One voice stands out about the cost of living crisis and that is Gordon Brown, the ex-Labour PM and campaigner for social justice and greater prosperity for all.
The high esteem in which he is held around the world underlines how much Britain and the rest of the globe were fortunate he was in No10 during the 2008 financial collapse.
He masterminded a rescue plan when the ignorant Tories led by David Cameron and George Osborne would have deepened the damage to living standards.
