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Warning food prices are set to spike in the UK due to Iran war (news.sky.com)

submitted 4 months ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 27 points 4 months ago

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

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

Grocery prices may rise, but eating the rich is always affordable

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 16 points 4 months ago

It's a shame every country affected couldn't sue the US and Israel for compensation.

[–] DaGreenGobbo@feddit.uk 8 points 4 months ago

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@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

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[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

and your wages go up to balance

Damn, seems like they keep forgetting this part

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The concept of "normal price" doesn't make sense

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's illegal to question normalcy. Accept. Obey. Endure.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

"normal price" is whatever the price was before the first time you personally remember inflation being in the news ;)

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

The consequences of not decoupling from the usa decades ago even now the west refuse to put pressure on the usa and israel to end the war and blame iran instead

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com -2 points 4 months ago

Fear not your king will save you.