May 2022
11:10pm, 25 May 2022
1,150 posts
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paulcook
Funny how none of the Tories seem to realise that under Johnson they are going full steam ahead to another 1997... I think they do. Some of them certainly. Julian Sturdy, one such MP, to name an all to rare case though. And it depends how much you also read into this: twitter.com |
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May 2022
11:14pm, 25 May 2022
1,151 posts
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paulcook
My son got married with 6 people present. We were all masked up and sat yards apart. My daughter in law's parents had to Facetime in from Malaysia to watch the ceremony. 12 at the "reception". It's life-events like this that are getting largely forgotten. Working where I do, and having a niece who moved schools during Covid, I'm all too aware of the almost grief-like symptoms, so many children have faced because they've moved schools, left teachers behind, left friends behind, and may never see them again and never got the chance to say goodbyes. For all the headlines of the suffering and grief people had to go through alone, there are many, many, many, other different events and situations that have different significance to us all. And all while that ******* transported the Bullingdon Club to Downing Street, and offers almost no contrition and no responsibility whatsoever. |
May 2022
8:26am, 26 May 2022
17,954 posts
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larkim
We've got incredibly short memories as a population. And I suppose *most* of us had little inconvenience other than the fear of infection, cancelled holiday plans, pub going restrictions etc etc. Those who did have lonely deaths of relatives, traumatic hospitalisations, life events like marriages and funerals restricted and the like were in the minority. There would have been such a different reaction if all of this had come out in the summer of 2020 or even over the winter 2020/21 when the restrictions were all in place and we could directly contrast the behaviours in No10 with the behaviours most of us were complying with. The Mail has that photo of the PM at his birthday bash. It does look lame, "not a party", uneventful when viewed with 2022 eyes. In Dec 2020 that same photo would have been a huge contrast with what was taking place up and down the country. What's the timetable for the parliamentary inquiry into him lying? That seems to have been largely unmentioned in the last couple of days of reporting. |
May 2022
9:40am, 26 May 2022
62,061 posts
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Lip Gloss
Larkim, you are 100% correct.
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May 2022
11:33am, 26 May 2022
9,471 posts
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simbil
And there it is: bbc.co.uk
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May 2022
11:55am, 26 May 2022
27,329 posts
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Johnny Blaze
Something needed to be done, so fair play for that after the abject nature of their "response" to date. Whether it will do more than make a ding on the tidal wave of price increases hitting us is still to be seen. I'm not an economist but I can't see this situation being resolved for at least 18 months and possibly longer  Big march (hopefully) in London on 18th. Let's see what occurs. |
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May 2022
12:05pm, 26 May 2022
27,330 posts
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Johnny Blaze
"Bank of England: We expect inflation to fall next year, and be close to our 2% target in around two years. We expect inflation to begin to fall next year. That’s because we don’t expect the causes of the current high rate of inflation to persist. It’s unlikely that the prices of energy and imported goods will continue to rise as rapidly as they have done recently. We also don’t think that the demand for goods will continue to rise as fast, and we expect that some of the production difficulties businesses are facing will ease. We expect inflation will be close to our target in around two years." Long haul ahead... Two years takes us to May 2024 - probably "about" the time of the next GE. |
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May 2022
1:20pm, 26 May 2022
17,958 posts
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larkim
Well, if the cost of gas increases in year 1 and then that cost stays high in year 2 at the same level, there is no inflation; as a measure of cost increases between years, it shouldn't really come as any surprise that the BoE are expecting the shock of gas / elec prices to be a one off and not get any worse. That doesn't mean anyone's bills will come down though next year so by May 2024 we'll still be paying £2800 for energy.
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May 2022
1:25pm, 26 May 2022
27,331 posts
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Johnny Blaze
Yep. It isn't unwinding itself any time soon.
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May 2022
1:36pm, 26 May 2022
27,332 posts
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Johnny Blaze
Every household in the UK is to get an energy bill discount of £400 Those on the lowest incomes - around eight million people supported through welfare system - will receive one-off cost of living payment of £650 in two lump sums Pensioners who receive winter fuel payment will receive a one-off payment of £300 Six million people who receive disability allowance will get a payment of £150 There will be a temporary windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies at a rate of 25% |
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