Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
Sorry, in and out again, so if you want a response it'll be bit by bit

re this bit, have you got any evidence to back that up? And is it a balanced suspicion or is there an element of 'hope' in it? I could say I 'suspect' that HMG will (eventually) come up with a scheme which will alleviate the energy 'hit', the non-entrenched populace will accept that the world has been 'slipped a crippler' and we'll move on (albeit poorer) - but I won't say that, because, like you, I don't have a clue what will happen next.

Just as an anecdote though, I've done a morning of errands and odd jobs in and around my village and Burton today, and there's no evidence of unrest amongst the 'educated' (or for that matter what might be called 'less educated' (Jeez I have to be so careful about such categorizations with Swale around and that's not flippancy, that's serious)) middle classes, there's a queue at the chippy, the pub yard is chock-full, I've been struggling to find anyone to do a job on my car because everywhere is full up for weeks - yes such people are having a moan but they are 'getting on with it' - now, whether doing so in the same manner as the dinosaurs did before the comet hit only time will tell, but out in the actual world, no sign of unrest yet
I would suggest that demonstrates that many people have yet to grasp what is actually going to happen when their electric and gas bills kick in. Which is to be expected because most of the middle income people haven't had to deal with financial hardship for years.

On the other hand it could just be that people who are comfortable now assume it won't affect them, I mean apparently 48% of people who responded to a recent poll. agreed with Truss and her view that the average UK worker was bone idle! More evidence that people doesn't think she meant them! Not us guv, yes those idle, scroungers but not me guv!!