That article isn’t particularly mad, is it?

It’s a fairly basic concept that if you increase the cost base of low margin businesses, that cost increase will be passed on to consumers / employees.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on November 20th 2024 at 09:00:18

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Inflation back over 2% and headed for 3% due to the recent budget (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 20, 08:12:15
- Wow, the heady heights of (General Chat) - JimmyHoldem, Nov 20, 10:50:26
- Nice of you to address her personally but I’m pretty confident that she is not a Wrather. (n/m) (General Chat) - Boyer, Nov 20, 09:41:48
- 🚨Tory Tosspot Alert🚨 (General Chat) - TheGrump, Nov 20, 09:34:32
  - Not a Tory old pal (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 20, 10:03:09
    - Show us the post where you said the same when Truss had here mini budget then. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Nov 20, 12:16:51
    - Yeah sure (General Chat) - TheGrump, Nov 20, 11:02:31
      - Quack! (n/m) (General Chat) - Bristol Graham, Nov 20, 11:23:44
    - Yeah sure (General Chat) - TheGrump, Nov 20, 11:01:38
      - “Crying into your cereal” (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 20, 14:57:36
- Can't fix the gigantic nuclear halocaust the Tories created overnight (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Nov 20, 08:23:12
  - Exactly. Can't repair 14 years in 4 months. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 20, 09:08:56
    - Unfortunately Dubs, nothing will be repaired with a tanking economy (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 20, 09:42:47
      - It's all an imbalance. What's the point of being the sixth richest economy when... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 20, 10:02:24
        
        Economy size has to be viewed based on number of people (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 20, 13:15:41
        
        way down the list, and going ever downwards (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 20, 13:23:42
        
        …. (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 20, 13:19:25
        
        This is an excellent point Dubs. If we are so rich where the fuck is all the money? (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 20, 10:49:00
        
        3 alternatives (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 20, 12:44:57
        
        Doesn't make sense does it. What's the point of a rich country that can't look after.. (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 20, 11:01:12
        
        My suspicion is that lots of it is tied up in assets, particularly housing (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 20, 11:09:01
        
        like buckingham palace? (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 20, 12:10:13
        
        My favourite Army chap has been to McDonald's. I've never met you Mr Tombs... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 20, 14:34:40
        
        And still get money in from NHS stations and land. If I was head of the Royal Family... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 20, 14:09:31
  - Ah but Liz Truss etc etc (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 20, 08:42:32
    - Ah The Telegraph (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 08:47:46
      - That article isn’t particularly mad, is it? (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 20, 09:00:18
        
        you'd think 3 years making coffee at HBOS would have taught her something (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 20, 09:41:13
        
        You don’t need to exaggerate her qualifications and skills Paul (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 20, 10:05:28
        
        They should have reversed the second of the Tories' stupid (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 20, 09:13:29
        
        Yes. Tax rises to pay for services were a necessity (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 20, 09:34:08
        
        Actually agree on this (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 20, 09:14:59
        
        Easy way to claw it back (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 09:10:00
        
        As the only shopkeeper on here, I concur (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 20, 09:29:31
        
        Actually, sorry there’s tudders as well, but they probably do that already over there, but (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 20, 09:58:26
        
        Much harder to shoplift a sofa tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 20, 10:08:20
        
        It is with that kind of attitude. Where's your blitz / can do spirit? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 20, 10:23:00
        
        That’s very harsh (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 20, 09:16:24
        
        Fair enough (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 10:02:49
        
        Which subsequently drives inflation in the wider economy (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 20, 09:06:10
        
        Yes, inevitably that’s true (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 20, 09:34:40
        
        Although…. (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 20, 09:55:52
- It’s due to energy bills rising not the budget (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 20, 08:18:05
  - Typical BBC (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 20, 08:21:00
    - 🤣 (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 08:27:47
  - Not mine (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 08:20:34
  - Details (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 20, 08:18:31
- Tories still taking the damage they caused well then (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 08:17:26

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