I agree, it must be an added factor, import costs from our neighbour. Also, something will have to give on labour supply eventually, we’ve gone from an EU feast/employers holding all the aces, to a famine, 20 year olds are being offered jobs with no experience or suitable skillset on £20k and...
Necessarily, that’s spot on. Even if car fuel and food prices remained static high, that would give zero inflation. The way of economics. The apolitical BoE MPC have one concern, of ‘secondary inflation’ caused by high pay awards.
I still think Labour will gain an overall majority, but...
I don’t know what can be done about that. Putin’s trying to destroy Europe for fighting his genocide and theft. Even now blocking ships carrying foodstuffs.