UK Energy Crisis

(04-10-2021 11:24 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  If anything put them in a diunghy ands send the to France let them deal with them in the French courts.

I wonder who would be the first one to bitch if the French started sending us their criminals...

^They sent us Charles Aznavour & Sacha Distelle. That fucking Horse bolted years ago.

Whilst Brexit may not be the cause of all our ills it is interesting that the only region not affected by the fuel crisis is the only region that is de facto still in The EU because of the protocol that was set up to protect the Good Friday Agreement.



(40%+ might seem low but that is actually the average stock levels during normal times so Northern Ireland has weathered the crisis without so much as a dent in its fuel supply)

Today at The Tory Party conference Lord Frost once again rattled his little saber by threatening the EU with the triggering of Article 16 if he does not get his way. Frost has threatened Article 16 in the past and never followed through but there are apparently murmurings that the idea is gaining traction within the Government because they would rather deal with the fallout of screwing over Northern Ireland than with the ramifications of it dawning on the British public that as things get worse for them, Northern Ireland with its different Brexit deal remain impervious.

Also whilst the British media seems hesitant to point the finger squarely at Brexit, other parts of the world do not have that problem

https://www.theguardian.com/business/202...rom-abroad

An amusing cartoon featured in The New Yorker

(26-09-2021 11:14 )Goodfella3041 Wrote:  … In the last two years alone, we’ve seen this with hospitals, parks, housing and high streets. BIG headlines and triumphant tweets about the many millions of pounds that they are “pouring into” a particular problem. But when you stop and do the maths, it actually amounts to peanuts — a middle finger in a crumbling dam. …

Sorry, don’t want to divert a thread about the petrol crisis, but just thought I’d update this list to include: Libraries.

Since coming to power, the Tories implement savage cuts on local authorities resulting in the closure of 800 libraries, with over 10,000 job losses. And today, Nadine Dorries declares she’s ‘on a mission’ to re-open them by announcing … £5 million for libraries.

Yeah, that’ll do the trick.

As ever, the Tories demonstrate that they don’t want to actually DO anything. They just want a Daily Mail headline to make it appear that they’re doing something.

When the flood comes, there’s not a one of them that’s getting onto my Ark!

(11-10-2021 15:36 )Goodfella3041 Wrote:  When the flood comes, there’s not a one of them that’s getting onto my Ark!

If you order the wood now, you should get it delivered in time for the rainbow

^And don't forget the dove...
Cane we forum members put in our applications for spaces in NOW before the Germans get them??

With the forthcoming rises in gas and electric from April 1st, Martin Lewis has been telling everyone to submit their metre reading so that they are not charged for used energy at the higher rates.

He's been so successful that the vast numbers wanting to submit their readings has taken down the energy companies sites.

i did mine yesterday

he had also good advice for those on Prepayment meters about maybe if you can afford to put extra on before 2moro to maybe save some money next month

I've been unable to provide mine through the official channels so far (automated read line, website) but have emailed my provider the readings today. I've also provided account details and have also sent them photos taken today of the meters to support it.

I'll continue to try to record them officially aswell but the companies really should have been prepared for this surge shouldn't they?