Zack Polanski at the British Chambers of Commerce conference asks,
If we can always find money for wars
Why can't we always find money to end inequality
Elon Musk once jokingly offered to end World Hunger, asking how much it would cost as if it would be some incalculable number.
When the UN replied saying 6.6 Billion would be enough to immediately end Famine for the year he never responded, and a few months later bought Twitter for 44 Billion.
You struggle and suffer because people like him are allowed to exist, not because your neighbor is an immigrant.
Minimum wage in 2005 was £5.05 an hour.
A Freddo cost 10p.
One hour of work bought you 50 Freddos.
In 2026, minimum wage is £12.71 and a Freddo is 39p.
One hour of work now buys you just 32 Freddos.
So despite minimum wage more than doubling, your Freddo buying power has fallen by 36%.
If wages had actually kept pace with Freddo inflation, minimum wage would be £19.65 an hour today.
Forget economists. Forget politicians.
The Freddo has just delivered the most depressing cost of living graph you'll ever see.
@YourAnonNews I'm in my early forties and it feels like I'm getting discriminated against because of me age. If that is the case, I do not know how people think that someone double my age would be effective in such positions.
When I was young I really thought things were bad because solutions were complicated
Now that I'm old and realize things are bad because solutions are simple but will inconvenience affluent people (or those who aspire to be) and the religious fanatics.