Peoples Republic of Wirral

12/02/2022

As always spot on.

04/02/2022

More lies

Michael Gove claimed 97% of PPE procured was fit-for-purpose and on the front line. In actual fact, while it may have been usable by someone, not all of it was on the front line.

25/01/2022

It cost me several billion for the tattoo, but it’s okay because the tattoo artist has written off the charge for me.

25/01/2022

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20/01/2022

jack monroe

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Jan 19
Replying to

This time last year, the cheapest pasta in my local supermarket (one of the Big Four), was 29p for 500g. Today it’s 70p. That’s a 141% price increase as it hits the poorest and most vulnerable households.
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Jan 19
This time last year, the cheapest rice at the same supermarket was 45p for a kilogram bag. Today it’s £1 for 500g. That’s a 344% price increase as it hits the poorest and most vulnerable households.
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jack monroe

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Jan 19
Baked beans: were 22p, now 32p. A 45% price increase year on year.
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jack monroe

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Jan 19
Canned spaghetti. Was 13p, now 35p. A price increase of 169%.
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jack monroe

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Jan 19
Bread. Was 45p, now 58p. A price increase of 29%.
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Jan 19
Curry sauce. Was 30p, now 89p. A price increase of 196%.
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jack monroe

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Jan 19
A bag of small apples. Was 59p, now 89p (and the apples are even smaller!) A price increase of 51%.
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jack monroe

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Jan 19
Mushrooms were 59p for 400g. They’re now 57p for 250g. A price increase of 56%. (This practise, of making products smaller while keeping them the same price, is known in the retail industry as ‘shrinkflation’ and its insidious as hell because it’s harder to immediately spot.)
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jack monroe

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Jan 19
Peanut butter. Was 62p, now £1.50. A price increase of 142%.
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jack monroe

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Jan 19
These are just the ones that I know off the top of my head - there will be many many more examples! When I started writing my recipe blog ten years ago, I could feed myself and my son on £10 a week. (I’ll find the original shopping list later and price it up for today’s prices.)
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Jan 19
The system by which we measure the impact of inflation is fundamentally flawed - it completely ignores the reality and the REAL price rises for people on minimum wages, zero hour contracts, food bank clients, and millions more.
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Jan 19
But I guess when the vast majority of our media were privately educated and came from the same handful of elite universities, nobody thinks to actually check in with anyone out here in the world to see how we’re doing. (Fu***ng terribly, thanks for asking.)
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Jan 19
Every time there’s a news bulletin on the rising cost of living, I hope that today might be the day that that some real journalism happens, and someone stops to consider those of us outside of the bubble. Maybe today might finally be that day.
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Jan 19
(But seeing I’ve been banging on about this for a decade now, it’s probably not going to be. Thanks for reading anyway, I appreciate it.)

20/01/2022

“Woke up this morning to the radio talking about the cost of living rising a further 5%. It infuriates me the index that they use for this calculation, which grossly underestimates the real cost of inflation as it happens to people with the least. Allow me to briefly explain.”

19/01/2022

Led By Donkeys hit the nail on the head again.
I do not believe that just being toppled from his perceived position as a beneficent dictator. He truly needs to be held fully accountable for his many lies and duplicity. tbh which clown would replace him? And how can we trust any of the jolly boys ?

16/11/2021

The Big Issue deliver a point by point rebuke of Johnson's shameful lies as brought to the publics attention by Peter Stefanovic

The video, produced by lawyer and activist Peter Stefanovic, calls out eight misleading claims the prime minister has made in parliament

16/11/2021

Peter Stefanovic is spot on again.

13/11/2021

Don't forget Cornwall's miserly £1 million.

https://bylinetimes.com/2021/10/29/levelling-up-fund-gives-1-25-billion-to-areas-that-have-lost-25-5-billion/

11/11/2021

Did they think that the government would do anything else?

Cornwall will receive just over £1million from the government - a hundred times less than it would have received if the UK stayed in the EU.