"**Trumpflation!**"; as he likes to have named after him.
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LowIQ456 days ago
+26
Did you even say thank you?
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sixfoottoblakai6 days ago
+57
That sounds like a low estimate to be honest. All because Trump needed a war to distract from his close friendship and association with notorious nonce, Jeffrey Epstein.
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IntelArtiGen6 days ago
+8
> That sounds like a low estimate to be honest.
Clearly the big issue with these estimates for the year is that it's only April. The situation can still get way worse. Though it can probably not get much better considering some refineries have been badly damaged.
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Krakajo6 days ago
+3
Even at current oil prices that estimate seems low
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Llew196 days ago
+1
Winter didn't really kick in properly until mid December iirc (maybe I have my rose tinted glasses on? But my octopus app definitely says I spent far more on heating Jan to March than on October to December)
So I can't wait for the massive winter gas prices 🙈
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nyxie36 days ago
+3
Trump Tax. The stupidity and hatred from Republicans is a tax on the whole world.
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Seacatses6 days ago
+10
It's more than that, my mortgage fix comes to an end soon. And at least I'm not one of those poor sods getting bombed.
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thehelliam6 days ago
+4
Well £9.20 a week isn't great but it could be worse...
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Strangedreamest6 days ago
+10
F*** Trump
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Salford19696 days ago
+3
No worries, Trump says affordability is made up
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caiaphas86 days ago
+2
We should send the bill to America. Get the Americans to pay for their stupid war
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THEPIGWHODIDIT6 days ago
+6
I blame Israel, the USA, Trump and Epstein for this entire regional f*** up. Did I miss anyone?
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008Zulu6 days ago
+21
Russia, they helped get Trump into office.
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tapasmonkey6 days ago
+15
> Did I miss anyone?
...yes: all the smooth-brains who voted for Trump and who now only regret their decision because of petrol prices (and not because of all the kiddy-fiddling, war-crimes, illegal detentions, protester-murderings...)
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IntelArtiGen6 days ago
+5
> who now only regret their decision because of petrol prices
The fossil fuel industry voted for Trump, those people aren't going to lose with this situation, they probably won't regret.
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CryptographerMore9446 days ago
+9
Don't forget those who *didn't* vote at all. They share blame too.
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bitknight16 days ago
+3
No they won't, all the maga cultist at my work are supporting this and calling for more wars.
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Puzzman6 days ago
+1
Also those who didn’t vote democrats because of their Middle East policy?
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xX609s-hartXx6 days ago
+2
It's not really Epstein's fault that Trump is doing everything to cover up what they did together...
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THEPIGWHODIDIT6 days ago
+1
It is if it was Epstein's job to create the blackmail material to manipulate him right now
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NextGur37586 days ago
+5
Iran
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Manathar456 days ago
+5
How about the country that actually closed the strait of Hormuz?
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THEPIGWHODIDIT6 days ago
+4
The USA?
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MoeSS-genY6 days ago
+2
So we are extra to fund elite class war...
Which we did not ask for to begin with..
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Boys4Ever6 days ago
+1
That's all considering their dependency on foreign energy?
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DomGhoul6665 days ago
+2
how much usd is this? doesnt seem like that much, tho its 100% more than it needs to be.
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Mother_Airline_62765 days ago
+1
But your “ I Did That!” Trump stickers while you can still afford them.
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Mysterious-Oil-70945 days ago
+2
Thank you orange overlord.
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barnfodder6 days ago
+2
That's pretty close to a month's rent or mortgage for a lot of folks.
Certainly know it's more money that I'd like to be flushing down the drain.
At least no one (except Melania for some reason) is thinking about the Epstein files...
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Neither-Juice35046 days ago
-1
For people who pay 480 a month the yearly increase of their costs is probably 100 then
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Lpreddit5 days ago
+1
It would be cheaper if they bought Russian oil too. But they decided the lives of Ukrainian civilians are worth it, while the lives of Iranian civilians being ruined by the IRGC aren’t worth spending more for gas/oil.
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virtual_adam6 days ago
-7
The price of not getting involved.
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HeartOfNem6 days ago
-8
Most people waste more than that every month on nonsense they don't need. What's your point?
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BilboDankins6 days ago
+5
That they no longer have that money to "waste" on the things that they enjoy. All worth it of course, Israel got what it wanted.
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irreplacable_fker6 days ago
-8
And is the UK government doing for the crisis to stop? Nothing.
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CryptographerMore9446 days ago
+9
What do you think the UK government should do?
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Skinsarelli6 days ago
-5
Lower the massive fuel duty, do something to ease the stress of the common man/woman.
Just sit up there in their ivory towers looking down, regardless of conservatives/labour.
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xX609s-hartXx6 days ago
+9
Lower taxes don't magically give you a bigger supply. And those higher costs aren't just about your car but for everything because transport and energy prices are skyrocketing as well.
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Skinsarelli6 days ago
-3
Well aware of that, but help you and me if the amount of tax we paid on certain things was reduced, even short term. And yes I understand the need for taxation but some of us criminally high. Around 60% of the cost of a litre of fuel goes directly to the treasury!
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LostnFoundAgainAgain6 days ago
+7
Okay so let's say the UK decides to cut fuel duty, and companies actually reflect that on the pumps (which is another issue as well), the UK government will need to find the money elsewhere, you can't simply cut tax without cutting spending or raising elsewhere which is an issue.
The UK gets around 24 billion pounds a year from fuel duty, if we cut that by 50% temporarily which is probably the ball park figure if people were to actually feel the benefits, that's 12 billion pounds the government is going to need to make up for, that's a ridiculous amount of money even if it's just for 1 year, or even 6 months for 6 billion.
We can't borrow because somehow the Tory party dedicated to cutting borrowing somehow left us in record amounts of debt. We can't raise tax because let's be real it would be political suicide, not to mention it would be useless because your moving cost of living from A to B, it would just be performative, so where left with cuts, which our services have already faced several cuts and it's only starting to turn a corner now after COVID.
This isn't an easy thing you can fix, it's not a surprise the UK is consistently calling for calmer heads in this situation, the only choice we have in the UK realistically is to make cuts or raise tax, and it's not going to go down well.
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Ultra_Metal6 days ago
-16
The war would end sooner if Starmer offered to help with the war effort, but he's too much of a Neville Chamberlain clone and likes to appease tyrannical regimes.
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caiaphas86 days ago
+6
The U.K. would not make America win the war quicker.
It’s pretty clear that America is capable of winning, but they are led by an idiot with no plan
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captain_decaption5 days ago
Of course it would. The US is a democracy which cares about international opinion.
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caiaphas85 days ago
+2
Haha no it doesn’t. America does whatever it wants and damn anyone else
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captain_decaption5 days ago
no we don't. don't be an idiot.
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caiaphas85 days ago
+2
The evidence suggests otherwise
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captain_decaption5 days ago
no it doesn't. Have a little humility.
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caiaphas85 days ago
+3
America has started multiple wars, and repeatedly keeps threatening people. This has been ongoing for decades, they clearly do not care what other people think of them. If they did, they would choose the path of peace, democracy and freedom
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Ultra_Metal5 days ago
-1
The UK could provide troops and more bases in the region which would certainly speed up the operation. America is capable of winning on its own, but winning faster will save more Iranian civilians from tyranny, mass murder, torture and r***.
The notion that there was no plan is ridiculous. The Pentagon has been planning for this for decades.
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caiaphas85 days ago
+1
Why would we want to help America? We are sick of being dragged into your disgusting wars
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Ultra_Metal4 days ago
+1
Because the US is the only country that can defend Europe from Russia as a result of the weakness of European leaders who refused to spend enough on their own defense for decades. Europe's leaders have been negligent and made Europe dependent on the US for defense. Now they have to help the US or the US won't defend them anymore.
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