Westminster Politics

In the UK, we have been encouraged to keep changing our energy suppliers to get a better/cheaper deal.
And new energy suppliers have been encouraged to enter the marketplace.

And now we are seeing a large number of smaller energy suppliers going out of business due to the massive price increases.
It would not surprise me if we end up with the same big 6 suppliers dominating the market again.
 
esmufc07 said:
Why has there been a surge? I haven’t really been following the last few days….
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It's a real mixture of reasons, a backlog of maintenance not done in covid, less windy weather(!) and no more coal power stations to help with surges, but mostly Russia exporting less with various claims being made as to why that is so.
 
Jericholyte2 said:
'We're raising your taxes, increasing your Council Tax, reducing your UC payments, but don't worry, we won't remove the price rise cap (yet) because we care about you!"

Fecking parasites!
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I'm sure it'll be a "difficult decision" like all increases are.
 
Top rated comment on the Beeb article about this.

It's strange times. A Prime Minister comes out and tells us not to worry about food shortages at Christmas or whether we'll be able to heat our homes. This along with gaps on the supermarket shelves and massive supply chain disruption. The majority of the British media doesn't question it or ask why it's happening on this government's watch. Blimey, imagine the uproar if it was Corbyn.
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There might be hope after all.
 


I am once again asking why this country isn't currently rioting against these unserious politicians
 
villain said:


I am once again asking why this country isn't currently rioting against these unserious politicians
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Because we've had useless politicians and a system that isn't fit for purpose for 30+ years. At this point most people realise it's endemic, systematic and part of the job description.

The question (to quote South Park) is merely do you choose the Giant Douche or the Turd Sandwich.

I've said this before but it would be interesting to have a Cafe vote on the last government that could be described as very competent or favourable.
 
finneh said:
Because we've had useless politicians and a system that isn't fit for purpose for 30+ years. At this point most people realise it's endemic, systematic and part of the job description.

The question (to quote South Park) is merely do you choose the Giant Douche or the Turd Sandwich.

I've said this before but it would be interesting to have a Cafe vote on the last government that could be described as very competent or favourable.
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It's true, but just because this country has a history of incompetence doesn't mean the only option is to let things continue as they are & always have been.
Guarantee if the nation held the politicians to account on a regular basis they would fold. We're just too polite to cause inconveniences in this country.
 
villain said:
It's true, but just because this country has a history of incompetence doesn't mean the only option is to let things continue as they are & always have been.
Guarantee if the nation held the politicians to account on a regular basis they would fold. We're just too polite to cause inconveniences in this country.
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I think it's naive to think it's only politicians. If something happens (systemic corruption, system waste, systemic bad judgment) irrespective of the three different parties in charge, then it's probably only partly to do with incompetent politicians.

You have to look to the wider sphere which includes unelected political people (civil servants).
 
finneh said:
I think it's naive to think it's only politicians. If something happens (systemic corruption, system waste, systemic bad judgment) irrespective of the three different parties in charge, then it's probably only partly to do with incompetent politicians.

You have to look to the wider sphere which includes unelected political people (civil servants).
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Change has to start from somewhere though, we shouldn't just accept things because it's difficult to change the status quo.
 
villain said:
Change has to start from somewhere though, we shouldn't just accept things because it's difficult to change the status quo.
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Completely agree. I guess the difference is some people think change is a vote away. I think it's more likely to be a sledgehammer.
 
finneh said:
Completely agree. I guess the difference is some people think change is a vote away. I think it's more likely to be a sledgehammer.
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Which is why everyone should be marching and protesting, matter fact we should be dragging these politicians by their ties - they know the public are meek and they wont do better until we force them to.
But that's probably asking too much of the british public.
 
villain said:
Which is why everyone should be marching and protesting, matter fact we should be dragging these politicians by their ties - they know the public are meek and they wont do better until we force them to.
But that's probably asking too much of the british public.
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Indeed. I guess when it's the people who tend to make the least noise who are the most prejudiced (the poor) then everyone else is happy to carry on.

The poorest paying more in NI to ensure wealthy people don't have to sell their £2m homes for their own care is testament to that. Outrageous.
 
All this because people didn't want the foreigners coming in and they're coming in still anyway. Madness.
 
Acole9 said:
All this because people didn't want the foreigners coming in and they're coming in still anyway. Madness.
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From our business point of view it's honestly nothing about this. In terms of HGV drivers the problem has been getting progressively worse since you weren't able to drive a 7.5T vehicle with a normal licence years ago. Then the driver CPC course several years ago caused swathes of older drivers to retire. Finally the close to 100k backlog of tests is a nightmare.
 
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