On June 18, British time, London citizens held a large-scale demonstration in the streets to protest the rising cost of living in the United Kingdom and demanded specific measures from the government. What is the high cost of living in the UK? Why did it cause citizens to protest and march?
With the unfolding of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, britain followed NATO to impose economic sanctions on Russia, and did not expect Russia to come to a counter-sanction.
As a result, the price of oil and natural gas resources has risen, and even the supply of grain has become a problem, and the rarity of goods is more expensive, which in turn has caused the price of living materials to rise.
What is the current state of the UK economy?
According to the relevant data analysis in the United Kingdom, we can know that the price index in the United Kingdom in April was 9%, which can be described as a new high, and even exceeded the extremely inflationary March at one point.
In comparison with other countries, you can see that the price index in the United States is 8%, and France is generally better, only 4%.
At this time, some people asked, why is the price index of France so low, and the price index of the United Kingdom and the United States will become higher?
It can only be said that France's self-care ability is relatively strong, they not only have their own nuclear power plants, but also can achieve self-supply, and do not need imports to ensure the normal supply of production and life.
It can only be said that France is still prescient, so even if Russia cuts off France's nuclear power supply, France will not panic.
Of all the major European powers involved in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the situation in Britain is now the most tense and the most likely to cause social problems.
According to the previous international regulations, no matter which country's price index reaches 3%, it is very likely to cause inflation, and once it exceeds 3%, it is already in a state of inflation.
Obviously, the higher the price index, the higher the inflation rate, and the United Kingdom is typical inflation.
According to available information, the UK's economic development was sluggish in March, due to the lack of effective measures to adjust.
Inflation in the UK continued to rise in the coming months, and according to the current situation, the UK has entered an era of high inflation.
So, what kind of impact has been on people's daily lives?
According to British media reports, the price of gasoline and diesel in the London area has risen, the cost of travel has become higher, and the price of daily food has continued to rise, and even accommodation has become a problem.
But people's wage levels remain the same, which makes people's quality of life decline, and over time it causes people's dissatisfaction.
Different from the habit of the mainland people who love to save money, European and American countries pursue timely entertainment, not only do not save money but also have a super high pursuit of the quality of life, often the moonlight people even carry debts.
As soon as inflation occurs and prices soar, the balance of payments of the British people will be broken, and the most basic life will become a problem.
At this time, some people will ask, if the euro is converted into renminbi, their wages are even higher than ours, why is there not enough money to spend?
The exchange rate of the euro is much higher than that of the renminbi, but they use the euro to consume in the country, and prices and wages are directly proportional, so it is wrong to use the euro and the renminbi to measure the wage level.
Prices go up, but wages don't rise, which will affect the normal life of the British people, which is why so many people go to the streets to demonstrate.
After all, if they can produce and live normally, who will be fed and run to the street to mix this matter?
Then someone asked, why only forty percent of the people in London participated in the parade, and the rest of them did not lack money?
How big is the impact of inflation?
According to the normal effects of inflation, the impact of inflation on each class is different.
Wealthy people tend to be insensitive to inflation and can even make huge profits by investing.
Only the majority of the middle class is most sensitive to inflation because the property they own depreciates and prices rise and fall closely to their quality of life.
The vast majority of the middle class, their level of technology fluctuates with the rise and fall of prices, and unstable economic life is bound to cause panic.
Compared with the middle class, the bottom masses are the most miserable, because they have no savings, they do not have even the most basic survival skills, and even more they are saddled with huge debts, in other words, they are the most miserable.
Because they have the least amount of assets and have to take the same risks as others, we can boldly guess that the London demonstrations are likely to be the people at the bottom, which is their cry for life.
They know all too well what role the British government played in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict with the United States and NATO, and what the consequences for Britain were.
Therefore, when their own survival becomes a problem, there are unjust debts and masters, and they can only beg for help from the government.
From the London citizens' parade, we can analyze that many classes react completely differently in the face of economic problems, so the question is, can this demonstration achieve the effect they expected?
Such a large-scale demonstration, even abroad, the government should introduce some relevant policies.
Stabilization by giving out benefits or some money to help people get through it is only a situation that is likely to happen in the short term.
Because as long as the problem is not fundamentally resolved, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict does not end, and Russia's trade with Europe and the United States cannot be normalized.
The government cannot give more money to make up for the loss of the masses, so the top priority is to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and solve the shortage of resources.
Just like if the price of gasoline and diesel rises, then a large amount of energy must be put into the market; If there is a shortage of rice, then millions of tons of rice are stocked;
If the price of food rises, then increase the supply, so that all the problems are solved.
But the question is that Britain doesn't have so much supplies now, so where do they come from? The answer is Russia!
In this way, the root cause of all problems is Still Russia's resources, in other words, the Russian-Ukrainian problem is crucial.
If the Russian-Ukrainian conflict develops further, I don't know what kind of problems they will face, perhaps the situation of the British people will be even worse, and then it will not be just a matter of increasing subsidies and benefits.
As long as the Russian-Ukrainian problem is not solved for a day, the inflation in European and American countries will be difficult to truly solve, after all, Russia is their real financial master.
We all know that inflation is caused by rising global energy prices, and that in the final analysis, a solution to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is imminent, and Britain should reflect on its role in this incident, after all, Russia's strategic supplies are the best medicine to save them.