Yes. The government are lying again. Surprise, surprise. My latest inflation figure is from September and is apparently 1.8% as lovingly produced by the CPI [Consumer Prices Index].
So, eggs, milk, bread, petrol, coffee, mortgages, insurance and Council Tax have not exceeded this level then?
Ah well, that is not the point. Some maybe, but the CPI does not cover all expenditure, it is in fact quite limited in its scope, and so the 1.8% will undoubtedly be true for the prices it does cover. The lie is in the countless price rises which wily, labour politicians have decided not to include.
Lying by omission is still lying. In a Court of Law you are sworn to tell "the WHOLE truth".
LINKS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7000298.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/04/ninflation04.xml
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=501124&in_page_id=1770
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