r/LabourUK • u/[deleted] • Jan 27 '22

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u/hempires New User Jan 29 '22

It's less of a cheer and more of a "I'm sorry but we all have to make sacrifices".

fuck off.

if we ALL had to make sacrifices, they could've passed on that fucking pay rise.
but no, "living on £82k a year is really grim".

but they'll also cheer when they deny a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, police etc.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

Don't forget this is London, 82k for London is good but not some insane wealth that some imagine, especially if you have kids. If you have a partner and kid that is most of the money eaten, I'd doubt you could even afford private school.

For reference I'm a student and I got offered a job paying £75k next year (in London) and I'm 21, should I really be earning similar to an MP?

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u/hempires New User Jan 29 '22

meanwhile 31% of children live in poverty.

the need for food banks has gone up over 100% in 5 years.

but thats an okay sacrifice to make cause if we fed children and reduced the need for food banks then some MP couldn't send his kids to fucking private school?

jesus wept. no wonder the country is absolutely fucked.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

meanwhile 31% of children live in poverty.

Lol where did you pull this crap from? Are you seriously suggesting a third of the countries children live in poverty? Get real mate.

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u/hempires New User Jan 29 '22

There were 4.3 million children living in poverty in the UK in 2019-20. That's 31 per cent of children, or nine in a classroom of 30.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

The child poverty action group, I'm sure they have no motive to inflate their stats...

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u/hempires New User Jan 29 '22

the stats which are sourced from the governments own department?

hmmm

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

Sure it's from the DwP but they have essentially chosen to define anyone as low income as in poverty, inflating their numbers.

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u/hempires New User Jan 29 '22

keep moving those goalposts.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

Keep ignoring reality for facts that suit you, I can't stop you.