You should. If government level decisions are being made based on this data, we should know that it’s sound. Otherwise people resort to using gut feel to solve problems.

They’re still there, but tend to be only for 1st years.

When I go to uni for 8 months in a year, where should I live?

The ONS has multiple values depending on which selection of prices you’re interested in. EMG. With/without fuel, and one assuming a standard shopping basket which they regularly update to make sure it’s what people are currently buying.

The BBC did an April Fools day joke along these lines too. Perhaps one is based upon the other.

Only for taxis where I am. So I may end up with a handful of them as change eventually.

You don’t have an issue with taxes, you have an issue with how they’re spending them.

There aren’t any fires, why do we need firemen?

That does raise a good point. The sale shouldn’t have been made in the first place, which is a good reason to refund it.

Are they as good or better than regular planes?

Every now and then Teams breaks and shows it’s just a thin layer over SharePoint