Cost of living crisis.

[adam]

No torys avaliable for the medai rounds today. Shock horror.

[Leicester_Loyal]

I don’t believe printing money is the answer to this, but there’s got to be something they can do. 
 

How they haven’t deducted the green charges and the VAT from the bill is absolutely scandalous. 
 

These lot can’t get in again next term surely, if they do they’ll be in forever. 

[Lako42]

We should be in the streets. Simple as that

[Free Falling Foxes]

3 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

We should be in the streets. Simple as that

Fanciful I know, but if there was a refusal to pay these inflated fuel bills by the masses.

They couldn't cut us all off.

[Lako42]

Just now, Free Falling Foxes said:

Fanciful I know, but if there was a refusal to pay these inflated fuel bills by the masses.

They couldn't cut us all off.

No just threaten us with destroyed credit ratings which would mean most wouldn't do it. 

 

 

Of course many won't have a choice and not only can't they afford them now but they will be ruined in no time. 

[Fazzer 7]

I've put this in here because I feel the points this chap makes are jointly responsible along with the Russian invasion for the mess we're in now which is going to get worse before getting better.

 

https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1562823407938437120?s=20&t=hFSg3CTNWwTHFKGIj4xf-Q

[jerry]

As a child of the fifties we had no central heating , one coal fire in the living room a paraffin heater in the bathroom,, one t v (eventually ) , no fridge or freezer as we shopped daily. No car ownership and managed to survive. Looks like we need to get used to the new (old ) normal .

[leicsmac]

7 minutes ago, jerry said:

As a child of the fifties we had no central heating , one coal fire in the living room a paraffin heater in the bathroom,, one t v (eventually ) , no fridge or freezer as we shopped daily. No car ownership and managed to survive. Looks like we need to get used to the new (old ) normal .

Or, if it is possible, the UK public can protest against this unnecessary regression in their quality of life.

[Zear0]

6 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Or, if it is possible, the UK public can protest against this unnecessary regression in their quality of life.

Just make sure to do it quietly though.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

18 minutes ago, jerry said:

As a child of the fifties we had no central heating , one coal fire in the living room a paraffin heater in the bathroom,, one t v (eventually ) , no fridge or freezer as we shopped daily. No car ownership and managed to survive. Looks like we need to get used to the new (old ) normal .

Surely people have done studies into why boomers are so quick to point out "we had it worse". It's like clockwork.

[RobHawk]

I honestly think riots are on the way. 

 

The real pain that will hit October 1st is still just words. When the reality sets in, and people are living the new reality, I think those in the most deprived areas will have their backs against the wall and won't know where else to go. 

 

For me that only leads to civil unrest and if the government continue to be so absolutely useless I do not blame them one bit. 

 

What's most interesting is how the upper working class and middle class react, because with interest rates flying up as I well I can see some pretty well off people being unable to afford their homes anymore. 

[foxes1988]

19 minutes ago, Fazzer 7 said:

I've put this in here because I feel the points this chap makes are jointly responsible along with the Russian invasion for the mess we're in now which is going to get worse before getting better.

 

https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1562823407938437120?s=20&t=hFSg3CTNWwTHFKGIj4xf-Q

They are both factors along with Brexit but I think stagnant wage growth since the 2008 financial crash is the biggest problem though.

 

[jerry]

7 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Surely people have done studies into why boomers are so quick to point out "we had it worse". It's like clockwork.

Thing is unlike the present " woke " generation we didn't winge and accepted the situation. Look around the world my friend and see how fortunate you have been in the past and make the most of the future whatever it becomes.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

10 minutes ago, jerry said:

Thing is unlike the present " woke " generation we didn't winge and accepted the situation. Look around the world my friend and see how fortunate you have been in the past and make the most of the future whatever it becomes.

I'd love house prices to be like how you had them, education to be free like you had it, but hey we can't always get what we want.

[Zear0]

2 minutes ago, jerry said:

Thing is unlike the present " woke " generation we didn't winge and accepted the situation. Look around the world my friend and see how fortunate you have been in the past and make the most of the future whatever it becomes.

You also had it better than the Dickensian workhouse era, should we have "manned up" and retained those living standards?  We should always strive to improve the quality of life for ourselves and others and not accept a reduction in living standards for the benefit of the already extremely weathy minority. "x has it worse" is just a dire argument at both the individual and societal level I'm always amazed people trot it out, it is literally regressive for everyone.

[yorkie1999]

3 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

I'd love house prices to be like how you had them, education to be free like you had it, but hey we can't always get what we want.

Education?

[Voll Blau]

41 minutes ago, jerry said:

As a child of the fifties we had no central heating , one coal fire in the living room a paraffin heater in the bathroom,, one t v (eventually ) , no fridge or freezer as we shopped daily. No car ownership and managed to survive. Looks like we need to get used to the new (old ) normal .

Get to bollocks pal. If you don't think successive generations should have it better than you did then you're fvcking warped. That's how the progression of humanity as a species should work. If you want to remember how shite things were then piss off to a Wartime Weekend or the Black Country Living Museum. Leave the rest of us to enjoy our lives in peace as best we can..

Edited 26 August 2022 by Voll Blau

[Foxdiamond]

1 minute ago, yorkie1999 said:

Education?

Yes, this assumes we all went onto higher education when most went into full time work at 15 or 16. We do need to avoid the clash of generations though and focus where we are in the current crisis.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

9 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

Education?

Remember when you called me a Tory for saying lockdown hit the working classes hardest? Good times.

[yorkie1999]

1 minute ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Remember when you called me a Tory for saying lockdown hit the working classes hardest? Good times.

Well no, but i still don't get the free education thing. 

[st albans fox]

The cap is supposed to limit the profit of the energy companies  (this time to 1.9% ) 

 

that’s hardly profiteering 

 

it’s the oil/gas producers who are profiteering but it’s a perfect storm of sorts post covid shut downs 

 

the govt have to decide if it makes sense to subsidise the country as they did with the furlough scheme 

 

I think there is a massive issue with commercial users of energy - we could see whatever manufacturing we have left effectively closed down with a related large rise in unemployment. 

[RobHawk]

Where's the plan to become self sufficient? Ive said before but Cameron shelved alot of renewable energy projects in the name of austerity which are now proving very costly. 

 

It doesn't matter which way you look at it, this crisis is down to the Tory's. And what's there plan to overcome it? Nothing, as per usual, no plan just stating this is the price to pay for cutting off Russia 🙄🙄🙄 They are imbeciles!!

[adam]

6 minutes ago, RobHawk said:

Where's the plan to become self sufficient? Ive said before but Cameron shelved alot of renewable energy projects in the name of austerity which are now proving very costly. 

 

It doesn't matter which way you look at it, this crisis is down to the Tory's. And what's there plan to overcome it? Nothing, as per usual, no plan just stating this is the price to pay for cutting off Russia 🙄🙄🙄 They are imbeciles!!

It's infuriating. The  folk in charge of the countries in the rest of Europe have limited the price increases. But over here we just blame Russia and covid and we're meant to just get on with it  

[foxes_rule1978]

Major crisis coming in the winter, I don’t see how many will be able to afford these bills. I’m looking at over 200 a month, and I live alone. Crazy, going to be a lot of poverty no doubt and the death rate due to not being able to keep warm is going to be higher than ever. 

[Zear0]

4 minutes ago, adam said:

It's infuriating. The  folk in charge of the countries in the rest of Europe have limited the price increases. But over here we just blame Russia and covid and we're meant to just get on with it  

Yup, even more annoying as we important barely any gas from the East.  Rubs salt in the wound that we have the domestic supply to, in theory, guarentee energy security but decide that it's more lucatrive for the companies we hawked our nation's assets to to export it, at our expense, to line their coffers.