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So businesses are now demanding a price cap as well. Have they not been imposing cost price increases on the consumer since January to cover their margins and cost of energy? As a consumer on fixed salaries, we can't exactly implement CPIs to cover our spiralling costs. Businesses had enough help during Covid.

I'm sure pubs charging £6 a pint will help with their energy bills
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Those don’t solve the issue this winter.

75% of businesses gone and thousands of deaths by the time any of that take effect.
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No, you’re right, I’m grasping at straws - its hard to say, but, our involvement in Ukraine can't go on forever - If it does we can see horrific knock on effects - 80% pubs and restaurants to close - its a real 'dig-in’ war like effort we need here - but our society is bloated and selfish, and hasn’t the stomach for it - some SERIOUS waking up to do - this forum is a reflection to that...It's all about me, but thats the world we live in, well did.
 
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SJT said:
No, you’re right, I’m grasping at straws - its hard to say, but, our involvement in Ukraine can not go on forever - If it does we can see horrific knock on effects - 80% pubs and restaurants to close - its a real 'dig-in’ war like effort we need here - but our society is bloated and selfish, and hasn’t the stomach for it - some SERIOUS waking up to do - this forum is a reflection to that...It's all about me, but thats the world we live in, well did.
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It a perfect storm and people need help. All people, wherever they work and whatever you think of their job.

Society is far more selfish than it ever has been before and maybe something like what is about to happen may begin to recalibrate peoples’ attitudes.
 
BlueMoonday said:
So businesses are now demanding a price cap as well. Have they not being imposing cost price increases on the consumer since January to cover their margins and cost of energy? As a consumer on fixed salaries, we can't exactly implement CPIs to cover our spiralling costs. Businesses had enough help during Covid.

I'm sure pubs charging £6 a pint will help with their energy bills
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A sandwich shop getting energy quotes for 6k a month can hardly try selling you a buttie for £20 can they. Jesus some ignorance in this post.
 
BlueMoonday said:
So businesses are now demanding a price cap as well. Have they not been imposing cost price increases on the consumer since January to cover their margins and cost of energy? As a consumer on fixed salaries, we can't exactly implement CPIs to cover our spiralling costs. Businesses had enough help during Covid.

I'm sure pubs charging £6 a pint will help with their energy bills
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Not sure adding 20p onto a pint is going to cover their new bills.
 
DenisLawBackHeel74 said:
Me neither.

My sister is a community mental health nurse and is totally overworked. Treated poorly by NHS management …….oh and all for the princely salary of £36k.
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The government rightly get criticism for their running of the NHS but these NHS Managers or at least a sizeable proportion are in many ways responsible for a lot of the woes of the service, many are beyond inept and callous in the extreme.
 
Scottyboi said:
Never understood the hate for public sector, why would you want them underpaid? It's bizarre.
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No, and I’ve never understood the naivety of public sector employees when it comes to ‘understanding’ just where their money comes from, but hey ho, we're all stupid here, aren’t we.
 
SJT said:
No, you’re right, I’m grasping at straws - its hard to say, but, our involvement in Ukraine can't not go on forever - If it does we can see horrific knock on effects - 80% pubs and restaurants to close - its a real 'dig-in’ war like effort we need here - but our society is bloated and selfish, and hasn’t the stomach for it - some SERIOUS waking up to do - this forum is a reflection to that...It's all about me, but thats the world we live in, well did.
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Self awareness?

Just start a thread in the politics section please.
 
daveiw01 said:
Slightly off topic, but is seeing a GP, in the same room still an option??? Seems almost impossible to see mine, it's all photos or quick telephone chats in my experience.
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Depends what you are trying to see them for, I had a couple of appointments over the phone but they called me in for a face to face afterwards.
 
SJT said:
No, and I’ve never understood the naivety of public sector employees when it comes to ‘understanding’ just where their money comes from, but hey ho, we're all stupid here, aren’t we.
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The money comes from society investing in them and the services they provide us, why would anyone want it underfunded and subpar it's plain stupid. It isn't an us vs them we're all the filling in the shit sandwich.
 
BlueMoonday said:
So businesses are now demanding a price cap as well. Have they not been imposing cost price increases on the consumer since January to cover their margins and cost of energy? As a consumer on fixed salaries, we can't exactly implement CPIs to cover our spiralling costs. Businesses had enough help during Covid.

I'm sure pubs charging £6 a pint will help with their energy bills
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Looking at what many businesses are facing, pubs will need to stick their prices up to £25+ a pint, and no-one is paying that. If you think the energy price rises so far have been bad, then it pales into insignificance compared to what's round the corner. Price caps not applying to businesses is going to fucking destroy many of them, particularly smaller businesses and those in the hospitality sector where many of them basically survive hand to mouth.
 
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