Enough to meet essentials, with a small amount left over for minor luxuries (meals out, cinema etc) and modest saving. (View Post)

Not being able to 'keep up with the Joneses' in a neighbourhood pissing contest doesn't make someone poor. It makes them unable to afford an unnecessary and 'fashionable' spl… (View Post)

It is not legitimate. Using a relative measure means someone can be perfectly well-off but because others are even better off the former are deemed to be 'poor'. And if those even better of… (View Post)

Ironic that the 'BBC Verify' post in the live feed about the two child benefit cap and poverty uses the bullshit 'relative poverty' measure. (View Post)

Yep. Like soaking the rich, taxing betting firms excessively just means they go overseas. The VAT shift (I think the threshold falls from £90k to £30k) is going to be bloody awful. I've cunningl… (View Post)