Iceland supermarket boss Richard Walker says some food banks are rejecting potatoes and root veg because people ‘can’t afford the energy to boil them’
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6th richest country in the world.
UK Govt burning £7bn of unusable PPE.
Getting on with the job….yeah, right.
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Conservative government.
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Sometimes you read a tweet and think that it cannot be true it is so damning. What is happening to the UK if this is the case. Apparently we are one of the richest countries yet we leave the population in such poverty. Something is badly wrong with the running of the country.
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It is! It should be front page news!!
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A Tory country for you. But as long as Rishi twelve homes Sunak and his chums are ok. Others. Just need to work more, get better jobs, so many choices 
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Daily Mail shoulder so much of the blame for this so spare the faux concern
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Not sure about that. However, he did indicate that real inflation was closer to 10% and that will strike a chord...... #SpringStatement
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This is utterly disgraceful how anyone can think this is acceptable in a country with a GDP of ~2.5 trillion dollars is beyond belief.
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5th largest economy in the world they said
Christ this is so sad and scary
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Lost that position with Brexit - it's now sixth.
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To be honest I think far more people with more means will be saying this after April.
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Or even. don't have the energy to use them. It must be a very tiring life wondering where your next meter money is coming from or whether your next meal can be cooked
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That’s akin to someone ages ago saying they couldn’t afford light bulbs so they took the only one they had out and moved it room to room. They is a real crisis out there and misinformation like this doesn’t help anyone.
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Why is this mis-information?
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I'm really not sure what your point is here, but Iceland carry plenty of fresh food and stuff that doesn't need cooking.
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Bonkers we are supposed to be the in the top 10 of wealthiest countries. People say we are judged by how we treat the poorest in society. All I can say is this government is failing on just about every measure going.
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True, but in Africa they reject rice and pasta because they don't have the water to cook them in. They lobby the USA and other aid donors, Send potatoes, we can cook them in a fire.
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So carrots take 15 mins in a pan with potatoes and frozen peas 2 mins in a microwave
Or use a slow cooker and make stews
For eight quid I’d make 5 meals, please dont tell me they don’t have it?id take you stuff Richard walker!!
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