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Gordon Brown said "unnecessary" purchases were contributing to price hikes that have left many people struggling to pay bills.

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM ... B7_5rzVTUA

The first sign of wartime austerity measures?

Sadly the coming war has almost no end - with defeat almost guaranteed.

Vortex wrote:

Gordon Brown said "unnecessary" purchases were contributing to price hikes that have left many people struggling to pay bills.

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM ... B7_5rzVTUA

The first sign of wartime austerity measures?

Sadly the coming war has almost no end - with defeat almost guaranteed.

Actually, although he'll probably get the piss taken out of him for saying this, I think this is the right message for the PM to be giving out right now. He's encouraging us to consume less, which is unheard of in this day and age.

It's a good message, but it won't go down well. The ordinary pleb in the street is going to say "Who the hell does he think he is? He's repsonsible for this mess and now he's telling us to eat less and not buy that Wii I'm entitled to!"

I'd hazard a guess that most Powerswitchers don't waste food anyway. I know our household doesn't. Any food that gets thrown in the bin is a personal failure as far as I'm concerned; there's a use for everything. This country is going to have to learn how to "make do and mend".

Pip Tiddlepip wrote:It's a good message, but it won't go down well. The ordinary pleb in the street is going to say "Who the hell does he think he is? He's repsonsible for this mess and now he's telling us to eat less and not buy that Wii I'm entitled to!"

Yer not wrong just take a look at the comments after the Beeb article...one of them even suggests canibalising obese politicians

Pip Tiddlepip wrote:It's a good message, but it won't go down well. The ordinary pleb in the street is going to say "Who the hell does he think he is? He's repsonsible for this mess and now he's telling us to eat less and not buy that Wii I'm entitled to!"

You mean saying things like this...

Nanny state gone crazy! I'm sick of Gordon Brown and this dictatorship telling the British public what we can and can't do! If I pay for the food I buy I'll waste it if I want to. Get real Gordon and deal with the real issues that concern the British public.

Grrr!!!!

Taken from BBC HYS.
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread. ... 0707132257

As Psychology of citizens begins to change people will begin to adapt, I was reading he Mish blog today and he did a piece that tent sales are increasing as people are downsizing their holidays. On CNBC a couple of weeks back one of the stock tips was Tupperware on the basis that people in the US would eat out less and be more careful about consumption.
Where it has been cool to over consume until recently, the opposite may begin to ake hold to some extent.

RenewableCandy wrote:one of them even suggests canibalising obese politicians

Like I said, there's a use for everything

Oh, and I thiught the whole of our economy is based on consumption!!!
Infinite growth etc, etc. I was under the impression that the only way the whole thing could hold together was by everyone consuming more than last year. Mass manufacture/sales result in lower prices and so on. I thought that the whole idea was to "make more, sell more" and everyone is better off.

Personally - since I ain't no economister - is to economise. Make everything last as long as possible and "waste not, want not", as me ol' Gran used to say......

Hasn't made me rich - but I have succeeded in living as comfortably as I need....which ain't a whole lot is it?

You can call me anything you like except "Late for dinner".
Food wastage has never been an issue around here.

The first sign of wartime austerity measures?

Its the thin end of the wedge Vortex, warnings today and ration cards tomorrow.

UK in 2015

RenewableCandy wrote: Yer not wrong just take a look at the comments after the Beeb article...one of them even suggests canibalising obese politicians

Aha, so that's what happened to John Prescott.

It's a good message. Most will ignore it or consider it an impertinence, but worth saying; I hope to hear more along these lines.

Caution: if you supersize a Prescott-Burger order, the gravitational force will drag you to the centre of the Earth.

Just thought I'd mention it.

"I tried to warn Mabel not to eat that burger - but I was too late."

You mean saying things like this...

Nanny state gone crazy! I'm sick of Gordon Brown and this dictatorship telling the British public what we can and can't do! If I pay for the food I buy I'll waste it if I want to. Get real Gordon and deal with the real issues that concern the British public.

Grrr!!!!

Taken from BBC HYS.
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread. ... 0707132257

As a PowerSwitch newbie, I find it a relief to know that there are people who actually listen to what a politician says and can acknowledge when he gets it right. It's rare, but it happens.

As regards the cretin you quote, the phrase "own funeral" springs to mind. I try to avoid the HYS forums these days - they're not good for my blood pressure!

Gordon Brown said "unnecessary" purchases were contributing to price hikes that have left many people struggling to pay bills.

Damn... and I'd just scarfed an entirely unnecessary packet of honey roast almonds. OK. I've punished myself by checking out the calorie count on the back... about a zillion an ounce.

Pathetic and scary at the same time. Mr Brown has no clue to anything, and don't understand the system he administrates. Quite natural I guess - no thinking person had wanted his job.