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We are certainly living in strange times:
Baffling.
- Russia have massed troops on the border of Ukraine with a serious potential to start a European war
- Britain is supporting Ukraine with the supply of arms (incidentally, having to fly them around German airspace as they have refused to allow a NATO country (UK) to overfly their country in support of another NATO country (Ukraine))
- There is an energy crisis due to the combined effect of over-reliance upon unreliable renewables, a lack of investment in and commissioning of nuclear generation; the decommissioning of coal-fired generation capacity and Russia throttling the gas supply to Europe (see the points on Ukraine, above)
- Factory input costs have increased by around 10% in the last year, fuelling consumer price inflation (currently just under 6% but expected to rise above 7.5% in the coming months)
- Tax rises that will take the individual's tax burden to the highest level since WWII about to hit
- Massive national debt built up as a result of financial support throughout the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Baffling.