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[elginCity]

By what measure did Brexit compound the Ukraine ‘damage’?
The struggling German industrial sector might be interested in your response.

You say Ukraine kicked off the cost of living crisis, I’m saying increased food costs compound that crisis.

 

[arthur]

The following three things have damaged the UK economy.

Covid
Brexit
Ukraine war.

No-one is sure of the precise size of the damage caused by each of them.

This is the consensus that most informed commentators and much of the electorate agree on. A few flat earthers, or those too embarrassed to mention the middle one (including R Sunak, J Hunt and K Starmer), will say otherwise.

 

[Alistair20000]

According to statista the average wage in 2008 was £25,165 today it's £34,963. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1002964/average-full-time-annual-earnings-in-the-uk/

So not taking inflation into account, Art is wrong.

According to the Bank of England inflation calculator a salary of £25,165 in 2008 would be worth £39,278 - https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

So again, Art appears incorrect.

Don't worry folks, as ever, I'm here to help.

A much more accurate report here au.

Sadly art has become a little sloppy/lazy with some of his postings of late and needs to up his game

 

[tavyred]

You say Ukraine kicked off the cost of living crisis, I’m saying increased food costs compound that crisis.

You blame Brexit for the post COVID food inflation?
The problem with all of the stuff your blame on Brexit, is that we seem to share all those issues with EU countries.

 

[tavyred]

The following three things have damaged the UK economy.

Covid
Brexit
Ukraine war.

No-one is sure of the precise size of the damage caused by each of them.

This is the consensus that most informed commentators and much of the electorate agree on. A few flat earthers, or those too embarrassed to mention the middle one (including R Sunak, J Hunt and K Starmer), will say otherwise.

Looks like some G7 countries aren’t making the most of their EU membership!…………

 

[BigBanker]

For a bit of amusement I just read the Reform policy document.

Loads of absolute populist BS, rolling out all the old tropes, unfunded tax cuts, magical growth, punish the energy providers at the same time as making them public/pension fund owned

Can’t get to see a doc or get your op on the NHS, no worries you’ll get a voucher to pop down to your nearest 5* private hospital and they’ll do it for you.

Immigration? They’ll magically balance those leaving with those allowed in. Of course those allowed in will all be VERY CLEVER people.

Get schools to focus on teaching kids to read and write

Government/Civil Service waste money, not if you vote Reform they won’t!!

Magic 🪄

Funny how Tice and co said the EU was the route of all our problems, now some 8 years after the referendum all our problems are now home grown.

Utter clowns who no doubt will pick up some votes from gullible former Tories.

You have to wonder what the likes of Jinxy would be saying if Labour were making these types of promises.

Actually you dont need to wonder at all.

 

[BigBanker]

Looks like some G7 countries aren’t making the most of their EU membership!…………

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Since 2010.

 

[tavyred]

Since 2010.

Yep.
The wider discussion has been about the Tories record in Government.

 

[Mid Devon Grecian]

Since 2010.

Here’s the stats from Brexit onwards!

 

[Mr Jinx]

In Mr Hunt's defence, he was specifically talking about London and the South East. In addition, he used the caveat of having a mortgage.

It's time for us to stop sniping at the almost humiliating ineptitude of the current conservative party and move onto the govt in waiting which is very likely to be equally as inept.

Hunt was very much right.

£100k pa if you have kids and a wife that doesn't work, doesn't go very far if you live in the London and the SE.

I earn more than that and our kids think we're peasants.