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Jacob Rees-Mogg Still Keeps Digging That Hole !
Jacob Rees-Mogg: Food banks 'rather uplifting'
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"He told LBC radio the only reason for the rise in their use was "that people know that they are there".
God help us all if this Tory Twit ever gets into Number Ten.
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"He told LBC radio the only reason for the rise in their use was "that people know that they are there".
God help us all if this Tory Twit ever gets into Number Ten.
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He said::::: "food banks pre-dated the Conservatives coming to office and "crucially, the change that took place was that the Conservative government allowed Jobcentre Plus to tell people that food banks existed".
That rather implies that the huge increase in Food bank use is mainly down to the fact that Jobcentre Plus now advise people that food banks exist.
But that doesn't appear to be born out by the facts. According to the Trussel Trust, only about 5% of people receiving help are being referred by Jobcentre Plus.
I am involved with the Trussel Trust as much as I can. This is their statement after Let-them-eat-cake intervened ::::
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That rather implies that the huge increase in Food bank use is mainly down to the fact that Jobcentre Plus now advise people that food banks exist.
But that doesn't appear to be born out by the facts. According to the Trussel Trust, only about 5% of people receiving help are being referred by Jobcentre Plus.
I am involved with the Trussel Trust as much as I can. This is their statement after Let-them-eat-cake intervened ::::
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Yes, that's what he said.
He was asked about the fact that people have been using foodbanks in increasing numbers over the past 7 years (link below, I've timestamped it so it will open at the relevant part), and waved the question away with "people just use them now because they know about them" (discredited, see mikey's post) and how jolly "uplifting" it was that people gave to foodbanks to help others in need. That is disingenuous, it's pure spin.
Now, this is not more disingenuous than any other politician is. But what annoys me is how susceptible people are to this lie that politicians who have a bit of character or say controversial things are not just as deceitful and manipulative as their peers. It is something that JRM (and plenty of other radicals) have learned to exploit.
Yes, that's what he said.
He was asked about the fact that people have been using foodbanks in increasing numbers over the past 7 years (link below, I've timestamped it so it will open at the relevant part), and waved the question away with "people just use them now because they know about them" (discredited, see mikey's post) and how jolly "uplifting" it was that people gave to foodbanks to help others in need. That is disingenuous, it's pure spin.
Now, this is not more disingenuous than any other politician is. But what annoys me is how susceptible people are to this lie that politicians who have a bit of character or say controversial things are not just as deceitful and manipulative as their peers. It is something that JRM (and plenty of other radicals) have learned to exploit.
I have been castigated for my previous description of Rees-Moog, so I am quite happy to agree with Gulliver, in calling him an Eton College Idiot, although I may in the future add Let-Them-eat-Cake Rees-Mogg.
Hard though it is to believe Gulliver, implying that as soon as the users of Food Banks were told about them, by JonbcenterPlus, people starting using them in droves. But as I have pointed out, the evidence for that is not shared by the Trussell Trust.
Hard though it is to believe Gulliver, implying that as soon as the users of Food Banks were told about them, by JonbcenterPlus, people starting using them in droves. But as I have pointed out, the evidence for that is not shared by the Trussell Trust.
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