Why the Guardian is going down the pan!

[Favelado]

Even the dogs look smug....

'‘We built an eco-house for £10,000 and grow our own food'

Earns about 20k a year but has 500 grand in the bank.

 

[equationgirl]

Earns about 20k a year but has 500 grand in the bank.

Also overlooks the fact that not everyone is physically capable of growing their own food, nor has access to a space in which to grow it.

 

[killer b]

Earns about 20k a year but has 500 grand in the bank.

Where's that bit?

 

[Favelado]

Where's that bit?

I made up the bank account bit based on prejudice.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Also overlooks the fact that not everyone is physically capable of growing their own food, nor has access to a space in which to grow it.

By her own account they spend an additional £100 per week on food!

 

[Poi E]

Wtf

 

[SpookyFrank]

By her own account they spend an additional £100 per week on food!

Jesus, so compared to my food budget they must be growing minus sixty quid's worth of food a week

 

[equationgirl]

By her own account they spend an additional £100 per week on food!

Yeah, I did notice the 'we spend £150 a month on eating out' bit.

The whole article was oozing with smugness.

 

[killer b]

There's 4 adults and one teenager in the family, 150 quid doesn't get a party that big too many dinners out - likewise 20 quid a week per person on food additional to what you grow doesn't seem that excessive.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

kebabs are like 6 quid takeaway. 2 will do for a family of four. if you do that 4 times a month thats £48

 

[killer b]

But for actually eating out, for a family of five adults 150 quid is two visits to nando's, or a single visit to somewhere more upmarket.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

who eats out in 2019 going out is intolerable enough let alone sitting in a restaurant to give yourself the illusion that you're sociable.

 

[8115]

I thought I’d grieved the death of my sister – until I found this retreat

 

[8115]

Pretty sure it's a pisstake though.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

oh lads and lasses i found one the other week

I met my girlfriend’s parents – and realised I had once slept with her father

 

[oryx]

oh lads and lasses i found one the other week

I met my girlfriend’s parents – and realised I had once slept with her father

As is becoming usual for The Guardian the comments are better than the article.

Is this the Jeremy Kyle show now ?

Makes a change from Kyle's more usual 'Who's the Daddy', doesn't it just?

Actually, it sounds more like a circa 2010 remake of "The Graduate".

It reminds me of the old 'do they or don't they make them up?' debate about what used to be known as problem pages!

 

[oryx]

Awkward!

Truly, no shit Sherlock!

 

[LDC]

kebabs are like 6 quid takeaway. 2 will do for a family of four. if you do that 4 times a month thats £48

I hate to stick up for anyone in that article, but you're not a class traitor if when you eat out you have things other than takeaway kebabs.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

i mean just say it over dinner that you came in her dads arse its really that simple. ultimately she's gonna be the one who makes the decision, but this must be like those frat society circles in the states

 

[ManchesterBeth]

I hate to stick up for anyone in that article, but you're not a class traitor if when you eat out you have things other than takeaway kebabs.

nah i mean im all for spending £150 on cigars. it's just why would you want to eat out in 2019?

 

[LDC]

I thought I’d grieved the death of my sister – until I found this retreat

Holy fucking christ almighty.

 

[Plumdaff]

Fucking hell, Rajneesh? Don't these people have Netflix?

 

[equationgirl]

Fucking hell, Rajneesh? Don't these people have Netflix?

No, just oddles of disposable income.

 

[hot air baboon]

The Guardian, boasting 7.64m Twitter followers attains the giddy heights of 18 likes, 8 re-tweets & 5 comments for a story published this morning on Brexit. I'm sure I've made comments that have had more engagement than that. Are their followers fed up with Brexit, The Guardian or both ?

 

[rekil]

No it won't and nothing can.

 

[Poi E]

Helped Johnson's career no end they did

 

[stavros]

The whole feature section of this week's Guide is devoted to Game of Thrones.

 

[kabbes]

My husband’s boasts are worse since Brexit – and I can’t stand it | Dear Mariella

Someone has a shitty husband and Frostrup uses it as an excuse to give us her reckons about Brexit.

 

[Poi E]

Ridiculous article from a person with a ridiculous name.

 

[brogdale]

Insert seasonal foodstuff...