Labour promised to make people better off but data suggests disposable income is falling as prices spiral.

 

The Temple Bar Dublin

We know that the cost of living is going up in Britain and that disposable income for many people, is falling under Labour because of higher prices for rents, food, council tax, energy and water.

I was recently in a pub in Marsden, West Yorkshire, when I saw one customer at the bar, charged £90 for a round of drinks. He didn't bat an eyelid. He was probably one of those commuter middle-class blow-ins who have settled in the quaint little leafy villages of Saddleworth and West Yorkshire and work in high salaried jobs, in local government, the NHS, and the BBC. They've driven up house prices in most of these areas along the Huddersfield line and have made housing unaffordable for many local people in places like Greenfield and Uppermill. Some people on state welfare benefits, don't have £90 a week to live on.

I was recently shown this bar bill given to a customer in April in the famous Temple Bar in Dublin. I knew that pub prices in Dublin were expensive and in Ireland, in general, but I wasn't quite prepared for this. A pint of Heineken €11.45, two Malibu, €22.70, a Coke €4.95, and six baby Guinness, which isn't Guinness, but a shot of Tia Maria and Baileys, came to €68.10. The total bill came to €107.20.