Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Monday, 30 June 2008
The Real Rate Of Inflation
My 28-day bus ticket costing £57 ran out yesterday. So today, I bought a new one. It cost £62:50. In four weeks, the price had increased by £5:50, practically ten per cent. That is the real rate of inflation.
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