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UK inflation falls sharply to 4.6%
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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This is an improvement, obviously, but 4.6% is still quite high, it's not thanks to the Tories that it's fallen and it's only retreating from a record high that was largely caused by the Tories.
Yay! The Tories have saved us from the Tories. I love the Tories, they're great!
TBF soaring energy prices are one of the main contributors to inflation. Not that much the tories can do about that.
Europe is in a proxy war with Russia. It's unreasonable to expect that to have no consequences.
Energy firms have made record profits since the war started. Perhaps the government could have taxed them more or put limits on how much wealth they could amass while more and more people choose between eating and heating? Idk. I’m not an economist or a politician, but I’m pretty sure there’s something the tories could have done better…
There's loads the tories could have done better, but when it comes to inflation that isn't exactly spectacularly low in the rest of Europe either. High fuel prices, high food prices... largely due to Ukraine.
I did a quick google, and now that inflation's dropped, the UK's actually below the EU average. Of course, that's cold comfort in a country that's been suffering from grossly corrupt governance and an ideological obsession with austerity for over a decade. There's certainly things that the government could have done to mitigate the effects on the most vulnerable.
Also, if you're going to blame the tories for high inflation, that also means you have to give them credit for reducing it, which is something I don't agree with either.
It's higher than elsewhere because of the Truss mini-budget and Brexit.
I googled. It's currently lower than the EU average.
Fair enough, thank you for the correction. It was higher than elsewhere because of the Truss mini-budget and Brexit and still is higher than it otherwise would've been without those factors.
WTF. Inflation is a global issue right now, but somehow it's Biden's, Trudeau's or the Tories fault?
It's higher than elsewhere because of the Truss mini-budget and Brexit.