Global Prices Rises On Many Commodities

[WJ99mobile]

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Wherever you look there's a storm brewing. Across the 'western world'. 20 plus years of bad, lazy government[s], strong on rhetoric but short on sensible and practical ideas, are beginning to have an effect. Nothing seems quite right anymore. Companies that have lost £millions since they started and are never likely to go into profit are worth £billions. Even China is facing a £5 trillion property -related nightmare.

We’ve profited for years off our unfair leverage of the poor. Both domestically and internationally. Now the west is looking for a more egalitarian society we’ve got to pay for it a different way.

[JamesWales]

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It is their fault

Universal credit?

1000 quid a year for some , wiped out

Utter bastards

Hopefully those who voted for them and yet again have been crapped on will think twice

It was increased as a result of the pandemic, alongside things like furlough and loads of other support. Are you saying that there should be no emergency support for families in times of crisis?

[JamesWales]

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You can see it all here: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodities

Some of the rises are eye watering. Not uncommon in certain sectors at various points of crisis (like oil price in the middle east if there s a war etc) but the rises across the board are startling.

Numerous factors, but the over-riding one is a global economy that shutdown and then re-started, with everyone scrambling for a finite amount of gas, corn, coal, shipping containers, steel etc etc at the same time.

Since the start of 2021..

Brent Oil up 62%
Natural GAs up 125%
Gasoline up 70%
Propane up 126%
TTF Gas up 358%
Steel up 40%
Coal up 198%
Tin up 80%
Lithium up 254%
Coffee up 54%
Sugar up 31%
Oat up 80%

[jon1959]

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It was increased as a result of the pandemic, alongside things like furlough and loads of other support. Are you saying that there should be no emergency support for families in times of crisis?

A few pages back you were claiming the COVID additional funding for the NHS was meeting the Brexit bus £350m funding lie!

You seem to like emergency funding when it suits your argument and political view, but dislike it when it doesn’t.

[JamesWales]

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A few pages back you were claiming the COVID additional funding for the NHS was meeting the Brexit bus £350m funding lie!

You seem to like emergency funding when it suits your argument and political view, but dislike it when it doesn’t.

No I didn't.

I said increases in the NHS budget since 2016 have, even allowing for inflation, increased the NHS budget by more than £350m a week. And they have. Thats nothing to do with Covid.

I also don't object to the UK govt keeping the U/C uplift (my ex kids benefit from it too). I'm just saying, it was increased as a result of the pandemic, as a temporary uplift. Temporary solutions, by definition don't last.

[JamesWales]

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No I didn't.

I said increases in the NHS budget since 2016 have, even allowing for inflation, increased the NHS budget by more than £350m a week. And they have. Thats nothing to do with Covid.

I also don't object to the UK govt keeping the U/C uplift (my ex kids benefit from it too). I'm just saying, it was increased as a result of the pandemic, as a temporary uplift. Temporary solutions, by definition don't last.

I meant ex and kids btw...just to clarify..

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Did they need to raise it in the first place?

Yes

It's feck all to live on anyway

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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It was increased as a result of the pandemic, alongside things like furlough and loads of other support. Are you saying that there should be no emergency support for families in times of crisis?

I don't remember saying that ? 🤔

In fact there hasn't been enough emergency support

20 quid might be feck all to you

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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No I didn't.

I said increases in the NHS budget since 2016 have, even allowing for inflation, increased the NHS budget by more than £350m a week. And they have. Thats nothing to do with Covid.

I also don't object to the UK govt keeping the U/C uplift (my ex kids benefit from it too). I'm just saying, it was increased as a result of the pandemic, as a temporary uplift. Temporary solutions, by definition don't last.

Yes you do , help when I suits your horrible capitalist ways , everyone else can piss off and sink

This is a dual poster and I know who it is

[JamesWales]

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Yes you do , help when I suits your horrible capitalist ways , everyone else can piss off and sink

This is a dual poster and I know who it is

Jesus christ mun

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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No I didn't.

I said increases in the NHS budget since 2016 have, even allowing for inflation, increased the NHS budget by more than £350m a week. And they have. Thats nothing to do with Covid.

I also don't object to the UK govt keeping the U/C uplift (my ex kids benefit from it too). I'm just saying, it was increased as a result of the pandemic, as a temporary uplift. Temporary solutions, by definition don't last.

The thing is , you have defined it to suit your agenda

The 80 quid a month increase was what it should have been in the first place

Benefits have been frozen for years under the tory lot

[WJ99mobile]

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Yes

It's feck all to live on anyway

Depends on how you view benefits and social security

To me it should be ensure the absolute basics but that's it. A roof over your head, a house warm enough to live and enough food so you don't go hungry. UBI looks at it another way - if you side with that more fair enough.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Jesus christ mun

I knew it was you, it's obvious

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Depends on how you view benefits and social security

To me it should be ensure the absolute basics but that's it. A roof over your head, a house warm enough to live and enough food so you don't go hungry. UBI looks at it another way - if you side with that more fair enough.

It doesn't even provide for the basics

Are you aware of the attacks on the benefits system by the Conservatives?

Do you know anything about benefits ?

If you do then you will know people on them are having their bollocks squeezed by these utter bastards in government

Life of luxury my arse

Thats what people think it is

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Depends on how you view benefits and social security

To me it should be ensure the absolute basics but that's it. A roof over your head, a house warm enough to live and enough food so you don't go hungry. UBI looks at it another way - if you side with that more fair enough.

Hold on I have to read this again

So .....a woman who previously earned good money and paid her taxes working as a lawyer gets injured in a car crash, other drivers fault

She can't work anymore

So she should live a basic life on whatever benefit you want to name .......the main ones will be PIP and ESA .......and thats it then ?

That's the society you want is it ?

Kin hell get out of here