Sensitivity

 First published in Column 8 on the 5th December,1990. 

A piece that has dated, and yet is still up to date – for differentreasons. The job scene has improved somewhat, but wages, for many people, aren’tenough to pay for their weekly outgoings. Those in power, and thewealthy, still have little conception of how the poorly paid live –I may not bethat clear about it myself, since in recent years I’ve been blessed to have hadenough to live on. In most cities we now have people sleeping in cars...