A recent poll found far more people blame the war in Ukraine for the cost of living crisis than lockdown. But the data are clear: inflation started as lockdown ended and no impact from the start of the war can be seen.
Thomas Fazi has written a pessimistic essay for UnHerd in which he predicts widespread civil unrest in the UK this winter, thanks to spiralling household energy bills and other self-imposed political disasters.
The cost of living crisis and runaway inflation are a result of imposing ruinous lockdowns on society, experts have told MPs and Peers. Lockdowns must never be used again.
If you pay people for two years to stay home, and fund it by printing money, there is bound to be inflation. But the same people who called for longer lockdowns are the same ones complaining loudest about the crisis.
A (well-paid) senior EU official says the continent must accept that the two necessities of life – food and fuel – have been far too cheap for a generation and to save the planet we must all pay more.
The Government-funded Energy Saving Trust has produced a report on a field trial of heat pumps. Here's a translation of the key findings from the executive summary into plain English.
Luke Johnson has written a terrific comment piece for the Mail lambasting the unwillingness of civil servants to come into work just as all hands are needed at the pump to deal with the coming recession.
Why is Extinction Rebellion planning more protests when energy bills are through the roof? These middle-class green activists are little more than Putin's useful idiots, says Ross Clark.
