Boris Johnson rejects Marcus Rashford's campaign to extend free school meals

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Poorer pupils will not receive free meals during school holidays, No 10 insists – putting Boris Johnson on a fresh collision course with footballer Marcus Rashford.

 

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Please show me all these STARVING children in the UK!?😂😂 If their parents are managing to eat how come the kids aren't? NYC did it right; make the food and let them come and eat it, do not give more FREE MONEY to parents who clearly can't budget in the first place. 👀

Teenage boys would probably be quite different if all football players were half as great as this man 🤍

Of course too busy lining the pockets of the rich!

BorisJohnson ur disgusting x

Dr_PhilippaW We don't.

How can any support BorisJohnson geezer is a massive wanker

Here for the 'He's a millionaire, why can't he feed them' and the 'he should stick to football' crowd like Boris Johnson's job isn't to literally take care of every person in the country.

Wouldn't hurt Amazon to fund fund it I sure a lot of it's warehouse staff children get them

I despair at some of the replies to this. What an awful society we live in.

Cue 1 million comments from arseholes proclaiming that 'if you can't afford to have kids, don't have them - simple as' - or something similarly inhuman and ghoulish. Kids should never have to go hungry. That's the f*cking point.

This is why Marcus Rashford should have rejected his MBE. It was all a PR exercise by Boris and the govt to neuter his cause by acknowledging his achievements as if his campaign had ended. He's a young guy with a good heart, so I hope this has taught him a lesson for future.

Sushak says no money for food for school children no money for funding jobs abs businesses so have these Tories no money left after 10 yrs of austerity

Guess all the budget went to Tory donors. Welcome to Little Britain. Greatest country on earth.

If this affects you and you continue to vote Tory, you either hate your kids or you.... no you just hate your kids.

No

EXCLUSIVE picture of Boris outside No10 moments after rejecting Rashford's calls

u turn in 3,2,1... ?

I see Boris is going to have to learn the hard way again.

The irony of the entitled, betitled and privileged silver spoon class begrudging something free to the less fortunate, whose misery they control on so many levels, is quite simply abhorrent, particularly given the epic amount of waste and corruption going on currently.

Warning. U turn ahead.

He's humiliated them once and he'll do it again. There'll be a U-Turn if he gets as much support as last time!

I hate that snp give money to parents with best start grants etc when that money could have gone directly to children with free school meals for all school kids.

BorisJohnson YOU ARE A WORM FOR THIS

Good! Tell him to concentrate on football.

On the eve of World Food Day.

Why don't they just do it now and save themselves a week of hassle? We all know they'll U-turn on this sooner or later.

It’s the 1-2 again. Reject / Accept / Knight

That’s because Johnson is a bad person.

Obviously Joris didn't learn anything from the first game

Didn't same PM just give him an MBE? Boris seems to be suffering from trumpism.

The money needed for Garden Bridge, water cannons, Seaborne Freight (the ferry company which had NO ships), ........... and this⬇️ Who cares? This is a broken society.

Yes spoke to Boris yesterday he's going back to Conservative policy's of fook the poor let them starve !!!

But it’s not the job of school admin teams to administer the benefits payment systems. Why can’t the child benefit system make these extra payments? Our school admin teams are flat out keeping schools open and functioning.

If cared THAT much, every single penny he earned would go to the so called 'starving' children.,you do know that not 'not having WiFi' is classed as poverty now right? Marcus is a nice lad, but not very bright up top, too simplistic a view and doesn't actually address root cause

Labour MPs who undermined Corbyn have enabled this situation. They’re complicit in 4 million children in poverty in this country. Shame on every one of them. StarmerOut

Money spent on healthy food for struggling families is more helpful in defeating the virus.. good immune systems for all instead of wasted fortunes on failing track n trace

How on earth could you have the heart to reject this?

Anyone know of a bookies giving odds on a govt u-turn?

Boris would rather spend our taxpayers money on his cronies making an absolute mess of track & trace!

Didn't he follow the plan of taking a gong and shutting up? Bad luck Boris. Some people don't give up their principles that easily.

Sadly Boris and chums thought it better use of money to pay 7.5k per day to Boston consultancy group or the 12bn to dido Harding and co to badly run track n Trace. And how much would the school meals have cost?

Why doesn’t Rashford put all his money where his mouth is?

The Conservative's seem to have a real issue with helping to feed children in need. Really odd behaviour.

Wot no U Turn?

Of course he does!

BorisJohnson fucking monster

I feel yet another U-turn is on the horizon!

Unbelievable.

They thought an MBE would shut him up. WRONG!!! Well done MarcusRashford ! ❤️

Predict a 2-0 win to Rashford in extra time....

Genuinely thought this was retweet from months ago

Not surprised

It’s like they are intentionally trying to be the most detested administration in the history of our nation. In that respect this might be the one thing they are succeeding in.

He needs the money for more dodgy dealings instead of making sure our children can eat. Vile, vile, vile

Is Voldemort running the Government behind the scenes because this is wild

He’ll u-turn. U-turning is the only thing you can trust this government to do.

Johnson won’t understand why this decent young man refuses to be bought by the honour he gave him. He doesn’t understand that decent humans care for others

He has no money left after handing out millions to his mates.

Of course he did, he’s Beyond shame and empathy.

Whilst paying consultants taken on by government to advise on test and trace £6,000 per day. We need to get our priorities right.

As usual, some heartless 🔔🔚s commenting. Not much to say about them except putting his club form ahead of starving children is what I expect from Tory Brexit supporters! Rashford FreeSchoolMeals BorisHasFailedTheNation

10DowningStreet So you found the money to pay Serco billions, Consultants thousands, somehow Cummings got thousands of council tax wrote off, so put your big boy pants on and do the right thing, it's not a lot to ask.

Get rashford to donate to the tories and they’ll give him a few billion £s to waste away. U.K. on the 2020s

What a wanker

The MP just had £3300 pay rise. It was announced last week. They are already earning £81,000 plus expenses for buying a toothpaste and toilet roll. Sickening.

'Merry Christmas kids!!!'

THATS DISGUSTING

How much are they paying management consultants from Deloitte and BCG again?

It’s ok, he’ll row back on this next week 👍🏼

Conservatives: Let's bung him an Honour and he'll shut up Person with lived experience of poverty/hunger: all of these children will go hungry, that's not ok!

Much better to pay consultants £7500 per day for a corrupt system.

BeatsSurrender Boris thought that by fobbing Marcus off with a gaudy bauble, it would shut up. No it won’t!

Same old Tories... always cheating...

That is obscene What sort of country are we atm

Maybe they thought the MBE would keep MarcusRashford quiet think again BorisJohnson he’s calling you out

Why don't the parents feed their own children?

Boris will regret that big time. Big Time.

A decidedly derogatory look...what sort of person allows children to go hungry?

Hepworthclare During a pandemic & economic crisis

They’re not free though are they? They are paid by taxpayers.

have we levelled up yet?

Can’t wrap my head around MP salaries increasing but “not enough” money for free school meals and free Oyster card travel ...

Sums up Boris Johnson, another u-turn coming up.

TheBlackWatch1 Boris will never care about every day ppl , only the rich

'Man who hates the poor in hating the poor shock'

Borisjohnson will soon perform another magic u turn when public opinion is against him. Go for it, MarcusRashford

sharonpentay Here comes the next U turn ..... Dont mess with Rashford !

mammaanji 'let them shoot pheasant'

Wtf what a joke

Oh the optics of this. It won’t get much traction, though.

Absolute pillock

Dom and Serco gods say “no”.

BorisJohnson has a head like a blown mattress. MarcusRashford is the real MVP and the only one with compassion for his countrymen, women and children.

Disgraceful

Perhaps all the MPs could donate their payrise to a fund to pay for school meals? Let's see who puts need before greed

scouseweegian Effin stupid nasty *******er

Boris Johnson isn’t a man who learns from his mistakes 🤦‍♂️

bugeyed71 ‘cause too much money been spent paying govt’s privately employed, £7k a day, consultants on developing a failed test, track and trace system. £12bn down the bog. Meanwhile kids go starving for want of a meal which would only cost a quid/head. ToryCronys ToryGovtStink BorisOut

“You’ve got you’re MBE, now get back in your box”

The nation to feed its children for free? 24/7 Begs the question if one cannot feed and care for their children should social services not be involved?

Tory ideology- let them starve.

I am sure SERCO will give it a go of you bung them another billion Boris.

“Look Marcus, l’ve been giving billions to my party donor friends so there’s nothing left for starving children. OK?”

BorisJohnson declares he couldn't give a shit about poor kids starving.

Has this millionaire Premier League footballer organised for himself & his equally rich footballer colleagues to contribute financially to FreeSchoolMeals during term time & holidays? Or does he expect ordinary taxpayers to foot the bill?

For now.

How about Rashford stops starving Harry Kane and Greenwood of assists. One trick penalty taking pony!

Well played BorisJohnson: another opportunity to make one of those agile, midfield UTurns for which you are rightly famed.

So, one day less of a Boston Consulting Group consultant (circa £7000) *not* ensuring effective TestandTrace Would get *3043* free school meals at cost of £2.30 BorisJohnson extend free school meals & u-turn today rather than next week

Can’t we just flush Johnson down a U bend instead?

That's because Mr Johnson does not give a shit!!

How many people in this thread voted Tories? Feel proud?

BorisJohnson scum

Well, there's three U Turns approaching then, No Deal Brexit, feeding disadvantaged kids, Circuit Breaker Lockdown. We can obviously still afford the £7000+ per day to T&T Consultants.

Ok with £7000+ a day for consultants who are yet to deliver a functioning T&T system, £110m to a newly incorporated company with no medical trading history which then failed to deliver functioning PPE... but God forbid we ask for an extension to feed kids!!🤬

People in this country need to realise that the Tories don't give a shit about them.

Guess we’re spent up on £7k a day failing consultants.

cue u-turn number 435

But if the poors get to eat, how will they know their place?

So how long before he does a U Turn.

I'm passionate about football but some of the comments on here!!!

Fuck this government

Wypipo really voted for this guy

Marcus Rashford should retrain as Prime Minister I am sure he could form a better Government than the feckless corrupt idiots we currently have

MarcusRashford needs to refuse that MBE. He shouldn't let the establishment pretend to honour his previous effort to keep children fed on the one hand, while denying those same children food with the other hand.

How callous can you be not to want to keep kids fed

Good grief, talk about an own goal by HMG...

Twit u BorisJohnson

Meanwhile...

Let’s hope The Botcher does another 180.

Imagine how many starving families and children could have been provided for by the £30billion in outsourced contracts and the £millions wasted on a failed Test Trace & Isolate programme. Incompetence.

Wait for the squeals of the massive U turn ...... 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Useless, dandruff speckled, pisshead, posh boy shit.

So it isn't ok to feed children who's parents have been the victims of Conservatives austerity. But it is ok to award contracts to rich mates who set up businesses especially for corrupt contracts BorisJohnson MarcusRashford

Beware, BorisJohnson is self harming and destroying the British nation at every opportunity. He should be taken away for all of our sakes.

Gluttonous imbeciles who quaff lobster and champagne at the Tax payers expense but begrudge providing Children with a basic meal is Tory Britain in a nutshell. He really puts the “Dick” in Dickensian.

Marcus is making the government look REALLY bad so his charitable popularity is being nipped in the bud and no matter what he proposes from now it’ll be put down immediately Someone new has to take up the baton and every time the gov puts one down another should rise immediately

BorisJohnson 10DowningStreet HouseofCommons UKHouseofLords MarcusRashford Boris Johnson, how do you live with yourself? You are a father. You are fortunate enough, always were, to ensure you and your children never need to worry about any meal - don't deny meals to others

Tell him the schools will be making PPE, he is happy to throw loadsamoney around for that.

TalkWithSJ But yet they can shell out this... disgraceful and disgusted!

Conservatives billions for their friends to waste on failed ppe contracts and sub par track and trace systems, nothing for starving kids. Utter scum.

and the worst part is when he u-turns in a few days he'll take full credit for the idea.

Johnson will most likely be forced to U-turn on this, but if he doesn’t well you reap what you sow....

This party really are the nasty party. Funny how they find money to give contracts to their friends. Hungry children? If they die, they die. Not our problem.

Then we see that Cummings has got away with paying a £50k council tax Bill. Anyone else would be in court for this offence, if it was not paid!

Another great move from our completely incompetent government x

Waiting for a U turn

Why is ShaggerJohnsons default answer 'no' except when sex is on offer?

piersmorgan

Hopefully he will hand his MBE back in protest now as it’s obviously as worthless as the many losers medals he will get while he stays at man united 👍

Convenient for BorisJohnson & Conservatives that this distraction arose today considering the epic fail he is about to bluff his way through.

Marcus Rashford should be listened to - he knows what he's talking about.

Absolutely stomach churning! Plenty of money to chuck at his useless corrupt chums, but heaven forbid money for starving kids

How much did the track and trace app cost and does it work?

Marcus Rashford needs to understand the purpose of his recent award from the Queen.

PeterThurlow We all know how this ends. Johnson rejects it then U turns in a couple of weeks time

Scotland are doing it.

Ask Yourself....Why Are They Doing This ?

Should rename he’s charity to “serco” would get as much cash as they need

Now, if it was a white footballer Gove, Mogg, Johnson et al would be at the hotplate serving the dinners up...

No greater shame then letting thousands of children go hungry

£7K a day for SERCO vampires but £0 for hungry children. Sickened by this government. JohnsonIsAMonster

The utter utter waste of space. Johnson that is of course. Rashford is ace even when his club isn’t ⚒

Hey, Boris! I have an Excel hack that allows almost unlimited columns,! $15k a day. Folding stuff only

Feeding the poorest children in our society should just happen. No discussion, no financial calculations required. It should happen all year round - regardless of whether we are in pandemic or not.

What an absolute prick

This government keeps trying to one-up the last scummy thing they did, they don't care about people being in poverty as long as it doesn't affect their mates getting richer, this is just pure evil and anyone who willingly votes for these scumbags is compliant in this evil.

So the No. 10 Tory chumocracy pays consultants up to £6,250 a day for work on the (world beating) Covid test system, but turns its back on additional help to feed children living in poverty . . .

Cue sponger JuliaHB1 backing BorisJohnson to keep up her popularity with the very few arses left listening to her, on dying talkRADIO .

Of course he has. The bloke is a full weight bulb.

Seriously who does Boris think he is? We all know Marcus Rashford sets government policy on this issue.

Look at the state of him..absolute disgrace 🤦🏽‍♀️

The UK government relying on football players to feed vulnerable kids and then rewarding him with a gong is peak 2020

...and just after they gave him the Honours 🤔 QuelleSurprise

Form is temporary No Class is permanent - Conservative Party

Hope Boris Johnson loses all his money and has to rely on charity

ooh - if they fed kids there might not be enough money to spaff on PPE contracts with their friends. ToryLiesCostLives

The comments on here 🤦🏻‍♂️ full of bitter underachievers who are jealous of a working class guy whose made it big and is now trying to do something worthwhile outside of his profession. Literally sums up far too many people in the UK these days!

He should be ashamed of himself some kids don’t have any food for days 😡

Boris Johnson is a terrible person.

Serco’s Test & Trace and Dido Harding couldn’t comment about £bns Gov given them in comparison as probs too busy quaffing champagne and slathering cavier down gullet.

Disgusting decision.

What a shocker! BorisJohnson rejects supporting the health of children in this country but happy to give MPs over £3,000 pay rise! If it weren’t actually happening they’d akin to cliched villans on tv. BUT THIS IS THEM AND IS HAPPENING! ToryCorruption ToryLiesCostLives

Their criminal friends need more billions

Boris Johnson only knows how to make children, not take care of them...unless of course they're his. I guess its a different story then. 😡

This is absolutely vile.

The amount of people getting a cob on cause someone is trying to get hungry kids fed at Christmas 🤯

Bojo needs the money for his kids.

Surprise.

Some people !!!

U-turn in 5, 4, 3, 2.........

MPs get extra money they don't need, but it's not the Government's job to ensure children don't go hungry. Priorities...

remindmetweets remind me in two weeks

And heres to another u turn coming up

Man said fuck those kids.

What's the cost of supporting the country's poorest children? A couple of BrexitChaos consultants? Some LevellingUp!

rashford fc will get u for this bojo

Keeping Thatcher alive I see

ffs honestly the tories are pure evil.

Levelling up. But not hungry children obviously. 🤷‍♂️

SarahMeadows1 🙃

guse_guse Next week's u-turn. Johnson 'sorry but I only heard about this yesterday ' !

Great. He can't be sure COVID will kill enough kids, so he's starving them, just in case.

So children go hungry over holidays. Is this levelling up?

Keep fighting, MarcusRashford. You have more class and more compassion than your Russian stooge of a P.M.

guse_guse Until the U turn! How embarrassing to be ruled by the Tories.

GAIKASAYS

Tories don't give a flying f*ck about working class people Klaxon

If you listen carefully, you can hear the U-turn a couple of stations down the tracks.

His end product has been abysmal lately and ole is allowing him to waste time on such things. Look at Neymar and mbappe at top of the world. They actually don't have time for this. Great job Boris 👍

There is always plenty of money in the Tory treasury for the rich to plunder but nothing for the poor or their starving children.

Disgraceful

This man doesn’t learn

He doesn't learn any lessons does he!

toryscum

Lucyspeed Oh dear luc I think it's a great my lovely Lucy i so hope your safe and well my lovely mate

But finds £12bn for a failed test & trace system.

Why would he? He’s a self serving privileged incompetent Tory.

...for now.

AaronCGShore Marcus Rashford 👏👏 children should never be the ones who suffer. Ever. I hope this guy gets all the backing possible.

Utterly disgusting from this tory government. A new low JohnsonMustGo LiarInChief GTTO toryshambles

AaronCGShore Scumbag BorisJohnson

bastards.

WHAT, he is one heartless ignorant buffoon

Can’t afford school lunches for kids but somehow managed to find an extra £3000 per MP? Interesting...

Truly evil.

Wow. Unbelievable

He has got to recover Durham Councils £30000 somehow

No surprises here. BorisJohnson is too busy working out which mates and mates of mates need OUR money more than underprivileged families.

Not only does this corrupt tory government send kids and teachers back to infected schools but they also look to starve those in poverty .😡 Meanwhile they hand billions to their mates through spurious contracts for public services that fail or don’t exist ToryCorruption

This is the man who has just blew £12 billion on a shit track and trace. Who’s also giving contracts to cronies in the lords.

Clearly Cannot waste public money destined for tory donors!! 🙄🙄

U-turn and knighthood?

but MP’s are getting pay rises for sitting on their arse

We've enough to punt billions to his mates for pandemic systems and equipment that don't meet spec but we can't make sure that underprivileged kids get at least one decent meal a day. Sums the current government up perfectly really.

The PM office and media team surely see this is an important issue,and another battle they cannot win. At a time they are fighting on many fronts

Boris and Carrie know how it is to struggle too .

Predictable. No money for hungry kids but plenty for his cronies and donors.

AaronCGShore Of course he did but let’s keep subsidising all the politicians meals

Boris just wants to starve out the working class ima

Excellent, well done Boris.

How could he? He's had to pay PM Cummings council tax debts. Blackmail isn't cheap you know.

Can't afford meals for children when we pay accountants £1.5million a year to run a track and trace system that doesn't work. He should have found a way for a private company to profit from the project, then it would have been done.

I predict a government u-turn in a few days then

stop1984 Is anyone surprised

piersmorgan you voted for this man.

AGAIN

Time for some pressure.

He should call on the individuals making all the money out of this pandemic and tell them to put their hands in their pockets. They can start with whoever is benefitting at Serco from these huge fees. Shame them.

MarcusRashford

Why doesn’t Johnson save himself the time and U turn now

Not for the first time either. Spineless Prime minister, he’ll change his decision again.

Shepherd440 Something else LiarJohnson is out of touch with ClownsBuffoonsandCharlatans

Marcus Rashford:

Hungry kids in the UK in 2020 is shocking but not unsurprising with the tories in power for 10 years.

“We are busy feeding the rich right now”

I believe the consultants on £7k a day should look into their souls and hear the cries of hungry children and their desperate parents. You know who you are and what you are....shameless

Disgraceful. Just when you think they've reached the bottom, no, there's always more. Levelling up is only for business consultants apparently. What a shower!

Well done to MarcusRashford for what he’s doing, but in my opinion he should have highlighted the rejection of his MBE to the establishment. The government philosophy of starving adults and children awards the campaigner an MBE and laughs behind his back. Sorry.

ldrscke Of course he did! He's all heart that Johnson!

ElleRudd_ Bad move bad PR Bad Karma

The Serco staff need it more, apparently. Johnson is a disgrace.

Well it’s clear BorisJohnson is just in it for himself and has no thought for others. And yet he moans that he has to survive on just 150K a year !

Someone’s got to pay for Cummings’ council tax and all the dodgy PPE contracts...

Elect clowns expect a circus 🤡

Government is a disgrace Things are bad enough because of Covid Don't let our children suffer further. Provide them with a decent meal and give families some hope please

GroundhogDay

juliehinukeu For now

Can’t take out of the public pot for starving kids, got to save all that money so they can keep bunging it to their mates!! 🤬

Have we been here before? I’m sure I’ve seen this episode already...

Should we not expect anything less from those that dine on Cordon Bleu at the expense of the taxpayer?

stoneymaIoney they gave him an OBE then completely ignored him?

Taking the mick now that Rashford lad. Should stick to kicking a ball about.

Give it a day or 2 I’m sure he’ll change his mind again

Better still... they could give the free school meals contract to SERCO: - kids signposted to canteen in Isle of Wight for lunch - 40M lunches described as 'available' while only about 35 need actually be cooked - Dido affords that Scottish Island she's always wanted

This is sickening! Why would the government deprive kids of food? They are an utter disgrace!😡

Only 3 days til the next u turn then...

Yep. That’s the real spirit of Christmas. I don’t know how he’ll be able to keep a straight face when he does his inevitable ‘hard decisions, we’re all making sacrifices’ spiel. Meals for kids would be a drop in the ocean compared to daily spend on Brexit.

Hopefully he can get back to concentrating on football then as a United fan I’ve been very disappointed with his form this season

This is absolutely disgusting. And what about the children isolating? I know many of my students have had to isolate because of close contact with people who have been tested positive. Where do they fit in to this?

When will the Johnson U-Turn be this time - within hours or days? Rashford

Don’t give up MarcusRashford

12billion wasted on Serco test and trace , £1650 a day for a management consultant to try and make it bloody work and we can’t afford free meals for children , in the coming months that meal would be the only one they have with unemployment set to rocket NEVER FORGET

Feed your own darn kids ffs, go without yourself if necessary

Of course he does.

PhilippeAuclair Damn.... Are we really in 2020? Are in the XVth century?

So it will definitely happen then

... that's going to end well...

PhilippeAuclair A quoi il joue bojo sérieux?

Wouldn’t expect anything else from him

MarcusRashford Chuck their MBE back at them.

Well done MarcusRashford you were played. Now you are meant to take your shiny MBE and run along like a good little subject.

PhilippeAuclair Incoming U-Turn

BorisJohnson is a monster.

PhilippeAuclair Borris 'What do you mean he won't shut up about it, we've given him an MBE, that normally works'.

Evil bastard.

SHOCK

Great! But surely they can bung their mates a few more quid for crap PPE. How many millions blown so far? Tory voters must be so proud.

Rashford's agent very happy with this result

Clearly the money is better spent on crony consultants on how to run a crappy track and trace. 🙄 Cronyvirus BorisHasFailedTheNation TheThreeBellends

Didnt he do this once before? expectauturn

Did the poor houses close

BorisJohnson How does it feel as a father yourself, to deny a nourishing meal to needy children, while spending huge sums of money on T & T when adults are eating out?

Have they learned nothing?

Meanwhile how many millions are being backhanded to Tory mates? Just shows their priorities. 😡

Maggie was the Milk snatcher now Boris is the Food snatcher.

U turn in 1 week

'I've already given him a worthless honour, most of my friends are bought off...err, I mean satisfied. by that' :B. Johnson.

He doesn't understand he's probably never spend a day hungry in his life people with money don't understand as his never been without

Well he's a Tory after all. Could only pretend to be human for so long.

Wait for it...

U turn following a U turn

Surprise surprise. No moral compass. Not fit for purpose

Too busy lining Tory pockets 😡

xrigin :/

Is that a plan to close schools? Half expecting the next step. Rely on parents to feed nippers, but that gets complicated. 😢 yeah, some kids have a 3 car family, but some parents struggle to find clothes, or beans on toast every night, and end up having to starve. Social divide.

But of course, he has to pay £100bn for operation moonshit. Money for poor children, nah we don’t have money for that

I pray this compassion get to me. I was robbed few weeks ago. Since then, it hasn't been easy at. I have a daughter she's just 6years old. I barely take care of her cos i have no money. Pls help me. +44 7475 941572 that's my WhatsApp no

I’m not being funny but parents should be feeding their kids from their own wages and if not working they get benefits that covers all of it so why are kids going hungry I don’t understand 🤷🏻‍♀️

The U-Turn won't be long in coming.

Cue the backlash and yet another U turn!!

No surprise to any1, but it should be. They're happy to starve already poor kids & kids they've made poor with their pandemic failure, while they get a pay rise, write off Cummings' council tax, let Amazon et al to pay no tax etc. Burn it all to the fucking ground eattherich

Enjoy round 2 of whipping against feeding children StuartAndrew 👍🏻

Oh,ok,but 'eyesight boy' has his 35-50k council tax bill written off.

I mean... we shouldn’t be surprised for goodness sakes. We are being run by literal devils.

U-turn shortly.

Rashford to return MBE ?

Hepworthclare £500 billion for banks and bankers. Nothing for starving children. BorisJohnson where is the compassion you said you had discovered when you allegedly had COVID?

ABSOLUTELY ABHORRENT as per USUAL

aaronwjohn Keep voting Tory, England.

Hepworthclare Can we stop subsisiding MP food and booze entirely then?

He ain't no Starmer, he will keep campaigning and putting pressure on BoJo.

which means he will... in time

Heartless bastard , through and through !

A millionaire footballer is campaigning for the working class to pay more in taxes and the government said no.

They really want to kill us all.

Not honourable

Hepworthclare amazing what an MBE can buy.

State sponsored inhumanity.

That MBE must feel even dirtier now.

Give it acouple of days and he'll change his mind. ToryIncompetence ToryShambles

There are no words, the Tory donor gets fatter on the Government gravy train, the poor starve, it is like the Ancien Regime in France, before the revolution

He could afford it by donating the pay award ministers have just received. That would be a nice gesture rather than harping on how poor BorisJohnson is!

Of course he does...watch them reinstate their pay rise down the line when this is forgotten news though

So much for levelling up

Give it a couple of days .......

Nice. No meals for the starving, you can starve to death. Britain 2020

Aww bless he takes after Maggie 🙄the milk snatcher

Serco test and trace steal 12 billion of taxpayers money,yet our pm can't help our kids.. disgusting evil government and the return of the nasty party.victorian values has returned.

Nothing like Tory kindness

Create misery & poverty, then kick people while they're down. Great one Boris... 🤬

Are there no cronies who would make money out of this?

Trying to get the Tories to do the right thing is like trying to train a troupe of starving squirrels to collect nuts for you... using only expressive dance to communicate... on a desert island... with no nut trees... and no squirrels...

National policy shouldn't be made by footballers, should it ?

Surely he could at least donate the £30K council tax Cummings isn't paying.

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