As UK heads to the polls, is it starting to come out of a cost-of-living crisis?
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- One of the biggest issues for voters on Thursday (Jul 4)’s United Kingdom general election is the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The continuing impact of Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have caused economic pain and inflation. CNA's Elizabeth Neo explains. Ben Wellings, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Monash University, also tells CNA’s Asia First how the crisis could impact the vote.
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1:05 What we meant to say: "But even as on-year pressure drops, prices still remain elevated."
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No worries, as long as the UK is complicit with IDF, the US will help the UK
I live in China. Sorry for the Covid!
Can anyone tell me what *"heads to the polls"* means?
April 18, 2024. The United Kingdom’s 2022-23 cost-of-living crisis triggered the steepest rise in 30 years in the number of UK citizens falling into “absolute poverty” - and worse is yet to come.
And Boris still pushing the war to continue..
Boris Johnson has no more say.
Why do you interview an australian interviewee when the topic is about UK voting? Shouldn't an British interviewee be more appropriate?
CNA's choice of interviewees is often ... strange.
He is British so why not?
A toddler stacking up blocks to build a tower needs 10 minutes time. But it takes him 1 second to swipe it down.
To build a country takes decades. To swipe it down it takes months only.
The conservatives were 14 years in power and swiped out the UK as we know it. The UK will take 50 years to recover.
The UK is the fifth richest country in the world, yet a staggering 30 percent of children are living in poverty, according to official figures.
BS.
If you have 10 people earning 1 dollar, and 1 person earning a million, the average wealth is $90,910. Good enough for living, right?
That's the wealth the UK has. The result of 14 years right wing government.
2024-7-3 World Bank upgraded it to a 'high-income country'
Russia's economy is now classified as high-income by the World Bank.
Russia's GDP grew 3.6% in 2023, with trade and financial sectors rebounding.
Hitler's German economy was also doing well until about 1943. On paper. It was war industry, not real industry that is of benefit for the people.
The Sun has set in the west.