Well yeah, absolutely agree with you on this, although I don't know anything about how energy prices are collated, but I expect we are getting the arse ripped out of us?
It seems to be that way, but like you, I don't understand it enough to write an essay about it. What I can say is it feels my family are being ripped the **** off by companies making BILLIONS. It's the same here in Norway, an energy exporter with insanely expensive energy. Being ripped off somewhere.
and this is the thing, I thought we would start going after people at the top of the chains, but the real world has dawned on me that never happens. Obviously everything takes time, like Starmer said this morning, he needs ten years...if things start turning a corner, especially with the NHS, people can quickly forgive and forget, so who knows eh, maybe the pain will be worth it. I bet everyone is ****ting themselves now over the October budget.
yeas getting them to claim has always been a problem but is actually less now than back in the 80's i would say possibly as Pensions credit was created as a specific benefit for them rather than having to claim say income support with everyone else . From a purely political pov this has been a disaster and why they didn't wait to announce it in the budget is beyond me when everyone will be moaning not just them PS RP is definitely a benefit and the idea most people have paid in enough to cover the amount they receive strikes me as almost certainly incorrect considering the average lifespan these days . PPS and don'ty get me started on the ridiculous triple lock
I'm trying to think why it was done like this and as you say, why not wait until the budget and hence piss everyone off at the same time. I sort of get it from the governments perspective, we drop this little bombshell on them now and tell them there will be more to come in October, set their stall out so to speak, then people will think differently (psychologically speaking) and think well we knew it was coming (whatever that might be) and it's not as bad as I expected, phew!...either that or everyone will be raging and we can piss ourselves laughing at one another about it....whatever happens will make good bantz on here.
Seeing the newspaper reviews about Keir wanting to ban junk food advertising on tv and online, reminded me... I went to the supermarket the other day and wanted some full fat coke for my JD, and every shelf I looked on had coke and pepsi, but all sugar free varieties, and I'm like what is this shhite. Anyway eventually found some full fat cans, not sure how many half a dozen, over £5! I'm like oh do fook off, you rob my fuel allowance and my bus pass and now you want me to pay over a fiver for coca cola, so eventually I fooked off to the own brand aisle and picked up a bottle for 70p it's in JD I won't notice the difference once I've had a few.
Only current day problem is not the JD but the coke I put in it, coke is the one thing that actually makes me gain weight, quite scary really so only in moderation. At least it's only a cheap bottle and I don't like flat coke so more likely the rest will end up down the sink the next day.
I have tried one of them, maybe two varieties, but they tend to leave a horrible after taste. Might not notice it in JD I suppose, but it seems a terrible risk of a good drink lol.
My favourite whiskey is Glenfiddick but when out I sometimes have Jack Daniel with Fever Tree ginger ale
Giving me ideas here duggie, Fever Tree ginger ale would be less than half the sugar of full fat coke. Might try some in my next shop and see if I like it.
If you want to get drunk sucking your own cock then go ahead give it a try but I have no idea because I drink whiskey not play with it but each to his own
Yeah i used to hate diet coke and wasnt a fan of coke zero. As i have gotten older i have put away the fizzy occasionally treating myself to a full fat coke. However because every now and again i want to treat myself but i also want to get fitter so i can play footie better (getting old so losing it) and lose my african stick out belly i basically drink coke zero 80% of the time and have gotten used to the taste so enjoy it now
