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let them eat chips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by Julie Easley<\/em><\/p>\n common sense is cheap these days – just ask the rich<\/p>\n they chuck in their opinion, churn out recipes for free common sense is cheap these days – just ask the rich<\/p>\n they give their mates billions, set up companies just for fun common sense is cheap these days – just ask the rich<\/p>\n they say the poor aren\u2019t poor enough to deserve more from the pot common sense is cheap these days, just ask the stinking rich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" let them eat chips by Julie Easley common sense is cheap these days – just ask the rich they chuck in their opinion, churn out recipes for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":605,"featured_media":13988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1660],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
they say the poor can\u2019t budget \u2018cept for fags and booze and huge TV\u2019s
they line up in their taxpayer limos for the latest photo op
for selfies at the food bank where the poor can get their spuds
and rummage an excellent choice in tins for something to go on toast
they say \u2018food poverty is so in vogue,\u2019 they flood their twitter feed
the smiling elites with thumbs up giving nourishment for a fee<\/p>\n
sit their privileged arses on piles of cash then vote to starve the kids,
they gorge on gourmet menus, wipe out cummings council tax
point their dodgy fingers at the parents lost in a poverty trap
they promise to level up – that we\u2019re in this all together
then slash and cut and level down, laugh and clap and cheer with glee
\u2018the poor,\u2019 they say, \u2018can feed themselves if they spend more responsibly\u2019<\/p>\n
they piss it up the wall they say, or spend it all on crack
they make all the wrong decisions, the problems plain to see
the poor don\u2019t need luxury stuff like choices of what to afford
a tin of beans or the heating on
a loaf of bread or pay the rent
a bag of spuds or frozen chips<\/p>\n