Better off in UK

[Itsmeee]

12 hours ago, GD4ELI said:

Wales is very nice, Anglesey would be my choice but there's quite an anti-English sentiment in places.

There is on the IOM too. A Facebook post about dog poo on Ramsey beach turned into a ‘it must be a come over not picking up’ rant. 

[WTF]

37 minutes ago, Itsmeee said:

There is on the IOM too. A Facebook post about dog poo on Ramsey beach turned into a ‘it must be a come over not picking up’ rant. 

maybe they need some signs     

[Expat.]

On 1/24/2023 at 10:17 PM, randyandy said:

Food is relatively static across the UK.

Food inflation in the UK was 16.8% in December 2022. The highest ever recorded.

 

On 1/24/2023 at 10:17 PM, randyandy said:

Utilities are fairly static across the UK.

Inflation for housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels in the United Kingdom was 26.6 percent in December 2022, by far the highest rate of inflation for this sector ever recorded.

[GD4ELI]

30 minutes ago, Expat. said:

Food inflation in the UK was 16.8% in December 2022. The highest ever recorded.

 

Inflation for housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels in the United Kingdom was 26.6 percent in December 2022, by far the highest rate of inflation for this sector ever recorded.

I shop at ASDA, prices going up every week.

[NoTail]

9 minutes ago, GD4ELI said:

I shop at ASDA, prices going up every week.

Oh dear! Simon, I thought you would be M&S or Waitrose 

[GD4ELI]

Just now, NoTail said:

Oh dear! Simon, I thought you would be M&S or Waitrose 

ASDA's the biggest local store. I don't think M&S deliver and I'm not trekking up to Truro or wherever for food.

[NoTail]

So we have an advantage on the island. We have M&S, Tesco and the CooP all here as well as b&q and other big sellers. 

[HeliX]

Just now, NoTail said:

So we have an advantage on the island. We have M&S, Tesco and the CooP all here as well as b&q and other big sellers. 

Could do with an ASDA/Lidl/Aldi though.

[GD4ELI]

1 minute ago, NoTail said:

So we have an advantage on the island. We have M&S, Tesco and the CooP all here as well as b&q and other big sellers. 

These companies have different store sizes though - Tesco's in Helston doesn't have all the products that Tesco's 'up country' does. Round here the vans I see making deliveries are ASDA, Sainsbury's, Tesco's and Waitrose.

ASDA's not at all bad - cheaper than Waitrose for the same products, Waitrose does have some nice stuff.

[genericUserName]

29 minutes ago, GD4ELI said:

I shop at ASDA, prices going up every week.

There are various reasons why food prices (specifically food prices) are rising all over the world. But in Britain, including the IOM, food prices have risen even further thanks to Brexit.

https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2022/l-December-22/By-the-end-of-2021-Brexit-had-already-cost-UK-households-a-total-of-5.8-billion-in-higher-food-bills-–-new-LSE-research

Let's never stop blaming the people who supported that. It's their fault we are all paying even more. The only pity is that there is not some way of making them pay proportionately more.

Edited January 26 by genericUserName

[woolley]

1 hour ago, genericUserName said:

There are various reasons why food prices (specifically food prices) are rising all over the world. But in Britain, including the IOM, food prices have risen even further thanks to Brexit.

https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2022/l-December-22/By-the-end-of-2021-Brexit-had-already-cost-UK-households-a-total-of-5.8-billion-in-higher-food-bills-–-new-LSE-research

Let's never stop blaming the people who supported that. It's their fault we are all paying even more. The only pity is that there is not some way of making them pay proportionately more.

So explain how many EU countries have inflation higher than in the UK. From the horse's mouth:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/15725179/2-18012023-AP-EN.pdf/e301db8f-984c-27e2-1245-199a89f37bca

And the only reason France and a few others are lower is that the government has subsidised energy rises even more than the UK. Of course, it all has to be paid for whether on the meter or via taxation.

 

Edited January 26 by woolley

[Passing Time]

2 hours ago, HeliX said:

Could do with an ASDA/Lidl/Aldi though.

Ain’t never going to happen 

[woolley]

2 hours ago, HeliX said:

Could do with an ASDA/Lidl/Aldi though.

In the immortal words of No 6: You won't get it!

[genericUserName]

9 hours ago, woolley said:

So explain how many EU countries have inflation higher than in the UK. From the horse's mouth:

You are comparing one period of year-on-year inflation. But the important numbers here are around the amount by which British food prices have increased (disproportionately) compared with the EU since the Brexit vote and especially in the period since the decision to push through a hard Brexit - which imposed significant trade restrictions, bureacracy and other complications. An absolute own goal for British consumers. It would also make sense in this context to be careful to disregard price increases which have resulted from the Russian invasion of eastern Europe.

Year-on-year inflation, taken out of context, is a cold statistic which does not account for the fact that consumers will already be dealing with the amount by which prices have already increased over the preceding periods. The government in London, for example, has a goal of halving inflation. That's a relatively soft target given that prices have already jumped so significantly. A less disengenous goal would be to reverse those price increases by, say, half.

It is important that we do not forget that the disproportionately high prices British consumers are now paying for food is the direct responsibility of those who supported the decision to leave the EU.

Edited January 27 by genericUserName

[asitis]

9 hours ago, Passing Time said:

Ain’t never going to happen 

Nope too many interests need protecting !