What happened on 4th April 2023

Tuesday news demonstrated that Britons have most concerns over decline of living standards and increase in the living cost.

The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee informed that Britons are most jeopardized while been captured abroad. They highlighted blunders made by Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the Committee report on hostages. That looks appalling. Thus, Liz Truss told the family of a British man taken hostage in Iran he was not her “problem”, it has been claimed. It's no surprise that incited anti-Tory sentiment and calls not to vote for them, anymore.

"The Uk electorate aren't a tory problem either, FPTP ensures their passage.....Toryland"

"Look, the government is pathetic. Everyone knows it. But you people kept and will likely keep voting for them. The fact you elected Boris after the court found he illegally dismissed Parliament was a disgrace. Stop complaining and take some civic responsibility and get them out of office at the next election!"

"Did anyone ever truly expect Truss to ever get ANYTHING right...ever? Pray tell...by what ' logic' was such conclusion ever arrived at? p.s I take it she's still trousering that EXTRA £ 155,000 a year...EVERY year....for LIFE , for her sterling efforts in those halcyon 44 days?"

"The British people in general are not Lis Truss's problem. Her problems are money and fame - or in her case notoriety."

"This is why the FT is my favourite newspaper. The Guardian will never have the cahones to spin "we'll all die 6 months sooner" into a feel-good story."

"I am sure if Liz would have got involved it would have made it much harder for the hostage. Look what she did with anything she touched"

 At the same time, the Financial Times together with governmental officials 'optimistically' spotted that shorter life expectancy gives UK pensions an unexpected windfall.

 

The FT readers noticed that "This is cause for concern. I would suggest investigating the possible causes. Are people getting poorer? Are they eating less healthy? Is there more pollution? Is there a climate change effect? Is medical care less available or less effective? What is happening?"

"Thankfully, the reality is if life expectancy keeps going up while the birth rate falls my generation are f*cked."

"This is why the FT is my favourite newspaper. The Guardian will never have the cahones to spin "we'll all die 6 months sooner" into a feel-good story."

"“While deaths in 2020 and 2021 were clearly abnormally high due to the significant numbers of deaths seen during the first two Covid-19 waves, deaths in 2022 were persistently higher than pre-pandemic expectations through much of the year,” said Jonathan Hughes, chair of the CMI.

Anecdotally I can confirm that in my hospital in 2022 a much greater number of patients were presenting with conditions that could have been addressed successfully if only detected earlier: fear of covid played a role as patients avoided the hospital with often fatal consequences but so also did the lamentable state of the NHS through our ongoing lack of staff, many of whom returned to the EU, the government refusal to pay a decent salary, crumbling buildings, etc The increasing and persistently higher death rate therefore comes as no surprise.. But then does anyone care, where is the public anger at this state of affairs? Perhaps as Pink Floyd once memorably noted “hanging on in quiet desperation is the English Way”"

 

As a follow-up of the topic, the BBC expressed concern over NHS equipment decontamination service.

Thus, units that sterilise surgical equipment in Scotland's hospitals do not have enough capacity to deal with major breakdowns, health officials have warned.

 

At the same time, the Evening Standard reported on number of Britons off work due to long-term sickness hits record high – figures.

Internet users expressed an opinion that Britons are merely sick of current government.

 

"Sick of being British and suffering under the Tories"

 

"The process is expected to be replaced with one that asks claimants to demonstrate what job they might be able to take.

I wouldn't be surprised that once government gets this data, they'll pull the rug and stop benefits. That sounds like a trap."

"We really need to acknowledge and invest in post viral illnesses. According to ONS there’s at least 1.3 million people who have been sick for over a year with Long Covid and with a ‘let it rip’ approach and zero immunity it’s just a case of more and more people slowly becoming too sick to work.

If I wasn’t working from home in the most basic,job ever I know I’d be on the sick. 29 year old male and used to love working in the city centre and now I can barely use my laptop for a shift at home because I’m so wiped out and crappy feeling."

Redditors also discussed if Aldi represented by the Sky News as the cheapest supermarket is actually such. 

"It's hard to compare though, because in places like Aldi the own brand stuff is really decent, but coop own brand cheese for example is really cheap and nasty."

 

"In my experience Aldi is cheapest if you try to go for the absolutely minimum and low effort not having to deal with promotions. But for me Aldi quality Just isnt great in many things its not like for like. LIDL's quality is much better and I some times go there but as bargain Hunter I am, waiting for promotions and stocking up it really doesnt make that much diference especially cause I get 5% off gift cards for tesco plus use Club card plus for 10% discount (minus 8£ monthly fee, its minimum 5% off for me up to 8% in real terms). Plus I Just prefer to Shop at Tesco to be honest rather than going to Aldi/Lidl and then having to go to Tesco any way spending more on fuel. To add to all this, Tesco yellow label reduced stuff is awesome. 80% off lamb, straight into the Oven is bliss. Worst of all for me is Asda, Aldi quality for more than Tesco. Only redenption for me was they were giving away free parsnips and carros on boxing Day, gave many decious soups. It really depends on your shopping habits"