BoE said inflation was a temporary blip

**TimberWolf** · 7 June 2011, 21:22

Didn't they go up even more last year? The government are going to find it harder and harder to fiddle the official inflation rate at 5%, unless we can heat our homes with iPads and eat iPads on iPad toast.

**DimPrawn** · 7 June 2011, 21:23

Still we can all hop on a plane somewhere warmer

Video: Air passengers face further 8pc rise in fares - Telegraph

**DimPrawn** · 7 June 2011, 21:24

Oh well, sasguru and I will just drown our sorrows in cheap drink

Diageo to sell limited-edition £100,000 whisky to mark Queen's Diamond Jubilee - Telegraph

**TimberWolf** · 7 June 2011, 21:25

Still, at least wages are going down as fast as price are going up, so it all balances out. Thank goodness for mass immigration, we have never had it so good.

**TimberWolf** · 7 June 2011, 21:26

Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Still we can all hop on a plane somewhere warmer

Video: Air passengers face further 8pc rise in fares - Telegraph

I flew to Ibiza last week for £32 return, inclusive of everything.

**EternalOptimist** · 7 June 2011, 21:27

if i feel the pinch i'll just stick a few solar panels on me roof and buy a wheelbarrow for the subsidies

**DimPrawn** · 7 June 2011, 21:27

Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

I flew to Ibiza last week for £32 return, inclusive of everything.

Your mistake was getting a return ticket.

**scooterscot** · 7 June 2011, 22:34

Scooter in feeling quite smug mode

**TimberWolf** · 7 June 2011, 22:43

My local woodlands are going to end up barren wastelands devoid of combustible woody material if this keeps up. You'll be seeing people furtively nipping into the woods carry empty bags at dusk, only to reappear again curiously burdened with bags that are quickly heaved into the boots of their cars, while others cart off their booty using Tesco trolleys.

BoE said inflation was a temporary blip