It's true enough that she may not have always been this wealthy, but the fact remains that the 57 year-old is perhaps not the best choice for editorial control of a magazine devoted to assisting those with no homes at all. The couple own lavish properties in London, Wiltshire, The Lake District, Malibu and Tuscany as well as a plush office in London. And it's not just the number of properties, it is also the type - their London home is reputedly worth £8 million alone and boasts celebrity neighbours. And according to newspaper reports her tastes don't just include high class properties: it is alleged by an ex-employee that Mrs Styler once ordered a chef to drive 100miles to cook her a plate of pasta, which kind of shoots down the couple's green credentials a little if the maintenance of such extravagant properties didn't already.
The fact that she is to advise and dictate a magazine for the homeless does seem the height of insensitivity. One wonders why the Big Issue hasn't taken the step of perhaps employing those it claims it is trying to assist, by training and paying a decent wage to homeless people and let them edit and produce their own magazine? Perhaps that is sailing to close to treating people with respect and doesn't allow for enough fawning to the idle rich.
It also again highlights the desperate need for fundamental change in our society. How can anyone justify that one couple has 6 multi-million pound homes, whilst others sleep on the streets starving? This hasn't occurred by accident or bad luck, this is a system designed to accumulate wealth in the hand of the few and for that purpose it works very well.
For the majority, however, life is much more of a struggle. Only a complete change can end such inequality and hypocrisy and allow mankind to live free as individuals, by only taking what each one needs and giving back according to each one's abilities.
SussexSocialist
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