With Labour in power, Oasis touring & Martin O’Neill in charge of Celtic, I just want to ask one thing… are dealers punting blocks of solid hash again? x
Minimum wage in 2005 was £5.05 and a Freddo was 10p. Meaning that one hour of work got you 50 Freddos.
Fast forward to 2025, minimum wage is £12.21 and a Freddo is 35p. Now one hour of work will only get you 34 of them.
That's a 142% rise in pay but a 250% rise in frog shaped chocolate bars.
If wages had kept up with the price Freddos, the minimum wage would be £17.50 an hour.
The economy’s in shambles and yes I’m measuring it in chocolate frogs. But this post is about more than that. Too many people are working full time and struggling to survive because absolutely everything is increasing faster than wages.
Something needs to change.
If you genuinely think disabled people, those on benefits and immigrants are the root of all your problems and you go after them and not after the people at this obscene display of wealth then there is no helping you.
Poor people didn't make you poor.