Message:
Hi Fernando, I have been reading
your blog and books
for quite some time now. They have been a great source of information
and have helped me to take a different view on many important issues.
Thanks for your insight into your experiences. This is what has prompted
me to contact you today. From reading both your books I have started to
see some worrying trends here in Scotland (UK) where I currently live.
Despite
what the media say we are seeing a sharp rise in the price of
essentials like food, fuel, clothing and petrol. There are a lot of
people out of work and there are hardly any jobs, those who do have jobs
are having things like sick leave changed to being unpaid from paid,
and there are much less staff to do more work and for longer hours with
no extra pay. The media (mainstream) are being censored more now than
ever. We are one of the most watched countries in the world yet we are
told we are still at imminent danger of a terrorist attack. Our children
are being taught terror drills in school. We are now at a point where
if you speak your mind too much your sanity is questioned and you are
placed in a mental health facility for treatment. This is especially
true if you happen to be questioning government, police, courts etc. Our
wages continue to stay at the rate they have been for years and yet
everything we rely on continues to rise. Banks have made it near
impossible to get a mortgage for the average person, and there seems to
be more and more security to take out your cash. The other thing I've
noticed is shortages of items like baby milk. The media claim this is
because people are buying bulk to send to China, we are now limited to
buying only 2 cans at a time.
Having read your books there seems
to be some similarities here. The news this morning claims it's set to
get worse as fuel is to go up another 5p per litre by the end of this
month and food and clothing are to increase in price again. Also things
we used to get on the NHS at our GPS etc are now no longer available for
example I called for an appointment for a general health check after
having a baby 6 weeks ago, they told me that service no longer exists
due to cutbacks. My friend was recently declined by GP to check blood
pressure (he has heart issues) they told him they no longer offer that
service its too costly to keep checking everyone. Do you think the
people in Scotland and the rest of the UK could be facing financial
collapse?. What advice would you give me at this time?. What are the
best things I cando at this moment to help myself and my family? (I have
5 young children). Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Ashley
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Hello Ashley,
Thanks
for your email. I’m sorry to hear about the ongoing situation in UK. I
do know it’s pretty complicated and in all honesty its about to get
worse. There’s just no other way. If there’s one thing I know it’s the
calamities high inflation brings with it. If your currency drops 10%,
20% or more… there’s just no way around it, the standard of living for
most of the population will drop accordingly. More middle class will
become poor and those that were already struggling will fare
significantly worse.
I was just working on an article regarding advice for post Brexit UK. My books (
"The Modern Survival Manual" and "Bugging Out and Relocating")
have information which will come in handy no doubt, keeping in mind the
different context there are still similarities as you have noticed. You
are already seeing some similarities like the cuts of spending and
therefore worse healthcare, inflation, “new and improved” items and
products getting smaller while going up in price and the media covering
it all up.
For now let me just say this. Yes, I think UK will go
through some very complicated times to say the least, as you are already
noticing. I’ll try finishing the article and posting it tomorrow, with
some advice for you and other readers living there.
Kind regards,
FerFAL
Fernando “FerFAL” Aguirre is the author of “The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse” and “Bugging Out and Relocating: When Staying is not an Option”.
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