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The skint go to church

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04 December 2015

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From Mr Stephen Spencer

Sir, — With regard to your cartoon by Dave Walker on Giving (Cartoons, 20 November): he omits a picture of: “We can’t afford to give, because we are skint and buy food from the pound shop and sometimes live off a can of beans for a day, and cannot afford to pay the heating bill.” That is the plight of some elderly people living alone and forgotten.

STEPHEN SPENCER
8 Ann Street, London N1 7FG

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