tbh anybody who pays over the odds for a smartphone by getting an apple

deserves to be fleeced for every penny they have*

but it was the most visible example in the news today. It was food, fuel and airfares that were all cited as being the major contributors to the rise in inflation.

Of course any rise in fuel costs will be particularly bad, not just for its direct cost but also due to increased supply chain costs - which can push up the price of nearly all goods and services

still, it's only money. Who really cares about that?

*said almost entirely with tongue-in-cheek

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on January 17th 2017 at 16:55:28

Message Thread

Decent speech that by May (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 13:54:18
- Pound surges, FTSE falls (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 17, 14:23:04
  - Surge? (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 14:24:38
    - Unless it's just BBC propaganda of course (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 17, 14:27:08
      - 2.4% isn't really a surge (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:59:41
      - is Norway a leftie, I tend to forget who's what at my age. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:30:54
        
        Haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 18:18:14
        
        Not really, Libdem? (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 17, 14:32:19
        
        oh OK, I was a libdem up till this point, not really sure anymore. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:44:21
- You think?! soft brexit hidden in a hard Brexit wrapper. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 17, 14:17:08
  - I just read that somewhere else too (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 17, 14:29:03
- To be fair, a 40pt drop is bugger all really (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:16:33
  - true, is bugger all. FTSE Xmas rally was big this year. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:45:19
- Sounds similar (General Chat) - hoolahan, Jan 17, 14:03:07
- Oh well (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Jan 17, 13:59:00
  - That's the spirit. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 13:59:37
- Means nothing and was inevitable. (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 13:57:34
  - Words are lovely but the reality of your statement is a lot of people will suffer... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 17, 14:00:47
    - Idiot. The speech is exactly what the referendum was about (n/m) (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 18:19:21
    - And a lot of people will benefit as well. Swings and roundabouts as with (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 14:07:58
      - Significantly more people will suffer given that the value of their money has depreciated (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:20:35
        
        You do realise you are talking dump. 1.5 to 2 years ago the £ was at this level (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 18:42:26
        
        I don't plan on entering into a debate with a pisspoor tory troll (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 19:28:01
        
        Although its gone up a fair bit today. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 14:22:15
        
        is not particularly remarkable in any sense (even if some people try and make it look so (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:24:27
        
        who really cares, doubt it will make more than 5% difference to most on here. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:32:53
        
        Apple have put their prices up by between 20% and 25% already (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:46:04
        
        I have zero sympathy for people having to pay more for a luxury item (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 17, 16:22:21
        
        tbh anybody who pays over the odds for a smartphone by getting an apple (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 16:55:28
        
        It'll result in heavy job losses that will affect large sections of the public (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:40:13
        
        It'll result in heavy job gains that will affect large sections of the public (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 19:56:53
        
        Good god man. Tourism will increase which the U.K. Is good at (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 18:44:35
        
        foolish. there will be positives, but the negatives will heavily outweigh them (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 19:23:58
        
        Ps you have bigger all evidence that the negatives will outweigh the positives (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 19:50:40
        
        Hahahaha. Comparing Venezuela to U.K. Now whose piss poor (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 19:49:34
        
        What will FTSE dropping by 40 points or the £ up against the dollar? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 14:41:59
        
        a slight upward blip in the pound means nothing given the huge downward trend (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:56:17
      - It was about leaving the European Union not the single market (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 17, 14:09:48
  - I don;t expect everyone to agree with the content, was merely commenting that (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 13:59:40
    - Well *delivered*??? Hahahaha. Ok Jim :) (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 14:00:18
      - now, now. Reading aloud is a much under-valued quality in a leader... (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:06:09
        
        haha indeed (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 15:03:39
        
        leftie Ralf? (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:46:26
        
        i think you'll find it's all a little bit more complicated than that... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:51:25
        
        VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 15:08:34
  - Pound at lowest level against the dollar since 1986 (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 13:59:24
    - its only money, and as you know.... (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:47:34
- To be expected (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 17, 13:57:13
- tbf the pound went up when she admitted parliament will get a vote (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 13:56:24
  - While remaining on its general 'off a cliff edge' trajectory (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 13:58:25
    - with the FTSE on its corresponding mountain-scaling trajectory? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:04:20
      - watch what happens when oil and commodity prices start rising (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 15:20:21
      - oh woe is me. is this like the ncfc blub? (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:48:29

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