Bank of England Governor warns that Britons face higher inflation for longer

[chef]

well that's it, that's the straw that finally broke the camel's back, I plan to move out of this hell hole of depression and go somewhere more stable and economically sound run by some others than that the bunch of clowns named Merv and Osbourne... like Germany..

oh, hold on, I already did

so, in that case..

[Mich the Tester]

well that's it, that's the straw that finally broke the camel's back, I plan to move out of this hell hole of depression and go somewhere more stable and economically sound run by some others than that the bunch of clowns named Merv and Osbourne... like Germany..

oh, hold on, I already did

so, in that case..

Bit unfair to blame Ozzy for all this, shirley?

[TimberWolf]

Imagine if house prices didn't carry on rising. The inflationary pressure caused by low interest rates would presumably burst forth somewhere else and flood low lying areas. But I may have taken that metaphor a bridge too far.

[hyperD]

Bit unfair to blame Ozzy for all this, shirley?

I'm sure deep in the deepest, dankiest cubicle in McRuin's bunker #2 he's writing the very same big words in his new novel: Broon - How I Saved The World and his followup: It Started In America.

[AtW]

oh FFS, shutit you whiners - it's deflation that's the real problem: just imagine what would happen if fuel went back down to 70p per liter as 10 years ago, or food did not cost as much and it would be totally terrible if pint of beer in a pub would drop back down to £2.

[Mich the Tester]

oh FFS, shutit you whiners - it's deflation that's the real problem:

Yep, I get that after eating beef stew or cabbages. Bloody scary sometimes.

[TimberWolf]

Yep, I get that after eating beef stew or cabbages. Bloody scary sometimes.

Beef stew? I only get it from beans. Cabbages might work too, I've never eaten a whole tin of cabbages.

[hyperD]

Beef stew? I only get it from beans. Cabbages might work too, I've never eaten a whole tin of cabbages.

Curried beans with onions and garlic and a sprinkling of prunes, lentils and diced cabbage.

Try farting with confidence in a public place after that lot!

[HairyArsedBloke]

oh FFS, shutit you whiners - it's deflation that's the real problem: just imagine what would happen if fuel went back down to 70p per liter as 10 years ago, or food did not cost as much and it would be totally terrible if pint of beer in a pub would drop back down to £2.

Or house prices dropped so much that most borrowers were in negative equity or that the investments of your pension funds dropped so that payments to the old had to be reduced.

[doodab]

Beef stew?

It's murder in my house if I put pearl barley in.