Monday, Apr 30, 2007
The Middle-Classes Are Revolting [Part 2]!
Telegraph: Rip-off Britain back with a vengeance
Figures from Eurostat, Europe's statistics agency, show Britain is one of the most expensive countries in the EU for alcohol and tobacco, transport, education and household goods.
Posted by nearly30 @ 08:44 PM (37 views) Add Comment
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1. nearly30 said...
Also covered by the Daily Mail
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=419780&in_page_id=2&ct=5
The report - The Return of Rip-Off Britain? - found tea and coffee prices soared 10.2% over 12 months, compared with only 1% on the Continent.
Vegetable prices also jumped 10.2%, whereas they rose 3.1% across the Channel. Non-alcoholic drinks went up 6%, compared with 2% in the rest of Europe.
2. enuii said...
Most of these increases can be laid squarely at the door of Gordon Brown and his changes to the Tax System with regard to employers, increased business legislation, and costs with what effectively are employment taxes. Throw in the monopoly the large supermarkets have as the icing on the cake and you have your 10%. May I suggest that you can always buy continental coffee and cheap non-alcoholic drinks from your local Lidl, Aldi or Netto whose prices are a fraction of the big supermarkets. With regard to Vegetables as this is a housey-housey website, you can always grow them in your garden if you are fortunate enough not to live in a 1/2 bedroom flat!
3. denzil said...
And while we are on the subject of Brown and his business taxes what about Brown and the highest tax burden since the early seventies for those living and working in the UK. What about Brown and his raid of the pension pot. My the bloke even has the audacity to refer to his economy as a miracle. Why it was only today I heard a report on radio four discussing how poor many people are going to be in retirement as the pot is not sufficient.
No doubt the 5bn raided by Brown went some way to helping his neighbour bomb some God damn evil-doers for his neighbours mate Georgie.
F off Labour, your time is well and truly up.
Rant over
4. Cheekie Charlie said...
Lets face it Joe Public are P#ssed on the increasing value of their luxery apartments(flats) to care about the rising cost of living and if there wage doesn't stretch that far this month they'll put it on the card and then transfer the balance to a 0% special offer. Obviously when this doen't work they'll result to the MEW. Meanwhile all us poor b!stards who budget each month and save for a house and a pension are labeled as mugs.
5. Scott said...
Cheekie Charlie, your comments are why I believe that capitalism is a mistake. It puts money into the hands of idiots, who are then seen as being of a higher status than you because they are richer, even though you may be a skilled worker in a profession with a skill shortage. You and I are casualties of capitalism.
In a communist society (one that is run correctly), priority housing and other resources would be given to more needed people of the state; doctors, nurses, teachers, police, engineers, etc. If you don't like what you have, then get more qualified, become more valuable to the state, and be rewarded and your pride would be being one of the most needed engineers/etc, not being a proud owner of a big house. In our "western civilized" society, the professions I just mentioned get spat on.
6. talking rot said...
Can some one tell me what the problem is here. CPI is only 3.1% and has been very low for a long time. So clearly Britain isn't a rip-off country, prices rising at 10% - 12% are nonesense, spread about by enemies of the New Liebour State, and Gordie is wonderful. Just imagine, today you can buy your weekly DVD recorder for the same price that you paid for last week's DVD recorder.
Gaw. Anyone would think you don't believe what New Liebour is telling you.
Seriously, though, can some one explain why goods which are increasing in price seem to have no effect on the CPI?
7. denzil said...
TR Said:
>>Seriously, though, can some one explain why goods which are increasing in price seem to have no effect on the CPI?
Because the basket of goods is chocked full of items that typically falling in value rapidly.
For example when plasma tvs first hit the high-street they were unbelievable expensive. When all the big manufacturers saw the market, over-supply and choice sent prices tumbling. Cleverly enough it is always the point that theses goods are dropping rapidly in price that they get added to the CPI. When said goods bottom-out they will be replaced by another good such as the MP3 player or sat nav, you know those really useful items that would cause us all to die of hunger or thirst if we did not own one.
Gordon Brown is not a magician but a con man. The easiest way and cheapest way to create growth if through the consumer. The consumer has spent her/himself into oblivion supporting Gordon's idea of an economy. The frightening thing is there are very few in the press questioning this farce and what's even more frightening is the bloke is being considered for PM. We are obviously following the US here by allowing a complete arsehole to run the country.
8. Hard Cheese said...
Rip off Britain??? How can that be, inflation is relatively low and is going to plummet shortly. The big wonderful I am labour leaders stated this recently. Therefore it must be true, either that or they are going to re-fudge the inflation figures again. Whoops they are, I remember, yes it was stated that home energy costs are to be given a different weighting. This means that when the unit costs of gas and electricity falls, (as announced yesterday) they will have a bigger impact in reducing the RPI. How devious and crafty is that.
PS
I purchased my wife a present yesterday, her iron broke. The exact iron was 50p cheaper than it was nearly four years ago. Let’s forget houses, food, petrol, and going out, we should all buy irons and celebrate!!!
This country is a shadow of the country it used to be.
9. Yoman said...
Wounder how much do a average family spend on a TV (average TV) 5 years ago. How much do they spend nows day?
For myself. 5 years ago i wull spend £600 for a small wide screen, but now I will spend £1200 for a 42 LCD.
I do not think the average TV which a average family will buy have droped in price that much.
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