The Mall in Westminster, London 1962 photographed by Evelyn Hofer

Saw this on twitter and it's been bothering me. A girl put on twitter a picture of her love of mince and tatties. Harmful comfort food. For context, mince and tatties was/has remained a traditional meal in Scotland, predominantly eaten by working class people. Way back in the day of my parents time, this was a good meal for people after a busy day of labouring (domestic or manual). This was actually almost luxury for working class people. Extremely impoverished people at this time would have given their eye-teeth to have a warming meal such as mince and tatties at the end of a day.

All these comments comparing the meal to 'prison food', 'mud', and viewing it as the 'blandest food on the table', all come from white Tories. Nothing infuriates me more that when people shit and ridicule enjoyments that are predominantly consumed by working class folks. People like this have been shitting on holidays in Blackpool or pints at the end of a working day for as long as I can remember. 'Poverty on a plate', by Christ.

It's 2019 and many of us live in a richer and more multicultural society. And one of the most fantastic aspects of this is the food. We have the luxury to enjoy vast and diverse types of foods whenever we want it. I can step into Glasgow and have my pick from Korean to Italian, Polish to Malaysian. It's fantastic.

But it's also a privilege. Access to food has sadly always been viewed as a privilege in this society. Us millennials are the first generation to really reap the benefits of this, if we are privileged enough to afford to do so. Our abundant enjoyment and access to this diverse marketplace of food and drink, came as a result of past folks eating mince and tatties. And they appreciated the meal, because that was what was available. A bit of respect and awareness of this can go along way.

In sum:

'If only everyone liking this tweet knew you were a massive strokey Tory nonce'.

Could not put it better myself. I fucking applaud 👏👏

Solidarity is fucking important 💪

While it's good that MPs in Westminister voted to extend same sex marriage equality and extend abortion rights over here in Northern Ireland. It still feels a little bittersweet

Mainly because we've been 904 days without a government in Stormont.