a good rant.
LET THEM EAT RAW POTATO?
Those who think food poverty in the UK is no big deal need to spend a bit of time volunteering at a food bank one of these days, says writer Felicity Cloake
PORTRAIT: ALASTAIR LEVY. ILLUSTRATION: ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES
At the end of last year I heard Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP for North East Somerset, on the radio criticising Unicef’s decision to give £25,000 to provide breakfasts for children in south London over the holidays – the United Nations agency, he said, should be ashamed of itself “when it is meant to be looking after people in the poorest, the most deprived countries in the world”.