THE near future of the United Kingdom is looking particularly bleak at the moment. With drastically increasing cost-of-living expenses, the majority of the population is looking ahead with concern to a year of serious decisions to be made over just what they can cut from their lives to stay ahead of rocketing food and energy costs.
Throw into that mix an increase to council tax and to National Insurance contributions and you have the makings for violent confrontations from a populace pushed to the edge. Banking institutions and investment firms have already privately started preparing for serious civil unrest across the UK, US and Europe as the cost-of-living crisis bites.
