7 YEARS SHORT IN THE UK

If you live in England, and you're poor, get ready to die seven years earlier than you're richer brethren.

By VBS STAFF

If you’re poor and you’re living in England, don’t expect the NHS to keep you kicking around as long as your moneyed co-patriots. As a matter of fact, you can count on keeling over a full seven years before uncle moneybags. Even worse, if you’re poor you’re likely to spend more of your life sick. Or on drugs. Or eating shit and not exercising. Really, being poor in any country just makes it considerably more difficult to take care of yourself, even if you’re in one of the west’s better democracies.

We’d be remiss not to mention our look at poverty in the UK, Swansea Love Story, premiering tomorrow right here on VBS. You can check out an eensy bit of it here and get a taste for what’s to come: A gripping look into the lives of a few Welsh teenagers whose lives have been taken over by addiction.

Wanna whet your palette yet more? Check out other entries in our Rule Britannia series here.

By VBS STAFF 2 years ago

Comments