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• Thu, 22:30: RT @yrotitna: Under Thatcher, UK had the highest level of child poverty in the developed world. Cameron is set on beating her record htt ...
• Thu, 22:31: RT @greenmoggy: .@the_tpa No surprise. Tories cutting services for poor while cutting taxes for the rich. #greedytories
• Thu, 22:32: RT @FordCarole: Lord Freud Announces ATOS For Every Worker http://t.co/szIAL7VA via @samedifference1 #wowpetition #esasos
• Thu, 22:33: RT @TenPercent: @FordCarole with that they just made every union join our fight, fatal misstep by govt overreach!
• Thu, 22:35: RT @WOWpetition: The Govt are running scared of responding to #WOWpetition Keep scaring them! Sign http://t.co/fxIFP8Dz & get everyo ...
• Thu, 22:35: RT @pseudodeviant: Friends without benefits #esafilms #esaSOS
• Thu, 23:03: RT @boycottworkfare: Just in case anyone is thinking of voting for UKIP here is their policy on #workfare. http://t.co/spSqGcwt #bbcqt
• Thu, 23:03: RT @WOWpetition: For goodness sake - Please tell the BBC Question Time tweeters about #esaSOS and #WOWpetition
• Thu, 23:04: RT @philbc3: This is Farage's 12th appearance on #bbcqt since December 2009. More than all the trade union leaders combined.
• Thu, 23:04: RT @epocalypse: Is there bias on BBC Question Time? http://t.co/8OBnh7vN hilariously geeky. And tonight we have favourites Flint & F ...

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Leftovers

You remember the recession hitting us for the first time, and the advert breaks were filled with ads for people saying they would give you cash for your gold? They don't have those kinds of ads any more, because the market's dried up - nowadays, of course, it's all about payday loans and those legalised loan sharks who have an ear in parliament - but that's not what I'm talking about today.

I just saw a food ad ... for leftovers.

The message from the collective consciousness finally filtered through. Amid the usual diarrohea spray of glut and excess I saw an ad where the spokesman was saying "Okay, well since some of you might not know where your next meal is going to be coming from ..."

I wonder if there'll be other such "make do and mend" food ads, as well as similar ads for repairing clothes, furniture and so on?

Edit: Yes, I did - the moment I pressed "Send."