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Old 22-02-2011, 08:47   #75
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Re: would you support protest?

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates View Post
Brilliant post Wyn - but you could have included the Indian sub-continent as well. Did a job in Pakistan (Lahore & Mirpur), a couple of years back. Then I realised why there are so many Pakistanis in UK.
I agree, as I'm sure anyone else would, who'd visited any third world countries.

Poverty is relative. I refute the figure that 13% of children in this country live in poverty, whilst there's access to clean water, education, and a social benefits system which should mean that no one dies of starvation in the U.K.

'A spokesman for the charity said: "Measuring Severe Child Poverty in the UK reveals that 13% of the UK's children are now living in severe poverty and shows that efforts to reduce child poverty have not only stalled but have slid into reverse."
Child poverty fight 'slid into reverse' - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

Sadly we do hear about cases of children living in appalling conditions. However that is child abuse, caused by feckless adults, and not as a result of real poverty.
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