When things fall apart...

SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 2022-10-01T07:33:02+00:00

Postal strike means small business owners are going to have to stop trading for 4 weeks... My energy bill has increased 5x since yesterday.. Teachers are so angry they planning a strike... the kids will miss MORE school.... The cost of food, petrol, everything is climbing steeply... Foodbank use is rising... People are going to lose their homes & jobs.... Anxiety is spreading among us. Please, for the love of GOD stop voting these incompetent arseholes into power. Please.

girlmom21 · 01/10/2022 08:41

Why on Earth is your energy increasing so much? That cannot be right.

Petrol costs are coming down where I am, not going up.

KangarooKenny · 01/10/2022 08:42

That’s a great generalisation. Not all of that is happening to all people. I can see that you are anxious.

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SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 08:50

girlmom21 · 01/10/2022 08:41

Why on Earth is your energy increasing so much? That cannot be right.

Petrol costs are coming down where I am, not going up.

Lucky you!

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SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 08:53

We are a household with 2 incomes & yes it's very scary indeed.

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AuntSalli · 01/10/2022 08:53

Is any of this actually happening or is it what the mainstream media is telling you is going to happen could happen might happen. I’m sorry I’ve been saying this for three months you people are actually gonna make yourself ill with all this catastrophisIng we may all end up getting hit by a rocket that Putin sends over, more likely our standard of living might drop a bit and then it will creep back up again. But are you gonna waste the best years of your life and the best years of your children’s lives worrying yourselves into an early grave over this shit ?

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SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 08:54

KangarooKenny · 01/10/2022 08:42

That’s a great generalisation. Not all of that is happening to all people. I can see that you are anxious.

You must be extremely privileged, if you are not anxious about the coming years.

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User135644 · 01/10/2022 08:56

Vote Tory win shit prizes. The English will never learn.

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SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 08:56

AuntSalli · 01/10/2022 08:53

Is any of this actually happening or is it what the mainstream media is telling you is going to happen could happen might happen. I’m sorry I’ve been saying this for three months you people are actually gonna make yourself ill with all this catastrophisIng we may all end up getting hit by a rocket that Putin sends over, more likely our standard of living might drop a bit and then it will creep back up again. But are you gonna waste the best years of your life and the best years of your children’s lives worrying yourselves into an early grave over this shit ?

£7 for a year of energy. We are a normal family of 4. All of what I said is happening. I'm not generally an anxious person. I've been to uni, bought a house, worked hard all my life. I'm in my 40's now and, yes I'm fucking anxious.

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SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 08:57

Typo £7K.

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RosaGallica · 01/10/2022 08:57

I didn’t vote for any of the governments of the last 30 -40 years. They were all neoliberalist morons with the stated aim of destroying the state. The consequences are now becoming obvious even to those higher up the birth-ordered hierarchy is all. Congratulations to all who refused to listen to alternatives… and never believe that this was anything other than a very deliberate choice by a bunch of power-grubbing wealth-hogging scum to impoverish the rest of us. It’s been a feature of the collapse of most other civilisations in the past, and no doubt it will be again in the future.

girlmom21 · 01/10/2022 08:59

You're not going to be paying £7000 a year for energy if you're a normal family of 4 in an average sized house

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SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 09:03

girlmom21 · 01/10/2022 08:59

You're not going to be paying £7000 a year for energy if you're a normal family of 4 in an average sized house

I have just come off the phone to my energy company. £6900 is their quote for the year.

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SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 09:03

RosaGallica · 01/10/2022 08:57

I didn’t vote for any of the governments of the last 30 -40 years. They were all neoliberalist morons with the stated aim of destroying the state. The consequences are now becoming obvious even to those higher up the birth-ordered hierarchy is all. Congratulations to all who refused to listen to alternatives… and never believe that this was anything other than a very deliberate choice by a bunch of power-grubbing wealth-hogging scum to impoverish the rest of us. It’s been a feature of the collapse of most other civilisations in the past, and no doubt it will be again in the future.

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poorbuthappy · 01/10/2022 09:05

No £6900 is what they want you to pay. Not what you are going to use.

AuntSalli · 01/10/2022 09:08

SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 08:56

£7 for a year of energy. We are a normal family of 4. All of what I said is happening. I'm not generally an anxious person. I've been to uni, bought a house, worked hard all my life. I'm in my 40's now and, yes I'm fucking anxious.

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So what are you gonna do about it then ?

write it all down look at which parts you can control and action them on the bits that you can’t control you’re literally going to have to just park them there write a heading on a piece of paper called on controllables and list them and then put that piece of paper in a draw and do not look at it.

RewildingAmbridge · 01/10/2022 09:09

Is that for a fixed rate? You need to stay on variable. Go on Mse and work out what your cost will be using the unit and standing charges and your actual usage from the last year.
Petrol near me is now under 1.50 and I'm just outside London.
Are things going up, yes, mortgages will be trouble, there will likely be repossessions and buying/selling is going to become near impossible, but you seem to be panicking over the wrong things.
I don't vote Tory btw but you're not being rational. Sit down with your incomings and outgoings, do a budget see where you can save.
For those at the bottom end of income and those on benefits, that will be very very difficult and that needs to be addressed but it doesn't sound like that's your position.

gogohmm · 01/10/2022 09:14

Why has you energy gone up 5x? They actually decreased our dd this month. Dp's business has doubled though

Fortboyard · 01/10/2022 09:14

This is happening. Yes the media are having a field day but there’s a good reason for that.
Yes, the postal strikes are affecting small business and both decreasing sales and increasing costs at a time when energy bills are rising enormously. On top of that the costs of stock and materials were already rocketing and now are even more expensive due to weak sterling. Brexit continues to have big impact on business that has just been swept under the table.
It is shit and I’m worried about what those two fools are going to say during the conference this week, there’s a chance they could make things worse. I’m also concerned and confused as to why we’ve had three terms (I think) of conservative gvt and they’ve been fucking the entire country over. I remember thinking when the brexit referendum result was declared, people have no idea what they’re letting themselves in for. Since then it’s been nothing but a shower of shit.

gogohmm · 01/10/2022 09:17

@SplashingMermaidSparkleTail

Household of 3-5 adults (depending on term time) estimate for this you £1896

No one should be paying £7k unless you actually live in a mansion, own a swimming pool, or have medical needs for large power use (they are getting some extra help thankfully) I would audit your energy use urgently, have you an appliance that's gone wrong so using too much?

IncessantNameChanger · 01/10/2022 09:17

I heard on the news yesterday that if there was an election yesterday Labour would win by 30% majority.

Buy here is the problem.

There's no general election coming up.

So why rage against that? It ain't happening. We can't even tory if we wanted too!

Someone somewhere can force an election but its not me. I'm concentrating on surviving the week.

We general elections come out I never vote Tory so it's not something I'm wringing my hands over tbh. It's not as I changed my vote and the world gets better.

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SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 09:19

gogohmm · 01/10/2022 09:17

@SplashingMermaidSparkleTail

Household of 3-5 adults (depending on term time) estimate for this you £1896

No one should be paying £7k unless you actually live in a mansion, own a swimming pool, or have medical needs for large power use (they are getting some extra help thankfully) I would audit your energy use urgently, have you an appliance that's gone wrong so using too much?

Thanks. Looking into it.
Believe me we don't live in a mansion!

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SplashingMermaidSparkleTail · 01/10/2022 09:31

IncessantNameChanger · 01/10/2022 09:17

I heard on the news yesterday that if there was an election yesterday Labour would win by 30% majority.

Buy here is the problem.

There's no general election coming up.

So why rage against that? It ain't happening. We can't even tory if we wanted too!

Someone somewhere can force an election but its not me. I'm concentrating on surviving the week.

We general elections come out I never vote Tory so it's not something I'm wringing my hands over tbh. It's not as I changed my vote and the world gets better.

Because I blame them. They are in charge. They don't care. I really WISH the idiots who do keep voting them in would wake the fuck up!

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MrsGeoWolf · 01/10/2022 09:38

What is your yearly kw usage for your electric/gas?

Shortjanet · 01/10/2022 09:39

We'll be paying close to £4k for a year and I'm pretty sure we use less kWh annually than most similar sized households. Not everyone is in a gas/elec dual fuel house.

Wheretheskyisblue · 01/10/2022 13:51

The average family in a 4 bed detached will pay £2352 gas and £1988 electricity (so £4352) under the new price cap so if OP is a higher than average user or has poorer insulation £7k is sadly very realistic.
usave.co.uk/energy/average-gas-and-electricity-bill-for-a-4-bed-house/