Are we taking bets yet on when mass civil unrest will begin re. Cost of living?

[UsernameInTheTown]

Having frozen my backside off these past two days as I'm terrified to have the heating on longer than an hour a day, I'm thinking that this will be utterly intolerable come next Winter. Will there be mass civil unrest and the guillotine rolled out while the affluent are targeted by the desperate and those with nothing left to loose?

@BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation I have French family & my parents are immigrants. I just do not get the deference to poshos!

From seeing the riots in bristol, £100k+ damage was done & council had to cover this cost. Changed nothing. NHS staff cars were graffitied and lots of property damaged. Again, hurts regular people not the government!

@MintJulia

The weather is the best policeman - which means it will have to be warm and fine for people to riot - August bank holiday is traditional or any warm humid weekend.

Yes, the usual time to get a pair of trainers, fancy fancy TV in it not?

@PermanentlyTired03

From seeing the riots in bristol, £100k+ damage was done & council had to cover this cost. Changed nothing. NHS staff cars were graffitied and lots of property damaged. Again, hurts regular people not the government!

Yes, does no good

@PermanentlyTired03

From seeing the riots in bristol, £100k+ damage was done & council had to cover this cost. Changed nothing. NHS staff cars were graffitied and lots of property damaged. Again, hurts regular people not the government!

Did the NHS buy slaves from African overlords?

Vote in May for anyone local who isn’t Tory.

We aren't really the type to protest en masse

so what have the mass protest been about lockdown, kill the bill etc?

@amitoooldforthisshit

www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/who-are-insulate-britain-what-campaign-for-climate/

Liam Norton said Insulate Britain was founded by six members of Extinction Rebellion,

Yep, freezing my arse off and pissed off here. Didn't dare have heating on for longer than an hour.

At the moment we can look forward to warmer weather but next winter is looming like an ice-monster.

@Libertaire

This is Britain. We don’t do ‘mass civil unrest’. We leave that sort of thing to the French, who are actually prepared to stand up to their rulers, rather than just complaining about them. We just moan about how badly the country is run, then go out and re-elect the Tories.

Absolutely this.

Hopefully this will focus the Brits minds on where we get our energy. Rather than buying from corrupt states we should do like the french and become energy secure.
The french have a huge number of nuclear power stations and don’t seem to have a problem managing this.

@JackieWeaverHandforthCouncil

Many of those suffering actively ticked Tory in 2019. They didn’t care at that point believing any negatives would only impact others. There’s a saying that ‘every generation has to learn why you don’t vote Tory’. But in any case I’m sure the tabloids will pin things on the green lobby, or refugees in dinghy’s and people will run to vote Tory next time.

I’m what you call affluent, but neither DH nor I caused the energy crisis. Focus your anger at the right target but sad to say I’m betting the Tory’s will just change leader, create some faux culture war and you’ll vote for them again. I no longer give a shit, when it gets too much I’ll just move my family and assets somewhere else. Sick of people voting against their own interests and not taking responsibility for it.

Great post.

Tory voters eventually have to face up to the consequences of their actions - unfortunately so do the rest of us.

@Trainbear I was referring to the kill the bill riot when the police station and surrounding independent businesses were trashed not the BLM marches.

@pinkstripeycat
We are the same as you OP. All sitting in our coats with scarves on and wrapped in blankets.

Get yourselves some electric underblankets for your settee. They keep you so warm and are pennies to run.

Nope not a chance

The Tories have lost the North again. Everyone I speak to regrets voting for them so the next election will change things.

I also think that Ukraine has galvanised people to an extent - they've seen what people are capable of. I do think there will major unrest in the next few months. Long overdue.

Already saw some of it today, big supermarket petrol station has lowest petrol prices in the area, however, must have been running out as only about three of the twenty pumps had unleaded, huge queues developing people shouting at each other, getting out of cars to argue, then one of three pumps runs out/stops working and it all kicks off, people getting out of cars to shout and swear at staff there, they had to lock the petrol station shop to protect the staff. Never seen anything like it before, I think the stress is getting to people.

@Libertaire

This is Britain. We don’t do ‘mass civil unrest’. We leave that sort of thing to the French, who are actually prepared to stand up to their rulers, rather than just complaining about them. We just moan about how badly the country is run, then go out and re-elect the Tories.

This… everybody waits for others to do some thing. I count myself in that

@CharlieSays13
It's absolutely terrifying and we are pretty self sufficient, growing lots of our food, we have a bit of land and hens for eggs etc, but it all feels like a nightmare becoming reality.

@SmellyOldOwls

Maybe just don't vote Tory? Is that an option?

I've been not voting Tory since I turned 18, it doesn't seem to have much effect.

I think the government need to stop the energy prices rising again in October, it's totally unacceptable and has never happened before

They are taking a lot more in taxes now with all the rises and 25 % green tax needs re thinking

@Elsiebear90 People are certainly becoming angrier and much less tolerant.

@Fedupbuyer

I think crime will go through the roof I know that much!

Yes.

Black market is back, assuming it ever went away.

Riots, Labour or socialist government aren't going to deflate rising costs or reduce national debts

@ivykaty44 no it’s a separate movement/ campaign with cross over aims.

And how much do Labour really care I wonder?
They get their heating on expenses too, I am guessing.