gfromls Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Of all the lies New Labour has told, the one for which it will pay the highest price is its claim that it has buried inflation. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jh...7/28/do2802.xml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnd Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 (edited) "The new-fangled Consumer Price Index (CPI), a dubious official measure of inflation introduced in 2003..." "It is overweight with all sorts of imports that have indeed been falling in price: clothes, shoes, software, electronics goods, and computers. " "...the CPI leaves out or under-records two huge costs: housing and the Government" "Britain is now so indebted that even the tiniest rise in interest rates to combat inflation will wake us up with a fright." Nuff said.... Edited July 28, 2006 by dnd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Goggles Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Hmmm. The article starts well, but then takes a turn for the worse and turns into a rant: Perhaps the CPI should stand for the Chav Price Index. It's a laugh when you hear that sort of thing on here, but coming from a "quality" national newspaper it seems strangely repulsive. He then goes on to say: One reason petrol is so expensive is that 80 per cent of the price is made up of duties levied by the Government. Yes indeed, but it's not really a reason it's been rising in price though is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancypants Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Hmmm. The article starts well, but then takes a turn for the worse and turns into a rant: It's a laugh when you hear that sort of thing on here, but coming from a "quality" national newspaper it seems strangely repulsive. that's because I suspect that the journalist did his research for the article by immersing himself on here for a couple of days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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