Government Lies

[SueEllen]

Appears that every time you think this government have can't go any lower, they do.

They are now blaming the war in Ukraine on the cost of living crisis.

Source - Martin Lewis https://twitter.com/jamiemroberton/s...7Ctwgr%5Etweet



Martin Lewis [@MartinSLewis] on @BBCr4today
just now: "I am slightly worried that we are seeing potentially a deliberate narrative shift that effectively says the entire cost of living crisis is due to Ukraine and we all need to make sacrifices - that is not correct"

[_V_]

What are the blaming the NHS crisis, climate crisis, and partygate crisis on?

[SueEllen]

What are the blaming the NHS crisis,

War in Ukraine - some of the black and asian students who had to flee included medical students.

climate crisis,

War in Ukraine - due to embargo on Russian oil and gas

and partygate crisis on?

What are you talking about? There were no parties there were just gatherings. Oh look over there ----> there's a squirrel!

[d000hg]

They are now blaming the war in Ukraine on the cost of living crisis.

The war happened because of UK cost of lving? I don't think they said that.

OTOH the UK situation IS going to be hugely affected by the war. That's not a lie.

[SueEllen]

The war happened because of UK cost of lving? I don't think they said that.

OTOH the UK situation IS going to be hugely affected by the war. That's not a lie.

Sorry I appeared to have confused you.

These things were happening before the war:
1. Energy prices were rising
2. NI rise to pay for social care
3. Council tax rise due to decimation caused by austerity
4. Rise in food prices etc linked to rise in energy prices
5. NHS crisis due to Covid backlog, lack of staff, austerity and waste in the NHS crisis
6. Climate crisis
7. Partygate

They are now all being blamed on the war in Ukraine not on government policies. Remember the Tories have been in power since 2011.

[d000hg]

Sorry I appeared to have confused you.

You said the UK cost of living crisis caused the war in Ukraine

Anyway, most of those things you mention are inconsequential. It's all about the energy prices the rest is small potatoes. The coming crisis is going to be mostly due to Ukraine because that's what is going to keep petrol and energy prices sky-high when they would otherwise start to ease. It's not hard to understand surely, that most of our gas comes from Russia.

The current crisis is not due to Russia, the continuation/exacerbation of it will be.

[SueEllen]

You said the UK cost of living crisis caused the war in Ukraine

Anyway, most of those things you mention are inconsequential. It's all about the energy prices the rest is small potatoes. The coming crisis is going to be mostly due to Ukraine because that's what is going to keep petrol and energy prices sky-high when they would otherwise start to ease. It's not hard to understand surely, that most of our gas comes from Russia.

The current crisis is not really due to Russia, the continuation/exacerbation of it will be.

Actually the UK doesn't - https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-gas-wher...lained-1504257

Germany and the Netherlands do though.

For those who don't want to click the link -
Western Europe gets 35% of their gas from Russia.
UK only gets 3% Most of our gas comes from the North sea and Norway.

[malvolio]

You said the UK cost of living crisis caused the war in Ukraine

Anyway, most of those things you mention are inconsequential. It's all about the energy prices the rest is small potatoes. The coming crisis is going to be mostly due to Ukraine because that's what is going to keep petrol and energy prices sky-high when they would otherwise start to ease. It's not hard to understand surely, that most of our gas comes from Russia.

The current crisis is not due to Russia, the continuation/exacerbation of it will be.

Under 4% of our gas comes from Russia. And that is being reduced to zero. It's Germany and Italy who are most affected, and guess who has been dragging their heels over sanctions until very recently...

Oil prices are dropping again as OPEC is releasing more reserves. However the previous steady rate of rise will likely continue, and profiteering by the major suppliers isn't going away so the effect will be negligible. Worth noting prices are going up in America, where they are nearly self-reliant for both oil and gas.

If the energy crisis (which has been predicted for many years in the UK) has any good effect, it might be the minimising of the Net Zero bollocks until we are in a position to do something about achieving it.

Fuel prices are impacted disproportionately because of the fuel duty, which goes up in line with product costs, and with VAT on top of that. Reducing that duty would cancel out the immediate effects without harming the planned revenue income overmuch. I'm not expecting Sunak to do any quite so sensible though.

The war is having an impact of course, but it is a long way from the main issue.

[OwlHoot]

Actually the UK doesn't - https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-gas-wher...lained-1504257

Germany and the Netherlands do though.

For those who don't want to click the link -
Western Europe gets 35% of their gas from Russia.
UK only gets 3% Most of our gas comes from the North sea and Norway.

Not disputing those figures, but I distinctly remember about 20 years ago Robin Cook (remember him) announcing with a big fanfare that the UK was about to sign a deal with Russia to supply the UK with gas or oil (?) for the next 30 years.

At the time, I laughed out loud, and wished I could have some of what he was smoking! But I think the prevailing view then, certainly in the EU, was that allowing Western Europe to become dependent on Russia for energy supplies would somehow constrain them to behave, rather than the opposite.

[jainnode]

Actually the UK doesn't - https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-gas-wher...lained-1504257


UK only gets 3% Most of our gas comes from Scotland and Norway.

FTFY