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Originally Posted by Glice
It does apply. I've known a few homeless people to die from each of the above. Admittedly, it's not as wide-spread as in other areas. The problem I find in addressing poverty in this country is that it always seem paltry by comparison to countries with 50%+ unemployment and no free health care, but that's not to say there aren't large swathes of the country living in poverty. It's not the severe poverty, but I do think that idea tends to distort matters more than it does help people who are fucked in the UK.
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let me allocate this shit on the news:
- homeless man dies in the UK due to the cold - 30 seconds - interviews, footage of the location, a photo if there's one to be found
- another 30 people die in another terrorist attack somewhere in the middle east - 10 seconds, no footage
- it is estimated godknowshowmanypeople have disappeared in india and have been human trafficked - 10 seconds, specialist talks for 4 seconds
- prince william spends the night with homeless people to find out how shit it is - 60 seconds: footage, interview, and a little smile from the presenter