I see that the BBC has reported that 'food costs soar'. Well there was subsidised EOTHO last year but looking at CPI Food: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries… (View Post)

The plateau began in 2005. It was one of the red warning signs that problems were being stored up. Some others being falling home ownership, increasing debt, permanent trade deficit and stagnant inve… (View Post)

Seeing that at my work as well. The difficult period for material availability was 3-6 months ago. (View Post)

Incidentally after five years of claiming 'the crops are rotting in the fields' wouldn't the farmers concerned either have shifted production to something they could get harvested or g… (View Post)

I wonder what would happen if the whole world had a first world standard of living. Presumably no fruit and veg would ever get picked outside of back gardens and allotments. Or perhaps farmers would … (View Post)