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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Europe’s energy prices increased by 4% following the war in Ukraine. Ours increased by 54%. Tories and their uneducated and tax dodging voter base have absolutely fucked us up. |
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Ukraine has changed the face of Europe. Cost of living has been affected by brexit, covid, Ukraine especially.
Cost of petrol and diesel is just a rip off by the suppliers, there is no shortage, they are making over 300 million pounds a day out of us, I read it somewhere.
The rise in cast of living has changed how far I will drive for sex |
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Prices are going up on a global basis. Every country is suffering from it - some more than others - for a wide variety of issues.
Countries dependent on Ukrainian wheat are really struggling - and there are a lot of those.
Global shipping and logistics has been massively impacted due to COVID.
You can find any number of reasons for the cost of living crisis but the fact that is global should indicate to you that a single, country specific reason is unlikely to be the main driver of costs.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Prices are going up on a global basis. Every country is suffering from it - some more than others - for a wide variety of issues.
Countries dependent on Ukrainian wheat are really struggling - and there are a lot of those.
Global shipping and logistics has been massively impacted due to COVID.
You can find any number of reasons for the cost of living crisis but the fact that is global should indicate to you that a single, country specific reason is unlikely to be the main driver of costs.
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I dunno, common narrative is that Gordon Brown caused a global financial crisis. |
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"Prices are going up on a global basis. Every country is suffering from it - some more than others - for a wide variety of issues.
Countries dependent on Ukrainian wheat are really struggling - and there are a lot of those.
Global shipping and logistics has been massively impacted due to COVID.
You can find any number of reasons for the cost of living crisis but the fact that is global should indicate to you that a single, country specific reason is unlikely to be the main driver of costs.
I dunno, common narrative is that Gordon Brown caused a global financial crisis."
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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago
Brighton |
"Forgive my laziness I can’t be arsed to Google.
But what can a government do to ease inflation and the cost of living? "
Well THIS Government could have chosen not to steal £billions from the treasury and give it to their friends, cronies, donors and family via corrupt PPE and other Covid related cash grabs under the guise of the emergency.
That would have meant the UK had a “war chest” allowing them to not have to increase taxes.
They could also protect taxpayers over shareholders by putting price caps or a windfall tax in place.
Remember all these price increases on everything means that VAT receipts are going to be far in excess of what was forecast - again meaning tax rises were not needed. |
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By *I TwoCouple
over a year ago
PDI 12-26th Nov 24 |
"Do you all think we now paying the price of leaving the EU
Never mind the pandemic
now this Ukraine crisis
and to add to that the cost of fule rises
goon what do you think?
Amazing how remainers still want to try and blame everything on Brexit simply because the world didn't end like they predicted when we left 
Move on with life FFS  "
It's so amazing that brexiteer policicians are blaming brexit too |
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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago
Brighton |
"Do you all think we now paying the price of leaving the EU
Never mind the pandemic
now this Ukraine crisis
and to add to that the cost of fule rises
goon what do you think?
Amazing how remainers still want to try and blame everything on Brexit simply because the world didn't end like they predicted when we left
Move on with life FFS "
What do people say when all the evidence shows they have lost the argument and been proven to have made a mistake? They say “move on”
Be nice to see the ever decreasing number of ardent Leave supporters have the balls to admit they made a mistake.
And to admit that pretty much everything they labelled as “project fear” is sadly becoming “project reality”.
We are all poorer for Brexit apart from the small number of the elite who worked tirelessly to achieve their aims. |
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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago
Brighton |
To add...
James O’Brien:
“They [Johnson and Tory supporters] can’t back down. Half of it’s Brexit, half of it’s the Johnson cult. They’ve inflicted immeasurable damage on our country & installed a leader so corrupt they have no choice but to join him in denying basic reality. Admit even an iota of truth & their whole lives fall apart.”
Sounds about right! |
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By *I TwoCouple
over a year ago
PDI 12-26th Nov 24 |
And for what it's worth the cost of oil and gas was most likely manipulated by Putin because he knew that despite all other sanctions he would still be selling oil and gas at now hugely elevated prices to fill his war chest.
Hate him as we may he has a way of getting what he wants and putting who he wants where he wants them |
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"And for what it's worth the cost of oil and gas was most likely manipulated by Putin because he knew that despite all other sanctions he would still be selling oil and gas at now hugely elevated prices to fill his war chest.
Hate him as we may he has a way of getting what he wants and putting who he wants where he wants them"
if you know how someone thinks ie the west you can control and manipulate. We the west read from the same script which is predictable. |
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By *ovebjsMan
over a year ago
Bristol |
"And for what it's worth the cost of oil and gas was most likely manipulated by Putin because he knew that despite all other sanctions he would still be selling oil and gas at now hugely elevated prices to fill his war chest.
Hate him as we may he has a way of getting what he wants and putting who he wants where he wants them"
And extinction rebellion along with just stop oil is making his oil all the more valuable  |
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By *ovebjsMan
over a year ago
Bristol |
"And for what it's worth the cost of oil and gas was most likely manipulated by Putin because he knew that despite all other sanctions he would still be selling oil and gas at now hugely elevated prices to fill his war chest.
Hate him as we may he has a way of getting what he wants and putting who he wants where he wants them"
And extinction rebellion along with just stop oil is making his oil all the more valuable
No wonder he is laughing at the west |
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"To add...
James O’Brien:
“They [Johnson and Tory supporters] can’t back down. Half of it’s Brexit, half of it’s the Johnson cult. They’ve inflicted immeasurable damage on our country & installed a leader so corrupt they have no choice but to join him in denying basic reality. Admit even an iota of truth & their whole lives fall apart.”
Sounds about right!"
With all due respect to the poster, James OB is an arse and a nasty piece of work |
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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago
Manchester |
"To add...
James O’Brien:
“They [Johnson and Tory supporters] can’t back down. Half of it’s Brexit, half of it’s the Johnson cult. They’ve inflicted immeasurable damage on our country & installed a leader so corrupt they have no choice but to join him in denying basic reality. Admit even an iota of truth & their whole lives fall apart.”
Sounds about right!
With all due respect to the poster, James OB is an arse and a nasty piece of work "
Ex public school boy who’s pulled the curtain away on how corrupt our elite and entitled system is.
Think he gets my vote for exposing the arseholes who control the country for who they really are. |
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"To add...
James O’Brien:
“They [Johnson and Tory supporters] can’t back down. Half of it’s Brexit, half of it’s the Johnson cult. They’ve inflicted immeasurable damage on our country & installed a leader so corrupt they have no choice but to join him in denying basic reality. Admit even an iota of truth & their whole lives fall apart.”
Sounds about right!
With all due respect to the poster, James OB is an arse and a nasty piece of work
Ex public school boy who’s pulled the curtain away on how corrupt our elite and entitled system is.
Think he gets my vote for exposing the arseholes who control the country for who they really are. "
No, he's a nasty little shit. Your support is merely because of his political leanings I suspect. This from someone who voted Tory but believes BJ should go. I'm able to see all sides without bias |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"To add...
James O’Brien:
“They [Johnson and Tory supporters] can’t back down. Half of it’s Brexit, half of it’s the Johnson cult. They’ve inflicted immeasurable damage on our country & installed a leader so corrupt they have no choice but to join him in denying basic reality. Admit even an iota of truth & their whole lives fall apart.”
Sounds about right!
With all due respect to the poster, James OB is an arse and a nasty piece of work
Ex public school boy who’s pulled the curtain away on how corrupt our elite and entitled system is.
Think he gets my vote for exposing the arseholes who control the country for who they really are.
No, he's a nasty little shit. Your support is merely because of his political leanings I suspect. This from someone who voted Tory but believes BJ should go. I'm able to see all sides without bias "
His podcasts and radio show are brilliant, very intelligent man, he is very good at exposing fools, especially the ones who voted for Brexit |
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By *6travellerMan
over a year ago
Tayside, Midlands and Chester |
"Europe’s energy prices increased by 4% following the war in Ukraine. Ours increased by 54%. Tories and their uneducated and tax dodging voter base have absolutely fucked us up. "
That is simply NOT True, you an SNP plant!
German average gas bill alone is euro 1500 per annum and petrol rose this month to a high of euro 2.20 but has settled to euro 1.89.
Quite simply the EU are suffering as much as the UK and factually the UK GDP recovery has been quicker.
The fact of life is inflation is here for 3 or 4 years across the whole of Europe - get used to it and be grateful that it is not the 25 percent of the 70’s with 15.5 percent mortgages. |
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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago
Brighton |
"To add...
James O’Brien:
“They [Johnson and Tory supporters] can’t back down. Half of it’s Brexit, half of it’s the Johnson cult. They’ve inflicted immeasurable damage on our country & installed a leader so corrupt they have no choice but to join him in denying basic reality. Admit even an iota of truth & their whole lives fall apart.”
Sounds about right!
With all due respect to the poster, James OB is an arse and a nasty piece of work
Ex public school boy who’s pulled the curtain away on how corrupt our elite and entitled system is.
Think he gets my vote for exposing the arseholes who control the country for who they really are.
No, he's a nasty little shit. Your support is merely because of his political leanings I suspect. This from someone who voted Tory but believes BJ should go. I'm able to see all sides without bias "
But is what he said wrong?
There’s a wealth of nasty shits who hold the opposite views but they are always being quoted. |
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Of course. Brexit has been twice as damaging to the economy as the pandemic. This effects people's wages and drives prices up.
Of course the pandemic and the war have an effect too. But to say Brexit hasn't impacted the UK is ridiculous. |
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By *ack4NinaCouple
over a year ago
Carmarthen |
"Do you all think we now paying the price of leaving the EU
Never mind the pandemic
now this Ukraine crisis
and to add to that the cost of fule rises
goon what do you think?
Amazing how remainers still want to try and blame everything on Brexit simply because the world didn't end like they predicted when we left
Move on with life FFS "
Amazing how some spectacularly and consistently demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of the big picture that’s playing out and has been for years, way before Bwexit.
Not a clue, and thus make clueless comments about a vote designed to play a part in putting ppl exactly where they find themselves. Who said Turkeys don’t vote for Xmas. They do, in spades ! |
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"Do you all think we now paying the price of leaving the EU
Never mind the pandemic
now this Ukraine crisis
and to add to that the cost of fule rises
goon what do you think?
Amazing how remainers still want to try and blame everything on Brexit simply because the world didn't end like they predicted when we left
Move on with life FFS "
Lolz. That's the spirit, pretend brexit is fine! Ignore all information and bury your head in the sand. Excellent! |
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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago
Manchester |
"To add...
James O’Brien:
“They [Johnson and Tory supporters] can’t back down. Half of it’s Brexit, half of it’s the Johnson cult. They’ve inflicted immeasurable damage on our country & installed a leader so corrupt they have no choice but to join him in denying basic reality. Admit even an iota of truth & their whole lives fall apart.”
Sounds about right!
With all due respect to the poster, James OB is an arse and a nasty piece of work
Ex public school boy who’s pulled the curtain away on how corrupt our elite and entitled system is.
Think he gets my vote for exposing the arseholes who control the country for who they really are.
No, he's a nasty little shit. Your support is merely because of his political leanings I suspect. This from someone who voted Tory but believes BJ should go. I'm able to see all sides without bias "
I voted Tory way before May and Boris so don’t be so quick to judge. Mrs Thatcher made me a fortune . I still think she crapped on a lot of people. But I didn’t see as well then. |
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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago
Manchester |
U.K. dragging well behind but that’s what putting barriers up to trade does for you.
If you voted for democracy then I hate to break it to you but the EU is more democratic.
If you voted to stop immigrants how’s that working out? Those who do arrive now don’t have jobs but those before did.
If you voted to be better off.. Computer (ONS) say NO.
If you voted to avoid tax .. Fuck me you are indeed a winner all the way.
If you wanted trade with China , USA or indeed Australia they will all make the U.K. balance of payments worse as each new deal has proven so far. .
The bus now says £1.1B a week less money in the treasury.
No wonder the world us is looking at us and saying WTF!!!
Not seen Reece Mogg’s list of benefits yet!!
Like a lot on here have said , maybe in 50 years it’s going to be great but then again .. maybe not.
Let’s see if we can make it even worse now then we can have even better fantasies ..
Pleased I made my money while part of the EU because it’s going to get a lot harder for everyone trying to get on. |
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"Forgive my laziness I can’t be arsed to Google.
But what can a government do to ease inflation and the cost of living? "
Burn money. Literally.
Well, not literally, but that's the basic idea. The Bank of England takes money in, and then destroys it. Nowadays that just means zeroing out a few balances in a computer, but the basic idea is to remove the money from existence.
In very simple terms, if there's less money around, people will tighten their belts a bit. If everyone is doing that, there is pressure on all businesses to drop their prices. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ukraine has changed the face of Europe. Cost of living has been affected by brexit, covid, Ukraine especially.
Cost of petrol and diesel is just a rip off by the suppliers, there is no shortage, they are making over 300 million pounds a day out of us, I read it somewhere.
The rise in cast of living has changed how far I will drive for sex"
Someone should make a movie:
The Rise of the Roystons: Local Sex For Local People. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yet the train will derail soon purposely of course "
Train’s hardly pulled out of the station yet. Wait until it gets a full head of steam. The game plan’s got a few more gears yet.
Stay easy little frogs. The water will
Never boil. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Forgive my laziness I can’t be arsed to Google.
But what can a government do to ease inflation and the cost of living? "
It can print lots of money which encourages “speculative investment” into commodity, equities and real estate at the expense of innovation, infrastructure and capacity, This can exaggerate scarcities and either trigger or exacerbate inflationary pressures that are brewing.
It can also influence interest rates which can reduce demand for some things.
It can influence regulatory frameworks which impact predatory market behaviour which can unduly influence supply and demand.
Just to name a few options.
In a perfect storm of global demand spikes, supply and capacity constraints and geopolitical and climate disruption there’s not a lot it can do in other than cushion the blow a little and encourage. The market needs time to adjust. Belts to be tightened, wages to rise, prices to stabilise as demand and supply equilibrium nears.
Or in. The case of Boris and Sanuk - they’ll fk about, blow some hot air and hope nobody notices they don’t have a fling clue what to do. (Well they do really, they just won’t do it as it is not what their paid to do and won’t achieve the plans - so they will take the flack to be “incompetent”). Tis a nice charade. |
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"But what can a government do to ease inflation and the cost of living?"
"It can print lots of money which ..."
No no, no. The poster asked what can be done to *ease* inflation. Printing more money would increase inflation and just make things worse. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But what can a government do to ease inflation and the cost of living?
It can print lots of money which ...
No no, no. The poster asked what can be done to *ease* inflation. Printing more money would increase inflation and just make things worse."
I know. I was being (slightly) sarcastic |
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