Macroeconomics, the economy, inflation etc. *likely to be very dull*
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It's more than 2 years. Almost nobody gets anything like full pay for year 0-1, and free hours once they're 3 don't kick in straight away, they wait for the next term to start for some reason.TheBigBean said:
Paying nursery staff more? As I said before, it is only two years.rick_chasey said:
Your generational time bomb starts here.- Genesis Croix de Fer
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It gets a lot cheaper per paid hour as well. Ratios go from 1-4 to 1-8. My central London nursery is £5.10/hour on top of a free 30 hours (for most people). I think that is pretty manageable.Jezyboy said:
Is that 2 years before you get some limited cover that wouldn't be sufficient to work full time.TheBigBean said:
Paying nursery staff more? As I said before, it is only two years.rick_chasey said:
Your generational time bomb starts here.0 -
Check out the prices linesurrey_commuter said:
but you told us earnings had flatlinedrick_chasey said:
Your generational time bomb starts here.0 -
Slightly perplexed by that graph showing earnings rising faster than prices (can't look at the detail as I don't do Twitter).surrey_commuter said:
but you told us earnings had flatlinedrick_chasey said:
Your generational time bomb starts here.0 -
2020 was a bit of a strange year for earnings stats. It's why the triple lock on pensions was paused.0
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"Can't" is a bit strong but the article is here https://www.ft.com/content/530eda38-1038-4405-915c-e7c1909ec0f8?sharetype=blockedPross said:
Slightly perplexed by that graph showing earnings rising faster than prices (can't look at the detail as I don't do Twitter).surrey_commuter said:
but you told us earnings had flatlinedrick_chasey said:
Your generational time bomb starts here.- Genesis Croix de Fer
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Can't open that without a subscriptionpangolin said:
"Can't" is a bit strong but the article is here https://www.ft.com/content/530eda38-1038-4405-915c-e7c1909ec0f8?sharetype=blockedPross said:
Slightly perplexed by that graph showing earnings rising faster than prices (can't look at the detail as I don't do Twitter).surrey_commuter said:
but you told us earnings had flatlinedrick_chasey said:
Your generational time bomb starts here.
Did manage to see the the details on the Tweet briefly before it told me to get an account.0 -
Nobody can inflate the price of the lettuce I'm growing in the garden, winning.0
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I presume all the salt is for keeping the slugs away?!focuszing723 said:Nobody can inflate the price of the lettuce I'm growing in the garden, winning.
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https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/30/british-child-care-is-expensive
Economist makes the same point I have been.0 -
No, I use salt pellets.Jezyboy said:
I presume all the salt is for keeping the slugs away?!focuszing723 said:Nobody can inflate the price of the lettuce I'm growing in the garden, winning.
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I mean slug pellets to kill the salt.focuszing723 said:
No, I use salt pellets.Jezyboy said:
I presume all the salt is for keeping the slugs away?!focuszing723 said:Nobody can inflate the price of the lettuce I'm growing in the garden, winning.
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Anyway, I stop the slugs with something.0
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I thought slug pellets were a banned substance these days.focuszing723 said:
I mean slug pellets to kill the salt.focuszing723 said:
No, I use salt pellets.Jezyboy said:
I presume all the salt is for keeping the slugs away?!focuszing723 said:Nobody can inflate the price of the lettuce I'm growing in the garden, winning.
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if you need some I have a pallet load between the pasta and toilet paper in the garagewebboo said:
I thought slug pellets were a banned substance these days.focuszing723 said:
I mean slug pellets to kill the salt.focuszing723 said:
No, I use salt pellets.Jezyboy said:
I presume all the salt is for keeping the slugs away?!focuszing723 said:Nobody can inflate the price of the lettuce I'm growing in the garden, winning.
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Would I need a TUE in order to use them.0
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those are easier to get than fizzy water in Cambridgewebboo said:Would I need a TUE in order to use them.
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This issue is sorted, thank godsurrey_commuter said:
those are easier to get than fizzy water in Cambridgewebboo said:Would I need a TUE in order to use them.
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Advocating against subsidies for the middle class unless I'm mistaken.rick_chasey said:https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/30/british-child-care-is-expensive
Economist makes the same point I have been.1 -
I can't read more than the first few lines, but are we now classifying a PhD level specialist in her field as working class?TheBigBean said:
Advocating against subsidies for the middle class unless I'm mistaken.rick_chasey said:https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/30/british-child-care-is-expensive
Economist makes the same point I have been.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Presumably in terms of income. It has this gem as wellrjsterry said:
I can't read more than the first few lines, but are we now classifying a PhD level specialist in her field as working class?TheBigBean said:
Advocating against subsidies for the middle class unless I'm mistaken.rick_chasey said:https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/30/british-child-care-is-expensive
Economist makes the same point I have been.She does not expect to return to the lab until her children are 16.0 -
Next 50 years?
Guess that cash will be required for the health of the vast majority of us then.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
where is the line for debt servicingrick_chasey said:
there must be some heroic growth assumptions for public service pension spending to fall0 -
Not sure where else to put this but Japan’s longest serving PM Shinzo Abe, the PM who ended up with name for his style of trying to sort out the stagnating economy, Abenomics.
Shot dead at a rally.0 -
🤔 Hard for there not to be a rise in appointments when the baseline was zero.
They are scraping the barrel. The Covid period can be used to give any desired result.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0
