DiamondGooner wrote:Well you wanted talk other than Trans and now I'm ready.
..........another fkin Gas / Electric price hike in October??
This has gotten right out of hand, time to nationalise?
How can the energy industry be fkin up this much? I know they all want to rake it in before 2030 but this is a liberty of epic proportions.
Inflation in general is out of control.
This is the risk of having essential services in the hands of private companies.
You'll never convince me that having an organisation that takes a profit and pays dividends to shareholders is ever going to be the bast guardian of the country's vital services which are so fundamental to quality of life and the economy.
An energy company bleeds it's customers dry, then manages to go out of business anyway, and what happens to the customer? They get bumped over to another private company like an asset in a fire sale.
Inflation at 8.4 pc. Read 10pc in real terms. And the governor of the Bank of England reckons I need to show restraint in demanding a pay rise!!! (I've been offered 0% with the "possibly" of maybe some sort of rise next year)
That's right, apparently it's all my fault!
Personally I'm ok. It means I can't afford to save much anymore and I've stopped buying beer. But I personally know people for whom this is s disaster.