Lisa

My dad passed away a few years back, I inherited his battered old bench that came from his cricket club - he coached for Sussex. I’ve had it restored and can’t bring myself to put it outside.

You’re not giving yourselves enough credit - I’d say it’s more like four thousand but they weren’t in mortal danger were they? They were illegals that you rescued to the UK… @RNLI begging letters are being dropped.

In England, if you earn £35,100 a year with this budget:

- No Netflix etc
- £75 a week on food
- No eating out or holidays abroad
- Rent a modest flat
- Run a basic car

Monthly outgoings:

- £950 rent
- £350 council tax, gas, electricity and water
- £325 food
- £300 car
- £200 fuel
- £50 phone and internet
- £75 clothes, toiletries and household essentials
- £100 debt repayments
- £375.50 Income Tax
- £150.20 National Insurance

£2,875.70 gone.

Saving just £49.30 & working full-time earning £35,100 a year and still barely getting by.

It's over for the UK. 🇬🇧

My mother worked on the Hawker Siddeley Harrier Jump Jet, my Godfather was with the Chindits in Burma, my father with the RAF and my brother a Major in the Army with the Gurkhas. 🇬🇧