A young woman lives surrounded by the colour pink. This may not seem a matter of great importance, but it has nevertheless been reported in a national newspaper. A lot of the readers’ comments are flippant in nature, and I suppose it does no harm to have a cheerful news item among the more depressing stuff.
Then again, a lot of the comments are negative. The young woman, Wanda Matthews, is just twenty years old, and has lived for three years in a three-bedroom council house. One comment reads: “Lucky girl to have got a 3 bedroom house at the age of 17......I'm 28 and still in a pokey (mortgaged) flat.” Other comments accuse her of being in receipt of excessive amounts of state benefits, although this may not be the case.
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