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

[Chomper Higgot]

20 minutes ago, puchooay said:

It is truly hysterical that anything you believe to be unsubstantiated, simply didn't happen. Always good for a laugh.

Incorrect.

 

Unsubstantiated is something not proved to be true by evidence.

 

It might be true, it might not be true, it’s unsubstantiated, there is no means to determine if it is true or not.

 

Which is why verifiable facts matter.

 

 

[puchooay]

40 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Incorrect.

 

Unsubstantiated is something not proved to be true by evidence.

 

It might be true, it might not be true, it’s unsubstantiated, there is no means to determine if it is true or not.

 

Which is why verifiable facts matter.

 

 

Thanks for substantiating my suspicions.

[zyphodb]

On 1/26/2023 at 3:53 PM, BritManToo said:

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

Your UK chicken was way cheaper than Thailand chicken.

I generally pay, at any local market, and my local Lotus as well 80 odd Baht for a kilo of Chicken legs and around 100/kilo for breast... 

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9 hours ago, puchooay said:

Actually, I was asking someone's opinion. Some of us can have a conversation without using links.

And some of us prefer actual data over bloviating.,

[puchooay]

3 hours ago, zyphodb said:

I generally pay, at any local market, and my local Lotus as well 80 odd Baht for a kilo of Chicken legs and around 100/kilo for breast... 

You must be paying "Farang" prices. Chicken breast is cheaper than leg. Thais love to eat meat near the bone. The most expensive part of the chicken is the 3 joint wing. 

[puchooay]

2 hours ago, placeholder said:

And some of us prefer actual data over bloviating.,

OK. So you are saying you don't have an opinion on what would be deemed a low wage? How strange.

 

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

And some of us prefer actual data over bloviating.,

Couldn't agree more. And here are some data showing what's behind this unprecedented food crisis in a 1st world country:

 

The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK | FT Film

[puchooay]

23 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Couldn't agree more. And here are some data showing what's behind this unprecedented food crisis in a 1st world country:

 

The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK | FT Film

Interesting. You say "data". The 4 minutes of video your link directs us to only has opinions. Surely, with no facts or data to support them, those opinions are unsubstantiated.

[BritManToo]

38 minutes ago, puchooay said:

You must be paying "Farang" prices. Chicken breast is cheaper than leg. Thais love to eat meat near the bone. The most expensive part of the chicken is the 3 joint wing. 

All the fried chicken shops around me charge 15bht for wings, leg is 20bht.

They don't seem to sell breasts.

 

Back on topic,

When I was living in the UK (2009) all the pensioners (mostly widows living alone in big houses) had to choose between heating or eating every winter. Would have thought the obvious answer would to have been renting out their spare rooms.

Never saw any professionals short of food.

Edited January 29, 2023 by BritManToo

[pegman]

But majority of voting Tory members thought the person pledging to give the billionaires the biggest tax cuts was the way to go. 

[BritManToo]

2 minutes ago, pegman said:

But majority of voting Tory members thought the person pledging to give the billionaires the biggest tax cuts was the way to go. 

Nah, they thought the white candidate was the way to go.

No other consideration entered their minds for a second.

[puchooay]

25 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

All the fried chicken shops around me charge 15bht for wings, leg is 20bht.

They don't seem to sell breasts.

Interesting when you look at retail prices of uncooked chicken.

 

 

[BritManToo]

3 minutes ago, puchooay said:

Interesting when you look at retail prices of uncooked chicken.

I suspect the legs weigh a lot more more than the wings.

So if you got 10 legs for 500gm, and 20 wings for 500gm, that would explain the difference.

[RayC]

1 hour ago, puchooay said:

Interesting. You say "data". The 4 minutes of video your link directs us to only has opinions. Surely, with no facts or data to support them, those opinions are unsubstantiated.

You'll find a good deal of data from around the 2'20" mark onwards (plus some business owners recounting the problems that Brexit have caused them).

[puchooay]

4 minutes ago, RayC said:

You'll find a good deal of data from around the 2'20" mark onwards (plus some business owners recounting the problems that Brexit have caused them).

Along with the mini budget, Covid and the Ukraine War. 

 

I now understand why the poster linked to the final 4 minutes. ????????

[RayC]

1 hour ago, puchooay said:

Along with the mini budget, Covid and the Ukraine War. 

 

I now understand why the poster linked to the final 4 minutes. ????????

Deny and deflect all you like, the fact remains, Brexit has negatively affected the UK economy.

 

As far as the video goes, I would have thought that the title says it all:

The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK

[Chomper Higgot]

7 minutes ago, RayC said:

Deny and deflect all you like, the fact remains, Brexit has negatively affected the UK economy.

 

As far as the video goes, I would have thought that the title says it all:

The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK

And continues to do so.

[thaibeachlovers]

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

All the fried chicken shops around me charge 15bht for wings, leg is 20bht.

They don't seem to sell breasts.

 

Back on topic,

When I was living in the UK (2009) all the pensioners (mostly widows living alone in big houses) had to choose between heating or eating every winter. Would have thought the obvious answer would to have been renting out their spare rooms.

Never saw any professionals short of food.

Actually, the best option is selling the house at a huge profit and moving into a flat with plenty of money for food AND heating.

 

I can understand them not wanting to rent out their rooms, given the sort of people roaming around these days.

[thaibeachlovers]

8 hours ago, RayC said:

Deny and deflect all you like, the fact remains, Brexit has negatively affected the UK economy.

 

As far as the video goes, I would have thought that the title says it all:

The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK

You may or may not be correct, but the fact remains, Brexit is a done deal.

Time to move on.

[thaibeachlovers]

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Never saw any professionals short of food.

Could be due to lifestyle choices as much as money in the bank.

Professionals tend to not smoke or drink alcohol to excess, which saves a lot of money, and they tend to work longer than blue collar workers.

 

Although I had to make do on pathetic nurse wages, I still financed holidays in Thailand by not smoking, drinking alcohol, or doing illegal drugs.

[RayC]

9 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You may or may not be correct, but the fact remains, Brexit is a done deal.

Time to move on.

Your response is typical of many Brexiters.

 

Correct me if my interpretation is incorrect but it seems to amount to, "Brexit has been a failure to date, but let's continue with it in the hope that things turn around." 

 

Given that no evidence is given to support this view that things will improve, I find this argument incomprehensible.

[Chomper Higgot]

On 1/29/2023 at 7:07 AM, BritManToo said:

All the fried chicken shops around me charge 15bht for wings, leg is 20bht.

They don't seem to sell breasts.

 

Back on topic,

When I was living in the UK (2009) all the pensioners (mostly widows living alone in big houses) had to choose between heating or eating every winter. Would have thought the obvious answer would to have been renting out their spare rooms.

Never saw any professionals short of food.

Things have changed since 2009, and not for the better.