Saturday, August 13, 2022
reasons not to be cheerful
it hasn't rained for weeks
and drought has been declared
and millions face restrictions
and waterways are drying up
and wildlife is under threat
and the harvest is ruined
and crops can't be planted
and food shortages are getting worse
and wildfires are increasing
and water companies focus on profits
and heat records are being broken worldwide
and the Arctic is heating unexpectedly rapidly
and sea ice coverage is at a record low
and expect a lot more of this in the future
and probably worse
and we're too reliant on gas
and we don't have enough of it
and the international energy market is unstable
and there may be power cuts in coming months
and we never got round to insulating everything
and energy bills are skyrocketing
| Energy cap |
| January 2022 | August 2022 | Oct 2022 (est) | Jan 2023 (est) |
| £3.50 per day | £5.40 per day | £9.80 per day | £11.70 per day |
and the scale of this is beyond comprehension
and the upcoming winter is going to push millions into poverty
and the rich'll be fine
and the comfortable will be cutting back
and the majority will be struggling
and the less well-off will be sunk
and this may be the new normal
and the cost of living is out of control
and inflation is at a 40 year high
| Inflation |
| July 2020 | July 2021 | July 2022 | 2023 (est) |
| 1% | 2% | 10% | 13% |
and wage rises can't keep up
and our standard of living is going backwards
and house-buying is still out of reach
and interest rates are repeatedly rising
and savings rates are still piddly
and here comes recession
and inequality will widen
and economic instability awaits
and we all need to scale back our aspirations
and strikes are becoming commonplace
and you can't rely on the trains any more
and the price of petrol is extortionate
and the future is fewer more expensive transport options
and even the Royal Mail are walking out
and central funding has been neutered
and there's no money for anything
and Boris hasn't gone yet
and decision-making is on hold
and his likely replacement is likely worse
and fields should be full of crops not solar panels
and no green levies just more fracking
and profit isn't a dirty word
and let's wage war against woke civil service culture
and politics is increasingly about what people want to hear
and whither truth?
and the BBC news website used to go Home UK World...
and now it goes...
and Trump could easily return
and Russia is still in Ukraine
and Putin is keen to destabilise
and China is no longer on our side
and the 2020s have been a giant leap backwards
and Covid hasn't gone away
and monkeypox vaccines have run out
and NHS dentistry is barely accessible
and the NHS is permanently in crisis
and short-term that means more deaths
and long-term that means more illness
and Brexit lost us a flexible workforce
and foreign travel is no longer frictionless
and the commonplace is now bloody awkward
and there's no going back
and it used to be better
and there will be good times
but overall it only gets worse
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