State Pension Affordability

[Protagoras]

What we need now is "In place of Strife" and the Prices & Incomes Board back again. .

Wasn't it the Prices & Incomes Board that gave rise to the perk of the company car?

I think I read within the last few days that the government was looking to regulate the price of grocery essentials. Yep, that'll work with no unintended consequences.

[willendure]

Reckon we are heading back to a similar financial situation as the 70s. With the Iran oil shocks, I mean. This has barely gotten started, unless Trump manages to pull off a deal or a wildly succesful military option to take back control of Hormuz, and I don't assign a high probability to either outcome.

USA might even prefer to have Hormuz closed for some time to weaken their strategic rivals and keep Europe in line.

2007 - oil went to $100 and there was too much debt. Sounds very familiar...