SultanOfSwing

How will this affect the Munchy Box, though?

neilcumming

Google poverty in Glagow 2014 images

scrubbedexpat099

Why have the SNP not abolished poverty now.

PS I understand Poverty definition now included not have home internet access.

neilcumming

There has been poverty in Scotland for centuries ,I really think it has become aceptable to UK governments .The SNP can do more but they need full powers ,they need control of the welfare .Next year they will be cuts in welfare 20 billion pounds ,the scottish government have NO control over these cuts which equals more poverty.My brother used to live in Niddrie in Edinburgh in the 80s the Thatcher years(yes her0 ,its improved now but then it was horrendous place,google it.My brother is on disablity ,hes not what you call poor but doesnt have a lot of money either,he doesnt have internet or even a landline phone just cant afford it .

robin1234

They don't have public libraries in Scotland?

scrubbedexpat099

Thatcher closed them all. Replaced them with food banks.

robin1234

Let them eat cake

nicola s

lots of public facilities have closed or are now on limited hours due to the current economic climate.

I think though Neil mentioned his brother has a disability so it is likely he will struggle to access public facilities.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has lots of information on relative poverty, for anyone wondering about why the internet would be linked to poverty scales

robin1234

Well, it's not always easy to interpret Neil's posts, due to his idiosyncratic punctuation style.

robin1234

Just had a look at the Edinburgh public libraries. It looks like the Central Library is open six days a week, and the various branch libraries five days a week, with some evening hours. So not too bad. Apparently they have nineteen locations, plus the mobile libraries.

Pulaski

It's better to eat cake than book worms.

Pulaski

Yeah, more taxes! That'll help stimulate the economy and attract more business to Scotland, both creating jobs, and simultaneously giving more money for welfare.

robin1234

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Maimonides

Pulaski

Fail to teach him about over-fishing and sooner or later there'll be no fish for anyone. Hence the sorry tale of the British east coast fishing fleet.

scrubbedexpat099

With Scotland out of the EU they will have the fish to themselves.