AIBU to feel life in the UK has worsened since Covid?

[MerryAmberViper]

feel everything is just getting worse since covid

Im on a good salary of 32k live alone entitled to no benefits and lucky enough I can afford to put heating on in winter but have to be careful

crime everywhere with lenient punishment or sometimes no punishment at all
everyone seems entitled angry or depressed and no one seems to care about following the law
clear resentment and disagreement in country people on social media saying vote green or vote reform and if you dont you are terrible
divided country especially with brexit when inflation being caused by covid and the war brexit hasnt changed much
stagnant salaries if you can even get a job at all
everything expensive
people on great salaries of 100k+ moaning about the tax they pay because they are bad with managing their money even though they are on over double average salary when people like myself manage on much less
massive wealth inequality
NHS and public services run down
terrible government both tories and labour

i think everything you describe came following the 2008 worldwide financial crisis and the years of austerity that followed. Wages have been stagnant for more than 5 years

Homeworking has been the worst thing from Covid - don’t think it’s good at all for mental health

The strange things happen with tax at 100 K.

Put that salary into one of those tax calculators and you might be surprised at what the take home is

there's a reason why people hovering around that Mark try and stay under it

you lose your tax free allowance, basically

My life is great thanks. None of the things you've listed have affected me, or my family. We're good.

That's austerity and Brexit for you.

Lethal cuts in services and public investment since 2008 (affecting everything from the NHS to potholes to what looks like a drastic cut in punctuation and capital letters).

@Huckleberries oh dont be redicilous I just tried that and you still have over double what I earn after tax

@MasterBeth I dont agree with you on brexit but yeh austerity has really damaged this country

@GoodkneeBadKnee lucky

You're being ridiculous in your attempts to avoid blaming Brexit!

I guess so. I know it's not the same for everyone though.

@ColdAsAWitches really? What has it actually changed? I havent noticed anything unless maybe you go on holiday to europe regularly

The inflation/cost of living crisis is all related to the wars and covid, brexit maybe a tiny amount at most.

@MerryAmberViper So why haven’t you got going with a better career then? Maybe you aren’t qualified? Maybe you just cannot be bothered? Or simply that you aren’t good enough to have a better career. Instead of being jelous, think about what you could do to earn more. If the answer is nothing, you are where you are. Could you be a solicitor or a doctor? What about an accountant or economist? People who earn more undoubtedly have more skills. So what are yours? You could teach and earn more.

@MeetMeOnTheCorner because I love my job sometimes things are important than money

Should all low paid positions like cleaners not be able to afford anything? you are redicilous

Okay, fair enough

I'm still happy for cardiologist and so on to earn that kind of money though

They'll just go abroad if we don't pay them properly

I dont get why though, living on the uk on 6k a month after tax is easy
if you cant your bad at managing your money

You need to look at all of the independent international economists and their view on how much Brexit costs us every year in lost trade and investment. The country is undoubtedly significantly poorer because of it.

WFH has been the best thing that came from covid for some though. For me it's allowed me to work despite some conditions which were making office work difficult and likely would have seen me unemployed by now, so way better for my mental health. And many parents if young families have found it a massive help.
Generally though I think the economy has gotten worse, but that's nothing to what's coming once the impacts of this Iran war fully flow through.

Of course things have got more expensive for you. They've got more expensive for everyone.

The NHS is still poor.

We've got and had terrible governments across the whole country.

You don't need to lie to try and pretend you're somehow better than everyone else so these things that affect everyone don't affect you! If you really think you are better than everyone else and don't get touched by plebeian things like pricing or the NHS, then prove it.

wonder if the NHS or UK as a whole will ever improve

just seems to keep going downhill

I was on your side but I've just seen this so now I'm conflicted.

Of course Brexit is a big part of the problem. You're naive if you don't think it is.

It has very little to do with covid.

It's brexshite.

I agree it was an own goal and bad for the country but seems so tiny compared to other problems uk has

increasing number of people can barely eat and heat and its becoming normal which is wrong

Explain how brexit has changed the average person. Not the 100k idiots moaning on mumsnet the average person.

Add it all up with the other things you said

Increasing lawlessness

Divided society

If you think you can make more money and live somewhere nicer then you will leave

I agree, there's definitely a lot of wrong things at the moment and that's probably where it all went wrong I think you're right

I was just highlighting the example because I think it's weird having these cliff edges for tax and I think it's weird criticising people who made money - it isn't their fault if other jobs aren't being paid as much as they should be

we need all sorts of things to run a good and prosperous country

In a strong field, this is hands down the dumbest thing I’ve read this week 👏

I think you have a black and white approach to life and are blinkered by your own experiences. Your tone when you respond to people is also quite rude in my opinion.

Where in the UK do you live that’s crime ridden and allows you to live on a £32k household income? In the Southeast, you’d either be in a hovel or homeless once you consider rent/mortgage plus bills and living costs. And before you suggest it, many of us want to stay near our families and support networks.

Stop calling people redicilous (it’s ridiculous) and allow people to have views on the topic you’ve raised.

I agree that general wellbeing and happiness appears to have diminished, but there’s a load of contributing factors, not limited to social media, current political affairs, cost of living crisis and AI looming. These are issues that are affecting people world wide and most countries are in a similar position to us and feeling the same downturn.

I’ve concluded, for myself, that it’s time to be insular and live a small life; less news and more time with my family. Staying in the moment is very difficult though.

Brexit means there are more costs in the economy (trade is more difficult), so prices are higher. It's harder for employers to fill job roles so the country is less efficient and effective. The economy would be significantly heathier if we had not left the EU.