[Peace-discuss] RT: Nearly half of Brits struggle to pay bills – ONS

[J.B. Nicholson]

 From https://www.rt.com/business/565305-brits-struggle-energy-bills/

> Almost a half of UK adults are struggling to pay their energy bills, the UK Office
> for National Statistics (ONS) said in a report published[1] earlier this week.
> 
> According to the publication, 45% of respondents who pay bills said they found it
> “very or somewhat difficult” to afford them, and around 30% of people paying rent
> or mortgages also said they have had difficulties.
> 
> The figures vary among different population groups. For instance, more than half
> of people with disabilities (55%) find it difficult to afford their energy bills,
> and 36% have problems paying for housing.
> 
> Renters and people with lower incomes face more difficulties with their bills than
> others. About 60% of those who do not own a home said they struggle to pay their
> energy bills, compared with 43% of homeowners.
> 
> Half of those with a personal income of less than £20,000 ($22,620) per year have
> trouble paying their energy bills, while only 23% of those earning £50,000 or more
> reported the same problem.

[1] 
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/articles/impactofincreasedcostoflivingonadultsacrossgreatbritain/junetoseptember2022


Apparently this is going on while the UK goes along with the US in the US/NATO-led 
war against Russia and Europe. And the UK has the NHS (so one would not expect the 
medical bankruptcy problems the US faces).

Relatedly, the UK Foreign Office has said:

> From 1 January 2023, the UK is ending all imports of Russian liquefied natural gas
> and supporting countries around the world in reducing their own dependency

Source: https://twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/status/1585998385563471872

https://www.rt.com/business/565567-uk-russian-lng-imports-ban/ has a report on this.

How much more would they be able to afford if they were still buying cheaper Russian 
fuel (instead of the US-supplied liquified natural gas which is said to cost 4X the 
amount Americans pay according to Harley Schlanger in a recent interview in 
https://lbry.bcow.xyz/@RT:fd/WA_759_Harley-Schlanger:f or 
https://rumble.com/v1ql1d3-worlds-apart-free-to-be-chained-harley-schlanger.html)? Or 
not sending money to Ukraine?