Here is a collection of some of last night's tweets on #realpoverty
After the speech of our illustrious double duo and more scrounger/striver rhetoric, I went on a mini-rant. The responses it solicited, are nothing short of astonishing. There were thousands. Here is a small sample
- Then came an astonishing flood of stories. Here are some I have chosen.
@sturdyAlex My brother & I couldn't afford school Xmas party so couldn't go. Someone paid for us. Years later found it was a teacher I hated
@sturdyAlex Me and my little girl in bed ,inthe dark waiting for husband to come home with wages so we could feed the leccie meter .
@sturdyAlex You get cross if your children eat all the tomatoes at once, because you can't buy any more until next week.
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- Cate GriffithsThank you. The humility, strength and generosity of spirit in all these tweets made me weep. When you have experienced abject poverty, it is always just a...more2013-01-08T16:21:45.216Z
- Cate GriffithsThank you. The humility, strength and generosity of spirit in all these tweets made me weep. When you have experienced abject poverty, it is always just a...Thank you. The humility, strength and generosity of spirit in all these tweets made me weep. When you have experienced abject poverty, it is always just a possible wrong step away and the fear never leaves you. We just MUST share and fairly too. Surely that's what a civilised society does?more2013-01-08T16:21:45.216Z
