Fuel prices for vehicles, homes and business premises in Europe are ballooning, globalist governments have slapped punitive taxes on employing staff, crime is the only activity in the private sector that is growing and mass immigration has driven wages down and prices up. All that (and more,) combines to mean that it no longer pays for a farmer in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium to tend to crops and to harvest existing crops or for a business to produce and sell goods.
In the UK it is hardly worth moving goods from the factory or farm to the point of sale, every litre of fuel pumped at the station 55 pence is tax plus a further 28pence Value Added Tax goes to the government to be wasted on benefits for legal but non contributing or illegal immigrants, Net Zero lunacy, funding Ukraine's futile war (dubbed by some 'National Suicide',) with Russia and other far left sacred cows.
The case is that this Labour government, and Labour has always claimed to be the party of thw working classes, has no lost sight of what really matters to the normal voter but instead has lost touch with reality.
But this epidemic of lunacy is not confined to the UK. We have reported in the past few weeks on riots and civil unrest in France and elsewhere as a protest movement spread from schools and universities into the streets and squares of the cities, where violence and looting closed businesses and brought life to a standstill.
This week tens of thousands of young people have taken to the streets in France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Albania. In doing so, they have joined what has been dubbed the Generation Z revolution (those born between 1997 and 2012), which over the past two years helped bring down the government of Bangladesh, force the resignation of Nepal’s prime minister and dissolve Madagascar’s government.
These riots may have been spontaneous expressions of disgust at the contempt which the political class have shown for the people they govern, but after a month of increasing violence the movement has acquired a more sinister aspect. Well informed commentators say the extreme left in France, Italy, Germany and Spain are organising civil disorder with the aim of bringing down governments and disrupting the rule of law. Europe faces a fresh wave of unrest this weekend as protests, looting and clashes grip France, Italy and beyond. Macron faces mounting pressure amid calls for curfews, while anger over rising costs, poor services and political paralysis fuels street discontent as governments, out of ideas, turn to authoritarian measures as they bid to regain control.
If there is no change before the UK Budget is announced then after the Bond Markets have destroyed the French economy France the fun starts with the United Kingdom with yields (the real interest rate paid on governments' borrowings, already creeping steadily upwards.
The Labour government has no clue and, unsurprisingly as they are all career politicians and nobody among them has ever had a real job, let alone run a business, it seems more and more likely they will panic in the face of an economic meltdown after the budget and call a snap election in early 2027 which could deliver a nightmare coalition of the extremes SNP, Greens, Liberals and Labour to stop Tories linked with Reform taking power. And then the lid will come off the pressure cooker that the working class areas of British cities have become.
Sources:
https://english.elpais.com/international/
https://www.telegraphindia.com
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/europe-protests-france-spain-portugal-2026-explainer
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/europe-gen-z-youth-protests-france-belgium-ireland-spain-student-protests-housing-crisis-cost-of-living-education-crisis/articleshow/134741772.cms
FROM THE ARCHIVE:
Young people have been taking to the streets across Europe, including in Spain, France and Portugal, to protest over their unhappiness at the state of schools and the wider cost of living crisis. In France, high school pupils have clashed with police in often violent protests over long hours, missing teachers, dilapidated classrooms and an opaque university admissions system. Pupils routinely miss months of teaching due to unfilled staff absences. In a wave of activism, youth in France, Belgium, Ireland, and Spain are taking to the streets to address critical challenges affecting their lives. Protesters highlight issues such as the failing education system in France, the financial hurdles in Irish higher education, and the steep rental prices pushing Spaniards into dependency. These movements underscore deep-seated generational anxieties, pointing to a widespread sentiment of uncertainty that resonates throughout Europe.
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