Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
What the fuck?
and how many homes built since about the 1960s have got fireplaces?
Cost of living- what’s going to happen?
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and how many homes built since about the 1960s have got fireplaces?
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Gassing people in their own homes saves the state time and money.
#alwayslookforefficiences
Bingoman
Well-Known Member
That sounds like something like what a dictator would do
SpookyFrank
Float like a caterpillar, sting like a tree
And lots of older houses, particularly terraces, will have had their chimneys blocked off long since. Hard to see how getting a builder in to undo that, then a chimney sweep to clear out 40 years' worth of dead pigeons, then buying a wood burner is going to save anyone money clean air act or no.
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countingtozero
Active Member
The graph is from the FT article: 'UK consumer confidence hits record low as household mood darkens'.
Here is a link to a paywall free copy: archive.ph
The confidence index is drawn up by research firm GfK and comprises the five elements listed below:
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Bingoman
Well-Known Member
Liz Truss cost-of-living plans delayed until she is PM by ‘lack of information’ from Treasury
Despite the mounting crisis, i can reveal detailed meetings about options to mitigate soaring costs have not taken place between Treasury officials and the Truss camp
inews.co.uk
Leading Tories call on new PM to tackle crisis facing schools over soaring costs
Exclusive: warnings of damage to children’s education for years to come without major intervention
Looks like we maybe in for a hard long autumn/winter
not-bono-ever
meh
+ the installation of a liner if the chimney is ropey
SpookyFrank
Float like a caterpillar, sting like a tree
Yes and as usual all of this is impossible for renters anyway.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
It won't stop in springLiz Truss cost-of-living plans delayed until she is PM by ‘lack of information’ from Treasury
Despite the mounting crisis, i can reveal detailed meetings about options to mitigate soaring costs have not taken place between Treasury officials and the Truss camp
Leading Tories call on new PM to tackle crisis facing schools over soaring costs
Exclusive: warnings of damage to children’s education for years to come without major interventionwww.theguardian.com
Looks like we maybe in for a hard long autumn/winter
Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
There's none in mine either - I'm in the west midlands
Bingoman
Well-Known Member
Food prices in August rose at the fastest rate since 2008, says British Retail Consortium
Fresh food was more than 10% more expensive than last August, according to the figures, as staples such as milk and margarine go up.
teqniq
DisMembered
No-one, I suspect will be surprised by this:
www.opendemocracy.net
Revealed: Cost of living ‘solutions’ floated by Truss allies
MP says Truss could be a ‘puppet’ for right-wing groups that have already generated a dozen of her policies
www.opendemocracy.net
Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
Grain prices up, fertiliser so expensive some factories are stopping making it.Food prices in August rose at the fastest rate since 2008, says British Retail Consortium
Fresh food was more than 10% more expensive than last August, according to the figures, as staples such as milk and margarine go up.news.sky.com
It will hit in harvest 2023. 2024 harvest depends on what happens in 2023
Bingoman
Well-Known Member
Just have a look at the restaurants utility bill
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Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
It's almost as if they're using the current crisis as a vehicle to push through any old socially destructive free market nightmareNo-one, I suspect will be surprised by this:
Revealed: Cost of living ‘solutions’ floated by Truss allies
MP says Truss could be a ‘puppet’ for right-wing groups that have already generated a dozen of her policies
Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
It's mad - farmers are trying to weigh up if running generators off bio or even regular diesel is a better option.Just have a look at the restaurants utility bill
Cost of living latest news
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Obviously most people don't have generators or tons of veg oil lying round.
It's bonkers
Yeah, it’s called poverty.
ska invita
back on the other side
TBH that's something the State and capital are probably struggling with at the moment. Like they can't risk people stopping paying bills, defaulting on loans, stop spending, etc. en masse. The whole edifice would crumble very quickly, so they're likely to try and prevent that with some 'bail out' measures, but that will be contested even internally within governments etc. between proper loon Darwinian free market types and the others. It's going to be an interesting time ahead...
ska invita
back on the other side
Front page of the Times
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
They're just regurgitating the article they published back in the spring about a summer of unrest:
Police brace for unrest over cost-of-living crisis
Police forces have begun planning for disorder over the summer amid fears that the cost-of-living crisis and other pressures could trigger civil unrest
www.thetimes.co.uk
ska invita
back on the other side
so long as they keep putting ideas into peoples headsThey're just regurgitating the article they published back in the spring about a summer of unrest:
Police brace for unrest over cost-of-living crisis
Police forces have begun planning for disorder over the summer amid fears that the cost-of-living crisis and other pressures could trigger civil unrest
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Christ, am I your dad? The mains gas for England passes through the next field but one in front of my house. We have no gas in our village.
As for oil bimble and others, it's an unregulated industry and you are at the mercy of people who can charge what they like. Theft from oil tanks has been a thing around here for a while now.
I don't have an oil tank. I burn wood.
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
Nothing. There is still an old lady who claims to be in charge of you all.
Politicians are mugging you off by giving all your money to their mates.
You are paying half a million pounds a day on storage for masks that weren't fit for purpose*.
And apparently there's no money.
Brought up believing there is no alternative. It's just the way things are.
Do not question your lot in life.
There is no cost of living crisis. The money is definitely still there. Just people are sitting on it.
*Government wasted £10 billion on PPE - East Anglian MPs implicated
Politicians are mugging you off by giving all your money to their mates.
You are paying half a million pounds a day on storage for masks that weren't fit for purpose*.
And apparently there's no money.
Brought up believing there is no alternative. It's just the way things are.
Do not question your lot in life.
There is no cost of living crisis. The money is definitely still there. Just people are sitting on it.
*Government wasted £10 billion on PPE - East Anglian MPs implicated
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I think most scanning exercises about demand for police time would project a rise in acquisitive crime when there is high inflation/recession. However, I wonder if there is a graph over the last 20 years of police warnings about civil unrest and the actual level of unrest that occurred.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
We're not on mains gas, we've a tank in the garden. We filled it in April and it's still 90% full, which we'll top up in October. We've two multifuel stoves and an open fire - the open fire was previously decorative, but we've opened it up to use properly.
We'll be burning lots of wood this winter - benefits of living next to a forest - and being as sparing as we can with the gas heating. The price is going to be shocking, but potentially the biggest issue is going to be availability....
If we get a long, hard winter we'll get to Easter with about 30% of the tank left, more if we start closing off bits of the house and living downstairs with the fires, which will cover us until September-November. After that - assuming we can get gas - we'll have to see...
We'll be burning lots of wood this winter - benefits of living next to a forest - and being as sparing as we can with the gas heating. The price is going to be shocking, but potentially the biggest issue is going to be availability....
If we get a long, hard winter we'll get to Easter with about 30% of the tank left, more if we start closing off bits of the house and living downstairs with the fires, which will cover us until September-November. After that - assuming we can get gas - we'll have to see...
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
we have a fireplace, we have, atm, coal but it has doubled in price and apparently won't be for sale to the public as of May next year because only smokeless will be allowed. Our fire needs to be roaring to burn smokeless. Our coalman has quit buying coal, great
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