Warm Banks.

[SketchyMagpie]

We all heard about this? I hadn't until today.

We're told we have the best-functioning economy in the world yet this winter there are plans for there to be buildings where people can go to be warm, ala Food Banks but for those who can't afford to heat their homes rather than those who can't afford to eat.

This is already confirmed as going to happen in some places such as Bristol.

'Warm banks' to be set up this winter - but what are they?

They could help keep people warm this winter.

metro.co.uk

 

[joshua]

Somewhere for poor folk to go to stay warm, whilst thier homes are left with no heating, resulting in damp. mould and burst pipes, not forgetting the increase in break in's as the scroates work out that folk are huddled round the radiator in the library.
Does anyone really think this is acceptable

 

[tek-monkey]

This is frankly disgusting, our government need lining up against a wall.

 

[tek-monkey]

Maybe a wicker man? Dual purpose!

 

[Thehooperman]

Don't warm banks already exist?

I think they're called pubs, cafes and Macdonald's.

 

[Gramaisc]

Don't warm banks already exist?

I think they're called pubs, cafes and Macdonald's.

And buses, Londoners can thank Johnson for carrying on with Livingstone's bus pass system for that.

There is much talk these days of people being held in abusive relationships - this is like watching a whole country in one - and little point mentioning it to the cops, they know whose side they're on.

 

[SketchyMagpie]

Don't warm banks already exist?

I think they're called pubs, cafes and Macdonald's.

You generally have to buy something to be allowed in those places, though, which is obviously at odds with the original problem of not being able to afford things.

 

[tek-monkey]

If only the green homes grant wasn't horrifically mismanaged a lot of people would have been warmer this winter.

 

[SketchyMagpie]

It's a weird one because a world in which 'warm banks' exist alongside the energy cost crisis is obviously a better world than one in which they don't but that doesn't make the situation we find ourselves in any less a grotesque failure of government.

 

[joshua]

The Man From Del Monte, he say let the poor freeze

 

[tek-monkey]

It's a weird one because a world in which 'warm banks' exist alongside the energy cost crisis is obviously a better world than one in which they don't but that doesn't make the situation we find ourselves in any less a grotesque failure of government.

A world where warm banks exist while half the country still insist things are going great is quite scary.

 

[basil]

I predict a riot, or two.....

 

[Lucy]

Ah but it's illegal to protest nowadays...

 

[joshua]

At least all those smart meters will come in handy to limit your electricity

 

[Theresa Green]

I predict a riot, or two.....

I predict that you is correct

Save the 99p cheeseburger, you save the infrastructure

 

[tek-monkey]

At least all those smart meters will come in handy to limit your electricity

Nah, they'll just hike the price til poor people can't afford to use it. Oh.

 

[Glam]

Actually, there's a lot of older adults who sit under the heaters in the market for hours. I suppose it saves them a few quid on the heating bills at home.

 

[littleme]

Don't warm banks already exist?

I think they're called pubs, cafes and Macdonald's.

Supermarkets too

 

[littleme]

We have older staff that come in for their shift hours earlier than they need to, they can sit in the warm canteen & *cook their breakfasts, lunch, dinner & watch tv and have some company etc.... Its been going on for years and I don't think they know that we know, it's very sad....

*we have a microwave, kettle, toaster & water dispenser..... Other (not older) staff sometimes bring in grills, egg poachers, foreman's etc, very inventive!

 

[kyoto49]

A world where warm banks exist while half the country still insist things are going great is quite scary.

This. There are still so many people that think the Tories are doing a good job given the circumstances. Beggars belief