From Express.co.uk - MIDDLE class families are among millions of Britons who cannot afford to heat their homes this winter, as elderly ride on buses all day to stay in the warm. After a week of snow and freezing temperatures a shocking picture has emerged of the bleak months ahead for 5.5 million households. Pensioners, who are among those most vulnerable to the cold, are resorting to extraordinary measures to keep warm. Many have been using their free travel passes to spend the day riding on buses while others are seeking refuge from the cold in libraries and shopping centres. Read full story here:
British Socialism: Pensioners Freezing to Death
Posted by
Jim Spence
on Monday, December 6, 2010
Labels:
Energy,
International News
2 comments:
What happened to global warming? After listening to Al Gore talk I imagined the Brits being able to play golf 365 days a year. I thought it would be bloody tropical any day now.
Good job on the global warming article from the 1920's guys! Undoubtedly, the advocates of wealth redistribution would like to see that article buried on the back page of the Prairie Dog Gazette in Bum Fumble, Kansas (POPULATION 79).
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