Only in Scotland were there many deprived communities, such as West Dunbartonshire, with precious few degrees, that were nonetheless solid for remain.
Well I go about days without food, it doesn't bother me like…Yeah, me and my mum's the same, we just…We don't eat actually, we have the odd meal here and there…(deprived neighbourhood – father 29: Child aged 1 year and expecting child).
This behaviour could indicate a form of adjustment to poverty, learnt over time [ 80]: Well I go about days without food, it doesn't bother me like…Yeah, me and my mum's the same, we just…We don't eat actually, we have the odd meal here and there…(deprived neighbourhood – father 29: Child aged 1 year and expecting child).
As one young woman said: ""It's like when I get there [a deprived area] that means I cannot come back to continue my education.
Yes there are deprived areas, but there are also more affluent parts, and the people are so friendly and warm".
The answer is that the Arabs there feel deprived of their rightful share of profits from Khuzestan's hugely profitable oil and gas.
Instead the president put Iraq in the center of the picture, arguing that success there would deprive Palestinian terrorists of critical support and provide the Palestinian people with an inspiration for establishing their own democratic institutions.
And by transferring the blame for deprivation on to deprived people there is instant political justification for the lack of investment these communities so desperately require.
An Olympics there will deprive people of the use of substantial portions of the park for years, all for two weeks of canoeing and kayaking events.
That's not because there are not deprived and excluded people in this country, and it is also not because being relatively poor is not a serious predicament – there are, and it is, and the position of the relatively poor in the UK is growing worse.
"We know there's very deprived areas... where people can't afford it".
