Current Affairs Cost of living…

[john jako]

So In other words you have had to remove all joy from your life. Just so you can give the bank's more money.
What a time to be alive

In a nutshell yes. Paying some millionaires bonus for the next financial year mate.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Thanks mate.

I’m lucky I can get overtime and had some savings to fallback on if needed. It’s crap having to dip into life savings to pay interest inflation though lol.

Genuinely would stress me out at nights and was struggling to sleep a few months ago. I remember watching the news and seeing a family who couldn’t afford a pot to piss in. Had damp all in the house and the kids where relying on free school meals to get by. Then I realised I’m lucky to still be able to pay the bills and eat. Just hope it turns around sooner rather than later.

Some world we live in.

I bet you’re regretting spunking £50 on Lurpak, back when you had a bit more dough.

 

[john jako]

I bet you’re regretting spunking £50 on Lurpak, back when you had a bit more dough.

Haha. I have the aldi version for sandwiches etc.

Still have a tub of lurpak for special occasions mate.

 

[mahermi1]

Just got a sms to not worry about the base rate rise as they'll automatically readjust the direct debit on my variable rate.

Phew, all I have to do now is worry about how to pay it.

Shouldn't laugh, but small mercies eh, good that we can all rely on them kind hearted" bankers"

 

[mahermi1]

Haha. I have the aldi version for sandwiches etc.

Still have a tub of lurpak for special occasions mate.

Aldi Anchor butter almost as good, last of life's little luxuries, cheers Peteblue...

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Haha. I have the aldi version for sandwiches etc.

Still have a tub of lurpak for special occasions mate.

Got to treat yourself even at times when the government are draining every penny out of us.

 

[john jako]

Aldi Anchor butter almost as good, last of life's little luxuries, cheers Peteblue...

I’m fully converted with aldi now. Took a while to get used to it but some good knock off gear in there. Big fan.

 

[mahermi1]

The thought is up to 4.5% later this year.
The whole thing stinks of a massive cash grab, by corporations and banks.

I get the whole tackle inflation thing. But it just seems weird. People have less money in their pocket cause of inflation. I know, let's hammer them with a higher mortgage.
If people are going to have less money, let's do it properly and take even more.
You would think you would have a tipping point where somebody says, hold up a minute, maybe taking all the money out of people pockets might not be the best way to do this.

Just hope the tipping point for the end of the Tory party has already been passed and they can be sent to Help forever.

 

[mahermi1]

I’m fully converted with aldi now. Took a while to get used to it but some good knock off gear in there. Big fan.

Best fruit and veg, much better than asda and morrisons in my view.

 

[woomy]

I’m fully converted with aldi now. Took a while to get used to it but some good knock off gear in there. Big fan.

There knock off nice and spicy Nik naks are better than the real thing.
Even there version of lilt is just as good, if not better.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Got to treat yourself even at times when the government are draining every penny out of us.

These are the (pardon the phrase) death throws, this is where they weedle the last drops of blood out of the people they have pretended to serve and then swan off into the Bahamian sunset with the money that allows their offspring to do the same in a decade or so's time, only this time round they've emptied the freezer, the pantry, and sniffed out the last of the out of date cans of soups hidden under the floorboards. Their legacy is one of denial, not of getting by or survival but the denial of justice, the country is on it's knees and here comes the boot in the nuts and the stamp on the head when defenceless, they'll make sure there's no come backs on them.

That's conservatism, that's the vision thatcher instilled in them, it isn't survival of the fittest, it's survival of the cruelest and only the cruelest.

Death to the tory party and all who sail in her...

 

[ClausThomsen]

Haha. I have the aldi version for sandwiches etc.

Still have a tub of lurpak for special occasions mate.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Realised how much I was spending on crap to be fair.

It’s gradually gone up like 50-70 quid a month and I was advised by a mortgage advisor it was going to keep going up. It would of been worse if I was on a fixed rate ending now and going onto another fixed rate. The jump would of felt worse as would of been immediate. As I went from fixed to variable, it has bummed me slowly.

I cancelled loads of subscriptions, only shop at aldi etc, cut down on takeaways etc etc. stopped buying clothes, only buy clothes if I really need them. I worked out I was getting a takeaway once a week. That was hundred quid a month alone. Don’t go the pub anymore, buy cans and sit in the house if want a drink. Save loads when you become boring. Well am not saving, it’s just going on interest on the mortgage lol.

That's what the well-to-do like to tell you. The truth is you were enjoying a small portion of your hard earned income on things that you enjoy. There's no to be fair about it.

Year after year they've flooded the media with messages that any money spent on things that don't directly line their pockets is frivolous spending and the working person in the street doesn't deserve that luxury.

 

[Nightman]

Realised how much I was spending on crap to be fair.

It’s gradually gone up like 50-70 quid a month and I was advised by a mortgage advisor it was going to keep going up. It would of been worse if I was on a fixed rate ending now and going onto another fixed rate. The jump would of felt worse as would of been immediate. As I went from fixed to variable, it has bummed me slowly.

I cancelled loads of subscriptions, only shop at aldi etc, cut down on takeaways etc etc. stopped buying clothes, only buy clothes if I really need them. I worked out I was getting a takeaway once a week. That was hundred quid a month alone. Don’t go the pub anymore, buy cans and sit in the house if want a drink. Save loads when you become boring. Well am not saving, it’s just going on interest on the mortgage lol.

So basically just a slave to the wage then.

Sickening mate.

 

[efcfanwirral]

That's what the well-to-do like to tell you. The truth is you were enjoying a small portion of your hard earned income on things that you enjoy. There's no to be fair about it.

Year after year they've flooded the media with messages that any money spent on things that don't directly line their pockets is frivolous spending and the working person in the street doesn't deserve that luxury.

and now they're working on making sure people can't afford it at all