Not sure how well travelled you are - I have doubts...

But are you aware the cost of living crisis has been far worse in much of the EU? How can the cost of living be high in mainland Europe when they didn't leave the EU? Well,there are two primary factors. A lot of this stems from QE to support COVID lockdown - which obviously drives inflation. Then there is the cost of energy policy. Energy in France is relatively low because they ignored protesters and built nuclear power plants. Energy in much of the former eastern bloc is / was incredibly high because DE/EU told them they couldn't burn coal, so they built gas plants and then the cost of gas went up massively after RU invaded UKR (note food costs strongly correlate to energy costs - google energy waterfood nexus - and note that the UKR war is perceived as a consequence of Merkel delegating DE/UKR defence to the US and DE/UKR energy supply to RU. Then while many countries were in dire straits with energy prices, DE decommissioned nuclear and reverted to burning coal).

So your £4 bag of chips is in all likelihood a consequence of energy prices linked to fertiliser production and transport, not Brexit.

Posted By: Timmy_Goat on December 14th 2025 at 22:52:55

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Just paid £4 for a bag of chips in my village. (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Dec 14, 20:07:49
- Not sure how well travelled you are - I have doubts... (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Dec 14, 22:52:55
  - It wasn't only us in the UK that Brexit hurt (General Chat) - Azteca, Dec 15, 07:30:13
    - Details (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Dec 15, 08:29:01
- I think everyone realises Brexit was a dumb arse decision by now (n/m) (General Chat) - Azteca, Dec 14, 22:20:55
  - Cheap.excuse to be racist has the whole country suffering (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Dec 14, 22:22:25
    - But think of all the flag sales 🇬🇧 (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Dec 14, 23:56:20
- Yeah things are loads cheaper in France and Germany 🤦‍♂️ (n/m) (General Chat) - RightOnCue, Dec 14, 21:45:44
  - ‍🇺🇳 🖤 🏳️‍🌈 🏳 🏳️‍⚧️ ☮️ 🌎 🤍 ✌️ (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Dec 14, 21:57:19
    - 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - RightOnCue, Dec 15, 05:14:39
- Engagement farming on the Wrath - that's a first. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Dec 14, 21:38:39
- why do you peddle such rubbish (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 14, 20:41:33
  - Oh look. Toxic shithead is here (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Dec 14, 21:57:54
    - Says the twat who started this binfire of a thread (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 14, 22:04:56
      - I mean £4 for chips thou? (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Dec 14, 22:12:35
  - Irony klaxon (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 14, 21:25:35
  - Rees mogg said everything would be cheaper. Farage and Johnson said NHS funding (General Chat) - footymadman, Dec 14, 21:23:24
    - Politicians lie shocker (n/m) (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Dec 14, 21:31:54
      - Toxic shithouse (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Dec 14, 21:58:39
      - Give me strength 🙄 (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Dec 14, 21:39:41
      - Brexit was a huge lie. Putin and Trump want the EU broken up for their own gains (General Chat) - footymadman, Dec 14, 21:34:36
  - Why do YOU publish your rubbish? Maybe the answer to both is the same. (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Dec 14, 21:22:27
- Exactly (General Chat) - IG88, Dec 14, 20:14:18
  - They are the poor ones before. Now even poorer (shaking head) (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Dec 14, 21:23:48
  - ‍🇺🇳 🖤 🏳️‍🌈 🏳 🏳️‍⚧️ ☮️ 🌎 🤍 ✌️ (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Dec 14, 20:21:42
- Look. That’s the price of sovereignty and national patriotic pride (General Chat) - footymadman, Dec 14, 20:14:00

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