Cable Forum - Sir Keir’s Kerfuffle

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer was blasted for being missing in action during the cost of living crisis by Gordon Brown.

The opposition leader is sunning himself on a foreign holiday leaving the ex-PM to fume crises “don’t take holidays”.
Tories blasted the leader after attacking Boris Johnson for being away last week.

Labour say their cost of living plan will come early next week, with plans to help pay-as-you-go users coming sooner.

Taking aim at the leader, the Labour big beast Mr Brown wrote yesterday: “Time and tide wait for no one. Neither do crises.

“They don’t take holidays, and don’t politely hang fire – certainly not to suit the convenience of a departing PM and the whims of two potential successors and the Conservative party membership.”

Not really noticed his absence.

Damien

12-08-2022 18:52

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It seems Labour's package will be announced Monday now. Hopefully, it does something and puts pressure on the Government to do more. Liz Truss really doesn't seem keen.

jfman

14-08-2022 01:59

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If it takes months for Sir Keir to months to come up with a hypothetical plan I dread to think how long his indecisiveness would last at the wheel.

nomadking

14-08-2022 02:28

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Labour plans can usually be summed up as "beg, borrow, or steal".

jfman

14-08-2022 02:44

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36131222)

Labour plans can usually be summed up as "beg, borrow, or steal".

Sounds like the privatised energy firms.

nomadking

14-08-2022 03:22

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36131223)

Sounds like the privatised energy firms.

A total profit of £35 per customer to be given back. What a difference that will make.:rolleyes:
Link

Figure is in chart in the article.

Damien

14-08-2022 07:14

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Bit bigger than that: https://www.theguardian.com/business...-energy-prices

Freeze the cap (presumably underwriting the cost or doing as Brown said and temporarily renationalise the service providers).

nomadking

14-08-2022 08:40

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36131225)

How much bigger? Can't see it. So it's borrow and steal.

The £35 is from Ofgem, I gave the link.

Damien

14-08-2022 09:18

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36131226)

How much bigger? Can't see it. So it's borrow and steal.

The £35 is from Ofgem, I gave the link.

Freeze the cap so that the price doesn't go up in October. So it'll be about £1,300 or something per household.

papa smurf

14-08-2022 09:23

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36131228)

Freeze the cap so that the price doesn't go up in October.

If a cap can be lifted every few weeks then it's just a target that the energy firms go out of their way to reach ,so i agree with you ,freeze the cap and stop this madness.

nomadking

14-08-2022 09:38

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36131228)

Freeze the cap so that the price doesn't go up in October. So it'll be about £1,300 or something per household.

And how would that reduce the cost of the energy that they supply? If the taxpayer(via borrowing) funds the difference, then it would cost £2.8bn per extra £100 of cost per year, and for how many years? Then there's the "cost of living" expenditure on top of that.

Damien

14-08-2022 09:53

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36131232)

It wouldn't. It would protect people themselves from the impact, moving that impact onto the Government.

And yes it would cost money. Better than having people see half their monthly income going to keep warm. There are people on disability allowance, carers allowance or even pension who simply can not afford the price cap, it would wipe them out. I believe you need to be earning about 60k for the average price cap price not to move you into the measurement of fuel poverty.

papa smurf

14-08-2022 09:56

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How about a profit cap-i think the greedy buggers have earned enough out of peoples misery for this year.

nomadking

14-08-2022 10:05

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36131235)

How about a profit cap-i think the greedy buggers have earned enough out of peoples misery for this year.

As I pointed out, it's all of £35/customer/year. Even with the windfall tax of around £180/customer/year, there is still a huge gap.
The UK consumes more than double the amount of gas it produces, so more than half the gas comes from outside of the UK, and outside of UK tax jurisdiction. How can they be described as "greedy" when they don't set the price?

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