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Sophie Thompson
Jun 02, 2023
Jack Monroe has perfectly summed up what the cost of living crisis means for UK families, in a BBC Question Time moment that earned her a round of applause.
“It’s not a cost of living crisis – let’s be absolutely clear – although it is for everybody at the sharp end of it and that’s millions and millions of people ... it’s a cost of Conservatives crisis", she says.
"It’s a cost of austerity crisis. It’s a cost of 13 years of pulverizing all social support and all of those safety nets we used to have."
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