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on Rees-Mogg's timescale anyway, until we start to see those sunny uplands. WE left the EU three years ago today and, to celebrate, the IMF have published a report which says the UK economy will perform worse than even sanction hit Russia during 2023.
On a smaller scale, my weekly shop in Aldi's Porth yesterday saw me paying 40p more for my weeks supply of blueberries, 40p more for twelve pink lady apples, 10p per packet of bananas and 10p more for Mediterranean vegetables which I use in the salad I have most weeks. So, within about ten yards of entering the shop, I'd spent more than a pound mote than I had on the same items last week. The total bill was the highest I've ever paid in that shop in the four years or so I've been using - the complete dog food I get was great value at £3.99 this time last year is still good value, but it now costs £4.99 and things like a tin of chick peas have doubled in price in the last year.
To balance things a bit, the IMF says the the UK economy was the fastest growing previously so it was always due a bit of a rebound, but the highest growth in the G7 stat was, in many ways, a product of us coming out of lockdown so much sooner than anyone else. Again, trying to be balanced, the Bank of England has sowed back on some of the most dire forecasts they were making and, of course, not all of the country's current woes can be blamed on Brexit, but the poll referred to in this video suggests that those sunny uplands seem to be getting further away for money.
On a smaller scale, my weekly shop in Aldi's Porth yesterday saw me paying 40p more for my weeks supply of blueberries, 40p more for twelve pink lady apples, 10p per packet of bananas and 10p more for Mediterranean vegetables which I use in the salad I have most weeks. So, within about ten yards of entering the shop, I'd spent more than a pound mote than I had on the same items last week. The total bill was the highest I've ever paid in that shop in the four years or so I've been using - the complete dog food I get was great value at £3.99 this time last year is still good value, but it now costs £4.99 and things like a tin of chick peas have doubled in price in the last year.
To balance things a bit, the IMF says the the UK economy was the fastest growing previously so it was always due a bit of a rebound, but the highest growth in the G7 stat was, in many ways, a product of us coming out of lockdown so much sooner than anyone else. Again, trying to be balanced, the Bank of England has sowed back on some of the most dire forecasts they were making and, of course, not all of the country's current woes can be blamed on Brexit, but the poll referred to in this video suggests that those sunny uplands seem to be getting further away for money.
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