Marcus Rashford - School Meals Vouchers Campaign

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JagLover said:

We seem to have reached a large page total with some still not realising that many didn't have a problem with the government feeding hungry kids, they just didn't think the voucher scheme would do much good in achieving this.

Perhaps step back and ask yourself how the Government did such an appallingly bad job in making that point clearer if true and why they felt compelled to sneak their definitely not a u-turn change of approach out when they thought the media would be busy covering the US election result.

This is a good outcome for children and credit to the Government for getting there eventually but what they've done is made themselves look out of touch.

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Pan Pan Pan said:

This is just your opinion, not fact. As others have, said time will tell.
If the latest measures to control CV19 are proven successful that `opinion' could change in a heartbeat.
Anyone making judgements `now' about the performance of this government, or that of any other country on the planet in the middle of the pandemic, is utter stupid, probably politically motivated b*llox,
Not least because, as has been seen in many other countries (some much vaunted by certain individuals ) those that were `supposed' to be doing better than the UK, now find themselves in trouble with regard to dealing with CV19 , with rising infection and death rates.
Making comparisons and judgements about how CV19 is being handled in different parts of the world is utter nonsense, especially because other countries differ in so many ways.
Only when the pandemic is over, and under control , can objective analysis on how each administration coped with the pandemic be made,
Anything else is just premature, subjective politically motivated b*llox being spewed by those with an axe to grind with the current administration.

Sorry what's any of that got to with Rashford

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Pan Pan Pan said:

Just that certain individuals seem not to give an actual stuff about the children getting fed, just so long as they can use the children's hunger, as a tool to have a dig at a government they don't like. That is really sick by the way.
Likewise they are using the CV19 pandemic as a way of taking digs at the government and opening their traps before anyone knows who has handled the situation the best, confirming they have opened their traps before they have put their brain in gear.

It's no different to the way that some people will be sure the Government's approach was the right one simply because they like Boris and Boris said it was the right approach.

Until he decided it wasn't.

It's a matter of perception and as you say doing the right thing for the children is what matters and they got there in the end.

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Looks like the attack dogs are out.

We do like to build people up and then knock them down.

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My guess is he does some but also has someone or a team doing others.

Lad's got his head switched on but I doubt as a professional footballer that he has to the time to sit individually tweeting out all the businesses who volunteered during his campaign.

I do hope he found the time to personally tell the Mail they're full of st though.

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jamoor said:

Hiring someone to do a job for you isn’t exactly uncommon, especially if you earn as much as he does.

100%

It's a brand thing.

I read he's trademarking certain things in the US too.

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Blimey fair play to Fergie

Sir Alex Ferguson backs Marcus Rashford bid to end child food poverty

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Rashford has just been on BBC Breakfast being interviewed about his own struggles.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55267997

There's a 1 hour programme on BBC on Monday evening at 7PM called "Feeding Britains Children" that will highlight some of his amazing work over the past six months.

I read yesterday that an estimated 900,000 children registered for free school meals during the pandemic.

Good to see that Rashford and the media aren't forgetting about them.

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Fair play

Marcus Rashford launches book club for disadvantaged children

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Forgive the fan club of one

Marcus Rashford: ‘Whenever I hear “no”, I ask myself: why not?’

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Next u-turn?

Marcus Rashford calls for universal credit cut to be axed

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Have to say that video seems a bit desperate.

I'm sure it isn't Rashford pinging out every tweet but the idea he's somehow being controlled or told what to do is a bit odd.

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jdw100 said:

How is wanting to feed kids leftie?

Should be neutral.

Well it isn't is it.

People see a lad doing well and holding the Government they support to account so assume it's a right/left thing rather than basic decency.

If Johnson had come out right off the bat and said he was extending free school meals pound to a penny many of them would have been lauding him for responding in the face of a pandemic.

They just don't like that he was shamed into it.

Twice.

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MBE and an honorary degree.

RASHFORD READY TO MAKE HISTORY AGAIN

Not bad for a lad apparently controlled by shadowy puppet masters

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pquinn said:

You do realise that an *honorary* degree involves zero effort or ability by the person getting it? You could award one to a turnip if you felt like it would generate enough publicity.

That all sounds lovely.

Given his background I think it's a fantastic achievement tbh.

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pquinn said:

I'm more impressed by the achievements of people from the same background who get an actual Oxford degree, instead of one for their management company's tweets.

I think those are fantastic achievements too.

The two aren't mutually exclusive.

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Helping kids and the poor should be something anyone is proud of and it's not as if he has to do it rather than just sitting back and putting his feet up on £100K a week or whatever he's on.

Seems weird that people think he's incapable of having a view on anything and it just must be the work of shadowy puppet masters.

The dislike of the lad and what he's achieved to date and is still doing is just plain odd.

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Blue One said:

I think it’s the other way around maybe, a reaction to the disproportionate media adulation this guy gets given he’s a largely inarticulate rich young kid with a media team (and others I’m sure) backing up his quasi political efforts.

I think 2 Government u-turns and an MBE for services to vulnerable children is pretty good for a "largely inarticulate rich young kid".

Like I said if he spent his days posting flash cars on Instagram he'd no doubt be wrong too.

Can't win.

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NerveAgent said:

bhstewie said:

Helping kids and the poor should be something anyone is proud of and it's not as if he has to do it rather than just sitting back and putting his feet up on £100K a week or whatever he's on.

Seems weird that people think he's incapable of having a view on anything and it just must be the work of shadowy puppet masters.

The dislike of the lad and what he's achieved to date and is still doing is just plain odd.

This is your invention btw

No it isn't.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

All the work of his lobbying firm that "actually do the thinking and indeed tweeting for him" apparently and there's enough hints on here that he can't be behind the stuff he tweets because he has a team of people not to mention that lovely Youtube video a few pages back all about his "real bosses".

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NerveAgent said:

You think PR firms are shadowy puppet masters?

No.

But when people are talking about lobbying firms and posting videos that say they reveal who his secret "real bosses" are it's pretty clear the suggestion is that Rashford is being told what to do.

The lad clearly has lots of money and a social conscience that's seen him force the Government into some embarrassing climb downs as well as earning himself an MBE for his work.

People should give him credit for that instead of suggesting it's all down to lobbying firms or his "real bosses".