New Posts For Thread: Inflation began with Brexit? Really... FFS.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffsI was getting a bus for 70p ten years ago. It's now £2.10 a single trip over four stops. Daily local travel £4.50.Food has been shaved down - this is classic hiding of inflation. Instead of your favourite sweets being the usual size you get smallerYeah the most expensive air you can buy.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551955525#551955525Yeah the most expensive air you can buy.Sat, 20 May 2017 17:30:57 -0500Modern inflation started with................................Dolly Parton, apparently.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551955519#551955519Modern inflation started with................................Dolly Parton, apparently.Sat, 20 May 2017 17:30:11 -0500For most people, levels of inflation are largely irrelevant unless compared to the relevant rise or fall in earnings.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551955279#551955279For most people, levels of inflation are largely irrelevant unless compared to the relevant rise or fall in earnings.Sat, 20 May 2017 16:49:34 -0500bread up by 50 percent since 2004, rice 60 percent. butter 13 percent, margarine 70 percent?.meat by 50 percent. quote from a baker in 2008 - I'm frugal. I've watched the cost of flour go up 50% in less than a year. I'm now paying 30¢ a pound (50 lbhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551955207#551955207bread up by 50 percent since 2004, rice 60 percent. butter 13 percent, margarine 70 percent?.meat by 50 percent. quote from a baker in 2008 - I'm frugal. I've watched the cost of flour go up 50% in less than a year. I'm now paying 30¢ a pound (50 lbSat, 20 May 2017 16:40:34 -0500Not worth buying crisps anymore. The bags are 2/3rds empty.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551953047#551953047Not worth buying crisps anymore. The bags are 2/3rds empty.Sat, 20 May 2017 11:01:14 -0500ever heard of VAT?entry to common market was conditional on us introducing it. Now running at 20 percent I do believe. A huge con.An even bigger con is you have to calculate it and collect it for the government. The rules etc around it are draconihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551952197#551952197ever heard of VAT?entry to common market was conditional on us introducing it. Now running at 20 percent I do believe. A huge con.An even bigger con is you have to calculate it and collect it for the government. The rules etc around it are draconiSat, 20 May 2017 09:03:10 -0500same as the currency situation. The pound was overvalued for years and had been on a downward trend (market correction) trend v the USD for a long time before Brexit.lying koonts.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551952147#551952147same as the currency situation. The pound was overvalued for years and had been on a downward trend (market correction) trend v the USD for a long time before Brexit.lying koonts.Sat, 20 May 2017 08:55:31 -0500Shrinkflationhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551938527#551938527ShrinkflationThu, 18 May 2017 12:20:25 -0500Felix cat food you used to get 48 pouches for around a tenner. Then it went to 44 and now it's 40. Amazingly the box that holds them is still the same size.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551938465#551938465Felix cat food you used to get 48 pouches for around a tenner. Then it went to 44 and now it's 40. Amazingly the box that holds them is still the same size.Thu, 18 May 2017 12:13:36 -0500it's not just choco - it's across the board, with food. used the choco as an example.pepsi - £2.50 for a two litre bottle? gtf.tin of red grapefruit was 30p - 57p in one jump. pineapple 30p now 50p in one jump (tesco) how is that 3 percent inflationhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30874807/inflation-began-with-brexit-really-ffs?post_id=551938125#551938125it's not just choco - it's across the board, with food. used the choco as an example.pepsi - £2.50 for a two litre bottle? gtf.tin of red grapefruit was 30p - 57p in one jump. pineapple 30p now 50p in one jump (tesco) how is that 3 percent inflationThu, 18 May 2017 11:34:10 -0500