Bank of England economist Huw Pill recently said Britons should stop seeking pay increases and “accept” they are worse off in order to prevent prices rising further. Karen Trainer, the manager of a community centre and shop in Wolverhampton, a city with the highest poverty rate in England, could barely contain her anger as she watched the news.
How dare you propose this? At that level of responsibility. Can’t someone think of the poor economists? 😭