There seems to be a lot going on at the moment, and all seemed hopeless before the war as it was; now it’s even worse. Let’s start with fuel.
The war has caused the price of oil to increase, causing panic buying and garages to rip the public off. After the price of fuel went up after war broke out in Ukraine a few years ago, we are back to square one in terms of price. In March, the price of petrol per litre went up 20p, and the price of diesel increased 40p.
But fuel shortages lead to more things than a tank of fuel, costing us more. Gas, electric, and other utility bills change. Indirectly, this leads to interest rate and inflation rises.
The UK government are also threatening in this crisis to put up fuel duty just to add insult to injury. Some EU countries, Australia, and New Zealand, too, are dropping the price of duty to help their citizens. As usual, the British public must absorb the squeeze. Oh, every time the PM has a conference or is on the news, he wants the best for the British public. Nothing new, he acts like a robot, not fully programmed.
That Racheal Reaves is a power-hungry Chancellor who does not care one iota about you or what’s in your pocket. Keir Starmer, as usual, wavers between should we ” and ” shouldn’t we. Solid leadership is what a country looks for. We have no stability, nothing solid to look up to. This Labour government is run by all and sundry in the Labour Party and not by Keir Starmer himself.
So, the government has said they may have to introduce fuel rationing sometime in the near future, but not to panic buy. Come on, as soon as this type of message comes out in the media, people will queue for miles to get fuel and panic buy. Currently, the garages are running out of fuel constantly, allowing garages with fuel to rip you off. Fuel has been seen at 1.99.9 for diesel, and the government is not going to stand for this. Anything done, NOTHING.
It’s about us, the public, that should matter. We have Keir Starmer in PMQs not answering questions at all, and he looks weak and frankly pathetic. He bleats on about how he wants the best for the country, but fails to resign as PM, allowing someone else to have a chance and fix his failings.
The war has not been good to the downtrodden UK people. With inflation set to rise and interest rates going the same way, it’s going to affect our pockets, and does anyone care? NO. It’s ok for these multi-millionaire MPs that run our country. They can go spend what they want, but they do not know what meeting ends meet means. Oh yes, they’re secure in their big houses and a second house in the city.
They don’t have to care about the UK people, and they don’t in some cases. Perhaps they are too well paid and have too big an expense account. We need some stability and leadership in the UK. We have neither now, and people are crying out for this.
The petrol crisis is hitting people in the pocket with a full tank costing £23 more than it did before the war, which can pay for shopping, utilities, etc. When it will end, no one has any idea now.
We have to push through and hope someone helps the public like the chancellor.