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Last year I had 2 new tyres fitted to my van - £126. Today I had two new tyres fitted to the same van, same garage, same make of tyre - £165. 30% increase in one year. Diesel is up 35% since a couple of months ago. My van insurers want an extra £120 this year. I'm a Decorator and all the paint I use has had TWO price increases each year for the past few years. Some now costs approximately TWICE what it cost 6 years ago. Some trade paint is now over £100 for 5 litres. Yes it's better than cheap crap but that's a ridiculous price. But I'm just one bloke trying to earn a living. Millions are in the same boat as me. They can give you stories about the price of timber, plasterboard, electrical fittings, roof tiles and everything else they have to buy. Everything appears to be getting more difficult for everyone. In years gone by we didn't all have to worry about the cost of putting the heating on or how much we paid for the water that came out of our taps. We do now. We didn't have to search the shelves in the supermarkets for the cheapest (inferior) alternatives and we didn't get utterly ripped off when paying for parking in town centres. Our Council Tax bills, (or Rates as it used to be called), were equal to a small proportion of our income. And we got the bins emptied every week. We could actually buy rounds in the pub - Remember THAT? Many millions of people who frequented pubs can't afford to go there any more. Their village pub is probably shut now anyway. Our public services are overstretched. The NHS is ALWAYS on it's knees. Our roads are falling to bits. Parents can't get their kids into their local schools. Many people in villages, towns and cities are frightened to go out alone (or at all) due the numbers of undesirables roaming the streets and our parks. But it's OK. We're the Worlds 5th largest economy apparently and therefore a "rich" country compared to many. Perhaps that's why we can afford to give away ONE THOUSAND MILLION POUNDS every MONTH to countries who don't share our good fortune, or our wonderful public services or our national contentment in knowing we're nearly at the top of the tree. Is it any wonder that hundreds of thousands of people are just saying "bollocks to this" and either stopping work or buggering off to live somewhere else? My advice to any young person would be - Go! It might not work out for you but at least you've had a try, probably had some fun, learnt a lot about yourself and the World and maybe met someone you can share your life with. You can always come back again and help the local council empty the bins every 3 weeks.

🚨Football in 2026 is a complete MESS - Southampton win over 210 minutes, then Middlesbrough take their place despite losing, completely ruining Hull preparation. - Celtic practically handed the SPL by VAR. - Arsenal given the Premier League title thanks to VAR. - Senegal protest an incorrect VAR call, go on to win the game, then have the AFCON taken off them. Football should be decided between 22 blokes on a pitch not in offices or VAR rooms. Absolute shambles. It’s not football anymore.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis celebrated like this in front of Middlesbrough players not long after making fun of Luke Ayling's speech impediment, Southampton have now been kicked out of the play off final 7 days later... Karma is an incredible thing... 🤣

The whole of the UK tonight...

Men will do anything to avoid trying on clothes. He made the clothes try him on.

@spfl Pretends to be shocked.

@GayoCaesar @Sjopinion10 @chris_sutton73 Weird question. Scotland is part of the UK. Whether we like it or not, down here in England we get exposure to the SPL on our news & radio coverage. The results & highlights are shown after the EPL &the WSL. La Liga & Bundesliga are counties not part of the UK &not forced upon us

@Sjopinion10 @chris_sutton73 Why don't you care about La Liga being won by Real Real Madrid and Barcelona every season? Or worse, the Bundesliga being won by Bayern 19 times out of 20?

I doubt you’d say it to Martin O’Neill’s face… what an embarrassing take anyway. Scottish people care about Scottish football and you can carry on not caring from London.

Keir Starmer does NOT want the World to see how badly British Patriots want their country back Would be a shame if it went viral on 𝕏

@jedwallace12 Class as always Jed. Sorry we dont have the money to keep you. Good luck to you

Thank you all 💙

THAT BACKHEEL FROM ALAN HUDSON OH MY FUCKING WORD.

No seen many folk mention this but just realised it was a fucking foul throw in the lead up to this penalty as well. How the fuck do they get away with it man 🤣

@1000YearSleep @JeffStelling Yes agree the minute they have to start drawing lines for offside it should be given to the attackers advantage. This VAR was only supposed to be for clear and obvious not scrutiny under the microscope. Add to that the inconsistency and the whole thing is a mess

@CarterRunMDC @JeffStelling Agree with that. Also stop doing offsides down to millimetres, if it isn't a good half foot I don't care. But that's the not rules that are currently in place or that we're in place last night. So it's not relevant to that pen award.

Seriously that is never a handball at Fir Park. The boy headed it 20 yards. The ref takes one look after VAR calls him over. Embarrassing for Scottish football.

@1000YearSleep @JeffStelling All in the interpretation. They are basically ruining the game x.com/i/status/20548…

@CarterRunMDC @JeffStelling No it's actually always a handball of the ball clearly touches your hand/arm while it is above shoulder level That came in like 6 years ago Hope this clears it up for you, 4th bullet point from the article. Let me know if you want a different source. x bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

@1000YearSleep @JeffStelling x.com/i/status/20546…

@1000YearSleep @JeffStelling Bring back deliberate handball rule for the benefit of the game. x.com/i/status/20548…

@1000YearSleep @JeffStelling If you jump you use your arms. Shoulder pushes arm into unnatural position. Ball hitting hand isnt always punishable. There was no advantage as his head was behind his hand so he would have cleared it anyhow. Shocking decision

@CarterRunMDC @JeffStelling Because the arm being pushed up isn't in the rules. Is the arm/hand on an unnatural position - refs say yes. Does ball hit his hand - obviously. So it's a pen. That's the rules. And bye the arm wouldn't be pushed up if he had kept it down in the first place.

@JeffStelling x.com/i/status/20546…

@JeffStelling Why is noone mentioning the impact of the celtic player. The jumping celtic players shoulder pushes his hand up, why would he deliberately handball it when his head is there already. There is no advantage, if his hand wasnt their his forehead would. His arm is pushed up to ball

@ConorHiggins Why is noone mentioning the impact of the celtic player. The jumping celtic players shoulder pushes his hand up, why would he deliberately handball it when his head is there already. There is no advantage, if his hand wasnt their his forehead would. His arm is pushed up to ball

Hahahahahaha it's 100% a handball