It’s not looking good is it?

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Cost of living crisis
Choice between heating v eating
Pound dramatically falling
Higher interest rates
NHS on brink of collapse

And now the warning of a flu-covid “twindemic” this Winter

It’s all quite overwhelming and sad and seems to be never ending 😞

Hahaha that's hilarious. Quite sure the chaos will continue with a labour snp coalition. Have you listened to them?

Finally some common sense. You are 100% correct. This country has been badly run for 100s of years. The last 100 especially so. Career politicians not prepared to make big decisions for dear of losing their job. This is reason there are energy issues, NHS issues, financial issues. Note the word issues none are crises!!

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In terms of the country, it's working very well for the wealthy. Billions were paid during COVID, with many more millionaires made using tax payer money.

It does not need to be like this.

The fact that the PM suggested a woman spend her day on the bus because she cannot afford to have heat in her home is just inhumane.

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Quote please where she said this

Just in case anyone’s in any doubt about what shit we’re in - I’m currently in Spain. I got €150 for £153 yesterday.

I’m an optimist and whilst I sympathise with the effects you experienced, all I can think is how on earth would one say “times are depressing” and in the same sentence refer to a vaccine that was developed against an illness that resulted in a pandemic and we are now socialising, holidaying, partying, hugging, kissing etc as a result of that very vaccine!

But are you on holiday and having a lovely time?!

*Former PM.

And I've just checked and it was the fact he was proud he introduced buses passes when told that an old lady was spending her day on the bus as she can't afford to have heat in her home.

Again, total lack of humanity.

Its so sad that people being unable to have heat in their homes or feed their children is quite normal under this government.

I'd also like to know why people think labour would be worse, what would they do that would be worse?

Plus, the PP must have paid a fairly substantial fee for the exchange, so it’s not like the pound has fallen below the euro as their post might indicate.
According to the current rate £153 = €174.15.
I transferred €250 last Friday to a company in the EU and was charged £220.23.

I got it from an ATM - isn’t that how people usually draw money out?

But what did she actually say? Where she suggested that a woman spend a day on a bus to keep warm

ONLY if no fee ie Revolut

this is what happened…

susannah Reid raised the case of the oap who was riding on a bus all day to stay warm and asked for BJ’s view re what she can cut back on. His response

don't want Elsie to cut back on anything, let's talk about Elsie and what we are doing and - just to remind you that the 24-hour freedom bus pass was something that I actually introduced.'

Yep but don't forget you'll get hit with either a fee and/or the exchange rate won't be that great verses the official exchange rate/spot rate etc is at the same moment in time..

That's how the bank makes money out of the transaction.

This. £153 = €150 just doesn’t reflect the current exchange rate. It makes it look as if the pound was weaker than the euro.
I run a business dealing with EU based companies. I just checked and if I wanted to pay a €150 invoice today I would be charged £132.61 with Wise (TransferWise).

You should be taking enough cash with you by ordering on line in the UK, say the no1 Currency exchange, where you can collect from a store.

Then using a credit card with no fees for general spending, another bonus is you'll get the inter bank exchange rate, which is better again, always pay in Euros (or local currency) not £ if the terminal asks you which currency or you'll pay for that conversion on top, same with ATM if you must.

Drawing out from an ATM is a very expensive way to get Euro's.

"fairly obvious"?
"fairly obvious" to blindly trust people who said "2 weeks to flatten the curve"? Remember that one?

Yes this. My smart metre isn't allowed to go over £10 per day. I try to spend under £100 a week on food for the six of us. So whatever is in my power I control. I wanted to buy fish fingers for the kids and was shocked to see a box of Asda own over £5 today. So I decided to get a kilo of chicken for under £5. So that's my choice and I'm happier doing this than going bankrupt. The house is set to 15 degrees. I used to wash clothes daily but now I can't dry it outside I re wear clothes for longer. It's not fantastic but my MH is better for it.

Vovid flu etc I don't give any headspace at all. It's not my duty to take on the worrys of the world

Bit weird to respond to that answer from over 2 months ago 🙄