comparison

edwina currie was on the radio tonight in order to review the sunday papers. she started off by telling everyone that she had enjoyed her champagne and smoked salmon. good for her.
one of the big stories of the papers was about the protests that had been taking place in various financial districts around europe.
after patronising a protester for not having a solution (because george osborne has one – doesn’t he) she sparked off an argument when she denied that anyone in the uk could be starving and no one had to make the choice between heating or eating.
when a caller pointed out that ms. currie had been going on about her champers and salmon and that for the majority of people that would be a luxury. ms. currie replied that it was a half bottle that had been given to her and that it was salmon bits. somehow her justification/ defence just made her sound very petulant and pathetic. (here is a tip to the rich conservatives – we know you have money, and lots of it, we don’t expect you to wear hair shirts and eat gruel (though it would be fun) we just don’t want you pretending you are suffering like the rest of us).
when challenged about the heating/eating problem she claimed that no one in the uk could be starving, there are children in africa who are really starving.
i guess that shows the level of compassion at the heart of the conservatives.
as long as they can point to people who are much worse off then you shouldn’t have the right to complain. you shouldn’t even think you have a problem when there are others so much worse off than you.
looks like the ‘we are in it together’ tact has failed so we might be entering ‘they have it worse than you’ phase – so just remember the next time you think you have something to complain about have a quick think and if there is someone worse off than you then just zip it buddy boy because you are still better off than them.
see all the social problems of the country solved, and not a penny spent.
i bet you are all feeling better now.