The prime minister insists he has the right approach and no child will go hungry this winter.
Absolute nonsense on this issue from Boris
"I totally understand the issue of holiday hunger," he said. "The debate is, how do you deal with it." By providing children with food...
He said the government will "do everything in our power to make sure that no kid, no child goes hungry". Except provide the children with food...
Pressure has risen on the PM, including from his own MPs, to rethink the issue. That would be the same MPs who voted the proposal down because they’re too cowardly to break the whip or care about party politics more than children in poverty.
Speaking during a visit to a hospital in Reading to launch a review of hospital food, Mr Johnson said "I totally salute and understand" where Rashford was coming from. No he doesn’t, because a) he has never wondered where his next meal was coming from and b) if he did, he would be actively working to find a solution to the problem of child poverty.
The government also said it gave £63m to councils - first announced in June - to help people who are struggling to afford food and essentials. A) This is a fucking pittance, and B) why does it need to go via councils anyway? Why can’t it go from the government to people’s pockets directly?
"We don't want to see children going hungry this winter, this Christmas, certainly not as a result of any inattention by this government - and you are not going to see that." Of course this will happen. It’s fucking inevitable. What he really means is he hopes you will have forgotten about this issue by Christmas.
Honestly, fuck Boris. Fuck his government. Fuck this whole broken system that accepts people struggling to afford food in one of the world’s richest countries. Nothing about this is tolerable or acceptable.
