First food bank launched for needy families in Rossendale (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Food banks in the UK in 2012 is an utter disgrace. You were all warned about voting Tory, Now look how they laugh as they get richer & the poor get destitute.

Please can somebody tell me:
If you won't work what do you expect as far as food is conserned. Do you really expect to be eating caviar and cold roast pheasant.
Most of them smoke and drink so other peoples cast out and scraps is all you deserve you dirty peasents.

Check me out poetry at its best.

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We want to teach them qualities of respect so that they can take those qualities into life as young adults.

What you teaching them how to be a soft touch.

2 for 5p wrote:
Please can somebody tell me: If you won't work what do you expect as far as food is conserned. Do you really expect to be eating caviar and cold roast pheasant. Most of them smoke and drink so other peoples cast out and scraps is all you deserve you dirty peasents. Check me out poetry at its best.

You really are an unpleasant little twonk 2 for 5p. You ridicule & belittle those who are less fortunate, presumably because you believe everything that is so neatly spun by the current crop of politicians & government controlled media. Maybe you should get down from your high horse and find out the truth for yourself. Forget it, you are probably way too lazy or more probably too inept. Sheeple.

pip2pop wrote:
Food banks in the UK in 2012 is an utter disgrace. You were all warned about voting Tory, Now look how they laugh as they get richer & the poor get destitute.

Thats not to mention the threat of a spike in food prices..Failing harvests in the US, Ukraine and other countries this year have eroded reserves to their lowest level since 1974. The US, which has experienced record heatwaves and droughts in 2012, now holds in reserve a historically low 6.5% of the maize that it expects to consume in the next year, says the UN. Prices of main food crops such as wheat and maize are now close to those that sparked riots in 25 countries in 2008.

"Food shortages undermined earlier civilisations. We are on the same path. Each country is now fending for itself. The world is living one year to the next,""The situation we are in is not temporary. These things will happen all the time. Climate is in a state of flux and there is no normal any more.

"We are beginning a new chapter. We will see food unrest in many more places.

"Armed aggression is no longer the principal threat to our future. The overriding threats to this century are climate change, population growth, spreading water shortages and rising food prices,"

I have been warning people and sheeple over the up coming shortages that will spread worldwide. The government have more than enough funds to feed the needy right now. Problem you have is when you want to replace all the tins of food you jhave given away to charities they will cost you three times as much as they originally did. Without the main basis to our diet wheat grain maize you have nothing else no meat no bread absolutely nothing and looking at some recent info I picked up water is becoming very valuable.

When news channels broadcast pictures of children starving to death around the world in third world counties and even in developed countries they will tell you there is nothing can be done to save them..

When food prices triple the same amount of support that was available in 2012 will no longer be there in 2013 thats right across the board. You could have all the money in the world but if there is no food to buy its useless.

As pip2pop as stated food banks in 21st century Britain what a load of cr4p But in defence of the sheeple the tories didn't get voted in they got leadership by some ancient coalition scam to gain power.

And there is still the nagging problem I have with Georgie Osborne not creating any growth in the four yrs they have been in power..? Unless he knows something we don't......World changing disaster...WW3. or the dollar and euro going over the fiscal or maybe a food shortage that will wipe out half the worlds population by design he could know our fait already. There are very dark days ahead which ever way it turns out..The public having to feed the unemployed is beyond a film script. Even Demonic...we must be mad allowing this to go on.."we must be"..!

Mothernature wrote:

2 for 5p wrote:
Please can somebody tell me: If you won't work what do you expect as far as food is conserned. Do you really expect to be eating caviar and cold roast pheasant. Most of them smoke and drink so other peoples cast out and scraps is all you deserve you dirty peasents. Check me out poetry at its best.

You really are an unpleasant little twonk 2 for 5p. You ridicule & belittle those who are less fortunate, presumably because you believe everything that is so neatly spun by the current crop of politicians & government controlled media. Maybe you should get down from your high horse and find out the truth for yourself. Forget it, you are probably way too lazy or more probably too inept. Sheeple.

Well said, this person is disgusting,he/she thinks by insulting the unemployed it makes them feel big, he/she is proberly one of these ten bob millionaires that drive a big car cos they have a chip on there shoulder and only 4ft tall, dweed

2 for 5p wrote:
Please can somebody tell me:
If you won't work what do you expect as far as food is conserned. Do you really expect to be eating caviar and cold roast pheasant.
Most of them smoke and drink so other peoples cast out and scraps is all you deserve you dirty peasents.

Check me out poetry at its best.

Your a vile little imp

2 for 5p wrote:
Please can somebody tell me:
If you won't work what do you expect as far as food is conserned. Do you really expect to be eating caviar and cold roast pheasant.
Most of them smoke and drink so other peoples cast out and scraps is all you deserve you dirty peasents.

Check me out poetry at its best.

Your a vile little imp 2for 5p

Many of the people using these services are not unemployed - they are the working poor - or are only recently unemployed having worked for years.

Benefits for working age poeple have been targetted by this government. So if you are working on minimum wage or just above or have just lost your job after years of grafting or have fallen seriously ill or have had an accident which means you can't work, then this government will hit you hardest.

Well then, did anyone see the young mother on the TV towards the end of last week using one of the many food banks that have been set up?
When asked what she thought of them she enthused 'this really helps. It's great, by coming here it means that I can afford to buy my children better presents!'
You couldnt make it up!

Darwen Malc wrote:
Well then, did anyone see the young mother on the TV towards the end of last week using one of the many food banks that have been set up?
When asked what she thought of them she enthused 'this really helps. It's great, by coming here it means that I can afford to buy my children better presents!'
You couldnt make it up!

darwen malc your 100% spot on.

if your not working you dont have the right to expect tax payers to foot the bill for your brats presents.
Christmas should just be like any other day for you.

Why is it that certain people on here, see the unemployed not as sentient human beings, but as scroungers who are taking "money" from the "system" (the government who kill people every day in wars and spy on us) but don't give a **** about the globalists robbing them blind.Dont worry sheeple, it'll be your turn to go and wait for your food parcel soon.

perhaps the doubting Thomases should volunteer for an organisation that delivers food parcels to people suffering financial hardship....maybe then they will have the knowledge to form an opinion

pwAKE UP:
I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking.
There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already
Sausage and mash with beans
Smartprice sausage 20 for £1
Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p
Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins

That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over
There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example
fish finger and chips
Lentil soup
Sausage and chips
The list is endless

2 for 5p wrote:
pwAKE UP:
I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking.
There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already
Sausage and mash with beans
Smartprice sausage 20 for £1
Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p
Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins

That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over
There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example
fish finger and chips
Lentil soup
Sausage and chips
The list is endless

No fruit and no vegetables.

Still at least you would be able to call them scurvy scumies with some accuracy.

why do a lot of people asume that it's only unemployed PEOPLE who go to food banks?
i know people forced into almost slave labour who need them.
sick country in this day and age that screws tose at the bottom whilst those at the top have more money than they'll ever need.
witness the woman in the news setting a £10,000 spending limit for the sales.
sick.

it should not be happening simple as 2for5p your just a complete idiot end of or was you born with a silver spoon in your big gob you prob aint done a hard days work in your life looossserrrrrrrrrrr

Excluded again wrote:

2 for 5p wrote:
pwAKE UP:
I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking.
There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already
Sausage and mash with beans
Smartprice sausage 20 for £1
Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p
Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins

That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over
There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example
fish finger and chips
Lentil soup
Sausage and chips
The list is endless

No fruit and no vegetables.

Still at least you would be able to call them scurvy scumies with some accuracy.

Beans are veg and so are lentils, and hey do you think for one minute this lot would eat veg,
If it's not something from a takeaway or something you add water to they are not interested, far to buzy lifestyle to put any effort into cooking

chris283 wrote:
it should not be happening simple as 2for5p your just a complete idiot end of or was you born with a silver spoon in your big gob you prob aint done a hard days work in your life looossserrrrrrrrrrr

intresting:

You say it should not be happening ok please tell me in a ressesion what should be happening. Do you expect unemployed to carry on as normal by keep giving them more and more money to keep up with the price of food. There is only so long that can go on.

Your second point about never doing a days work in my life well I can tell you I've never had a datpy off work in my life that's why I don't go begging to food banks, and the reason I don't give nothing to them.

I'm not totally heartless I donate a little to charity's that help feed people in African country's were they can't help being hungry. Not like the UK.

Imagine being in work, earning a good wage, coping with the day to day bills... then something happens - you're made redundant, you end up sick long term, you have to leave your work for some reason.

Your income is radically reduced. You're entitled to benefits which you claim. You have no family nearby and few friends who you feel can help you though any financial harship. You just about cope through the summer months and then winter hits. Your heating costs a stupid amount to run and it's snowing. Did I mention you have children? Let's say two children aged 2 and 5. You make sure they are warm and clean and fed. You go without meals to make sure the children are ok. The payday loan company you had to resort to when you were employed (massive bill for the car you used to be able to run) is getting nasty about repayments. You go to the Citizens' Advice Bureau for help and they talk through your situation. They help you write to the payday loan company and to your landlord about the expensive night storage heaters in your rented flat. They discover you have been missing meals to cope with the bills. They suggest you receive one or two food parcels so that you can get back on top of things. What do you do?

For those who think it's easy living on minimum rate, maybe you should volunteer to have your wages reduced to minimum rate wages for a month and still provide for your family. That's no claiming of Working Tax Credits either. The government favours those with children (average £70 a week per child from Child Tax Credits & Child Benefit if not working). Employers know that single parents are the most employable when it comes to wages as they only have to work 16 hours a week to claim WTC. On top of that, pay them minimum rate and the employers don't have to pay N I contributions, nor sick pay. That gives the employers a big incentive to keep hiring part-time workers. Part-time work is at an all time high for this very reason.

2 for 5p wrote:
pwAKE UP: I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking. There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already Sausage and mash with beans Smartprice sausage 20 for £1 Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example fish finger and chips Lentil soup Sausage and chips The list is endless

Do you seriously think that sort of food is healthy? Who in their right mind would want to eat food that is barely made up of the correct ingredients and filled out with who knows what. I doubt any food like that is designed to keep you feeling full, nor would it be nutrional.

Mothernature wrote:

2 for 5p wrote:
pwAKE UP: I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking. There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already Sausage and mash with beans Smartprice sausage 20 for £1 Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example fish finger and chips Lentil soup Sausage and chips The list is endless

Do you seriously think that sort of food is healthy? Who in their right mind would want to eat food that is barely made up of the correct ingredients and filled out with who knows what. I doubt any food like that is designed to keep you feeling full, nor would it be nutrional.

BEGGERS can not be choosers as the saying goes

2 for 5p wrote:

Mothernature wrote:

2 for 5p wrote:
pwAKE UP: I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking. There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already Sausage and mash with beans Smartprice sausage 20 for £1 Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example fish finger and chips Lentil soup Sausage and chips The list is endless

Do you seriously think that sort of food is healthy? Who in their right mind would want to eat food that is barely made up of the correct ingredients and filled out with who knows what. I doubt any food like that is designed to keep you feeling full, nor would it be nutrional.

BEGGERS can not be choosers as the saying goes

You didn't answer my question 2 for 5p...... What would you do?

bb4comment wrote:

2 for 5p wrote:

Mothernature wrote:

2 for 5p wrote: pwAKE UP: I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking. There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already Sausage and mash with beans Smartprice sausage 20 for £1 Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example fish finger and chips Lentil soup Sausage and chips The list is endless

Do you seriously think that sort of food is healthy? Who in their right mind would want to eat food that is barely made up of the correct ingredients and filled out with who knows what. I doubt any food like that is designed to keep you feeling full, nor would it be nutrional.

BEGGERS can not be choosers as the saying goes

You didn't answer my question 2 for 5p...... What would you do?

I'm going to be quite nasty here bb4. 2 for 5p probably hasn't got a clue on what to do. He is probably sat in his cosy little den with a roaring fire being served champers by his serfs and rubbing his hands in glee knowing others are being penalised for having the audacity to be poor.

Mothernature wrote:

bb4comment wrote:

2 for 5p wrote:

Mothernature wrote:

2 for 5p wrote: pwAKE UP: I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking. There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already Sausage and mash with beans Smartprice sausage 20 for £1 Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example fish finger and chips Lentil soup Sausage and chips The list is endless

Do you seriously think that sort of food is healthy? Who in their right mind would want to eat food that is barely made up of the correct ingredients and filled out with who knows what. I doubt any food like that is designed to keep you feeling full, nor would it be nutrional.

BEGGERS can not be choosers as the saying goes

You didn't answer my question 2 for 5p...... What would you do?

I'm going to be quite nasty here bb4. 2 for 5p probably hasn't got a clue on what to do. He is probably sat in his cosy little den with a roaring fire being served champers by his serfs and rubbing his hands in glee knowing others are being penalised for having the audacity to be poor.

Mothernature that's probably close! :-)

Some people don't get the fact that hard working people can hit hard times whether that be due to illness (or illness of a partner/family member) , redundancy, poor pay or countless other reasons. Sometimes all it takes is a couple of unexpected big bills and finances become unmanageable.

bb4comment wrote:

Mothernature wrote:

bb4comment wrote:

2 for 5p wrote:

Mothernature wrote:

2 for 5p wrote: pwAKE UP: I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking. There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already Sausage and mash with beans Smartprice sausage 20 for £1 Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example fish finger and chips Lentil soup Sausage and chips The list is endless

Do you seriously think that sort of food is healthy? Who in their right mind would want to eat food that is barely made up of the correct ingredients and filled out with who knows what. I doubt any food like that is designed to keep you feeling full, nor would it be nutrional.

BEGGERS can not be choosers as the saying goes

You didn't answer my question 2 for 5p...... What would you do?

I'm going to be quite nasty here bb4. 2 for 5p probably hasn't got a clue on what to do. He is probably sat in his cosy little den with a roaring fire being served champers by his serfs and rubbing his hands in glee knowing others are being penalised for having the audacity to be poor.

Mothernature that's probably close! :-)

Some people don't get the fact that hard working people can hit hard times whether that be due to illness (or illness of a partner/family member) , redundancy, poor pay or countless other reasons. Sometimes all it takes is a couple of unexpected big bills and finances become unmanageable.

The answer to you question is I would take money out of my savings account to tide me over til I found a job, common sense really.

bb4comment wrote:

Mothernature wrote:

bb4comment wrote:

2 for 5p wrote:

Mothernature wrote:

2 for 5p wrote: pwAKE UP: I've seen it first hand scumies going to collect there food hand out whilst smoking. There's no reason why they can't feed there family's if they stick to value or smart price brands, they can enjoy basic foods very cheap. For example I've done the costing already Sausage and mash with beans Smartprice sausage 20 for £1 Smart price instant mash 2 packs 40p Beans from aldi £1 for 4 tins That would be enough to feed ' 6 of them easy for £2.40 and there would be some left over There are loads of other things they could make for cheap for example fish finger and chips Lentil soup Sausage and chips The list is endless

Do you seriously think that sort of food is healthy? Who in their right mind would want to eat food that is barely made up of the correct ingredients and filled out with who knows what. I doubt any food like that is designed to keep you feeling full, nor would it be nutrional.

BEGGERS can not be choosers as the saying goes

You didn't answer my question 2 for 5p...... What would you do?

I'm going to be quite nasty here bb4. 2 for 5p probably hasn't got a clue on what to do. He is probably sat in his cosy little den with a roaring fire being served champers by his serfs and rubbing his hands in glee knowing others are being penalised for having the audacity to be poor.

Mothernature that's probably close! :-)

Some people don't get the fact that hard working people can hit hard times whether that be due to illness (or illness of a partner/family member) , redundancy, poor pay or countless other reasons. Sometimes all it takes is a couple of unexpected big bills and finances become unmanageable.

The answer to you question is I would take money out of my savings account to tide me over til I found a job, common sense really.

and 2 for 5p....what if those savings (which a lot don't have much of) didn't last long enough? what if you weren't able to find another job because you were considered "past it" at 50+ or not worth employing because youhad spent a lot of time off sick? what then?

Oh so what your saying is what if I was a waster, we'll can't answer that one because I'm not. :)

2 for 5p wrote:
Oh so what your saying is what if I was a waster, we'll can't answer that one because I'm not. :)

In other words you can't answer questions about topics you haven't experienced..... may as well ignore all you have to say on the topic of poverty and food parcels then!

bb4comment wrote:

2 for 5p wrote:
Oh so what your saying is what if I was a waster, we'll can't answer that one because I'm not. :)

In other words you can't answer questions about topics you haven't experienced..... may as well ignore all you have to say on the topic of poverty and food parcels then!

Tell you what you answer my question why do 90% of people on food handouts smoke, why can't they buy food with the money they spend on fags, don't you tell me they don't because I've seen them with my own eyes.
Prats like you will be setting up cigarettes banks next to help the poor unfortunates who can't afford fags, oh sorry I forgot they always find money for beer and fags. I look forward to your answer.

Back up what you're saying with legitimate statistics and I'll listen.

...and then I'll answer....

bb4comment wrote:
Back up what you're saying with legitimate statistics and I'll listen.

...and then I'll answer....

Okay sorry all our glorious scum who use food banks don't drink don't smoke go to church every Sundays ect.

Oh what's that over there it looks like a. Flying pig

Yawn. Not very good at this backing up opinions thing are you?

2 for 5p, here's a statistic for you. 23% of the population smoke and that figure becomes lower the younger the people (better eduction on the evils of smoking). Now tell me where you get your figures of 90% of people on benefits are smokers and I'll show you flying pigs. You are like a lot of people who aren't currently affected by the changes (maybe you are one of those getting a reduction in your tax payments). You blindly believe everything spewed out by the press & the government and no doubt it wouldn't enter your head to challenge what is being told to you. I'm alright Jack brigade. Complete fool.

Its time they reduced benefits & issued food vouchers. They couldn't go buy drinks & cigs over the shelf with them. The DSS can go & make unannounced checks on all claimants to find evidence of booze/drugs/cigs/scr
atch cards/betting slips. Bring in new laws so they can search without a warrant any home of a out of work benefit claimant.

Major Tom wrote:
Its time they reduced benefits & issued food vouchers. They couldn't go buy drinks & cigs over the shelf with them. The DSS can go & make unannounced checks on all claimants to find evidence of booze/drugs/cigs/scr

atch cards/betting slips. Bring in new laws so they can search without a warrant any home of a out of work benefit claimant.

Good idea major, I think they should also publish every week how much benefit is being claimed and what benefit each person is claiming. That way neighbour's could bubble them up if they suspect there claiming for something they are not entitled to.
After all its public cash the public deserve to know who's getting what.

Major Tom wrote:
Its time they reduced benefits & issued food vouchers. They couldn't go buy drinks & cigs over the shelf with them. The DSS can go & make unannounced checks on all claimants to find evidence of booze/drugs/cigs/scr

atch cards/betting slips. Bring in new laws so they can search without a warrant any home of a out of work benefit claimant.

Good idea major, I think they should also publish every week how much benefit is being claimed and what benefit each person is claiming. That way neighbour's could bubble them up if they suspect there claiming for something they are not entitled to.
After all its public cash the public deserve to know who's getting what.

Major Tom wrote:
Its time they reduced benefits & issued food vouchers. They couldn't go buy drinks & cigs over the shelf with them. The DSS can go & make unannounced checks on all claimants to find evidence of booze/drugs/cigs/scr

atch cards/betting slips. Bring in new laws so they can search without a warrant any home of a out of work benefit claimant.

Good idea major, I think they should also publish every week how much benefit is being claimed and what benefit each person is claiming. That way neighbour's could bubble them up if they suspect there claiming for something they are not entitled to.
After all its public cash the public deserve to know who's getting what.

Omg 2for 5p you seriously need some mental health treatment,I bet you've never worked a day in your life you loser,you come on here making pathetic comments about people claiming benefit,some people can't bloody help it for gods sake,you need to take a good look around,not every claiment smokes,drinks and do drugs,some do feed there kids proper food,ask for smart price **** I'd like to see you eat it,try living in the real world eh and stop slagging people off,the only ones benefiting is the government,there taking people's pride away to fill there own back pockets for when they get kicked out at the next election,there all the same,you my sad friend need to shut your big fat mouth,even the working class are being punished by this government,it's not just the unemployed you know,you must be one very sad lonely person to be so angry with others,what is it I wonder ? I bet your 4ft tall and drive a big range rover with a massive chip on your shoulders,mmmm,a ten bob millionaire too