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Households across the U.K. are about to experience an 80% jump in energy costs
AP ^ | 8/26/22 | AP

Posted on 08/26/2022 4:15:39 AM PDT by JonPreston

LONDON — Jennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can't pay, she feels the impact immediately.

The power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.

The energy increases, together with rapidly rising food costs, are expected to push inflation above the 40-year high of 10.1% recorded in July and trigger a recession later this year, the Bank of England has predicted.

(Excerpt) Read more at wunc.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: education; energycosts; energyschadenfreude; faafo; haha; itistolaugh; mistressgreta; takethatputin; thatsashame; uk
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This 80% increase is on top of an already 50% increase from earlier this year, and it's all coming to America thanks to President Potato and his lust for war. Never forget how we got here and who cheered him on as he ignored peace.
1 posted on 08/26/2022 4:15:39 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Unexpectedly!


2 posted on 08/26/2022 4:17:42 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: JonPreston
Putin's revenge/
Meanwhile, fat Boris Johnson takes yet another stroll in Ukraine with Zelensky,
3 posted on 08/26/2022 4:18:22 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: joma89

Coming to America soon.


4 posted on 08/26/2022 4:18:28 AM PDT by chopperk
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Let it come before the election in November.


5 posted on 08/26/2022 4:22:09 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: JonPreston

Couple it with the projected incoming 18.6% inflation.....
Putin’s fault tho. /s


6 posted on 08/26/2022 4:25:59 AM PDT by cranked
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Keep listening to the US and its climate change cr**.


7 posted on 08/26/2022 4:29:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: JonPreston

If they build mud hovels around the lord’s palatial manor and till his soil for him, they might be allowed to trim his hedges and use the cuttings for fuel, that and the droppings of his kine will make a cheery fire in the hearth.


8 posted on 08/26/2022 4:31:47 AM PDT by ToxicMasculinity ("Free country"? Good morning, Rip.)
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To: ToxicMasculinity

That’s funny, but sadly it also rings true.


9 posted on 08/26/2022 4:34:34 AM PDT by JonPreston
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Don’t Pay
https://dontpay.uk
WebOur leverage is that we will gather a million people to pledge not to pay if the government goes ahead with another massive hike on October 1st. Mass non-payment is not a new idea, it


10 posted on 08/26/2022 4:36:58 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit)
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To: RomanSoldier19

A general strike. I’ve been wondering what will trigger them.


11 posted on 08/26/2022 4:39:08 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Yep…our good times will be ending after the Nov elections.
We are being kept comfortable until then.


12 posted on 08/26/2022 4:39:33 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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starvation and cold


13 posted on 08/26/2022 4:39:44 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit)
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To: silverleaf

It’s going to be a very tough winter for many and most Americans are oblivious, or are so self-absorbed they don’t care.


14 posted on 08/26/2022 4:41:27 AM PDT by JonPreston
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Wales has shale gas and they refuse to drill. War on fossil fuels leads to poverty and starvation....


15 posted on 08/26/2022 4:43:58 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (The trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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"There's a pipeline of cash coming through."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists "more cash" is coming to help households with rising energy bills.

Live updates: https://t.co/q6nkqlNQen

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/nPLC6eTQPA— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 26, 2022


16 posted on 08/26/2022 4:44:04 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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> it’s all coming to America thanks to President Potato <

The war in Ukraine is, at best, only half the problem. The other half is Biden’s shutting down of American energy production.

It’s a double whammy.


17 posted on 08/26/2022 4:45:29 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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obamatollah/PedoJoe used Ukraine as a massive money laundering vehicle.

It’s why the treasonous Deep State blocked any attempt to expose the money laundering.

PedoJoe has already sent $5 BILLION to Ukraine which will be kicked back to leftwing US politicians.

The “war” was simply the backdrop to the current money laundering and stealing.


18 posted on 08/26/2022 4:45:41 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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That’s more like $40 Billion
But most of it is going to weapons manufacturers…not Ukrainians


19 posted on 08/26/2022 4:48:49 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: Leaning Right

That’s true.


20 posted on 08/26/2022 4:51:52 AM PDT by JonPreston
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