Thread by @emptykitchens

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STOP.

A Scotswoman has starved to death.

So just stop.

We've missed the warning signs.

“It should shake us all to our core that in 2020, someone in Scotland starved to death” @BrianMSloan of @agescotland

It should, but it hasn't.

"Someone in Scotland starved to death."

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2020 records show a Scottish citizen's cause of death was listed as "death by lack of food" for the first time in 20 years.

If you missed it, that's understandable. Only @thetimesscot ran it as an "exclusive" behind a paywall.

"Death by lack of food"
- Scotland, 2020.

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We can't just blame COVID.

We can't just blame Brexit.

This one is on all of us because we've not been listening.

Destitution rose by 54% from 2017-2019 (@jrf_uk)

1 in 7 pensioners lived in persistent poverty before 2020. - (@agescotland)

But we weren't listening.

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Stories of panic buying and shortages are once again plentiful.

While those without try to get by.

But they're not getting by.

Now is the time to act.

Now is the time to be heard.

Now is the time to be the change.

Demand your right to food.

No one will do it for you.