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Originally Posted by Pierre
No. People can be equally angry at their handling of Coronavirus and this.
They had a chance to get some credit, only had to be a short term commitment.
I understand why reasons for not backing it, but they’re not strong enough. They could have won a brilliant PR coup by suspending the MP food allowance And putting that towards this.
I despair sometimes.
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Given that Marcus Rashford was awarded an MBE, you would think that the government would have the issue on their agenda.
They could have built on the goodwill generated by awarding the MBE by continuing with free school meals through the Civid crisis at little cost and considered making it permanent.
Put in the context of the
Triple Lock of £1.5bn a year which is providing increases in pensions of two per cent more than inflation it's a bargain.