[garinda]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

When you've had beans on toast four nights running, you're taking cold showers and a hot water bottle to bed instead of putting the boiler on, walking everywhere to save petrol and drinking nothing but tap water because you're not even sure you can afford milk for your tea before payday then you can come back to me about not understanding what it's like.

Trust me, I have been there and it's awful. I am eternally grateful to my wife and some wonderful neighbours during that time. It's the primary reason why I want to see things improved for those who really are destitute and have absolutely nothing.

One would have hoped that you would be therefore less judgmental about the plight of others, of whom there are many in this area, who struggle because of their relatively low income.