Gas & Electricity

The monopolistic six profiteering from high oil/gas commodity prices. It’s high time that the government declare energy a human right, just like water.
 
You do wonder where all this ends, everything is going up in price and wages cant keep up.

I can see a mental health bombshell exploding in a few months,
 
abu13 said:
You do wonder where all this ends, everything is going up in price and wages cant keep up.

I can see a mental health bombshell exploding in a few months,
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Its a global issue, I get that. But our privatised twats are milking it to death. If only we were in a continent wide group as Europe that could collectively try and counter it eh?
 
abu13 said:
You do wonder where all this ends, everything is going up in price and wages cant keep up.

I can see a mental health bombshell exploding in a few months,
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I see millions more shoved onto the bread line. What with interest rates going up, the rise in NI payments and food prices rising daily there really is no way out. Belt tightening is all fine and dandy but if people are not shopping, going out for entertainment etc etc then there will be job losses a plenty. This then leads to more money being paid out by the government in benefits. It's a vicious circle as wages will not increase to break the circle.

Weird how your main problem is mental health though, It's indicative of the society we live in I suppose. Might just have to go back to just dealing with it like our parents did.
 
Uncle Wally One Ball said:
Its a global issue, I get that. But our privatised twats are milking it to death. If only we were in a continent wide group as Europe that could collectively try and counter it eh?
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Happening all over the world. Not a lot a collective would really do about it. We have the power in this country to put a stop to it. Either by the drastic nationalisation or a tax on profits. Though taxing profit would still mean prices going up as they would still want their cake.
 
BimboBob said:
Happening all over the world. Not a lot a collective would really do about it. We have the power in this country to put a stop to it. Either by the drastic nationalisation or a tax on profits. Though taxing profit would still mean prices going up as they would still want their cake.
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Didn’t France have a 5% rise in their bills, whereas we’re at about 150% or whatever it is.
 
BimboBob said:
I see millions more shoved onto the bread line. What with interest rates going up, the rise in NI payments and food prices rising daily there really is no way out. Belt tightening is all fine and dandy but if people are not shopping, going out for entertainment etc etc then there will be job losses a plenty. This then leads to more money being paid out by the government in benefits. It's a vicious circle as wages will not increase to break the circle.

Weird how your main problem is mental health though, It's indicative of the society we live in I suppose. Might just have to go back to just dealing with it like our parents did.
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My job is closely linked to mental health and I can see people who are already suffering with Anxiety and depression stressing about their futures. There are a lot of good people out there who are unable to sustain an acceptable standard of living for their families.
 
I had planned to return in a couple of years, not sure there's much point. I honestly don't know how people can be expected to spend so much.
 
RobMCFC said:
You would think that something has got to give soon. There's not many more basic rights than an entitlement to power and heat at a fair and reasonable price.
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I wouldn't put any money on it. According to the Nestle CEO in 2005 "water isn't a public right", so pretty sure that the elite will believe power and heat aren't.
The Nestle CEO did change his statement in 2013 and tried to say his original comment was about water wastage and gave filling swimming pools up as an example (because everyone has their own swimming pool of course).
Can't wait for them to tell us to save money on energy we should turn the heating off in the arboretum and servants quarters.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Works if you have internal heat to retain. Hopefully you and your family all can do that.

Most pensioners won’t be able to though.
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You're right, it's even come to my dad who spent years getting us to wear extra clothes, not putting the heating on unless it was actually snowing, and now at 83 he really feels it, so that core temperature he's lost that.
 
Uncle Wally One Ball said:
Wood burner being fitted in mine. I'm not entertaining these daft prices. I know good wood costs and I will happily pay it, but as its such a small house it will heat most of it. I'm not entertaining these ludicrous prices, they can fuck right off. I've always wanted one anyway and it gave me the kick up the hoop to do some overtime and buy one. The prices won't come down, ever. Eventually, they may say they won't put them up when the cap review comes around and make out like they are doing us all a favour. Load of shit
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Get a multi-fuel stove, one you can burn smokeless coal in, MILES cheaper mate.
 
The Black Shed said:
You're right, it's even come to my dad who spent years getting us to wear extra clothes, not putting the heating on unless it was actually snowing, and now at 83 he really feels it, so that core temperature he's lost that.
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I’m just acutely aware of it at the moment as we had my Grandma live with us until last month. She could never get warm unless in direct sunlight. She’s 94.

It just hits home that people are going to suffer. It’s horrible.
 
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