And I'd probably also suggest that "the poor" are also going hungry as they're having benefits removed by JC staff, who are incidentally on bonuses to do so, wrongly in some cases.

The fact remains it's a monumentally silly and electorally unhelpful thing to say which only goes to reinforce the pretty valid impression people already have that the tories are happier seeing people starve than compromise on the quality of their sparkling grape beverages.