[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Point 1 (the serious point): "Poverty porn" (Jeremy Kyle, Daily Star articles etc.) is crass and a bit gross. I recommend putting down the tabloids and reading this, if you want to read something that won't rot your brain.

Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass - Darren McGarvey

It is genuinely excellent.

Point 2 (less serious but still a bit serious): £18.50 for a Margherita??? I'd have told Pronto Pizza to get off my ****ing doorstep!! Like a fully loaded pizza with all the meaty trimmings MAYBE, but cheese and tomato? I'd have called the police and told them there was a daylight burglar at my door.

I dont need to read that, we were as poor as church mice growing up

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by cherie

i dont need to read that, we were as poor as church mice growing up

you were lucky

oh the luxury of a warm church and a roof over your head, we used to dream of that

we lived in an old watertank on a rubbish tip

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I dont need to read that, we were as poor as church mice growing up

Yes but the "poverty as entertainment" stuff only really started in the late 90's... Jezza, sensationalised tabloid articles about benefits, all of the countless Channel 5 poverty reality shows ("Benefits Street", "Don't Pay We'll Take It Away" etc etc etc)

[smudgie]

Ruddy attention seeking twit by the look of it.