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.
Police 'toned down' statement of mother whose hotel worker daughter was murdered by an asylum seeker in case it led to race riots https://t.co/Duj9PDlepU
I find it interesting how so far this world cup everyone has loved seeing fans from across the world take over pubs, chant, bring a part type atmosphere to wherever they are
But as soon as England arrives and do the same thing it's looked down on
People went to prison for hurty words on the internet.
This deplorable cretin agreed to cover up a murder and he won't even be charged 🤬
Our country is fucked.
🚨NEW: Rupert Lowe’s Independent Rape Gang Inquiry estimates that at least 250,000 white British girls have been groomed, raped, and abused by perpetrators who are predominantly Pakistani Muslims
🚨NEW: The rape gang inquiry, carried out by Rupert Lowe, mentions the NHS recording genital injuries, STIs, and pregnancies in children as young as 11, then discharging them back to their abusers the same night
Keir Starmer directed our Armed Forces to intercept an Oil Tanker in the English Channel this morning & was successful.
This shows & tells us Keir Starmer could stop the small boats if he wanted to but it he just doesn’t want to.
We are being lied to on a massive scale.
🚨 NEW: Immigration officers raided DPD depots in Newbury and Basingstoke yesterday
7 Indian nationals, 1 Ghanaian national and 1 Pakistani national were arrested for suspected illegal working