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Politics Reconsidered Blog Post on the Self-Satirising Attitudes of Conservative Politicians towards Food Bank Use

Baroness Jenkin's recent claim that the use of food banks in Britain can be explained by poor people not knowing how to cook in an economising way almost exactly replicates the plot of a Guardian microplay in which a politician undertakes a 'Ready, Steady, Cook' challenge in an attempt to show that everyone is able to make ends meet if they are sufficiently resourceful.

http://politicsreconsidered.net/2015/01/05/when-politicians-outdo-the-satirists-the-case-of-baroness-jenkin-and-food-bank-britain/

Tue 06 Jan 2015, 15:18 | Tags: blog post, PAIS