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We are being totally taken for a ride in the UK

141 replies

checkedcloth · 12/08/2023 12:19

Just had a week in on a Balearic Island
Did 5 supermarket shops.
shelves fully stocked, brilliant choice of food and produce and significantly cheaper than here.
we are being absolutely screwed over by this government, and all the other wealthy robbing companies.

I know some Brexit loving lunatics will be along soon to suggest otherwise….

OP posts:
Overthebow · 12/08/2023 12:20

We’re not being taken for a ride. We got what we voted for. Well, what some of the population voted for, I certainly didn’t.

DojaPhat · 12/08/2023 12:24

I don't think we are. This is what people voted for. I'd go so far as to say the current state of affairs has brought joy to many even if they aren't very vocal about it.

BuffaloCauliflower · 12/08/2023 12:25

Sadly this is what people voted for, not just with Brexit but with 13 years of Tory rule

Wasteddays · 12/08/2023 12:26

I live in Portugal and everything has gone up and costs a fortune, our wages are still v v low, especially in comparison to the U.K.

TheThingIsYeah · 12/08/2023 12:27

OP what supermarket chain did you go in and can you remember any obvious examples?

LakeTiticaca · 12/08/2023 12:27

Is there a food shortage in the UK?
I hadn't noticed. Mostly the reason why shelves aren't fully stocked is that the supermarkets don't want to pay staff to fill them

CandyflossKaren · 12/08/2023 12:29

A 'Balaeric Island' being held up as a shining example 😆

LardoBurrows · 12/08/2023 12:29

Overthebow · 12/08/2023 12:20

We’re not being taken for a ride. We got what we voted for. Well, what some of the population voted for, I certainly didn’t.

Yep, I agree.

Sometimeswinning · 12/08/2023 12:32

Food shortage? Some vegetables I believe. I'm getting a shop every week and not missing anything?

TheThingIsYeah · 12/08/2023 12:32

Wasteddays · 12/08/2023 12:26

I live in Portugal and everything has gone up and costs a fortune, our wages are still v v low, especially in comparison to the U.K.

Went to Lisbon earlier this year and was shocked how dear it was compared to 3 years ago, even the Lidl and Auchan was expensive. And when you think what the minimum wage is in Portugal (€1,000pm) I genuinely do not know how they live. There was an article on BBC website a couple of months back about the CoL in Lisbon. But brexit…

LakeTiticaca · 12/08/2023 12:34

Overthebow · 12/08/2023 12:20

We’re not being taken for a ride. We got what we voted for. Well, what some of the population voted for, I certainly didn’t.

We got what we voted for.it was a choice between Boris and the Britain hating Corbyn. Did any of you ever actually read Corbyns manifesto for the 2019 GE?

ThinkAboutItTomorrow · 12/08/2023 12:35

You can't take one measure and generalise.

Spanish wages are typically 60% of UK wages so food (especially locally produced food) will of course be cheaper. It's still increasing in price, by about 10% though this is less than the Uk.

Spanish unemployment is also at 14% Vs 4% in the UK.

Not saying we are being well governed (hate Tories shambles) but extrapolating from a few grocery shops isn't meaningful

mumda · 12/08/2023 12:38

You're on holiday for a week and visited 5 supermarkets?

winelove · 12/08/2023 12:41

In rural France earlier this year. Some things cheaper but a lot more expensive (but better quality in some cases). Strawberries, asparagus, fruit and veg in general much more expensive. Wine and oysters much cheaper lol.
I think the UK has enjoyed cheaper food for a long time and now we are catching up. I think our supermarket fruit and veg is still cheaper.

Ylvamoon · 12/08/2023 12:42

Yes, we are taken for a ride, but it's one the majority of the UK population voted for ... not that there was much choice in politics and many UK residents couldn't vote on staying in the EU because they weren't British.

However, it was always headding this way. The government is owned by big cooperations and the population is there to feed their greed. We just get enough tibits to keep us quiet.

There is some truth in the conspiracy theory

Blinkinbloodyhayfever · 12/08/2023 12:42

I voted out and this isn't what I voted out for. I believed that Bexit would mean better border controls, better support for British farmers and industry, better wages for lower paid workers and more money into schools and hospitals. I have to say though I was really on the fence. I also voted Tory as I the Corbyn Abbott government didn't exactly fill me with confidence.

doroda · 12/08/2023 12:44

Just got back from France. Amazing range of food in the supermarkets, put us to shame, but it definitely wasn't cheap.

Pontiouspilate · 12/08/2023 12:44

You're on holiday for a week and visited 5 supermarkets?

this is the bit I can’t get over!!

Jamtartforme · 12/08/2023 12:45

Food has been disproportionately cheap in the U.K. for years. It’s now rebalanced to (most) European prices. Let’s face it years of being able to fling whatever we wanted into our trolleys and eat eat eat without meal planning or really looking at what we were consuming, hasn’t been good for our health or waistlines at all. Maybe being forced to examine whether we really need to buy as much food as we have isn’t a bad thing.

frozendaisy · 12/08/2023 12:45

There is no shortage of reporting that the import/export checks and paperwork have made everything more complicated and dearer.

Brexit makes day to day life more expensive. But it also makes a whole lot of other things worse.

Just in groceries the EU can impose conditions that the UK will have to comply with to export now not having a place at the negotiation table. But we've taken back control. Go us!

frozendaisy · 12/08/2023 12:48

Blinkinbloodyhayfever · 12/08/2023 12:42

I voted out and this isn't what I voted out for. I believed that Bexit would mean better border controls, better support for British farmers and industry, better wages for lower paid workers and more money into schools and hospitals. I have to say though I was really on the fence. I also voted Tory as I the Corbyn Abbott government didn't exactly fill me with confidence.

This was one of the problems with the vote there was no "leave" to vote for. It was just an instruction to Leave. Nothing more. The rest was just snake oil.

CloudyMcCloud · 12/08/2023 12:50

ThinkAboutItTomorrow · 12/08/2023 12:35

You can't take one measure and generalise.

Spanish wages are typically 60% of UK wages so food (especially locally produced food) will of course be cheaper. It's still increasing in price, by about 10% though this is less than the Uk.

Spanish unemployment is also at 14% Vs 4% in the UK.

Not saying we are being well governed (hate Tories shambles) but extrapolating from a few grocery shops isn't meaningful

True

ConstitutionHill · 12/08/2023 12:52

Local food and wine in Spain is 25% cheaper I would say. Same with fuel. Sure, local wages are a lot lower though. This is offset by rents and property prices being a great deal lower than UK.

TeleTropes · 12/08/2023 12:52

Blinkinbloodyhayfever · 12/08/2023 12:42

I voted out and this isn't what I voted out for. I believed that Bexit would mean better border controls, better support for British farmers and industry, better wages for lower paid workers and more money into schools and hospitals. I have to say though I was really on the fence. I also voted Tory as I the Corbyn Abbott government didn't exactly fill me with confidence.

I’m exactly the same, but good luck getting a nuanced discussion around this as saying it out loud makes you public scum of the earth I’ve found…

ConstitutionHill · 12/08/2023 12:52

Second hand cars though! Exorbitant.

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