Cost of Living Special Report: Staying Afloat

Sky's Greg Milam speaks to the residents of Morecambe in Lancashire to find out how the cost of living crisis is affecting them.
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[@rknow78229]

I pray for all the those struggling to put food on the table. I sincerely hope things get better.🙏🏾

[@balance3201]

Don't worry people can eat in uk

[@715michala]

What I dont understand - how can people afford to go on holiday or run a car? It's really annoying when they claim poverty as well.I mean how can they afford to save ?

[@715michala]

The recession could change into a depression bet it takes up to a decade to get out of this mess

[@rahulmahesh4631]

AS IT THE REWARD OF ALL YOUR PAST AND PRESENT EVIL 😈 ACTION AGAINST INNOCENT THIRD WORLD POPULATION BY PUTING MASS DISTRUCTION WEAPONS, BOMB WORSHIP OVER WEAKER COUNTRIES AND LOOTING THEIR WEALTH, PEACE AND HARMONY OF LIFE AND SPREADING PROPAGANDA AGAINST WEAKER COUNTRIES FOR INVADING THEIR COUNTRIES

[@nilsalmquist802]

With the Tories in power they never will - only get worse.

[@heliux8359]

Cost if living should be called cost of survival

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

cling on to GERMANY

[@tristanbulluss9386]

I'm living on canned mackerel.

[@emlee5905]

She's driving around looking for cheap petrol..that makes no sense she's using extra fuel.its counter productive and fuel prices don't go up daily.

[@chrislambert9435]

She's made up that story ! The cheapest fuel pumps are always the same pumps

[@christinal3041]

That’s what I thought, not make sense😮

[@allykhan8594]

She should go to work or go around and find work.

[@2011hwalker]

Well, no offence, I dont think she is the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[@allykhan8594]

@@2011hwalker no knives at all.

[@elenastone6011]

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of." --- Confucius ---

[@PicoAndSepulveda]

That's very good

[@PicoAndSepulveda]

@M D Exactly!

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Capitalism has no shame.

[@gulfstream7235]

I heard/saw this quote recently

[@saracooper6187]

💯

[@esthers9140]

Driving around looking for the cheapest petrol just doesn't seem to make sense to me ...?

[@clivebaxter6354]

But she is an idiot, so it does to her

[@donnaallgaier-lamberti3933]

Even those of us who are not single mothers are having trouble staying on budget. We senior citizens ate struggling as well and we need constant tests, glasses, dental work etc - all out of pocket.

[@jilllawton8556]

I’m so sorry. I’m a pensioner too with a s*** pension. If I was on my own I wouldn’t survive. But at least we know how to cook don’t we. 😂

[@cc97143]

No one said it was only single mothers struggling.

[@jen9774]

@@cc97143 really ?

[@cc97143]

@@jen9774 yes. No one said that at all.

[@debbieframpton3857]

I'm a senior living in the states my only income is social security. I own my home I have the usual upkeep real estate taxes and utilities but I am able to afford them and am able to live on my own. If a person is paying rent that makes it a lot harder but is doable I have a friend that is living on Social Security and paying rent. I understand not all countries are doing as well as the states especially with the energy cost

[@veronicaboyce6794]

I’m surviving on my part time salary. I was told I’m entitled to claim for an top up 🤔😬I have no intentions in doing so as UC have a habit of stating an overpayment have been made and one have to pay it back. I don’t need the stress. I intend to carry on living within my means.

[@happilysmpl]

Very smart. Do not take advances as anyway everything ultimately has to be paid back. In fact taking more it will break the resolve or discipline.

[@hifi8844]

Definitely the same thing happened to me over payments to pay back forcing people into debt.

[@user-wd7th6ri7r]

Yes, the Over Payment lie was used on me. From somewhere, they're demanding £10,000 back ??? And that's just unbelievable, never would have be thought they were so corrupt or inefficient. Sent me paperwork to prove their point, which was riddled with errors. But they refused to listen to reason.

[@mikehurley5052]

20 stone woman having to miss lunch, wow, things are bad.

[@elainech6387]

It’s laughable. Missing meals and losing weight will help with her diabetes.

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

@@rrolyan1393It’s what’s in the meals.Yes sge us morbidly obese,but as she says carbs are cheap.The one pot cookery is a good idea.

[@petersothern2909]

she's 22 stone actually 😃

[@debrarouselle9761]

Excess eating is an emotional response to stress. Cruel words etc. do not help.

[@katjaxxx7353]

She could suffer from depression. Don’t judge a book by its cover

[@faranakalishahi3934]

In the great depression this same situation forced a lot of people out of their homes and into campers. I'm 27 and I live with my parents. I don't even think about moving out in this situation. Some of my friends who are living alone are thinking about buying a van and turn that to a house, which is plausible in my opinion.

[@labt8194]

vanlife is the way forward

[@Simon-je7ko]

It's really the future. It's not supposed to be this way. But people will not be able to have an apartment or a house soon. So the van life will be easier for them.

[@ianwhitehead691]

It's been tried before,mid Eighties (new age travellers) Local council's, Locals and police made their lives hell. Its a no Win situation.

[@andgray]

Good. Get a job, save your money and build your life. Bad times are ahead.

[@faranakalishahi3934]

@@andgray I'm still a student at the University, studying engineering. I hope I'll get a good job in the future. We'll see. I haven't bought any clothes in 2 years, trying to save up.

[@jacksoncrate]

Walk to school? Jesus it must be bad

[@creightonjason]

Thats what I thought hard life

[@1985slipstream]

@@creightonjason diabetic woman, loads of cat tat all branded products in the kitchen.

[@slerz1]

Too many funerals and too many tears, just seen another brother buried plus I knew him for years, passed by his family but what could I say, keep your head up and try to keep the faith and pray for better days.

[@absolutepowerchannel8980]

RIP 2pac

[@1Strawbz1]

Just had my payslip through, im at sainsburys 36.5 hours a week, taxed £350 which left me with £1,100 for a month 😂 absolute joke

[@pragueexpat5106]

Let me guess: it's a part time job because it's not full 40 hours, there no benefits whatsoever

[@smc2069]

Surely u can do ot?

[@mariehill6982]

I work in a woman's refuge, the residents often get paid more than the staff and it's the same all of the social sector

[@jenjones90]

@@mariehill6982 and half of them are lying about being victims.

[@1Strawbz1]

@@goofygirl6270 yeah it was thanks ❤️‍🔥

[@ashwynn4177]

92 year old man shouting for help for food!! I never thought I'd ever see that day

[@jilllawton8556]

I wish he was my neighbour.

[@arpanmadrecha3013]

@@jilllawton8556 he must be thinking what is the use of being a resident or citizen of Britain

[@hoodhangerz4315]

Am I the only one concerned about putting a toddler on the bloody hob🥺 wtaf. Parent of the year award goes to.......

[@bill-2018]

I thought that too. One day she might forget it was only just switched off.

[@markbooth4868]

Yes, I thought the same. Unbelievable

[@nevkrisjackson8065]

I freaked out the second I saw it 😨 One day she will try climb up when its on

[@sassi7966]

Ikr!

[@mikehurley5052]

No problem, she cant afford to turn it on.

[@LoloO42]

Driving around every day looking for the cheapest gas seems counterproductive. 🤔

[@Simon-je7ko]

It's really sad to watch this. OMG! I hope that people are going to be fine soon.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Its most likely only going to get worse going forward sadly

[@breezybre2670]

Low income people pay zero taxes.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Brezy Bre Not true Property and sales taxes Deed transfer taxes fir example We all pay

[@breezybre2670]

@@frederickmuhlbauer9477 Correction...pay no income taxes.

[@lisahertel2415]

Nope. It’s going to get way worse for a long time

[@noeldunford4955]

But MPs don't know what a cold or hungery day is plus MPs keep getting massive pay rises

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

They are only concerned about their expenses .

[@vanessawilliams4432]

Looking at the pay raises they're getting tells u how bad things are going to get, as well as here! They don't go without the raises to keep up, we don't!!!

[@marviwilson1853]

That's because they stayed at school until they were 18 then went off to University for three of four year first degree course followed maybe by a two years Masters degree in a subject like History or Philosophy or maybe business economics then followed by a highly paid rewarding job. Off course they don't know what a cold or hungry day is because they have earned that privilege.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Big houses in Suburbia , big cars on the drive and f..king Grands ! No illegals in hotels in their constituencies !

[@djayy181]

I don't own a car I have sold the TV and most of anything of value I only use one room now all lights stay off I am also having to give up my hose to a smaller property because I cannot afford to live here anymore I am missing meals

[@amydavid1111]

Chris Martin losing the house is so disappointing but might be a hidden blessing. at this time, maybe living with his sister will let him save for another house, help his sister with her rising costs and expenses. (At least they’re not both struggling to pay their bills separately.) Maybe he will save her from dire straits during this tough period. Maybe seeing it that way will help them deal with having to live together in a more positive way. I’m so sorry everyone is having such a hard time.

[@annapachaclarke2392]

Yes, this situation can work better for them for the time being!

[@odoggow8157]

Too much love tone it down a bit

[@yvonnegrant3736]

Ppl Stop blaming rich people. The government, local and national are ones mishan

[@daviniarobbins9298]

They don't look like they are starving.

[@jbfitness38jb37]

👀😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@usefulrandom1855]

How can they be expected to live on only two meals though? Also that young guy in th Hugo Boss jumper. Im convinced that 90% of people are struggling due to bad decisions and lack of education along with trying to live beyond your means.

[@tundejola878]

They ain’t hungry. Just tripping.

[@maxinesobers2606]

Medication for diabetes, cause weight retention.

[@clivebaxter6354]

Fat, lazy and stupid though

[@jasonandoy4740]

I know it doesn’t help comparing but here in the US this is happening too people can’t afford food or to put gas in their car on top of not being able to afford Healthcare and stuck with student debt

[@RebelRed]

Getting the bus to school & eating stuff out of the freezer? My childhood 😂

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

When I was young,no telephone,no fridge freezer and walked back from School alone when I was 5.

[@RebelRed]

@@ann-mariepaliukenas19 luxury

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

@@RebelRed lol

[@mariahsmom9457]

I was thinking the same except I walked a couple miles to school every day. Even in the rain. It was normal then. It still is normal for me now lol

[@katieq7210]

We need start helping the people in our own country before we send millions abroad.

[@TheBillaro]

stop helping the executives and shareholders of BP and Shell.

[@joebloggs9941]

I agree and that is why the former British colonies should stop funnelling their taxes through the UK in exchange for supported public services.

[@arpanmadrecha3013]

@@TheBillaro what about Banks

[@TheBillaro]

@@arpanmadrecha3013 yup

[@bernadettenightingale4495]

@@joebloggs9941 People arr dying to get here.

[@stephanienguyen6992]

Shared living with your family. How our grandparents survive since 1900, we don't need mansion or castle.

[@melitajay]

"£2 lottery ticket" part of the problem. At least not as bad as the few times I've seen people spend 20 quid at a time on scratch cards.

[@haroondaman7162]

You'd have a better chance of money money buying 1 day stock options.

[@TedTheTree]

I see it all the time at the Asda checkout, older people buying loads of lottery tickets, they ain't gonna know what to do with it if they win it;

[@whizzer2944]

Lottery , biggest ripoff going used to be called the numbers racket , now legalised , bahh.

[@Ozymandias1]

Lotteries are extra taxes for people who are terrible at calculating the odds.

[@michaelplank8966]

The poor in the us do the same especially the blacks im middle class never gambled a fools game

[@shanjanusman9974]

Welcome to Post Industrial Britain. Far too late now.

[@masoncarter7333]

Very true and very sad. We gave all our jobs to far East Asia.

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

@@masoncarter7333 Due to the GATT Treaty! Watch the vid - Charlie Rose interview with James Goldsmith, he explained what was to come. Very prophetic.

[@elenastone6011]

When Corporate Shadow Government are dipping their grabby hands on the public money to finance their businesses in a form of government grants example by £100million.... £250million..

[@jenjones90]

Oh gosh...turning the washing machine off at the wall???? Oh the inconvenience.

[@Georgiaredfern]

Also she has a microwave and an airfryer . I don’t have either- neither is necessary.

[@jenjones90]

@@Georgiaredfern I have a microwave but I didn't for several months this year when the last one broke and couldn't afford to replace; barely missed it. I don't even know what an air fryer is. I switch everything off at the wall except the fridge and always have done. My bills have definitely gone up the last few months but not to the point of being unaffordable, I assume this is cause my energy use is very low. I'm not having to make any lifestyle changes, but these are changes people should have made anyway! Switching things off at the wall and turning lights off is what I thought everyone did.

[@Georgiaredfern]

It’s not rocket science is it!

[@clairejohnson4643]

​@@Georgiaredfern A microwave and a air fryer are both necessary they save on the energy bills,I have both haven't used my main oven in 2 years the air fryer cooks food in time than my oven and the microwave heats food up quicker than han the gas hob.

[@ireneteareblessed]

Really? The amount of the drive she could do to look for cheaper petrol?? Cheaper by how much? Is it really saving? Atleast she has had a drive in the neighbourhood perhaps.

[@tobialabi01]

I like Chris, hard working man

[@charlesbridgford254]

Not buying that house right now is the best thing he could do.

[@geofff6544]

to be fair having to walk to school and mixing and matching food from the freezer is hardly a big deal. Sure the Ukranians would settle for problems like that

[@kerrynight3271]

@@museumsgiraffe8423 Very good idea!

[@saralowe5306]

@@museumsgiraffe8423 mine has been off since August. And I tend not to use the oven either only the microwave.

[@arpanmadrecha3013]

@Geoff- here they are talking about UK -we cannot compare UK with india phillipines etc or ukraine otherwise what is the point of people living in Britain if they have to live like the other countries

[@kerrynight3271]

@@museumsgiraffe8423 My back add-on isn't heated and I could easily do without a fridge in the winter since I don't store meat or milk. I already unplug my freezer and fridge for six hours five days a week when our electricity rates are much higher than the rest of the day.

[@MrBirchieBirch]

There's a lack of empathy and humanity in some of these comments. Look up, not down.

[@masoncarter7333]

Louise has never skipped a meal in her like. The roofer is wearing Hugo boss sweat shirts. The single mum has full Nike clothing and a car. All on Dole, all complaining for MORE.

[@maryamali1787]

😂😂

[@alexbetts8291]

Mostly all from women,, maybe the larger lady worked her whole life to have her car ,,, people can be so vicious

[@davidostrowski679]

The humane thing would be for these people to stop selfishly bringing unnecessary humans into the world who have no way of consenting to an 80 year prison sentence of not being able to use a toaster. This so-called 'crisis' is these people's own doing

[@annapachaclarke2392]

So true. Yet those making the vile comments, happily let this crooked government screw them over, and do what!! Cowardly and pathetic of them!

[@imagecollections6665]

Louise is huge but claiming she is starving. She's lying. Plus why does she need a car when all she's doing is going round shops etc. Pointless.

[@Mari-qk4oc]

Probably she thinks she deserves it, when she doesn’t even know how to earn for her essentials like food…

[@wakey87]

i've been living like this ever since they started giving free money to people staying at home. I saw it coming. Live rich die broke.

[@markjarvis6109]

People in charge really have made a mess of things, while making themselves stupidily rich.

[@omadjourney]

OMG she could call around to find petrol prices instead of driving around and Chris could have got a lodger short term and that would have covered more than half the mortgage as he's alone and could have done with two bedrooms short term.

[@tomasviane3844]

Shhht! People don't want solution, they just want to complain.

[@catherinehume9193]

Yes. There is so much that people can do to help themselves. I’ve turned my personal finances around in the last four months. I’m fine. And I want other people to take responsibility for themselves and turn their lives around. The problem is, dependency is big here. Dependency on welfare benefits is huge, and suggesting anyone take responsibility for improving their own lives is seen as cruelty. What is cruel is not giving everyone in this film a wake up call, issuing them with a job - and employers are paying crazy wages - and tell people to stop having babies that they can’t afford to raise. But nurses can’t afford to live on £27k! I live very comfortably now on £16k. If people mismanage their money, they will mismanage it if they get £50k. Nurses get way more in pay than most people I know, plus paid sick leave, maternity leave, compassionate leave and a generous pension. I don’t. People need to educate themselves about personal finance, stop expecting everyone else to bail them out while they sit on their backsides and take responsibility for their own lives. They will feel better physically and mentally and they will not be poor.

[@yvonnefuglsang5627]

That big lady driving around wasting petrol to find the cheapest petrol. Just wondering if she has internet to find out the cheapest petrol.

[@jacksoncrate]

What bollocks. All these people have plenty of money

[@user-hm2gb6pm6b]

Nothing Not even a job

[@MatthewChapmanYT]

Newquay in Cornwall.. close a hotel for guests make 30 staff jobless then give the Albanians who come over on the boat luxury rooms. Soft touch Britain

[@seanreacts6961]

I hope Sky offered to pay for that coffee

[@crimsonclover9871]

I thought the same thing...I'm hoping that the reporter paid for coffe and a bit of cake. 🖤

[@NafisaLondon]

@@crimsonclover9871 of course they did!

[@jeremywentworth1833]

Am I missing something but doesn't everyone when not using the cooker microwave washing machine off when not in use it's for safety etc as the single mum said she has only just started doing it , The big lady probably spends more on fuel driving round instead of going to the nearest supermarket petrol station, 99 times out of 100 supermarket petrol stations will charge roughly the same as when 1 reduces the Rest reduce, she should try eating less that will help her feet more comfortable were all in the same predicament, I don't put heating on as much but I'm sure it won't kill me or my family and I've been out of work since April it won't last forever things will improve .

[@Matthew-nc9vm]

Theres plenty of work out there. There are huge staffing shortages

[@stephenrussell8867]

It threw me off to begin with. The joker side of me was thinking - do they just leave their cooker running... just in case they want to cook later?!

[@stephenrussell8867]

@@Matthew-nc9vm There really is, I see soo many people saying they can't employ anyone, even at jobs above minimum wage - so many people cant be bothered to work

[@Matthew-nc9vm]

@Stephen Russell yep its all laziness. Nothing short of it

[@BigDaddyD24]

@@stephenrussell8867 Looking at the mess of the hobs she must use them alot 😪

[@saralowe5306]

I've gone the extra mile and tripped off the switches in the fuse box. The electric bills have gone down a load ! I think it must charge something even when switches are off because there is no other explanation. Shower off at the trip switch. Oven off at the trip switch. Water heater off at the trip switch ( I don't even know why I have a trip for that as my water is heated by my air source heating.

[@jacintacesp]

We should have all been saving energy knowing about the ecological crisis. It makes me sad to think that it all comes down to money.

[@saralowe5306]

@@jacintacesp my energy comes from renewable sources so I don't have anyother reason but money to make a change. The sun still shines and the wind still blows. I don't honestly know what those trip switches were for but its made no difference to anything working.

[@MaterLacrymarum]

There's a standing charge.

[@erdevon3257]

Most switches are double pole, isolsting circuit entirely. Trip switches are single pole and isolate the live so not true

[@annomaly751]

Thanks for posting Sky News I don’t see the media reporting on issues like that this even though cost living crisis affecting us here in the U.S. too. Great reporting.

[@jadler457]

Its almost like its all orchestrated...

[@PicoAndSepulveda]

It sure is like that here in the US

[@Mischa21xo]

@@Lotusblume.8 they try to make it seem like it's not as bad, not even half as bad as it really is. They act like things are always going to get better, when they are just going to get worse and worse until this country is completely on its knees. Just wait until a box of oatmeal is $50.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Ya think? The US has the worst homelessness and drug crisis in the world

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

M Marilyn thats coming very soon Meat and fish will be impossible

[@worldin4k_1]

3:10 she doesn't look like someone who skips meals

[@J1122]

i think it actually would benefit her no?

[@worldin4k_1]

@@J1122 absolutely. Read about Angus Barbieri.

[@J1122]

@@worldin4k_1 I will - also, I like your channel; very cool - subbed

[@worldin4k_1]

@@J1122 thanks mate

[@jomongjomong4190]

It’s sad to watch this. Government has a major role in this. Why can’t the government significantly increase the taxes on luxury non-essentials such as luxury electronics and use this money to subsidise the essentials 🤷‍♂️ Every human deserves decent food and a warm house

[@trutherasitis2109]

Because their is no humanity and bank’s borrowing money on interest collapses economies. No one is holding banks to account. Thank God we are Muslims and don’t believe in the money interest and we all look after each other as families.

[@JoelJoel321]

Essentials already do not carry VAT.

[@jomongjomong4190]

@@JoelJoel321 that’s correct. But I think they should be subsidised so becomes even cheaper

[@JoelJoel321]

@@jomongjomong4190 Oh right. So gvt puts more money in Tesco's pockets. Nice.

[@mikenewbold1699]

first girl moaning about not being able to afford to fill car up. i work fulltime and can't afford to drive.

[@NECNetwork]

Feel for Maisey can relate grew up with no money in the UK, watching all your mates go only the school trips. Etc

[@anitastanley8986]

During the war we were all on survival rations. No central heating. Baths once a week in a tin bath. We survived

[@KonohazFinest]

Hearing her talk broke my heart.

[@richardsimms251]

I wonder if families of other European countries as Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, etc as well as the northern countries have the same financial pains and stresses ???

[@monacophotographyevents2384]

It's the same across Europe...

[@Dennis_Reynolds]

It’s worse in the UK than most of the EU, but still bad throughout

[@garycooper9207]

I live in Finland and it is bad here for low income families and pensioners. Food prices are crazy and getting higher almost weekly. I skip meals so my family can eat more. Also we have snow here already, makes it worse

[@rayosullivan4398]

They do but just the lazy ones

[@garycooper9207]

@@rayosullivan4398 Salaries are not getting higher but prices are and so are the taxes.. Nothing to do with being lazy

[@jilllawton8556]

No it’s not ok. It’s heartbreaking, we had no warning for this. What we have been through with Covid, lockdowns etc. things should be better now. The uncertainty will destroy people

[@joebloggs9941]

When Governments print money to get through difficulty, inflation naturally follows. It's a by-product of economic growth & "prosperity".

[@mariahsmom9457]

There was a lot of warning that inflation was coming.

[@amfearliathmor9747]

I had a 69p Fray Bentos Vegetable Balti Pie for dinner last night but the cost of baking it for 25 minutes in an electric oven didn't do anything for my Mental Health using such Luxurious methods of heating up food.

[@safirahmed]

Halogen oven may be cheaper for baking but finding one at lower prices below £50 could be difficult and these need the hot heavy lid to be lifted and placed carefully into a stand to cool down after use. Induction hobs are cheaper and faster than electric hobs but require pans that are magnetic and these induction hobs also cost around £50.

[@balance3201]

Microwave?

[@amfearliathmor9747]

@@balance3201 It was a Fray Bentos Vegetable Balti Pie so unable to use a microwave oven. I do have a Cobb BBQ Oven and a Dutch Oven but this would require cooking the Pie Outside in the Garden.

[@golgotha3938]

Air fryer?

[@mrgee9530]

I really need to bite my tongue !!!!

[@anilu3021]

When the first world starts feeling this pain - we need to wake up.

[@aao449]

Excuse me?? Because "the ppl who matter" are now feeling pain or b/c they can't reliably depend on raiding and robbing other ppl and nations of their belongings and feed off stolen wealth?? Laughable. No, rest of the world has always been awake. Glad these ones are now "awake". They can get in line with everyone else streuggling and feeding off what they produced. Live underneath your means and don't depend on your country robbing others to live the lavish lifestyles that can't be sustained.

[@richhenry8004]

I think a lot of the world has been feeling pain worse than this on a daily basis.

[@DiarmuidHayes]

Last night I heard on a doc that Qatar owns more land than the Queen in the UK.. Surely this is part of the story esp for the young trying to get housing

[@Tommyleini]

Qatar owns the Shard, largest UK building and it costs £32 ish to enter the building

[@auroraborealis2442]

Of course, they do, the leaders of Qatar are smart. They know, that oil will not be there forever and they want to ensure, when that will happen, they'll have a place and income.

[@davidatkins3498]

She lives within walking distance of the school and yet used to drive....

[@prettypuffprincess]

GLAD I GREW UP POOR NOW! MY SURVIVAL SKILLS NEVER LEFT ME!

[@vanessawilliams4432]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

[@greenearthblueskies8556]

👍🏽

[@nathanandsopa]

Jasmine. It was disturbing to see that little girl sitting on an electric stove, even though she said it was switched off.... She also had a metal knife (no plastic handle) and looked like she was going to ram it in the toaster to get the toast out .... terrifying to watch..

[@gonefishing3644]

Many UK households could start victory gardens in their back gardens or public allotments this spring and get free food this way. The climate in much of the UK is ideal for growing potatoes, carrots and cabbages. A person could live very well of a diet of potatoes, carrots and cabbages supplemented with a very modest amount of purchased meat, fish, eggs or cheese for protein and fat. This worked during WWII when food was tightly rationed. During the 1940s many in the UK population became more fit and lost excess weight through a combination of less abundance of fattening fools and a lot more physical activity. There are plenty of gardening hobbyists in the UK who could teach youngsters and unemployed adults how to grow some free food for their own families.

[@minimaxmiaandme.4971]

Great idea!

[@gloriagreen1123]

Absolutely right on! I have always felt that the way to freedom from hunger and from the food industry is to grow one's own food to the greatest extent possible. We would all be healthier, weigh less and, often, when people change to a more natural diet, they require less medications for ailments which results in less money out for meds as well.. One can grow food on the stoop and in a window box and just about any container, inside and outside the house.

[@clivebaxter6354]

Most are too lazy

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Get a bunch of chickens too for eggs

[@mariahsmom9457]

It's a brilliant idea. I am starting my garden this year. I have lots of space to grow veg. A few of my neighbors know how so they can teach me or help.

[@HighQualityAdventure]

That poor woman. Imagine having to turn the cooker off at the wall?! It's already so bad she has to turn the washing machine off when she's not using it! What next for this poor woman...

[@robertmclellan3658]

Perhaps learn how to cook properly?

[@mdmarko]

Learn how to keep a place clean and neat?

[@fern1416]

Lol I thought the same hahaha! So basically nothing has changed and she wants a shot on the telly 🙈. All propoganda

[@snooze02]

It is utterly unbelievable that is has come to this in the UK and the rest of Europe. Can't afford heat or food. 🤦👎

[@brucesnyder690]

Retired expat from the US living jn Thailand. Life is great here. Sorry for these people. Sad.

[@patrickdoyle9304]

How can people on the dole afford to run a car??

[@akoot]

Why shouldn't they?

[@Anonymous-pn4fv]

She certainly isn’t going hungry.

[@supermajink]

They could have got a car while they were in work. Critical thinking is at an all time low

[@IBTU]

Drugs on the side

[@djtaylorutube]

My oldest car is a 1976 model, costs me around £100 a year for insurance and doesn't require an MOT. Not all cars need to cost £££ per month on a lease plan.

[@freedomworks3976]

Lady says she sometimes misses lunch - weighs 300 pounds

[@alikarim391]

She’s probably wasting more money driving around trying to save a few pence. I’d be surprised if it made that much difference.

[@clivebaxter6354]

But it looks good on TV

[@timismakinggreatcoffee]

She needs an app like GasBuddy

[@alikarim391]

@@timismakinggreatcoffee she’d probably still drive around just to check the app is correct lol

[@tomasviane3844]

She just needs something to do and feel important. It's like the people that clean their house every day, completely unnecessary, but it gives some meaning.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

I thought the same thing

[@whizzer2944]

I wish there had been food banks in the 1980s when I was on a three day week ,bailiffs threatening , not much sympathy back then , I don't think things are as bad now , yet.

[@catherinehume9193]

Yep. My mum used to walk me and my sister around the supermarket to keep warm. Or the museum. Or the library. The libraries have always been used by brits to keep warm. A lot of people hang out there every day and have done for decades as a way of keeping warm. The old reading rooms were used by tramps and other people who were cold. It’s a shame we have not progressed, but we did progress, and then people got over confident and lived beyond their means, and then people thought it was great to get paid for two years without doing anything and now are upset that the economy has crashed and they can’t afford gas.

[@chocksaway100]

Louise and Clive don't seem to be going hungry living on benefits ,Jasmine can run a car ....poverty what poverty.

[@deimosdamascus8861]

never seen so many starving overweight people

[@CRAZYCR1T1C]

To be honest. The fact that that big woman can’t afford a lot of food may be a good thing for her body. Too many people sitting at home complaining that things are no cheap anymore so they can’t live out their excessive lifestyles.

[@lennymomanyi7104]

I was to talk about their sizes but it can be from stress, I don't think I can assume until there is a physical proof

[@kamaldeepjohal9372]

@@lennymomanyi7104 she is undeniably large

[@bunny-vo3qs]

Truth

[@losmooth716]

That's the poison in the food system is citizens all huge too they manipulate the grain and food and animals everyone getting sick obese

[@lennymomanyi7104]

@@losmooth716 what happened to real foods in Britain? Is it too expensive? I thought it was stress. Europe and Asia don't have that obesity, I can control myself but obesity is bad sign in the real world

[@rustykatt3870]

I'm sure Chris the roofer is helping his sister out financially. This is probably what's needed these days. Good luck to us all.

[@onetalentedman2822]

£50 a week I live on £15 electricity, £5 dog meat, £5 Council tax, £20 food and save £5 for emergency. I heat my home free with fire wood collected every time I walk my dog daily I've always known how to live extremely cheap. Transport I cycle and walk. My house is paid for and have no debts. Modern people are lazy most people could live a alternative life if they put there heart to it. There is nothing I want or need in life money I've saved over the years I've built a house in the Philippines where I will retire in 2 years. I've been on disability benefits for 28 years with no other income. It's very easy to live cheap I buy no food unless it's greatly been reduced normally by 75% in super markets.

[@Tommyleini]

If people wonder how to pay only £20/week on supermarket food: Aldi and Lidl.

[@onetalentedman2822]

@@Tommyleini I only buy reduced food from Aldi 6pm daily they reduce. meat and veg 75% off I have 2 large freezes full of only reduced food from Aldi meat mostly. Any person can buy fresh food for a small fraction of what it was selling for the same day.

[@chiragshetty4608]

Generally If two members of household are working full-time then there shouldn't be a problem with a cost of living unless u r spendaholic. People living on benefit or single mothers and fathers they surely will struggle somewhat but that's how it is .

[@dancingverona1281]

i agree

[@LobsterLover530]

My heart goes out to these folks. ❤❤❤. What can someone do for them?

[@EliteNordicGarrison]

They aren't helping themselves, the woman who says she turns the cooker off at the wall but burns her pasties through overcooking them...... the obese diabetic can't afford brown bread but can afford £4 a week for Lotto tickets....

[@aHarzoo]

driving a 30k peugeot 3008...

[@thelevelupcommunity]

I bet it Will be a disability car

[@Passionbloom52]

Don’t understand how some of these people aren’t coping . What did they spend the government help money on ?

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

2:22 -“Why can some people do this and some people can’t do this...” - The most poignant question in economics by an eight year-old...I’m an archaeologist; I study systems collapse: how civilizations rise and fall. This system is going to collapse - very soon.

[@TheBillaro]

do go on please. ❤

[@tomasviane3844]

😅

[@beckyjones3578]

It'll get soooooo bad that people will dig up graves and become canabilists.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

@@beckyjones3578 - Don’t be silly: the graves have already been spoken for by the billionaires.

[@vanessawilliams4432]

@@dorianphilotheates3769 😂😂😂!!!

[@dalesmith4985]

Cost of living is getting worse here in Australia....everything is rising and there is a rental crises with lack of housing and more people looking for a place to live than what is available in Queensland. the price of renting a small two bedroom unit/flat is now getting ridiculous and most on a pension can't afford to rent a house.

[@elainech6387]

I know there are problems in many countries. So many in the UK seem to think everywhere else is utopian compared to their own country.

[@mistercut8331]

crazy and yet another 30,000 'new' arrivals into Australia this year

[@fayereeve8154]

As a house hold we're all been ill for the last 3 months for a family of 6 are food budget is £5 a day Christmas is not going to happen this year unless I can pick up some good road kill it's no joke

[@mrsc3120]

Driving around wasting fuel to find the cheapest petrol station and then phoning her friends and family. So she can afford a car a phone, 3 ++++ meals a day a comfortable home, medical care and let's not forget the lotto tickets. All courtesy of the tax payer. Hardly a hardship is it.

[@bernadettenightingale4495]

Amazing! Not many people can afford a car, pets and tattoo's!

[@ad8942]

Well said..why is she driving around wasting fuel, wat a bloody joke

[@Darny1able]

Good club to belong to.think working people one pay packet from being homeless

[@kizzy2874]

Yes they should be showing working families that are struggling. Those that aren't getting pay rises but are just above the benefits threshold, so get no benefits to help either.

[@kayisehadebe1790]

When they said "she likes to get out of the house" I thought great she gets some exercise. Turns out it's out the door into the car to drive around for cheaper petrol🤦🏾.

[@TheBillaro]

stop helping the executives and shareholders of BP and Shell.

[@erdevon3257]

Worst time to be alive in last 30 years

[@derrickhoo6293]

Where is the dad?

[@coastliner5848]

No mention of a dad with the roofer's sister either.

[@boring4606]

Best thing we did was move from there! Hopefully they can get funding for the Eden project to attract tourists but the council hasn't helped over the years. Small festivals and attractions have disappeared which brought loads in. Most famous for Tyson Fury now.

[@TheBillaro]

it's price gouging by the energy companies, allowed to happen by the government, NOT a 'cost of living crisis'.

[@hitchjack]

The worldwide economics of energy supply and demand isn't price gouging.

[@TheBillaro]

@@hitchjack their production costs, ie north sea gas, are the same. there is no need for them to hike prices and if they do the gov should implement a windfall tax. the trouble is they are buddies

[@jebby285]

it pays to work

[@lennymomanyi7104]

I need a serious report, those people are not that affected by cost of living, from their sizes, topics. For me to have a better view of the crisis. It's a criscus there

[@stuartmaguire]

First girl decked out in Nike and has a car. I wish I could afford a full spice rack and virgin olive oil like the second family. People are so spoilt and never had REAL hard times like our grand parents.Roofer with his Hugo Boss jumper lol must be really struggling.

[@victoriasp41]

And sunpat peanut butter, mostly branded food! Sunpat!!!!

[@supermajink]

This comment reeks of both envy and a lack of grey matter. branded clothes are available in charity shops. Spices and olive oil are readily available in all budget supermarkets. Do working class roofers not deserve a good quality of life and nice things?

[@victoriasp41]

@@supermajink I think the comment was leaning more (about the spice etc.) that the spices and olive oil were expensive branded items. That olive oil alone is about £6. Both my husband and I work and I cannot afford expensive branded items. I do agree about charity shops I get alot of good quality clothes from them.

[@Sbee11234]

@@supermajinkI was thinking the same. The spice jars could have been sitting in the cupboard for years. The Hugo boss jumper isn’t that expensive. It’s not like he was wearing Balmain or a Parada Jumper and anyway he could have bought it in the sales.

[@DianeAbotsLastSurvivinBrainCel]

It’s probably a schnidy fake.

[@annyip458]

We can see from their eyes…worrying about the situation!❤

[@Brizlebird]

I work for a commercial business. Paying huge amounts of taxation. The public sector have their hand in my pocket, those on benefits demand more from me so they are “comfortable”, foreign aid demand that i fund people overseas, COP27 promises mean even more taxes…. Meanwhile boat arrivals are given free heated accommodation, free meals and full access to healthcare…all paid for by me, the helpless taxpayer. When is it my turn to be “comfortable”?

[@suigeneris3909]

Well said.

[@allykhan8594]

Mate, best leave the country. The reality is coming. They had it too free too good for too long.

[@northwestcoast]

But surely your elevated moral position offers fantastic accommodation?

[@allykhan8594]

@@northwestcoast get a better job. Get a better education.

[@chrisd5964]

Snowflake.

[@3rodox]

I'm convinced they pick these members of the public for interview to confirm the narrative inside Torries closed minds.

[@markpallister9882]

If hunger is an issue, WHY so many overweight and obese people these days?

[@celticwarrior777]

Eating bread makes people fat

[@vanng5689]

This is just so sad and totally avoidable. Are we completely too 'proud' to change course?

[@davidostrowski679]

Yes if these people stopped choosing to conceive further unnecessary humans they wouldn't be in the pickle they're in

[@matthewstock1074]

Could sit and spew opinion about this all day but really reading breath to those guys at the end from the card sums up everything.

[@dorismahoney1440]

I like your crocheting. Keep it up. I like it so. Yarn here in Canada is pricey. At least there's a blanket or something at the end of it.

[@albal20051]

Years of govt interference, socialising ridiculous things at the expense of the taxpayer, subsidising big corporations for their bad decisions and low wages

[@zoekenny3619]

This is like witnessing the impoverishment of a nation, literally regressing in front of our eyes.

[@wasteoftime2187]

Great coverage

[@m.p.6039]

It really goes to show how appalling public health is, when a house has two diabetics and neither has been informed by doctors or nurses of the vital importance of fasting, nor of the necessity to cut out all starches and sugars from their diet. It's the year of 2023 and I am hearing a morbidly obese woman diagnosed with diabetes complaining that she has to skip one meal a day and that she has to buy the cheapest bread... couldn't the reporter have done her the favour of telling her that starch is poison to her, and that OMAD would probably reverse her diagnosis. Surely, at this day and age any journalist is aware of this.

[@Cactikeeperr]

Absent fathers are a huge problem.

[@Anonymous-pn4fv]

I’ve watched several of these reports, and I have to say, I see many people have created their own situation, by lifestyle choices. The exception is the elderly, and the others, like the roofer, Chris.

[@digitaldemii4735]

Gr8 b8 M8

[@insertname2035]

Nah. The elderly had decades to save money. They had free higher education and cheap housing and got jobs quickly.

[@bettyboo4971]

@@insertname2035 true

[@CouncilofOneElectronic]

I have no pity for them, contrary to what they tell us the elderly had it dead easy for years. They spent their youth Swanning into well paying jobs with zero qualifications, free education and council houses.

[@hoodhangerz4315]

@@insertname2035 thats fact's.

[@annette711]

Benefits isn't enough neither is wages were all getting screwed over unless your an MP that is or the head of an engery company or some other cooperation.

[@epermute]

Morecambe has been in decline since the 1970s. Most of the former guest Houses such as in the west end have been used for the DSS for decades.

[@TQ11AA]

depressingly, i remember a situation that was far worse 40 years ago in the 1980's inflation at 13%, interest rates around 18%, the current situation isn't anything new, but this is new to a generation who have been used to low interest rates and money that is cheap to borrow, plus its always been the case that "printing money" as happened during the pandemic will create inflation, coupled to the fact that supply chains broke down during the pandemic and have not recovered mean many goods and foods are in short supply and therefore more expensive

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Bought my first property in Brooklyn.in 1981 at age of 26 paid cash Three family with my friend Worked 7.dsys a week as a roofing contractor

[@tariqjoseph3562]

House prices were far far far far less so that 18 percent interest was still nothing compared to lower interest on something far far far far more expensive 🤦‍♂️🤡

[@whizzer2944]

Is it true that more money was printed , well not surprising , wondered how they managed all those handouts .

[@tomadevil1]

I think these people should have a look around in European supermarkets. It's bloody expensive here compared to the UK.

[@pauloakes5718]

Have a look at the price of food in the states!

[@jonsimmons4150]

No it isnt! EUtopia!

[@JoelJoel321]

But we took back control!

[@evaflowervines9520]

Wages are higher in Europe