about on iPlayer, it had this Swedish Professor type on & it was all about World Poverty & trying to eradicate it & how World Poverty has changed over the last couple of hundred years.

 

He pointed out that a lot has been banded about, with regards to poverty, that they now have a new saying of Real Poverty, none exists in Europe & less than 5% Worldwide.

 

Poverty, My Arse!

India don't class you as being in poverty if you can spend over 26 rupees a day. That's about 26p.

I call BULLSHIT!

 

Watched a programme a few week back, think it was Beeb 2 so it might be still be kicking about on iPlayer, it had this Swedish Professor type on & it was all about World Poverty & trying to eradicate it & how World Poverty has changed over the last couple of hundred years.

 

 

came with rave reviews that show

 

didnt watch it but hes supposed to do a good turn, yon stats man

 

was repeated a couple of days ago

Here's an example of Dr Rosling's great thinking...

 

 

Q: Do you think in 80 years traditional developed nations will pay people to immigrate as they won't have enough labour?

A: Yes, Vietnamese migrants are yearly picking the wild lingonberries in the Swedish forests.

 

He should stick to what the Swedes do best, making Volvos and wandering around Maspalomas with his cock out.

Absolute fucking horse shit!

came with rave reviews that show

 

didnt watch it but hes supposed to do a good turn, yon stats man

 

was repeated a couple of days ago

I enjoyed it. Informative. Puts a lot of 'myths' to bed.

 

Catch it if you can.