I suspect there are those who fall into each of those three brackets, but there sometimes seems to be more concern with picking fights with one's political opponent than actually trying to help those people. They're almost a means to an end before people move on to the next means to an end the next week.I've lived it and worked with people and families myself.
Everyone can make better choices.
I do think you have to have lived it to understand the pressure a lot of people are under. A lot of people are in the situation they are in through no fault of their own, they need help, but also a bit of sympathy and understanding which I always find lacking in this country.
Assuming people are picking top end stuff over own brand stuff and thinking they need to be told to buy cheaper products is insulting imo.
Plenty of people are picking the cheapest option and still struggling, that's the crux of the matter.
Then you have people who will pick the more convenient option, which isn't as cheap, but will save them time and give them a bit of rest bite.
Too much judgement, not enough sympathy or understanding.
In these pages we often talk fondly of the EU, and of course the EU features governments of all colours and countries of different cultures and norms, so it's a project with compromise at its core. Indeed, across Europe more generally, hung parliaments and coalitions are far more common than they are here. It seems that this is perhaps a better way to go than the US model whereby each side retreats into their base and derides everything from the other side as rubbish just because its from the other side.