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AIBU to feel life in the UK has worsened since Covid?

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MerryAmberViper · 22/05/2026 22:39

feel everything is just getting worse since covid

Im on a good salary of 32k live alone entitled to no benefits and lucky enough I can afford to put heating on in winter but have to be careful

crime everywhere with lenient punishment or sometimes no punishment at all
everyone seems entitled angry or depressed and no one seems to care about following the law
clear resentment and disagreement in country people on social media saying vote green or vote reform and if you dont you are terrible
divided country especially with brexit when inflation being caused by covid and the war brexit hasnt changed much
stagnant salaries if you can even get a job at all
everything expensive
people on great salaries of 100k+ moaning about the tax they pay because they are bad with managing their money even though they are on over double average salary when people like myself manage on much less
massive wealth inequality
NHS and public services run down
terrible government both tories and labour

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GoodkneeBadKnee · 22/05/2026 22:53

MerryAmberViper · 22/05/2026 22:51

@GoodkneeBadKnee lucky

I guess so. I know it's not the same for everyone though.

ColdAsAWitches · 22/05/2026 22:52

You're being ridiculous in your attempts to avoid blaming Brexit!

MerryAmberViper · 22/05/2026 22:51

GoodkneeBadKnee · 22/05/2026 22:47

My life is great thanks. None of the things you've listed have affected me, or my family. We're good.

@GoodkneeBadKnee lucky

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MerryAmberViper · 22/05/2026 22:50

MasterBeth · 22/05/2026 22:49

That's austerity and Brexit for you.

Lethal cuts in services and public investment since 2008 (affecting everything from the NHS to potholes to what looks like a drastic cut in punctuation and capital letters).

@MasterBeth I dont agree with you on brexit but yeh austerity has really damaged this country

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MerryAmberViper · 22/05/2026 22:49

Huckleberries · 22/05/2026 22:47

The strange things happen with tax at 100 K.

Put that salary into one of those tax calculators and you might be surprised at what the take home is

there's a reason why people hovering around that Mark try and stay under it

you lose your tax free allowance, basically

@Huckleberries oh dont be redicilous I just tried that and you still have over double what I earn after tax

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MasterBeth · 22/05/2026 22:49

That's austerity and Brexit for you.

Lethal cuts in services and public investment since 2008 (affecting everything from the NHS to potholes to what looks like a drastic cut in punctuation and capital letters).

GoodkneeBadKnee · 22/05/2026 22:47

My life is great thanks. None of the things you've listed have affected me, or my family. We're good.

Huckleberries · 22/05/2026 22:47

The strange things happen with tax at 100 K.

Put that salary into one of those tax calculators and you might be surprised at what the take home is

there's a reason why people hovering around that Mark try and stay under it

you lose your tax free allowance, basically

Theolittle · 22/05/2026 22:45

i think everything you describe came following the 2008 worldwide financial crisis and the years of austerity that followed. Wages have been stagnant for more than 5 years

Homeworking has been the worst thing from Covid - don’t think it’s good at all for mental health