Poor Kids

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Anyone watching?

Yes on my small, modest tv!!! They have no money but they have wide screen tv!

Yes, which they put pound coins into in order to watch it.

Just turned on.

Yes. Its bloody sad.
Who knows where they got the TV, maybe when times were better.

sod the tv, omg that poor little mites sore legs.....

I got the impression it was rented.
However it sounds like that little girl with eczema was skipping meals and her mum could afford highlights and false nails
So difficult

I know awful legs. Poor thing. The kids are gorgeous!

Yeah I was a bit at that. But this wee Scottish girl...

isthismadness... I didn't catch that, did she say that?

she's really sweet!

Interesting that the poverty line is classed as a household income of less than £1,000/mth after housing costs for a household of one adult and two children. I was surprised at that.

She is lovely. That mould is horrible.

It does sound as if their parents have told them what to say a bit. That's just the impression I get.

whats the deal with mould? Housing issue isn't it? not poverty per se

wow judgey! maybe a friend does her nails/hair now and then. jesus

These little girls are so wise, what they have to deal with, that bathroom ceiling. Its disgraceful. I hope samantha Cameron is watching.

Don't understand why Sam's dad needs a job to fit around childcare when he has an 11 yr old and an older child.

wont the camerons be watching newsnight on the other side, whilst doing some kind of timed feed?

I had a HA flat with dreadful mould and it was a newbuild. In the ten years I was there it never went.

I feel very sorry for little Sam. Looks like his dad is not good at coping.

It's easy to judge about someone having a large tv. But the TV was rented - £1 for each six hours of watching it. All the appliances were rented.

That's the difference. If I suddenly lost my job, had no money, and needed a new TV, I would just ask around, friends, family, etc. and somone would have an old one they would happily give me. But these people don't have that choice.

Both Sam and his sister are very eloquent.

Imabee noone who wasn't too poor to live anywhere else would choose to live in a mould infested flat. Not sure what distinction you are making.
It's disgusting that local authority accommodation can make children ill, and they're expected to just carry on living there.

They are obviously sweet bright children. They need someone to clean up and decorate.

They're all particularly eloquent, I think.