How are England's deprived areas coping with rising cost of living? - BBC Newsnight 

I'm 60, in Canada, and have just changed jobs and will be working 7 days a week for the next year in order to get the final push I need to immigrate to a warmer cheaper country. It makes no sense to me why people are so bound and determined to stay where things are so bad.

@@Chahlie i think migration requires a lot of money and a great deal of upheaval as well as takkng on big risks. You have to apply successfully for visas. I have health conditions that mean I would never get a visa. If it was easy to change nations, i think a lot of people would do it. I would love to live somewhere more left wing and multicultural with a warmer climate and more sun, but its not ever going to happen sadly.

Root of the problem is the UK government. Corrupt greedy disgusting c**ts 🤬

Rent caps do not solve the cost of housing, unfortunately. Housing is a market like anything else, and it is denoted by supply and demand. We need to increase the supply of housing - by unresrticting planning laws, and potentially levying taxes. on empty houses or under-occupied housing. We need more efficient use of space. However as a landlord, property investor, and someone who works in UK homelessness - Onve of the biggest issues I see in simple access to housing is the demand issue. London is not big enough to house everyone, people need to get used to moving from the centre, because more affordable housing exists elsewhere. That’s the uncomfortable truth.-

@@outsidersongs2682 I agree, I’m 59 and it’s a bit late to get away now, couldn’t afford it anyway, also how come the energy companies made record profits last year as well as the fuel suppliers it’s all messed up

Why should we? Life is fine for us!

​@@HisDisgracethe5thEarlofClownin🤡

Some one said it. I never understand today's generation. Pub and drinks are those actually necessary.

We eat nowhere near that amount of takeaways 😂😂😂😂

Because you see it, it must be true 🥱 prices have increased in the past year, you can get a tattoo years before? There is evidence to show that people are in fuel poverty and are going hungry.

@@katherinehanson6561 There is plenty of cheap food, but the majority of ppl, which complain, are just lazy. Peel/chop/prepare food,.... they are used to get a takeaway delivery and this isn't affordable anymore. Nobody must be hungry,...but you must change attitudes!!!! .

@@claudiaweber4564 most people who complain have seen food costs go up 17%! That's a lot. We may have some of the cheapest food in Europe but we have the highest housing costs and transport costs. It's all relative.

No we’re criticizing her for being a single mother.

@@Taran532 why would you criticise someone for that?

@@laurenanderson7330 because single mothers are a cancer to society.

@@Taran532 soo…the problem is the fathers that leave then?

@@laurenanderson7330 right, because that’s usually what happens 🙄

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People that have not experienced true poverty have no idea the choices we have to make on a day to day basis.

Age of the internet, they say what they want but won't go and do something about it.

I've been close to the poverty line before but thankfully never crossed it but it's still hard for most, just give a hand when you can and that's how we'll get through this.

There are always those who say cut back and cut out. They will tell you how they cut back. When they have millions in the bank. They have no bloody idea.

So true. She may have saved up to be able to afford the strawberries or maybe it is the one treat a week or maybe they were discounted. People have no idea. I used to have a good friend who commented negatively on there being a TV in poor people's homes, on TV. If you cut people off from the world, that's not useful at all, to the contrary. You have to do what you can to stay part of the rest of the world in every way that you can. Poverty is such a trap, it can really isolate you, and that also happens because of the things that you can no longer afford to buy. You forget that they even exist. They disappear from your mind.

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That's exactly what the problem is,the unbalanced,distribution of wealth over many years is the main cause of this problem.

@Paul Little The wealth gap issue affects so many countries, some worse than others. Rich people should be worried about the growing wealth gap. The greater the gap, the less safe and stable a country is. And looking at history, revolutions start when average people cannot take it anymore.

@F M Yes, I know.

So they pay for others shortcomings?

@@CR-xr7xp Wealthy people get a lot of tax breaks! Why should they get such subsidies off the back of poor people?

This problem is occuring in all Western countries

@@Leo-gt1bx She's obviously a labour woke liberal. Logic does not apply to them, All they know is #Hateeverytory

@@Leo-gt1bx no it doesn’t. The rising rents are a worldwide phenomenon. Meanwhile the UK left the EU to halt immigration and in 2022 immigration was in an all-time high with people from outside the EU mainly. England voted out massively. Let them eat Brexit.

Brexit

@@Leo-gt1bx not in Central Europe.

1984. Who knew.

Wages frozen thanks to Blair's importation of cheap labour 2004, population rocketed by 15 million.

muddundee 👏👏👏

But you had to leave the EU. Because who knows why.

Mínimum wage in 1980 was £3.60 which adjusted to inflation is £19.75… what’s minimum wage now? £9.55

Yes that’s why we get crap rubbish politicians we do not pay them enough. £84000 ( you loose about £22 in tax easily )living in London it is not big money far from it, plenty of of households with 2 earners get more than that.

@@markgayle5453 Unfortunately the flip side of that is they definitely have not earned a payrise... The system needs reforming. Lords need replacing, monarchy needs removing (So the army, Police, emergency services and MP's official bosses are the public and not the King/Queen of which is the real not so hidden reality. They all swear an oath to them and not the people. Plus more tax to the country and we would lose zero revenue from them... we will gain revenue from opening their palaces and selling land) and parliament needs a clear out, with the introduction of limits who can apply, career politicians, friends of friend's, family links, links to businesses, wealth, other countries or other powerful people should all be banned. Those that then are left should then be well payed... you would quickly notice a massive change in quality of service to the British public.

Which history book is that nonsense from?

@@markgayle5453 Yeah and the average fresh grad earns £20k, £17k after taxes and NI, also living in London.

@@Lekirius They not running the country making life & death decisions are they.

I live in Finland and there’s not a single scenario where I ever move back to the UK permanently

I bet most of the men will be at the home football matches watch the crowd's they all don't rich to me.

I would leave given the option.

@@catherinebirch2399 always opportunities if you have no serious commitments, it’s about reaching out and not giving up

I bet you if Finland goes to war you will comeback to the UK and use our benefit systems from health to financial help.... but you havent pay tax for years right?

Shell, BP, Esso etc do not set the price of their products. That’s done at a global market level through supply and demand. Thanks to net zero and all the other green idiocy supply is down hence prices are high

They are not forcing people to buy their products/use their services. Plus they have nothing to do with households in poverty, because those people likely have no cars, hence don't have any association with those companies.

Regardless of what you state, climate change is hugely driven by fossil fuel consumption which must be eliminated in favour of environmentally friendly alternatives. Otherwise we're doomed. And those involved in production is largely to blame for our ill-health driven by pollution. Smoking is equally as evil and must be stopped by all means if we want humanity to thrive.

@@originalunoriginal4055 Dumb comment. The high fuel costs are the root cause of high cost of living. Everything you buy currently from fuel, to food to goods & services have all gone up in price due to the base price of fuels going up.

​@@jackt883 some people are just bigoted,I'm OK jacks.

the UK is the show case if you have a unreliable government run by idiots.... here inside the EU, we are hit, too... but we are far far away from the UK problems, maybe one reason is our governments are care much more about their citizens... the UK government hates democracy the same way as your Republicans do... losing power just because some fools cast a vote isnt understood by Conservatives...

Large numbers of english people are struggling but freeloaders from across the world turn up and expect to be kept in 5 star luxury

a WAR . why are people forgetting this ?

This is propaganda, if you go looking for people who are skint you will find them, we've all had our energy bills refunded for the last 6 months (never gets mentioned) and those on benefits have had several payments of hundreds of pounds for nothing...again, never gets mentioned.

@@johnthompson7105 Any excuse to bring that into it. There’s a war going on. Our government pumped billions into covid schemes that ultimately was always going to put us into a recession. Fat cats abused those schemes and continue to do so. No migrant is in 5 star accommodation, so I don’t know what planet you’re living on. There is a large portion of our population that are very comfortable and aim to keep themselves rich & comfortable. The fact that you don’t see that as the main problem, says it all really.

Not sure the food industries are interested in reducing prices. I suspect they would be delighted to receive funding from the government though, but of course, the funding ultimately would come from the British tax payer.

No the government should be staying out of most things they just make things worse. No hand outs to anyone. When you hand something out you have to steal it off somebody else. Do you think that is fare?

Hand outs? Billions handed out to the public as we speak.

*woman

@@T5Zplayer Those aren't 'hand outs'. Hand outs are for the spoiled and privaleged. This is SUPPORT for those who would starve or freeze without it.

@@robertjones2053 actually we just had a cyclone.And that has made things worse!

@@robertjones2053 the cyclone didn't have minimal effect. the main affected areas are where a lot of our food crops grow and farming areas. it's caused mass price hikes of food nationwide, as well as shortages in a lot of products, especially when factoring in the bad flooding we had a couple of weeks before the cyclone. there's thousands of people that have lost their homes and belongings, now rendered homeless (many during the floods as well). this is now adding immense pressure to our already dire housing and rental crisis. some towns were completely cut off: only way in or out was by air, no communication, no power. some communities affected by the cyclone are still facing those challenges, and it's gonna be months before the most affected areas are cleaned up.

@@robertjones2053 lmao you really have no idea what you're on about. lockdown and vaccine rules literally have 0 correlation to the damage the cyclone and flooding caused, but you crazed people like to blame everything on covid and vaccines nowadays.

@@robertjones2053 again, covid and lockdowns have nothing to do with cyclones 😂 you’re an idiot

I’m a brit living in New Zealand and I can say that the food prices are significantly higher here than the uk. We don’t have food shops like aldi , there is no cheaper alternative and the houses are made for warm weather so aren’t as insulated as UK houses. So when it’s cold it’s cold. It’s really a struggle here just as much as a back home

I’m from the North East, feel free to reach out if you need any advice!

I live up in Hull. Pretty cheap up here Maria!

Not so good if you don’t have the job to go with it though!

@@amirmxd I am hoping to go to either Newcastle or Leeds! I heard good things about Newcastle

@@ams1897 I have support work background, it won’t be hard for me to find work up north

Marxist trash

Brexit dividend, amongst other reasons

Plenty of people are coping without expecting taxpayers to fund them

Lenski isn't..

It's BlackRock and vanguard. They own nearly everything.

I agree, having stayed in way too many drafty and moldy smelling UK homes. They really do need to tear the works down and build new energy efficient ones. Most are of zero architectural merit. You can insulate so well, with good ventilation, that only a small air source heat pump is needed. It really does need to be done.

One reason why I question why so many demand to own property in the UK. Everyone seems to be conditioned buying is the best when it’s more a liability . The new build homes are also mostly terribly made . Thin walls , cladding issues , flimsy structures and fittings in general . Yet they’re so expensive ! With no accountability held to the real estate developers . Once again … making the rich richer .

You're not wrong. 90% of the UK housing stock is trash. The problem is caused by lack of recognition that houses depreciate. Instead, a 50 year old rubbish house is priced nearly the same as a new insulated house. Also, undeveloped land that has been zoned for housing doesn't attract any tax, so developers 'land bank' which pushes land value up so high that there's no money left to spend on the house itself. I think a lot of UK housing is going to become worthless due to its bad material condition and poor insulation. They have become beyond economic repair. Basically reduced to slum clearance.

​@@Chahlie you should see my flat My stepfather just passed away from cancer It's a 2 bedroom flat and I only heat up 1 room and the front room is full of mould It's literally everywhere 😩 and causing me health problems And my utility bills are horrendous 😫 especially gas and electricity

You are NOT wrong. I am a plumber and the standard of building in brand new houses is unbelievably bad.

I'm from russia and i like poland. u are welcom to russia any time

Only in Poland people struggled for country's and they get used to it, in England it's something new from them.

​@@ccenty I try to emphatise, but I find it difficult when all the people shown in this report are still doing way better than my relatives ever did in my ex-commie country. If I look at their houses and their furniture and how the elderly lady is barely wearing anything and switches up the heater I get frustrated. When I am at home, I am wearing 4 layers of clothing on my upper body plus a thick scarf, two socks, and one thermo pants and one sweatpants and I am wrapped in a blanket. Since I have to sit a lot in front of my almost 10 yrs old laptop doing assignments for uni, it warms up and warms my fingers and this is how I stay warm. I only had to turn on the heating 3 times this winter for an hour or so. Why does the elderly lady not wear more layers in her home? Why does she not bunk up with her children? Why do so many lights have to be on for only one person in her home? Certainly not all, but some of these people just lived beyond their means for far too long and relied on the state for decades and now the party is over and it is a bitter pill to swallow. I still consider myself lucky, as I can study, albeit from loans that have to be paid back with interest, which is fair, I knew that when I applied. What I did not know is that I will acquire so much debt, due to corona and that I obtain study delay due to sexual harassment scandals and uni's negligence.

In England they hate the Poles because they come and do the jobs the English wont do for such wages. Sad

@@Denis383479256 Den I am sure so many Poles want to go to Russia so Putin can turn then into cannon fodder. Great idea

Kind of inevitable though, the rest of the world is getting richer, in many ways thats a good thing, billions being lifted out of poverty.

@@edc1569 billions?

You do realize the inflation also affects businesses right?

not cruel, people just don't have a good work ethic, people aren't good with money and just expect the state to bail them out all the time.

that's because of feminism unironically

Most of the Iceland, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl branded stuff is the same price and hasn't gone up. So they probably are buying all the expensive branded stuff

Why is that? The supermarkets, the LIDLs etc are just a bit further away. 2.5kg of potatoes for £1.50, 1kg of carrots 50p, 1kg of pasts for 80p, chopped tomatoes 30p, etc, etc. I understand the problem with energy at the moment, but food I've never got my head around - supermarkets in this country provide staples at very good prices.

Can also give the extra to the community, with triple benefit, helps other families feed themselves, helps relieve inflation by reducing the pressure on the supermarket, and also helps families save money towards other expenses.

Try growing stuff on your kitchen counter like herbs. You can also freeze some fresh fresh stuff, including bargain bin stuff.

How many cattle, sheep and chickens do you have?

@@deejay7648 0 cattle, but I have a flock of chickens and a few ducks. They were more like pets, but with current egg prices are now helping save a bit of coin.

good for you, I do the same, the lawns gone this year to make a potato bed and the main veg garden will be heavy croppers like French beans, courgettes and beetroot. I'm also going to try selling surplus veg cheaply for some seed money for next year. I've also made a couple of frames with scrap timber and covered them with clear plastic, they're great for growing cucumbers in. There's an apple tree in the next village that was covered with huge apples this year. I drove past and watched them fall on the ground until I couldn't stand it anymore, and went to see the owner. I took my ladders down and picked all the remaining apples and split them with the owner, they kept me in puddings till Christmas, no-one else went in to ask for some. I picked mountains of blackberries and froze them, plus making jelly, collected chestnuts from the local park and plums from a field hedge near me, over 50lbs of damsons. I never see anyone picking wild fruit anymore, but they'll go and pay £2.50 for an apple pie in the supermarket that would cost 50p to make. People really need to get proactive like you're doing.

We had a bloke as leader of the Labour party who wanted to address and correct everything that your post highlights. That man is now heavily demonised and hated among many in the UK, and no less from our mainstream media from their exaggerations, lies and smears. Our choice at the next UK election is the Tory party or the Red Tory party (masquerading as the Labour party). Ain't nothing gonna change in good ol Blighty ☹.

@@deansimpson7694 I'm so glad my parents emigrated from the UK to Australia seventy years ago.

Wait, the House of Lords has actual governing power over UK citizens? And they are bluebloods--in the house by virtue of their bloodline? You have to be kidding.

@@ddub9696 Yes, yes and no.

It used to be that working class people voted for Labour, but unfortunately, Labor dropped support for the working class in favour of third world immigrants. Working class British people are now turning to the Tories to try and stem the flow, but they aren't all that much better than Labour. People vote Labour and then wonder why there not enough resources to go around, why their taxes are so high, why houses are so expensive or they can't find a place to rent, why the NHS is overburdened. It's all due to Labour policies that started with Tony Blair.

We don’t fail until we give up trying. 50 years ago the isle of dogs was a wasteland. Today it is a finically hub. Don’t be pessimistic, things will get better - we just need to direct them in that position.

@@maximyles He doesn't mean the people failed, he means the governments failed us. But to say they failed implies that they tried in the first place. We weren't failed, we were betrated. All they did was line their own pockets and their rich friends'.

@@Joeyknows924 The government? The politicians? The billionaires?

@@maximyles financial hub for who? It benefits that tiny isle where the rich work and live, it doesnt benefit the people of the UK. Only london

@@josephhughes2429 it benefits everyone who is hard working enough to get there.

I was just thinking--thank you Maggie Thatcher! You really put your country on the road to success! All that wealth really trickled down.

You have a poor memory.

No, because majority are poorly educated. They are unable to even define much less understand what ‘offshoring’ is.

How very dare you insist that the mega rich pay their share, you subversive pinko commie scum. Sheesh I dunno (sarcasm mode off).

How about you start taking responsibilty for your own failures?

@@user-im9zp4yp9x and you were addressing whom about what? Do tell.....

That would be antisemitic

Just go camping in the outbacks and hunt kangaroos.

Really? I always thought Australia to be so great. Sorry its got like that for you guys too.

You have the heat over there though lol

As an Aussie I cannot agree with you. It's a different world here. Our housing problem is partly due to the lack of material and planning and the fact that Australians can own multiple houses and have negative gearing. Also most of the younger generation expect to own a big first house with all the mod cons in the city. There are houses that are vacant where the owners ( probably Chinese) are waiting for big house price hikes so they can sell and make a profit.

@@ttii9 fool

50% watch Neil McCoy-Ward

17% is the European average, don't tell that too the brexit haters though, they can't understand the link between energy prices, the war and the agriculture supply chain across the continent. Or that because we are an island that has ports it's costs more to get food here than other places in Europe. Just doesn't compute.

Cereal is not food and is extremely expensive. You can buy at least half a chicken for the £3.75 they sell Kellogg's for.

Yeah its actually sicking. Cutting out fruits and tons of stuff off my shopping list trying to keep the cuts down and even then its unafforable.

this is what happens when you vote in a government that prints money and sanctions Russia

Maybe they should stop handing out billions to the public then

I like em. I'll be voting tory next time. To each their own

@Kent cyclist Your? Well, YOU'RE clearly a genius. Thick moron.

@Kent cyclist You're the Tory. Illiterate spaz. An adult that doesn't know what your means.

@@winstoningram99 Guess you think things are good then. Brexit was certainly a huge success! You guys really got everything you wanted.

It all goes to our replacements - the economic illegal immigrants

With the fact hardly any employer has the 'luxury' of being able to get away with paying minimum wage now, you must be earning a little over 600 quid a week now with your hours, before tax obviously. I know costs are high in general but just how high are your outgoings if you're struggling on that? And if you have a partner with any income in addition to that as well then you should be making enough to feel some level of comfort for your labours.

Earning over £600 a week.....🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Shona Court ??? National minimum is £9.50 per hour so at 60 hours a week you're grossing nearly £600. And more if your hourly rate is higher than the minimum. If there's a second person generating income as well in the household then even better.

After deductions, my income is £452 per week . My mortgage is now £800 per month from £550 before Christmas

@Shona Court that's not a bad income. Appreciate you work hard for it, but more than livable and if there were to be 2 of you on a similar level then that's more than comfortable

don't vote for Biden. He's the one that closed the pipeline and shut down US oil production. That raised the prices of everything.

In Uk, you get help for the oaps. I am one and doing fine, it's money management. Single Pensioners with low income of £201 a week or less should claim pension credit to gain more financial help of around 3k plus. I think this is assessed on income and savings. This year we are getting another £500 for the winter fuel and cost of living assistance. Some older ones will get £600. People on pension credit get even more. It will be interesting to see the outgoings of people not happy?? Again money management. Should spend this money wisely. I don.t know Americans get that??

Who’s fault is it you make minimum wage?

@@dcg590 at least us on minimum wage work for a living and don't sponge off the system eh. You sound like a snob

​@@dcg590 You're right. Minimum wage should be abolished and replaced with a National Living Wage (keeping up with inflation) become the standard. Companies paying minimum wage do it because the government made a choice to put it in place. They can also make the choice to change it.

You can get help in these circumstances sometimes, a lot of working people get UC top up while on minimum wage or on 0 hour contracts, aswell as those having to do part time

​@Robert R Jones well of course, economic crisis caused by the government's ridiculous decisions is all caused by Polish people! Too bad Polish people steal your jobs, Romanians, Bulgarians, Hungarians, Ukrainians, Russians, Lithuanians and Latvians don't! Of course you never heard of any Polish universities, you're too lazy to check them out. Still, the Polish man with a degree from university you never heard of is a hardworking man who wants to provide for his family just as you do. Some examples: summer 2021, fruits and vegs rotting on fields cause it was 'too difficult and low paid' for Brits - let's send planes to Romania so they can do it for us, and cheap! Another one - extreme shortage of truck drivers during petrol crisis last year - let's offer Polish truck drivers good pay to come to the UK but only for a few months when we need them, after that they're useless and stealing our jobs! Unbelievable! Maybe if Brits weren't so lazy and instead of making babies and sitting in pubs all day they invested in their own education, then maybe they could compete with the Polish man with 'perceived qualifications'! UK doesn't recognise Polish degrees, just for the sake of it. Strange, Poland has some of the best universities in Europe! Educate yourself before you make these kind of claims!

That's very honourable of you. May God bless you. 🙏🏼

Britain has no native peoples and is just a dumping ground for the rest of the world.

Good person you are sir

That's wonderful! Thank you!

Well done!!!

I find that the easiest place to look is chocolate (yes I know it's a luxury item). A share size bag of Cadbury's used to be £1. It then went up to £1.25 and now £1.50. That's a massive increase in the price of one item. Marrowfat peas is another. I remember them being 45p not too long ago. They're now 70p per can. If you buy four cans, you're £1 down on your shop. I've also noticed I used to get a bag of shopping for £20 and now it's closer to £30. It's shocking how fast prices have gone up in such a short amount of time.

@@pacmania1982 Oh yes, chocolate was getting out of hand! Couldn't tell you now, a mild unpleasantness developed into a full-blown allergy and now I'm happy with my 42p Aldi fizzy laces instead 🤣 My last Tesco shop was just shocking, so I'm sticking with Aldi until they price me out too.

@@cliffsofmoher4220 I'll have you know that I work full time (for local government) and I have never claimed a penny of benefits. I didn't want to leave the EU anyway.

@@alexandriawest what will you do when Aldi price you out?

in russia we have same price for pearl barley

The mighty British peasants fell in 1776 when the USA and France told them to go back to plague island

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@@kordan-xo9cd Religious hogwash

​@@lisainger6751he or she is telling the truth

weird@@kordan-xo9cd

Noone really cares. Life is inherently a selfish lonely experience.

Yeah, it's odd, isn't it. Me too, I was once told "go get help" as if it is something you can get from a supermarket shelf at a reasonable price.

@@bobsmithy9024 Sorry you feel that way, but I increasingly feel that way too, I think. Some people do care, though. One commenter above just wrote that because several buses are being cut where he or she lives, he or she is now going around offering lots of people rides. In all honesty, Bob, the way you feel is probably pretty English. Life is not really worth living here, I've felt for nearly 2 decades now, and a lot of people here seem to feel that way. Next, of course, you're gonna tell me you're from Utah or New South Wales? 🙂🤔🤗 But, in any case, I've become so utterly disillusioned in England that I will work with stalking victims (and with wildlife). Other than that, I want nothing further to do with humans any longer. If I get the time to heal from England, that may change, but I don't think that I have enough years left in me...

Oh well. People can sort out their own problems

@@winstoningram99 - No one is going to look out for you as well as you. Certainly not a stranger or a government bureaucrat. By the time some people learn that, it is too late for them

It's only going to get worse. This is what happens when you kill the manufacturing industry, create an economy dependant on middle men and the influx of foreign money (a lot of it dirty oligarch money).

They’re probably self sufficient and stick to growing their own food

The oil companies are already paying 35% windfall tax on top of their 20% cooperation tax.

Hate it when here government help spent on empty junk food they throw that at kids & let schools & others cover their meals. Parenting? I think not. Good she's giving them fruit!

Yeah, would be too much of a shame of the tomatoes, too. 😂

Rishi couldn't care less about the lower castes.

@@public.public Ah, but it was the English who turned the caste system into a seriously problematic class system. I know that the English hate people who've been to university and I get that, but we're not all horrible people... some of us are quite okay.

Nah they got an education, good jobs and pay their way.

It's that very thinking that got things to this point

Third world countries are majorly affected by drought but they don’t depend on a lot of things like lighting or housing like the West. Your house and land is yours forever. No taxes on them unless it’s commercial. I’m talking specifically about my country.

Do you think the golf countries are developed or developing? Do you think the Golf countries are 3 world countries? Do you think those countries are part of the so-called west? Australia is not in the west, is it? there is no inflation in Dubai, no food banks, no homelessness, nothing like this place you call 1 world ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MhvvxoIgNPg.html

@@soinda87 these are really good points, actually. I apologise for using terms like "developed" and "developing". I ought to educate myself on the reality of life in countries surrounding the Gulf. As for my own story, Australian society is not a generalisation either. I have a few personal difficulties, and have not succeeded in building a successful life for myself, not do I have a family of my own. I do not own property, and struggle like many to use my resources wisely each week. However, I do have a kind heart, and will look at these matters as they stand around the world

@@MrManny075 valid points. I admit my biases, and will look closer at this issue.

Exactly. We must stop all nonessential spending.

Exactly !! Why is obesity so high in the UK or why are there so many men's barbers, nail salons, hairdressers, vape shops and expensive convenience stores always busy ? I personally think the high housing costs for too few properties in an overcrowded island is the biggest problem.Also the trend away from practical subjects in schools so that many people have no cooking or similar skills when they go out into the real world.

The poverty is the fact people are eating McJunk because it’s cheap. Preparing meals all week long gets tedious and if a poorer person wants to eat out, where is it cheapest? Fast Food restaurants.

​@@Joeyknows924 you can do 2 things at the same time

@@mahaliadoesitbest2294 Amen precisesly the power and privilege of prayer to the Lord.

@@Joeyknows924 you can pray for whatever you want. Just saying God can multitask, so 2 or 2 million things can be done at the same time.

If they didn't leave the EU, this wouldn't be happening. The decline started with Brexit.

​@@Joeyknows924 It's their way of reminding people to be grateful because Ukraine is having a worse time.

@mattaddison19 🇦🇺

@mattaddison19 that's a really tough one to answer, for various reasons so this reply might be a bit long winded. I felt an affinity for Australia from being small, I genuinely love the country and view it as home. That will never take away from the fact my ancestral homeland and family are on the opposite side of the planet, in a different hemisphere, with plane tickets that have increasingly risen in price. On the note of flights, unless you are some freak of nature that loves flying long haul in economy then the trip is brutal and is zero fun, it's a long way to get home. Also, sure we are a lot closer to Asia and New Zealand but there is no "let's hop on a quick flight to spain", Australia is massive and the closest you can get from any of the main cities along the east coast is NZ. That's still about 4/5 hours If I recall correctly. On a lifestyle level, no questions asked. Socially? Depends, certain parts of the country are becoming a lot more open to multiculturalism but ultimately there is still a bit of nepotism and clicky behaviour in Australia. Far from British culture in how people interact and the general ethos of the population. Corrupt Western government? We have an excessive amount. Constitution and rights - we have basically nothing and are still prisoners of the old monarchy/commonwealth. Cost of living - crazy. Housing availability - n/a unless well connected and/or decently wealthy. Crime - better than the UK and the USA but 'eshays' have been a thing here in the youth for a decent while now and they're essentially an Australian chav. Crime rates are increasing compared to years gone by, knife crime and theft included. I could keep comparing 😅 no white Christmas and a dismal amount of Christmas vibes, stinking hot beach Christmas instead 😎 (weather and lifestyle is a huge bonus though, as mentioned before). My mum was looking at rental costs In the UK a few days ago and suggested going back because it's basically impossible to find rentals here now. I have to remind her over and over that we still seem to have it slightly better, but only just. Hope there is at least a little information in that ramble on the comparison between the two, that you can find useful 🇬🇧🇦🇺

@mattaddison19 I fully agree with you. I've been back once in 17 years and that was in 2018, I ended up kinda stuck there for 6 months couch surfing around St Helens so have unfortunately seen how much it's changed. Went back on an Aussie passport with an expired British passport, with my original birth certificate from Whiston Hospital. I was naive, got a rude shock when they put me in the visitor/visa line at Heathrow and stamped in as a 6 month tourist. Meanwhile people not even speaking English went through the British Citizens line and I'm there with a British birth certificate, but seen as an immigrant 🤯 Once you've gained residency/citizenship of another country and have been out of the UK for longer than 2 years, they remove your residency. If you keep your passport valid it's not an issue getting back in, but they will make you prove you are committed to living In the UK again before you gain residency rights back (I believe this takes 6 months and this could of changed since 2018). Another catch 22 of emigrating! Europe is a different ball game. Unfortunately Australia is basically a hybrid of the UK and USA, with a little bit of being China's b*%#* sprinkled in there 🥲😂

@@SRWJ interesting comment thanks for sharing

Feel guilty not bad for us. We was babies when you cowards seen all this coming. But you called us racists fascist for wanting our nations safe. Good luck explaining that to the boss, of cause after spending your final years getting battered in a care home by the very people you helped bring here 😂😂😂

Child benefit, housing benefit, priority in the benefit system.

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Madeleine what country do you live in

Agree with you!

Why does Jamie Olivier cover everything in oil, random I know but he does it all the time

None of them.

I live in Seattle and I get by alright. I would like a better paying job though.

How come California is always facing bankrupcy yet is home to the most billionaires in the world?

True. During times of plenty, people need to set aside financial reserves. Times of plenty do not last. They are always followed by times of lack.

Its not a down turn its mismanagement by a lousy government who forked out Billions for PPE etc.that had to be binned as it didn't work. They are like fingers in all the pies and gig economy advocates they have loads of dosh themselves they hate Europe. Brexit is a total failure. Apart from that ,the UK is a joke in the EU. Down turn means every one is worse off and that is not the case in UK. Just look what kind of unethical behaviour witnessed in the last twelve years. The rich are having the time of their lives.

A 'downturn' is a transfer of wealth from the poor, to the rich. A downturn is when companies layoff their employees and make those who weren't fired, take on the work of those who were fired.. over working the employees and making the rich owners more money. A downturn transfers the savings of those who were fired, to the rich, since they're forced to spend their nest egg to make ends meet. A downturn transfers the car they can't afford, to the rich at a discounted price. A downturn transfers the home the poor can no longer afford, to the rich at a discounted price. A downturn (in the US at least) increases the likelihood of being forced to live on the streets, which in turn increases the chances of being criminalized for being impoverished, and increases the chances of ending up doing slave labor in prison... making the rich more money. A downturn is harmful and violence against the working class. Capitalism's boom and bust cycle is criminal and must be abolished.

People refuse to share accommodation, just like many refuse to give up their car. And the idea of taking a live in job for a couple years to save money is met with cries of "but I want independence". Those of us who went hungry many years ago have a different perspective.

@@neillholley5061 You are hundred percent correct. Down turn my backside it goes to show some of the people will be fooled all of the time. Its have plenty wanting more. As Mick Lynch says the rich get rich on the backs of the workers.

That’s why I say…. 🤨