New Prime Minister Liz Truss may have only weeks to deliver a confidence turnaround in the UK economy or face a surge in violent crime and breakdown in public order caused by a cost-of-living crisis.
The Times revealed police chiefs fear “economic turmoil and financial instability” has the “potential to drive increases in particular crime types,” such as shoplifting, burglary, vehicle theft, and online fraud and blackmail, as Brits face one of the worst collapses in living standards in a century amid energy hyperinflation.
“Prolonged and painful economic pressure” could spark “greater civil unrest,” similar to the 2011 London riots, the leaked national strategy paper read.
“Greater financial vulnerability may expose some staff to a higher risk of corruption, especially among those who fall into significant debt or financial difficulties,” it continued.
One police chief noticed increased violent crime as inflation is stuck at multi-decade highs. This comes as energy regulator Ofgem increased the cap on power bills to a record £3,549 ($4,189) beginning Oct. 1 from £1,971 ($2,330). That cap is expected to rise to £5,439 ($6,427) by January and £7,272 ($8,594) by spring.
Besides police, energy executives warned that mass civil unrest looms as people cannot afford their heating and electricity bills this winter.
About 160,000 Brits have joined a movement against skyrocketing electricity bills, vowing not to pay come Oct. 1.
Last Friday, Russia’s energy giant Gazprom PJSC halted flows via Nord Stream 1 to Europe, sending EU natural gas and electricity prices soaring on Monday. This means Truss hardly has any time to deliver a coherent strategy to save households from energy poverty and businesses from failing.
The massive protest in Prague this past weekend, where tens of thousands of Czechs flooded the streets, offers a glimpse of the impending social unrest that could hit the street of the UK if power bills continue rising without government intervention.
Published last week was a new report via Verisk Maplecroft, a UK-based risk consulting and intelligence firm, warning there’s a high risk of social unrest in Europe later this year due to rising inflation.
Europeans are finally waking up to how bad Western sanctions on Russia have backfired, as their governments sacrificed ordinary people over NATO’s proxy fight against Russia in Ukraine. These protests could spread like wildfire across Europe, and it appears the UK is preparing for the worst-case scenario.
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Once the cops are cold and hungry, you bet your sweet pipy there will be trouble from the Cops.
They will become a gang of looters worse than any other.
It’s their turf after all.
Problem is those people are not going to take that against a powerful militarized police with tanks , they will going against those who prepared themselves.
μ just ordered 90 of those.
If those are diesel powered, gasoline in the air intakes will make them rev up until they throw a rod. Don’t ask how I know.
Thanks will keep that in mind
A propane torch with a one liter bottle would be so perfect for that. Easily turn on and off. A tiny nozzle that fits anywhere and a very positive open and close knob/valve. Highly concealable too.
Paint ball gun for the windows.
Tires will burn or grease under the tires and they lose traction or both.
Natgas and propane too. Called “runaway.” Once in a blue moon a semi will stop at a light where there is a crew working on a ruptured line and kaboom. I remember a guy 50 years ago accidentally tipping over an oil bath air filter on a running diesel and kaboom.
We might all want to take in a few episodes of Battle Bots. The vehicle above looks like a real life version.
Muslims will take instructions from higher ups where whites will all want to be the General.
Imagine they are learning about IEDs right now, a very effective weapon. And wait for a few suicide vest incidents around Christmas.
I thought that’s why they were shipping them there. I totally forgot the whole Ukraine thing. Is that still happening?
Like Vietnam and Afghanistan … it’s never meant to end … too many folks are making too much money for that to happen …
Brits just don’t want to work hard.
Nonsense. The Brits (what’s left of them) will settle in for some football and a pint and everything will be alright.
At 20 quid a pint (recent story)? Nobody is going to settle 8n for that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/09/05/inflation-crisis-cost-of-beer-must-rise-to-20-a-pint-industry-tsar-warns/
In South Africa the ANC said the beer halls were the largest obstacle to getting folks ginned up for revolution. I think the WEF lackeys and Greenie fuques have really shit on themselves if they think they will survive a winter of no pubs, no pints and $50 per mm btu’s of gas. When Trump left we were paying around $2 per mm btu’s. Electric rates will be as ridiculous there as well.
The UK government should just deliver pure grain alcohol to people’s homes. It’d be a lot cheaper than subsidizing electrical prices to quell animosity. People could mix it with cheap Kool Aid. If they’re lucky some would drink themselves to death and they could blame it on Covid.
Innovative, Iska.
As Muslim populations of military aged men always follow orders to the T, and would never post photos of their stuff to impress anyone.
Yep, sounds plausible.
I have heard claims of 70% of weapons going on the Black Market. Since we have lots of Ukrainians showing up on the Southern Border I would be concerned about our weapons coming back in the hands of the para militaries operated by the Mexican Cartels.
Plain old small arms by the boat load are for sale in Afghanistan right now after having armed a Pashtun insurgency in Pakistan. Plenty left for Europe and Mexico.
AP, Yep. It’s the exact same thing happening at and across our southern border and re-settled in every county, parish and borough in these Untied States of Murica. A fifth column of 5-6 million in your midst is nothing to sneeze at.