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Hi everyone, and welcome back to Britain under the microscope. 欢迎回来【闲话英伦】. Hello, 安澜.
Hi 璐璐. Hi, everyone.
So 安澜, I know that you have recently obviously also been in the UK. Yes, I have. You know when I was in the UK this time, I didn't notice because just they say it over and over again in the news, strikes, many strikes. And not just in the UK, in Europe, in general these days.
Oh yeah. Certainly throughout Europe and also particularly in the UK, there are lots and lots of strikes.
所以今天咱们就要聊聊罢工这个事情. I know it's a bit sensitive.
Well, it is a bit sensitive, but we can be focusing on what it actually means to strike. So we'll be focusing more on the actions.
Not so much as in which side we support, but is more informative.
Exactly.
Okay. But first of all, why are there so many strikes in the UK in recent months? I know there always have been strikes, but it seems to be more frequent.
Simply it's down to inflation.
And the cost of living crisis.
And the cost of living crisis.
就是生活成本的飚高, 还有通胀。We talked about this before.
Yes. So there's been a massive increase in inflation, post COVID, and also post Brexit. In October 2022, our inflation went up to 11.1%.
Wow, post COVID, post Brexit, you have this double whammy. 英国是既受到COVID新冠的影响, 还受到Brexit脱欧的影响. Yeah. So people are having a pretty tough time right at the moment.
But it's important to note that even before COVID and even before Brexit, lots of people were having a tough time. I would say ever since 2008, 2009 with the financial crisis, there's been a lack of investment in public services.
When you say public services, do you mean like infrastructure like a health care?
Health care, schools, transports, that's because of austerity.
What does austerity here mean?
Well, austerity in this sense means that the government try to cut expenditure as much as possible.
