@HappyWinter
I think so
*@TheABC*, threatening a NATO country would do it.
It's a crazy world at the moment. I had my first child a couple of years before Brexit, everything has gone nuts since then, what kind of world have I brought them into? But we have just have to carry on and try and enjoy life as much as possible in these situations and see the bright spots.
@Opal8 How is everything going with your foodbank?
OK thank you x
I forsee higher usage from April sadly as the NI hike and fuel price increases bite. The UC uplift helped so many it's madness they stopped it.
As long as people don't start hoarding food again we should be OK. In the first lockdown there was just no food. Donations just fell off a cliff. I literally went round the local shops begging for uht milk 😞
I can't believe how much my grocery bill has increased in the past year/18 months.
What used to be a £70/80 basket is now £120. Same grocery store, same food. We aren't suddenly eating lobster or caviar...
I'm sorry to say I'm not very optimistic regarding the UKs future.
Back on the first Westminstender threads I said that we would end up living like we did the 1970s; Fuel/energy issues, expensive food and lack of choice, labour shortages, rise of civil unrest...I've lived through that once. I wanted better for my kids.
Of course, stretching my analogy a tad Russia invaded Afghanistan in the 70s...another country suffering from the mad proclivities of a megalomaniac. How many young Russian soldiers died in the dust on the roads to Masar E Sharif? How many civilians bombed out of theor homes/villages? and for what???
Such a waste. Just such fucking waste.