dominic cummings, his former aide, would call the trolley- going off or whatever, - the trolley going off the road of the car going off i the road, has hit him. but the point is, - on an economic basis, we have had a number of things that have come along recently. which may be we ll get to, which is the fact that - inflation is now rising faster than people s wages. - that is a pretty toxic area for any politician in any . country to be in. and it s notjust- happening in the uk. it s happening elsewhere. we should make that point. but when you re not getting i on in life, when you re working as hard as you can and i actually, prices are rising faster than you can afford - to pay for them, then you begin to feel you re not getting ahead. i and i think that s one - of the fundamental contracts that you make with the people, that if you do this, your life will improve. and i think that is one of the things, people i are seeing their energy billsj go up, their petrol prices go up, and wa
or the car going off. the road, has hit him. but the point is, on an economic basis, we have had a number- of things that have come along. recently which maybe we ll get to, which is the fact that inflation is now rising faster than people s wages. that is a pretty toxic area for any | politician in any country to be in. j and it s notjust- happening in the uk. it s happening elsewhere. we should make that point. but when you re not getting i on in life, when you re working as hard as you can and actually, prices are rising faster- than you can afford to pay for them, then you begin to feel you re - not getting ahead. and i think that s one of the fundamental contracts that you make with the people, that if you do this, - your life will improve. and i think that is one of the things, people i l are seeing their energy bills go up, | their petrol prices go up, and wages not going up in line with that. i think that will be the biggest issue of 2022 on my watch, i which will be inflati
i m hanging in there. i m hoping for the best. i don t know how i can prepare for the worst at this point. - henry? i m still keeping to my plan of seeing family on the holiday itself, but being more careful about whom i m seeing in the things i m doing before that so that it doesn t jeopardise that plan. unfortunately, for me, family members are coming in from the us and australia, and that s scary because you never know when travel restrictions will suddenly be imposed again on either side. whether they can get back in here or go back to their own countries. so so fingers crossed. a relative may be for a few so fingers crossed. a relative may be for a few months, so fingers crossed. a relative may be for a few months, not - so fingers crossed. a relative may be for a few months, notjust - so fingers crossed. a relative may be for a few months, notjust for. be for a few months, notjust for christmas! polly? sadly, my french daughter in law, her lovely mother was coming over, and n
but the point is, on an economic basis, we have had a number- of things that have come along - recently which may be we ll get to, which is the fact that inflation is now rising faster than people s wages. that is a pretty toxic area for any | politician in any country to be in. j and it s notjust- happening in the uk. it s happening elsewhere. we should make that point. but when you re not getting i on in life, when you re working as hard as you can and actually, prices are rising faster- than you can afford to pay for them, then you begin to feel you re - not getting ahead. and i think that s one of the fundamental contracts that you make with the people, that if you do this, - your life will improve. and i think that is one of the things, people i are seeing their energy bills go up, their petrol prices and wages not . going up in line with that. i think that will be the biggest issue of 2022 on my watch, i which will be inflation, i how high, for how long. polly, that s another