Inflation

[Smartie]

Yes that was a bit naughty

Try these because 9.1% is so much worse than 7.9 (germany) , 8.7(Spain) or 8.8 (Netherlands) that must be the Brexit effect.

It is of course better than 11.3% (Greece) , 13.9(Poland) or 73.5 (Turkey)

https://tradingeconomics.com/country...ontinent=world

Sure, but all countries have their own issues. Germany for instance is heavily reliant on Russian gas so their energy prices are through the roof.

By far the biggest driver of inflation in the UK has been food.
Ham up 27% in a year for instance - perhaps not helped by the massive lack of Eastern European butchers to slaughter pigs recently?
Tomatoes 21% - food rotting in the fields currently because not enough, yes you guessed it, European labourers.

Have you tried sending a parcel to Europe recently? I can tell you that's massively more expensive, and time-consuming than it used to be.

Apart from that we have a third of SMEs who've given up exporting to Europe because of red tape, though that hasn't yet been applied to goods coming the other way.

Because of all this basket-casery, our currency has been depreciating heavily against the dollar and what does that do to the cost of imported goods (including oil) I hear you ask?
Or maybe not - you know the answer.

There are of course cognitive biases that cause people to be irrational, for instance if they've voted a particular way then they're a lot more likely to try and justify that, whatever the evidence.

The Brexiters are certainly pretty quiet on The Times comments sections these days however - not sure what it's looking like in the Daily Fail.

[vetran]

UK is still among the most expensive for road fuel

https://autotraveler.ru/en/spravka/f...l#.YrR1g3bMIdU

before or after tax?

[d000hg]

before or after tax?

Eh? When you say something's expensive all you care about is what you pay.

[Paddy]

before or after tax?

Both, many countries have put pressure on oil companies to reduce prices.

[DealorNoDeal]

Apart from that we have a third of SMEs who've given up exporting to Europe because of red tape, though that hasn't yet been applied to goods coming the other way.

When does that come in? I've been buying stuff from a company in Germany and, up to now, it hasn't been too bad. If this may not be possible at some point, then I might start ordering in bulk. What an arse ache.

[vetran]

Both, many countries have put pressure on oil companies to reduce prices.

yep that was my point our government need to step up

[vetran]

Sure, but all countries have their own issues. Germany for instance is heavily reliant on Russian gas so their energy prices are through the roof.

By far the biggest driver of inflation in the UK has been food.
Ham up 27% in a year for instance - perhaps not helped by the massive lack of Eastern European butchers to slaughter pigs recently?
Tomatoes 21% - food rotting in the fields currently because not enough, yes you guessed it, European labourers.

Have you tried sending a parcel to Europe recently? I can tell you that's massively more expensive, and time-consuming than it used to be.

Apart from that we have a third of SMEs who've given up exporting to Europe because of red tape, though that hasn't yet been applied to goods coming the other way.

Because of all this basket-casery, our currency has been depreciating heavily against the dollar and what does that do to the cost of imported goods (including oil) I hear you ask?
Or maybe not - you know the answer.

There are of course cognitive biases that cause people to be irrational, for instance if they've voted a particular way then they're a lot more likely to try and justify that, whatever the evidence.

The Brexiters are certainly pretty quiet on The Times comments sections these days however - not sure what it's looking like in the Daily Fail.

Thank goodness all those small producers who can't fill in forms have got out of the way so the big boys can get on. Oh look facts and figures again!

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/natio...rade/april2022

• EU exports have increased for the third consecutive month in April 2022 and are at the highest levels since records began.

• Total exports of goods, excluding precious metals, increased by £2.2 billion (7.4%) in April 2022 compared with March 2022, driven by a £1.2 billion (8.1%) increase in exports to EU countries – while exports to non-EU countries increased by £0.9 billion (6.5%).

Oh my deity if leaving the EU has such a positive effect on trade we need to leave more often.

Regards the Times comments section maybe the brexiteers are fed up of correcting the religious fervour of the no brainers with facts? The fail comments have the odd peppering of remainers blaming their genital warts on Brexit happening.

Now food price inflation far from being driven by a lack of cheap butchers or even labourers is being driven by the rising costs of Grain (Ukraine was one of the world's largest producers along with Russia neither were escaping the EU. Combine that with costs of fertiliser rising and home grown grain going up we have a perfect storm.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infla...d%20May%202022.

Three of the biggest drivers of consumer price inflation over recent months have been "housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels", "transport" and "food and non-alcoholic beverages". These three components collectively account for over 50% of the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) basket by weight and contain many essential items for which a certain amount of consumption is required.

This poster probably should be restricted to the B***** forum because they seem obsessed with it and making up cobblers about it.

[GJABS]

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Ham up 27% in a year for instance - perhaps not helped by the massive lack of Eastern European butchers to slaughter pigs recently?
Tomatoes 21% - food rotting in the fields currently because not enough, yes you guessed it, European labourers.

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The Brexiters are certainly pretty quiet on The Times comments sections these days however - not sure what it's looking like in the Daily Fail.

Brexit doesn't prevent the UK from inviting as many Eastern European workers into the UK as it needs. We (Brexit supporters) just like the idea of being in control of when they come here (to do work for us) and when they go home (when there isn't work).

[vetran]

Brexit doesn't prevent the UK from inviting as many Eastern European workers into the UK as it needs. We (Brexit supporters) just like the idea of being in control of when they come here (to do work for us) and when they go home (when there isn't work).

maybe the farmers will actually pay them a decent wage now!

[WTFH]

maybe the farmers will actually pay them a decent wage now!

And when that is offered, you can blame people for being too lazy to do the job…
Except the people who could do the job and pay tax on their earnings are being held in camps pending deportation to Rwanda.

Why now let immigrants do the jobs? If we’ve got 1.3million vacancies, why not get people working?
Oh yeah, cause then how could they be blamed for everything that is wrong with this country?