It's worth noting that there was an apparent real opportunity to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict in April 2022, via diplomatic negotiations, but UK's Boris Johnson reportedly disrupted those talks by threatening to withdraw UK/US support for Zelensky if he proceeded with negotiations. If the war had been resolved and sanctions on Russian export of gas to Europe had been lifted, this would have lowered gas prices across the entire region, including for Britain. These energy costs are the main driving factor behind the skyrocketing inflation in the UK:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-energy-costs-inflation-1.65...

However, the steep rise in the value of oil & gas stocks, as well as defense contractor stocks, has no doubt enriched a certain strata of British society, much as it has done in the USA. War is quite profitable if you position yourself correctly...

https://www.investopedia.com/top-defense-stocks-5079150

> "Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine beginning in February sparked a rally in selected large defense stocks, including Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp., and Raytheon Technologies Corp."

https://www.investopedia.com/investing/oil-stocks/

> "Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February has significantly disrupted the global oil market. European Union leaders moved to ban most Russian crude oil imports in May a oil prices spiked in March. The Biden administration has released record volumes of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve...The oil and gas industry is best represented by the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE). The exchange-traded fund produced a total return of 59.8% over the past year, dramatically outperforming the Russell 1000’s -12.9% total return."