AIBU to believe that the cost of living crisis is a load of nonsense

[MaryWils24]

So I wake up this morning to find that 14 million people are trying for Oasis tickets. A mediocre rock band and a “reunion” tour just to create a retirement fund for two already multi-millionaires.

The question is - where are so many people getting the money from to buy tickets? On one hand people moan about the “cost of living” but can easily find £500 to fund this nonsense.

Madness.

People should stop moaning about the cost of living if they can waste money on things like this. They are either getting too much income from their job/benefits (if they can afford this) to complain about “cost of living” or they should stop moaning about increasing food/fuel prices!

Rant over!

Please show us the links for what you're reading.

14 years of tory government but they had nothing to do with it.
Can I have whatever stupid pills you take please to be so ignorant 😂

Now you're seeing it how?

How come you’re so invested in this? You come across as someone who is at pains to show that they always make excellent financial and life choices and that no one else could possibly make as good a choice as you. It comes across as really superior and unkind.

Labour’s line is always to simply blame the Tories, in absence of any clear ideas of their own.

Unfortunate global events laid the foundations for any economic uncertainty may have happened - especially COVID.

You can’t seriously think though that Corbyn would have handled things better if he had won in 2019?

I would like to think that some people will have taken my advice from here on board and will make better financial decisions for themselves.

I wouldn’t wish poverty or destitution on anyone. It just pains me to see that a lot of the poverty and destitution that exists in our society only does so out of poor and misinformed financial choices.

You’re right that global events - e.g. Covid and the war in Ukraine - made the economic outlook very grim. Boris Johnson had the chance to manage it well, to prevent it becoming worse, and he didn’t. Liz Truss then got in and she made it worse still.

I’m not sure why you’re mentioning Jeremy Corbyn here, other than to score a cheap point by criticising Labour, because we have no idea how he would have managed the economy.

Hahahahahahaha 14 years in government and its not their fault its global events 😂

Mediocre?

You are so ignorant it's painful.

OPs still wanging on, is she? I was hoping she'd disappeared up her own arse by now.

I mention Corbyn to counter the suggestion that it was solely the last Conservative government, and their response to those unfortunate global events, that caused economic uncertainty.

Had he won in 2019 it would have been his government responding to them and I sincerely doubt that this would have had any better outcome than Johnson, Truss and Sunak, indeed things would have been much worse.

That’s not true that poverty only exists because of poor financial choices. Of course it’s not true. If that was true, many more people would be in poverty - and most of them would be from wealthy backgrounds. That is not the case.

Also, if you truly believe in helping people make good financial decisions, you should consider starting a business to do that rather than being an anonymous poster on Mumsnet. That way, you could genuinely help people and you would benefit too. Right now, you’re coming across as critical and superior, because you have the luxury of hiding behind an anonymous username.

I would like to think that some people will have taken my advice from here on board and will make better financial decisions for themselves

Who do you think you are? You're a random stranger on the Internet spouting shite. Get over yourself.

I don’t understand this argument at all. We don’t know how he would have handled the economy, so we can’t say he would have made it any worse or better. It was solely the last Conservative government who caused the economic crisis because they were the ones in charge. Labour weren’t in charge, Corbyn wasn’t in charge - the Conservatives were.

Global events shouldn't mean that the uk is best at being the worst affected so of course labour has to blame the tories because that's just factual

Telling people "Don't buy oasis tickets if you are worried about CoL " isn't going to make anyone think twice about spending their money.

Further , people not buying oasis tickets won't actually undo the effects of the CoL crisis , but it may make it worse by reducing the amount of money being used to buy things

To make people change behaviour it's useful first to understand the whys and wherefores

Why might someone spend money they don't have on a particular event? Try to avoid thinking it's because they are stupid. Try and think a bit deeper if you can

ITT: A Conservative supporter who denies the party's responsibility for the financial mismanagement of the past 10+ years is grumpy because they don't like Oasis.

The Cost of Living has increased for many people, but the people for whom it is a crisis are not the people buying Oasis tickets. The crisis is affecting the people who have to choose between food or nappies; the people who are working 3 jobs to scrape together enough money to keep a roof over their heads for another month; the people living in tents on roadsides or slum housing that really should be torn down; the people who have to ration their use of essential medical and mobility equipment because they can't afford to charge it.

Well if it bothers you that much, teach your mother not to be computer illiterate and enable her to queue for her own tickets 🙄

Is this a Liz Truss parody? Totally deluded, referring to the Tory government as 'we', denying any responsibility lies at the Tory's feet for the mess the country is in... Even the name, 'Mary' is Truss' first name, she goes by her middle name.

Poor misinformed choices like not being born into a rich family. Losing your job. Suffering an accident. Etc etc I know you worn respond because you only to respond to certain comments but you're a horrible, horrible person.

Sure, right. Well obviously the majority think I am “being unreasonable” and are being more vocal about it in the comments, but a sizeable chunk (20% - around 300 people thus far) agree with me but are obviously not as vocal in the comments. Then again, the left are renowned for shouting the loudest on things like this…

And bitter name-calling, jealously and spite, I forgot to add in my last post. Some on the left are renowned for that too.

What a ridiculous post. You actually think that the fact that there are enough people who can afford Oasis tickets means there's not a cost of living crisis?! What proportion of the population do you think has bought tickets? Or do you perhaps think that it's only a cost of living crisis if literally everybody is in poverty? Baffling.

Jealousy and spite? How do you figure that out?

The right are well known for ignoring those who don't agree and making stuff up. Shall I remind you of the poor should get food and heat and not have enough money to buy lavish decor followed by the poor are stupid for buying cheap lamps, they should invest in £55+ lamps

Yup horrible and a bit thick.

Rishi is that you?