Boris Johnson pledging a further £300 million to Ukraine. We have already committed more than £1.5 billion in military equipment and £100s of millions in further assistance via loans and humanitarian aid. Not that I suspect anyone is keeping count. It's only taxpayers' money after all.
Mourners forced to rent coffins – media
Surging inflation in the UK appears to be behind the growth of casket-renting services.
Cash-strapped Brits are renting temporary coffins for funeral services before having their loved ones buried in cardboard, the Sun reported on Monday. Funeral directors say the cost-saving measure is becoming more popular as Brits struggle with a skyrocketing cost of living.
https://www.rt.com/news/554873-rental-coffins-inflation-britain/While I see your point (or, rather, the article's point), I find buying (or renting) a coffin a total waste of money and resources. IMHO, the entire funeral business is pointless and totally wasteful, preying on emotions to milk relatives' money. Religion plays a great part in all this, instilling fear and feeding these traditions. I have made it clear to my family that when I die I do not want a luxurious (or any) coffin, or anyone paying for flowers, services, priests, candles, crosses, and all the rest of it. They can donate the money to a good cause. They can put me in a cardboard box and bury me in the ground, with no tombstone, for all I care. If law requires a formal procedure, I would like to be cremated.
Hopefully, by the time I'm gone, there will be cremation services that use the generated energy to mine Bitcoin.
