Inspired by a lady not in London, but now with a book, I noted this:
Cheap thrills: Can you live on a pound a day?
Whilst often entertaining, and possibly in part educational, I seldom find these things very realistic, not that this worries a media desperate for 'stories'.
Can't put it better than these posters:
"No you can't live in a pound a day. You can live on a pound a day for a few days as long as you know after that you will be living on several hundred pounds a day."
"£1 a day?? Very apt for the paper to run this article a day after they put the cover price up by 25%, from 80p to.... you guessed it, a £1! I'll try and see if the Independent can provide me with all the essentials I need for the day."*
Another 'challenge', much like many I see in the eco-field, that only work because of their finite nature, ignoring creating genuine realities, and I wonder how insiprational for being dropped like hot potatoes once over and the media round begins.
*I might add, rather suicidedly in a monetary sense, that my online experience has not been affected, remaining, for now... free.
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I believe in freedom of speech. But I also don't like bullies on blogs, even verbal ones, as they can drive away those with something valid to say... or offer.
Subjective is fine, but well argued and substantiated is even better. Calm and polite tops. Anything that crosses my personal line will not go up. There may be reasons given, but not guaranteed.
I'm not too keen on 'Anon' as a handle (and the content usually explains why), so if that's what you opt for it may not make it. Sorry.