Does the elected government or Marcus Rashford run the UK?
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or c is this a ridiculous thread and if the OP wants to vent he should just do so without creating a poll that actually means naff all and say what he means and have a discussion
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Awesome thread.
mr.tourette said:
Sorry I've rattled your cage.
If I'd wanted to "vent" I could've gone off with a tirade. Whilst Rashford is free to make whatever points he wishes I find it incredible that the media somehow feel that the government has to jump to his demands even if I were in total agreement with him.
With regard to the free school meals issue: we already have a large social services network throughout the whole of the UK as part of our civil service and surely they already have the means and infrastructure to identify and support the children most at risk, if they're doing their jobs properly. I doubt if anyone needs to starve these days whilst we have an obesity epidemic.
exdos said:mr.tourette said:
Sorry I've rattled your cage.
If I'd wanted to "vent" I could've gone off with a tirade. Whilst Rashford is free to make whatever points he wishes I find it incredible that the media somehow feel that the government has to jump to his demands even if I were in total agreement with him.
With regard to the free school meals issue: we already have a large social services network throughout the whole of the UK as part of our civil service and surely they already have the means and infrastructure to identify and support the children most at risk, if they're doing their jobs properly. I doubt if anyone needs to starve these days whilst we have an obesity epidemic.
See now you've actually said something, quite unbelievably naive imho but Im sure you have your reasoning still unsure about the point of the poll.. keeping vulnerable kids fed is the least we as a developed nation should strive to do
exdos said:someone sent me this:
I got that too..and I agree
That said the genuine cases of which there are many should be looked after, there is a big difference between not being able to feed your kids and spending food money on luxuriesmr.tourette said:I got that too..and I agree
Absolutely. Buckshotting welfare is not the answer; the vulnerable kids are the ones who slip through the net. A targeted approach is required where those at risk are identified and fed whilst being watched whilst they eat, to ensure they don't go hungry. That needs to be focussed and only our welfare system can identify and act, with the assistance of the schools where "at risk" kids can be readily identified.
Marcus Rashford is not in a position to act. That was my point.
exdos said:mr.tourette said:I got that too..and I agree
Absolutely. Buckshotting welfare is not the answer; the vulnerable kids are the ones who slip through the net. A targeted approach is required where those at risk are identified and fed whilst being watched whilst they eat, to ensure they don't go hungry. That needs to be focussed and only our welfare system can identify and act, with the assistance of the schools where "at risk" kids can be readily identified.
Marcus Rashford is not in a position to act. That was my point.
I honestly do not see the harm in him raising awareness, there's no one size fits all in any policies is there, I'm pretty sure the guy thinks he is trying to help vulnerable kids not those who use the welfare state as a lifestyle