Cost of living crisis?

Bit of first line seems to have deleted it self.

It shoukd read ,,,,,some people having the money doesn't preclude.....

Simply put, some people having the m't preclude millions of households struggling to cope with the cost of living being barely able to afford the shoe leather to walk to the nearest food bank.

Remember also the many stories of pubs, clubs and entertainment places closing down. It was in the news that a minor burger chain was closing down, and any walk down a high street will show boarded up shops/cafes/pubs.

Many people saved a lot of money in the lockdowns, furloughed for months, no work expenses - bought lunches, coffee takeaways and travelling -

Recessions, inflation are never all bad. even the Great Recssion of the 1930s was mainly a northern phenomena, London and the southe east boomed. Both my parents left school durng the 30s and walked straight into jobs at 16, in London, and look at the millions and millions of interwar (1939s) semis that surround every town of any size almost countrywide, they wouldn't have been built if there were not people ready to buy them.

The bar staff and kitchen porters who'll be going home on the night bus won't be the ones booking £3000 holidays.

I don't know how anyone can doubt that there is a cost of living crisis.

I suppose the point is, not everyone is struggling. Young working people still living with parents (which many do) will have more disposable income than say a couple in their 20s who have a child and live as a family unit

Many more examples could be added

Things are as bad as the media is making out, for many people but not everyone.

There are always the haves and have nots - I'm sure there are the same number, if not more, at home feeding their energy meters to keep warm.

Spot on MaizieD.
The s..t will hit the fan at the end of next year,when people still haven`t paid their credit cards off and they start to use them again for Christmas.
As for bars etc being full,i still think Covid has a lot to do with that,FREEDOM at last

I live near a trendy suburb of South Manchester and it is like that here. My plumber went out for some lunch and he did seem surprised at the numbers of people jamming the pubs and trendy wine bars in the middle of the day. Yes I think there will be some shocks when the credit card bills roll in.

Maybe it's all being done on credit cards. The shock might come later this year...

Maybe these are pleasant distractions. Sales up in November too. Quite positive really yet not noticed

Our local pub is always heaving lately. We've been going to the weekly quiz for years but now we have to book as free tables are rare.

Maybe it depends on where you live Aveline. It's like that here with bars and restaurants.