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Malced
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Cost of living ‘crisis’? Don’t think so.
Undoubtedly the cost of living has gone up. But forgive me for being slightly cynical about the never ending media coverage.
Typically it’s hyped up and sensationalised for the unwitting to lap up from their armchairs.
It’s getting tiresome. The real crisis isn’t that we may have to pay a few pence more for our pasta. But rather it’s the potential famine that may be seen in under-developed countries who rely on the grain that’s currently stuck in Ukraine’s ports and silos.
But boo-hoo we in the UK are so sorry for ourselves cos everything is slightly more expensive. The recent SKY NEWS bulletin was so illuminating. It was focusing on Plymouth and how it’s typically a hard hit town. To demonstrate this they interviewed two men. Firstly though they were doing the voice over introductory about Plymouth being so poverty stricken whilst they showed the two men sat in a posh chippy restaurant tucking into fish chips and peas. They then cut to these men and we heard them say how after paying their bills there’s literally nothing left! What? They’d just spent on a nice chippy dinner and yet we’re meant to believe their sob story? Ridiculous.
Then a few days later SKY did another piece about a woman who has ‘thoughts about suicide’. I’m sure there’s many out there who feel this way and are struggling desperately. But on the introduction they were playing this emotive music to try and make the whole thing seem dramatically sad. I’m sorry but it’s meant to be news, not a drama. Why play music to pull at our heart strings. Just report the facts otherwise it just appears like we’re being played. How do they find these people for their stories? I’ll tell you - they go out with an agenda - to find someone who will say on camera they’re suicidal - and then they engineer the so called piece of news to suit.
I’m sick of all the doom and gloom when we should instead appreciate how lucky we are. It’s a relative cost of living issue. But it’s only causing real harm to the very poorest in society. So let’s focus on helping them through rather than all wallowing in self-pity.
Blackpool is one of the poorest towns yet we’ve sold more season tickets than last season. How can that be when there’s a cost of living crisis? Hmm.
The pubs are packed. The cafes are packed. Lytham festival is booming. Folk are flying off on their holidays. But oh dear it’s costing a few quid more to drive to the airport. We need to get a grip. We can all find ways to tighten our belts if we need to. So lets stop banging on about the cost of living crisis and instead be grateful for the wonderful life we have. Otherwise we do a disservice, and distract, from the ones really at risk from the inflationary pressures - and for the record - that doesn’t include anyone sat stuffing their fat faces on fish chips and peas in a chippy restaurant.
Undoubtedly the cost of living has gone up. But forgive me for being slightly cynical about the never ending media coverage.
Typically it’s hyped up and sensationalised for the unwitting to lap up from their armchairs.
It’s getting tiresome. The real crisis isn’t that we may have to pay a few pence more for our pasta. But rather it’s the potential famine that may be seen in under-developed countries who rely on the grain that’s currently stuck in Ukraine’s ports and silos.
But boo-hoo we in the UK are so sorry for ourselves cos everything is slightly more expensive. The recent SKY NEWS bulletin was so illuminating. It was focusing on Plymouth and how it’s typically a hard hit town. To demonstrate this they interviewed two men. Firstly though they were doing the voice over introductory about Plymouth being so poverty stricken whilst they showed the two men sat in a posh chippy restaurant tucking into fish chips and peas. They then cut to these men and we heard them say how after paying their bills there’s literally nothing left! What? They’d just spent on a nice chippy dinner and yet we’re meant to believe their sob story? Ridiculous.
Then a few days later SKY did another piece about a woman who has ‘thoughts about suicide’. I’m sure there’s many out there who feel this way and are struggling desperately. But on the introduction they were playing this emotive music to try and make the whole thing seem dramatically sad. I’m sorry but it’s meant to be news, not a drama. Why play music to pull at our heart strings. Just report the facts otherwise it just appears like we’re being played. How do they find these people for their stories? I’ll tell you - they go out with an agenda - to find someone who will say on camera they’re suicidal - and then they engineer the so called piece of news to suit.
I’m sick of all the doom and gloom when we should instead appreciate how lucky we are. It’s a relative cost of living issue. But it’s only causing real harm to the very poorest in society. So let’s focus on helping them through rather than all wallowing in self-pity.
Blackpool is one of the poorest towns yet we’ve sold more season tickets than last season. How can that be when there’s a cost of living crisis? Hmm.
The pubs are packed. The cafes are packed. Lytham festival is booming. Folk are flying off on their holidays. But oh dear it’s costing a few quid more to drive to the airport. We need to get a grip. We can all find ways to tighten our belts if we need to. So lets stop banging on about the cost of living crisis and instead be grateful for the wonderful life we have. Otherwise we do a disservice, and distract, from the ones really at risk from the inflationary pressures - and for the record - that doesn’t include anyone sat stuffing their fat faces on fish chips and peas in a chippy restaurant.
