Either way, Loach's film positions itself in the middle of the eating-or-heating dilemma: the story of a fictional benefits claimant (whose situation Laverty has based on real-life research) called Daniel Blake, played with honesty and humanity by standup comic Dave Johns.
The "heat or eat" dilemma - people having to choose whether to spend their meagre resources on food or heating their home – has emerged as a key poverty issue this winter.
The "heat or eat" dilemma is not a new one for her.
She used to help out her adult children – who also face the heat or eat dilemma – with little gifts: a girl guide uniform for her granddaughter, or a bit of extra pocket money.
Not eating enough, she says, makes her lethargic and triggers dizzy spells Smith is one of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people – particularly older people, people with a disability or families on low incomes – who face a stark heat or eat dilemma.
With large numbers of families facing the dilemma of heating or eating, government is attempting to tackle the problem.
The Heat face a similar dilemma on the offensive end, where James has been neutralized by a defensive scheme reminiscent of how the Spurs covered him in the 2007 N.B.A. finals when he still played for Cleveland.
Optimal porosity of around 0.76 is found based on the heat and mass transfer dilemma analysis.
Guardian journalist Patrick Butler explored food and fuel poverty in the UK and said whether to "heat or eat" will be a big dilemma this winter for a lot of families.
It was during these heated exchanges that the idea of a five-minute feature highlighting this peculiar African dilemma came into being and the film, The Witch Doctor was born.
That dilemma is already at the centre of political debate, but it mostly produces heat, not light.
