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#BANKOFENGLAND

Interest rates have risen to the highest level in 13 years, the Bank of England confirmed.

@theessentialec1 tweeted: “More proof that the current economic model is broken.”

@glasgowwestend said: “Of course, interest rates rise suits the rich – no evidence this helps inflation. Maybe Bank of England could print some money and @GOVUK put a cap on energy costs to address cost of living crisis. The profits being made by energy companies are astronomical and disgraceful.”

@ultimateone added: “Those profits hardly ever go down, no matter what the crisis and government just accepts. Definitely a case of 'Price gouging' by the energy providers, as their profits reflect.”

@martyn210 reckoned: “The best way to control inflation us for a legally binding price freeze, or cut.”

@omstocktontees wrote: “This is inflation driven by other factors ie not consumer demand.”

@jeffwoe1999 wrote: “Printing insane amounts of money is bad for the economy. Who knew?”

@cletushendrix8 said: “Buckle up, the pandemic and lockdowns for the middle class is now going to be painful.”

#ALIENS

Scientists have theorised that advanced extraterrestrials haven’t visited us because they either collapse from burnout or are too busy at home.

@Lymphedema said: “That’s an anthropomorphic explanation that may not apply to other life forms. Better answer is we simply can’t sense their presence. A nematode is completely unaware of our presence. Maybe we’re the nematode compared to advanced life forms."

@jchuckler wrote: “I think that aliens wouldn't contact us until we are truly spacefaring, so as to not interfere with our development. And I doubt aliens are going to make a Coca-cola sign the size of a galaxy or something. So we probably cannot observe their technology from afar.”

@scarabofficial said: “What a hypothesis. If suffering over-population and have exhausted scientific advancement to point of boredom, you'd think they would be seeking out a new planet to expand to, which may also have interesting differing conditions, e.g. temp', gravity, day/year lengths.”