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okwithmydecay ( okwithmydecay@leminal.space )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months ago

Warning food prices are set to spike in the UK due to Iran war

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Warning food prices are set to spike in the UK due to Iran war

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okwithmydecay ( okwithmydecay@leminal.space )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months ago
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Many farmers and produce growers are reeling from a sudden increase in costs due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz - and it's set to feed into prices on supermarket shelves.
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  • Corporal_Punishment ( Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ) 
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    7 months ago

    Ffs. All because some orange cunt doesnt want people to see the proof of him diddling kids

  • Tenebris Nox ( tenebrisnox@feddit.uk ) 
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    Is this the third or fourth excuse in the last 5 or so years for the excessively rich to rinse the rest of us of more money and go off and hoard it? Isn’t it time that the excessively wealthy did their part in this forever-“cost of living”-crisis?

    • I_am_10_squirrels ( I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 
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      Grocery prices may rise, but eating the rich is always affordable

  • blackn1ght ( blackn1ght@feddit.uk ) 
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    It’s a shame every country affected couldn’t sue the US and Israel for compensation.

  • DaGreenGobbo ( DaGreenGobbo@feddit.uk ) 
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    Let’s not forget who was pushing for Britain to back this war and let’s not let them forget it either.

  • Ja7sh_The_Donkey ( Ja7sh_The_Donkey@piefed.social ) deleted by creator
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    deleted by creator

    • Denjin ( Denjin@feddit.uk ) deleted by creator
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      Things don’t go back to “normal prices”, prices will always go up (ideally) and your wages go up to balance.

      The issues we’re facing at the moment is a pretty constant series of inflationary shocks and the controls governments and central banks have on trying to balance them tend to work on a much longer time scale resulting in sharp decreases in people’s spending power.

      • apotheotic (she/her) ( apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 
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        and your wages go up to balance

        Damn, seems like they keep forgetting this part

    • FishFace ( FishFace@piefed.social ) 
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      The concept of “normal price” doesn’t make sense

      • Tenebris Nox ( tenebrisnox@feddit.uk ) 
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        It’s illegal to question normalcy. Accept. Obey. Endure.

        • FishFace ( FishFace@piefed.social ) 
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          “normal price” is whatever the price was before the first time you personally remember inflation being in the news ;)

    • ohulancutash ( ohulancutash@feddit.uk ) 
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      Food was horrifically underpriced before, as supermarkets fought price wars and drove many producers to ruin.

      Brexit has hit farming hard and Britain no longer benefits from the singe market.

      We’re in a very dry spell lasting over 18 months and the harvest will suffer greatly this year and for the foreseeable future until theres a very wet few years.

      So no, prices aren’t going back.

    • Tenebris Nox ( tenebrisnox@feddit.uk ) 
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      No. The whole purpose of neoliberlism’s shock doctrine is the devalue currency and increase capital wealth. It’s aim is to make us poorer and make the rich richer.

  • Pricklesthemagicfish ( Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com ) 
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    Fear not your king will save you.

  • Korhaka ( Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    Pretty glad I recently fixed my mortgage for 5 years at £200 a month less than it was, I bought the house shortly after Truss fucked the economy. Now I’ll use that money to buy a potato.

    More seriously though food for the 2 of us is under £30 a week at aldi and we could cut back quite a bit if necessary.

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