underclass

[sambro]

i dont know how to put this,watching the news last night,watching the neighbours of shannon mathews,what society have we created in this country of ours?

[persianlady]

Le Chat......... Well said. I agree with you totally.

[NikkiB]

I have to admit, seeing the drab, ungroomed, face-pierced, beercan-swilling neighbours of little Shannon, my over-riding thought was Yuk What Utter Chavs!

I feel guilty about my own prejudice here and see that it's quite a widespread feeling. But none of us know which, if any, of those people are unemployed, unemployable, or criminal. Would they have been more acceptable if the women were a little more groomed and magnums of champagne were being popped open rather than cheap lager?

[fagidill]

persianlady : Rightly so, M.Thatcher closed the coal mine's
they were losing mega buck's [ � ] it
was us tax payer's in other industries paying their wage's!!

it was cheaper to import coal from poland & ELSEWHERE.
Tell me, if you owned your own company & it was looseing money, would you keep it running , just to keep your employee's in a job. I do'nt think so!! . & exactley the same
thing was going on within the power industries, Gas, Electricity & BT. That's why they were sold off , they were LOSER'S.

You do'nt plough money into something that does not pay it's way.

[Lucy Thomas]

Fagidill. Did you get a job lot of apostrophes for Christmas with a 'use by' date of 16th March 2008?

[anotheoldgit]

NikkiB is correct non of us know which, if any, of those people are unemployed, although there seemed to be an awful number of adults on the streets.

It was reported that the mother's boyfriend is a Supermarket Butcher. I wonder if he goes to bed in that baseball cap? One could dress these people in the most expensive clothes, send the women to have their hair done and make-up applied and still they would look no different, WHY?

I think NikkiB was also generalising when he said they had cheap lager. There was also bottles of some kind of fizzy wine being popped off and sprayed all over the place the day the girl was found.

[ruby27]

What unpleasant reading this post makes.

Perhaps next time a community want to celebrate the safe return of a child, they should be vetted first to make sure that they are aesthetically pleasing to the audience.

How dare they not consider the tastes of the viewing public first before getting on with their lives.

Mind you all of those recoiling in horror from fellow mankind, at least their existence enables you to feel mightily superior.

[persianlady]

Fagidill.... so you think that the taxpayers paying all this benefit instead is good value for money? Are the astronomic gas and electric bills we have to pay now good value for money?
Thatchers reasons for what she did to the coal miners were political not economical.

[fagidill]

Lucy Tomass """ Who""" Pulled""" Your""" Chain""" !!!!!!!!!

[Ice.Maiden]

Apart from Ruby - and Lucy who didn't comment on the actual post - I think you're a disgusting load of snobs. I suppose in your estimation that the McCanns are more deserving of help, since they have a "position" in society? I don't suppose it matters to you that Madaleine and the other chidren were left alone, in a strange country, every night of their holiday? Does being middle class exempt them from being totally negligent?
This was a missing child, for goodness' sake! Have you no feelings? More than likely no children - or ones who're also palmed off, whilst you go out to work!

[pastafreak]

We live in a society where appearances count for everything...and inner soul for nothing. As far as Shannons family...it is all too easy to jump on the anti-chav bandwagon...we/I have been guilty of it....yet can't those predjudices be put away for a while. There will always be an underclass in this and all western countries..it is not going to go away. This is not there time to get all superior and self-righteous..it just makes us look bad as human beings.

[Ice.Maiden]

Couldn't agree more - and here's a lasting thought for those who despise the "underclass" as you so delicately put it -

So you want these chavvy people to get off their backsides and work as hard as you, do you? What on earth would you do if they became your neighbours then????
I don't think any amount of money makes a lady or a gentleman, but good manners and being mindful of others feelings goes a long way...
Can anyone put their hands up? By observation, not many of you.

[galltin]

I must have missed something. Who is out of work? When did the coverage outline who was drawing benefits? I mean can't be jumping to conclusions can you?

[Quinlad]

Good old chav-bashing. It must make your bland Ikea-and-Gap-and-Jamie-Oliver lives that bit more colourful.

[flip_flop]

Still......................................they are definitely all pikey scum chavs.

[Kettleblack]

Seems like it was just the uncle then? Or does anyone have any new suggestions given its now 4 days since she was found.

Wonder if the mess from the party has been cleaned up yet.

[helpmetoo]

kettle,
i shouldnt think so, the kebab wrappers and white lightning bottles will still be alongside the odd dead dog in three months time

[Kettleblack]

Well, well, well. The Step dad has been arrested on suspicion of downloading child porn (none of the family though).

It was only a matter of time before this all started splling out.