With the
general election
just over a year away, Labour has sought to focus attention on how strongly
inflation has outstripped pay growth, adding to the burden on households from the coalition's austerity drive.
Unrelated to this, but
just because there wasn't really a
general purpose post today, this article at Slate compares launch prices for the major consoles since the Atari 2600 by
inflation in order to suggest that the Bone isn't that expensive, if you think about it.