We can’t afford another one, the government is already forcing us into poverty
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Look if you want another turn you’ll have to go to back of the queue.
They shouldn’t have increased the cap
Just make them all collapse and re-nationalise.
It’d not be difficult if we didn’t have these bags of shite in power.
Perhaps if we had a government that was fit for purpose, this could be averted? Just a suggestion.
If everyone rigs their meters it’ll be fine, they can’t prosecute everyone
How about tax their profits
There is no more money to spend you dumb fucks
There should be levy whereby should the avg price of fuel exceed a certain level from the year before or from an average level, that further profits are taxed to mitigate the rising cost
What if everyone just didn’t? They can’t let the whole nation freeze
The fact that even those earning above minimum wage or people who have a low cost of living are starting to tighten their belts due to the cost of living increase should be a concern for the Government.
We’ve been on minimum wage for a large part of our adult lives until reasonably recently, and we struggled – that was before costs went mental. I dread to think how bad it must be for people on minimum wage now, and they’re telling us it’s going to get worse?
Fuck’s sake.
When people have nothing else to lose, that’s when they start going mental.
Remember this is all going to be the new baseline.
Once they go up, they won’t go down.
Glad I fixed for a year a week ago.
28.47p kWh for electricity, and 5.65p for gas.
~80% of the new cap for gas, and only 1.4% extra for electric.
What’s the price per kWh right now?
I just got a letter from my supplier (I’m in NI so can’t switch) that there is another increase coming up this month to something like 14p/kWh for first 2000kW and 11p/kWh for anything over 2000kW.
Course they will. They wanna squeeze every last penny of profit out of us.
I don’t understand people in this country at all.
The Tories whole economic policy basis is “let the free markets rip and sure we’ll end up with inequality but we’ll also end up with low prices.”
And yet now we’re seeing surging prices too! It’s literally the worst of both worlds with them, shitty, broken, dysfunctional markets which don’t reduce prices and a vampiric free for all where the rich just shit on the poor all day.
Why do people accept this? We need a proper energy policy over the next 2 decades, that’s the only thing that will really help, but where is it? Why aren’t their approval ratings -100?
So we’ve just had a hike.. and now we’re being told there will be another? Nice
they never put the costs down though do they? just like petrol, they’ll keep costs as high as possible because everyone will pay it, and that will be the new normal. it’s getting to the point where even multi income households can’t afford everything. jesus. how much more can we endure?
How can they raise it again whilst also making massive profit? In what world can a regulator agree that’s acceptable? Surely at some point, along with fuel prices and their enormous profits, somethings got to give? People will end up rioting.
We’re lucky enough (at the moment) to be able to cover the increase but it will be by cutting back on spending.
Lack of spending plus increased costs is going to destroy business. We’re heading back to boom and bust economics.
Young people, just remember when you are trying to pay the energy bills on your rental apartment it will be your selfish fault you cant buy a house and the property market collapses
Of course I don’t think that way, but I can almost see the headlines now.
Impossible, Rishi did his sums and handed out ‘loans’ that depend upon prices not rising.
May… meaning absolutely will and Sunak’s bollocks loan will only make it worse when the next hike comes.
We’ve had one yes, but what about second price hike?
I mean, you may as well take my radiators at this point.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
The price will continue to go up until it gets to or exceeds the wholesale price of energy plus some margin. This isn’t really another hike. It’s the same price hike, but we have a system that only gradually forces it on consumers.
Fuck it, everyone get on the dole for a month or two and just chill oot till the Tories get kicked oot
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We can’t afford another one, the government is already forcing us into poverty
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Look if you want another turn you’ll have to go to back of the queue.
They shouldn’t have increased the cap
Just make them all collapse and re-nationalise.
It’d not be difficult if we didn’t have these bags of shite in power.
Perhaps if we had a government that was fit for purpose, this could be averted? Just a suggestion.
If everyone rigs their meters it’ll be fine, they can’t prosecute everyone
How about tax their profits
There is no more money to spend you dumb fucks
There should be levy whereby should the avg price of fuel exceed a certain level from the year before or from an average level, that further profits are taxed to mitigate the rising cost
What if everyone just didn’t? They can’t let the whole nation freeze
The fact that even those earning above minimum wage or people who have a low cost of living are starting to tighten their belts due to the cost of living increase should be a concern for the Government.
We’ve been on minimum wage for a large part of our adult lives until reasonably recently, and we struggled – that was before costs went mental. I dread to think how bad it must be for people on minimum wage now, and they’re telling us it’s going to get worse?
Fuck’s sake.
When people have nothing else to lose, that’s when they start going mental.
Remember this is all going to be the new baseline.
Once they go up, they won’t go down.
Glad I fixed for a year a week ago.
28.47p kWh for electricity, and 5.65p for gas.
~80% of the new cap for gas, and only 1.4% extra for electric.
What’s the price per kWh right now?
I just got a letter from my supplier (I’m in NI so can’t switch) that there is another increase coming up this month to something like 14p/kWh for first 2000kW and 11p/kWh for anything over 2000kW.
Course they will. They wanna squeeze every last penny of profit out of us.
I don’t understand people in this country at all.
The Tories whole economic policy basis is “let the free markets rip and sure we’ll end up with inequality but we’ll also end up with low prices.”
And yet now we’re seeing surging prices too! It’s literally the worst of both worlds with them, shitty, broken, dysfunctional markets which don’t reduce prices and a vampiric free for all where the rich just shit on the poor all day.
Why do people accept this? We need a proper energy policy over the next 2 decades, that’s the only thing that will really help, but where is it? Why aren’t their approval ratings -100?
So we’ve just had a hike.. and now we’re being told there will be another? Nice
they never put the costs down though do they? just like petrol, they’ll keep costs as high as possible because everyone will pay it, and that will be the new normal. it’s getting to the point where even multi income households can’t afford everything. jesus. how much more can we endure?
How can they raise it again whilst also making massive profit? In what world can a regulator agree that’s acceptable? Surely at some point, along with fuel prices and their enormous profits, somethings got to give? People will end up rioting.
We’re lucky enough (at the moment) to be able to cover the increase but it will be by cutting back on spending.
Lack of spending plus increased costs is going to destroy business. We’re heading back to boom and bust economics.
Young people, just remember when you are trying to pay the energy bills on your rental apartment it will be your selfish fault you cant buy a house and the property market collapses
Of course I don’t think that way, but I can almost see the headlines now.
Impossible, Rishi did his sums and handed out ‘loans’ that depend upon prices not rising.
May… meaning absolutely will and Sunak’s bollocks loan will only make it worse when the next hike comes.
We’ve had one yes, but what about second price hike?
I mean, you may as well take my radiators at this point.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
The price will continue to go up until it gets to or exceeds the wholesale price of energy plus some margin. This isn’t really another hike. It’s the same price hike, but we have a system that only gradually forces it on consumers.
Fuck it, everyone get on the dole for a month or two and just chill oot till the Tories get kicked oot