Millions forced to skip meals as UK cost of living crisis deepens

[Chomper Higgot]

Just now, BritManToo said:

60bht for 250gm in Lotus's for chicken breasts.

I’m in the UK right now, I need to check the bus times from here to the Lotus in Nakhon Nowhere.

[Chomper Higgot]

Just now, puchooay said:

Excellent. So your comment, sorry, assumption on price differences was just that. An assumption. Not much use in your argument.

No, because I normally live in Thailand.

 

I arrived here last week.

 

Nice try though.

[BritManToo]

11 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Not so.

Millions going hungry in the UK is a problem, not seen since the 1930s. 
It’s a problem of the moment.

I would suggest the UK hunger problems are the same as before (ww1, ww2, Ukraine/Russia).

Only this time it's NATO trying to start a war in Europe.

Edited January 26, 2023 by BritManToo

[puchooay]

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

No, because I normally live in Thailand.

 

I arrived here last week.

 

Nice try though.

You know how much chicken costs in UK but not in Thailand.

 

You do, however, feel qualified to compare prices. Strange.

[puchooay]

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

60bht for 250gm in Lotus's for chicken breasts.

Your UK chicken was way cheaper than Thailand chicken.

Even more than you think. I used drum sticks. They are more expensive in Thailand than breast. Thais prefer meat on the bone or near the fat and pay more for it. Something that surprised me when I first noticed. Also belly pork more expensive than loin or fillet.

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, puchooay said:

Yes, they do.

 

However, because of lifestyle choices, we are not struggling.

 

Please explain how those on higher salaries than us are struggling, if it's not because of lifestyle choices. 

I have, in previous post...read and digest.

[Chomper Higgot]

2 minutes ago, puchooay said:

You know how much chicken costs in UK but not in Thailand.

 

You do, however, feel qualified to compare prices. Strange.

I do feel qualified to say the price of food in Thailand is an irrelevance in a topic discussing hunger in the UK.

 

 

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Nonsense. None of my extended family are struggling. None of us were given anything either, we simply worked hard, planned ahead, lived within our means, didn't make a myriad of poor decisions.

 

People need to start taking responsibility for their lives and stop blaming governments for everything.

Nonsense...people struggling in the current economic crisis are not to blame for it.

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, puchooay said:

Yes, they do.

 

However, because of lifestyle choices, we are not struggling.

 

Please explain how those on higher salaries than us are struggling, if it's not because of lifestyle choices. 

I think the topic is about millions of people going hungry, not people on higher salaries than you ‘struggling’, but let me check.

 

Oh yes, I’m correct.

 

 

 

 

[Bluespunk]

39 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

My lifestyle choice was to move somewhere where I could live on my income.

Another lifestyle choice I could have made was to work until I dropped.

If I were a woman, I could have chosen to live with (or share living costs) with a man.

How lucky for you...tell me, how are, for example, single parents of young children, those with jobs to maintain or family to care for to do as you did?

[puchooay]

11 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I think the topic is about millions of people going hungry, not people on higher salaries than you ‘struggling’, but let me check.

 

Oh yes, I’m correct.

 

 

 

 

I wasn't talking to you.

 

My post was relevant to the post I was quoting. 

[puchooay]

16 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

I have, in previous post...read and digest.

No you haven't.

 

An answer to my question would clear that up.

 

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[Phulublub]

12 hours ago, Credo said:

A big part of the problem is that so many people are relegated to eating very unhealthy food with a very high fat content.   

Eating fat does not make you fat.  Eating too much, especially sugars, makes you fat.  Eating too much fat is not good for you - your arteries in particular, but itahat's a whole different problem.

 

PH

[BritManToo]

26 minutes ago, puchooay said:

Even more than you think. I used drum sticks. They are more expensive in Thailand than breast. Thais prefer meat on the bone or near the fat and pay more for it. Something that surprised me when I first noticed. Also belly pork more expensive than loin or fillet.

Odd but true.

I used to like liver and bacon for breakfast but was never prepared to pay the same price for pork liver as for lean pork steak.

[gearbox]

4 hours ago, bangon04 said:

Guessing that many of the posters on this forum have worked hard for their retirement, have sometimes (often) been fleeced by a divorce settlement in their home country, and yet have still managed to provide for a "comfortable" later life. It should not be a surprise that they have little sympathy for those who appear incapable of financial self-management.

Nope..many here are living on benefits like state pension, old age pension, etc, paid by the taxpayers in the home countries. I get every year a "thank you" email from the government about how my taxes are spent, the biggest item by far is paying old age pensions.

[BritManToo]

24 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Oh yes, I’m correct.

 

Hardly ever!

[BritManToo]

3 minutes ago, gearbox said:

Nope..many here are living on benefits like state pension, old age pension, etc, paid by the taxpayers in the home countries. I get every year a "thank you" email from the government about how my taxes are spent, the biggest item by far is paying old age pensions.

Is it my fault the UK government choose to spent the 20% NI I paid most of my working life for a state pension, rather than invest it?

I don't think so.

 

Better you worry about the money the UK wastes on supporting the Ukraine war, foreign aid for India, and the armed forces. 

Edited January 26, 2023 by BritManToo

[JonnyF]

11 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Nonsense...people struggling in the current economic crisis are not to blame for it.

They are not to blame for the crisis. That much is true.

 

However, a large % of them are to blame for the fact they are struggling. Unfortunately, the welfare state in the UK has created a culture where people make poor decisions lightly, in the belief that the state will bail them out if needs be. Huge mortgages for houses they can't afford, big screen TV's they don't need, new BMW's when a second hand Honda would do the job, and so on.

 

Then, when the pooper hits the fan in a scenario like Covid melting the World economy, they cry like babies that they haven't got steak for dinner every night. Treat people like children, they will act like children. The West has produced generations of weak minded cry babies who think the world owes them a living.

 

Hopefully when the cost of living crisis ends a lot of people will have learnt some of the harsh lessons of life and take a bit more responsibility for their own well being in future. In the mean time, I wish them the best but prefer not to pay additional tax to bail them out.

[JonnyF]

54 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Good for them.

 

Life experiences of others differ.

Life experiences? Or choices.

 

Of my group of a dozen close friends from school who hung around together for 10 years or so, about half of us have done well, half are what you might say, "struggling". In each and every case, the result was down to their choices. Getting girls pregnant (or not), getting an education (or not), buying a house when they were cheap (or not), forging a decent career (or not).

 

Their life experiences are a result of their choices.

[Bluespunk]

18 minutes ago, puchooay said:

No you haven't.

 

An answer to my question would clear that up.

 

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[Bluespunk]

5 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

However, a large % of them are to blame for the fact they are struggling.

Evidence with links please.

6 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Unfortunately, the welfare state in the UK has created a culture where people make poor decisions lightly, in the belief that the state will bail them out if needs be.

Not true for many, including my family when I was a child.

 

7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Huge mortgages for houses they can't afford, big screen TV's they don't need, new BMW's when a second hand Honda would do the job, and so on.

Evidence with links please.

 

7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Then, when the pooper hits the fan in a scenario like Covid melting the World economy, they cry like babies that they haven't got steak for dinner every night. Treat people like children, they will act like children. The West has produced generations of weak minded cry babies who think the world owes them a living.

Nonsense.

 

8 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Hopefully when the cost of living crisis ends a lot of people will have learnt some of the harsh lessons of life and take a bit more responsibility for their own well being in future.

Please provide evidence that the people struggling are to blame for the current crisis.

 

9 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I wish them the best but prefer not to pay additional tax to bail them out.

So you are residing in the UK now...and we all pay tax, even those on welfare and struggling in the current crisis.

[PETERTHEEATER]

10 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

pretty sure that you could make a tin of beans and half a loaf of wholemeal last for 2 meals - people moaning are probably also the ones covered in tattoos , supping energy drinks and rolling a fag whilst on the ps5 !

Robbing homosexuals is disgraceful!

[Chomper Higgot]

31 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Is it my fault the UK government choose to spent the 20% NI I paid most of my working life for a state pension, rather than invest it?

I don't think so.

 

Better you worry about the money the UK wastes on supporting the Ukraine war, foreign aid for India, and the armed forces. 

You paid 20% to NI

 

Wow!

[Chomper Higgot]

30 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Life experiences? Or choices.

 

Of my group of a dozen close friends from school who hung around together for 10 years or so, about half of us have done well, half are what you might say, "struggling". In each and every case, the result was down to their choices. Getting girls pregnant (or not), getting an education (or not), buying a house when they were cheap (or not), forging a decent career (or not).

 

Their life experiences are a result of their choices.

Personal choices obviously have an impact on life experience.

 

As doe’s government policies impactin the choices available and the cost of those choices.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

Millions going hungry, deny if you wish, offer up whataboutary and blame the poor.

 

The May Elections are going to be fun.

[decline]

12 hours ago, puchooay said:

Due to laziness, yes.

 

Yesterday I made a chicken casserole for 4 people. Total cost £3.80.

 

Chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, spinach and red pepper. Served with jacket potatoes. 10 minutes prep, 50 minutes cooking time. 

 

Cheap, wholesome food with minimal fat content. Just a bit of effort needed.

you were the buriram pie man though, not everyone knows how to do it...

[puchooay]

5 minutes ago, decline said:

you were the buriram pie man though, not everyone knows how to do it...

Only in name. My wife was the cook.????????

[puchooay]

43 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

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I'm asking you why some, on more salary than us, are struggling when my wife and I are not. 

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

11 minutes ago, puchooay said:

I'm asking you why some, on more salary than us, are struggling when my wife and I are not. 

 

 

Which is an irrelevance.

 

The topic is:

 

”Millions forced to skip meals as UK cost of living crisis deepens”

 

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

13 hours ago, puchooay said:

Yesterday I made a chicken casserole for 4 people. Total cost £3.80.

I just sent me mum 30 tortillas, 8 cans of chili. 34 bucks.

 

30 burritos for $1.13 each. Crikey! Tho my bro will have to hit the store for some cheese, rice, veg, for just a little more.