Jonathan Pie: Welcome to Britain, Everything Is Terrible

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- NYT, The Conservatives Made Everything In Britain Worse (Yes, Even the Weather), J. Pie, A. Westbrook, video & article. Sept. 5, 2022.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/opinion/liz-truss-prime-minister-inflation.html

So Liz Truss will be Britain’s next prime minister — the nation’s fourth in seven years. And she’s inheriting a nation falling apart at the seams.

Ms. Truss’s victory on Monday followed a long summer of overlapping and escalating crises in the country: Inflation soared to double-digit figures and continues to rise; nationwide strikes have crippled the train networks, the postal service and trash collections; a heat wave brought the first drought in 20 years; and Brexit and the pandemic conspired to ruin many families’ first overseas vacations in three years.

On top of all of that, the government has been unable to prevent Britain’s energy companies from raising electricity and natural gas prices to levels that for many residents are simply unaffordable. The average household energy bill will nearly double between now and October, to 3,549 pounds a year (about $4,200).

Ms. Truss’s predecessor Boris Johnson refused to do much to respond to the energy crisis, insisting it was the job of the new government. Ms. Truss, for her part, ruled out cash payments to struggling families...https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217144537#post4

[bronxiteforever]

1. Kick & recommend.

[Wild blueberry]

2. Big fan of his honesty

Thank you.

[Martin68]

3. A friend of mine who lives in the UK filled me in on a lot of this a few days ago. The situation is

not a joke. It is dire. At least we elected Biden and got rid of Trump. The UK is stuck with an ultra-conservative for a year-and-a-half more now that Boris is out. As if Brexit wasn't enough, now their energy companies are robbing them blind.