As Ursula Von der Leyen says "We are stronger together", well the EU nations are. Their gas and electricity prices are now down 90% and 80% respectively. Ours are not because we left the EU pricing mechanisms. Our inflation is due to ultility price increases, food prices and general inflation, greatly increased by leaving the EU. Wages are spiralling for people to survive and because of labour shortages and because they have been suppressed for so many years. We lost 4.5% of growth each year, which accumulates. An economy cannot cope with inflation if it does not have growth. The cork is effectively in a bottle which is exploding! The governments answer; it is down to the bank to control with interest rate rises. That will probably cause a recession. Doesn't that exacerbate the problem? The only basic common sense answer is rejoin the EU and regain the lost growth as quickly as possible. Is there any alternative?