Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Yes, and it may come to that. My present arrangement enables me to get a discount on the magazine and an online copy as well.

Unfortunately, my local shop does not stock it, and in my view, the Radio Times is inferior and the layout not as pleasing to the eye.

Given the energy crisis, there is even more reason to keep to that arrangement because it avoids an unnecessary trip to the town.

I think everyone is going to have to think about the cheapest way of doing things over the next year or so. I will be turning the heating down by a few degrees this winter, as well as turning it off altogether if possible towards the middle of the day, and we will be watching more carefully how many lights we have on around the house.

Fortunately we are not n the position of having to think about whether to heat or eat and I pity people who find themselves in that position.

I am looking to Liz Truss to put some policies in place to ensure the situation does not get any worse. The proposal put forward by the Scottish Power energy company seems to be a substantial part of the answer, and with Truss’s tax reduction proposals, we might actually get there, with much less government expenditure than spendthrift Labour are proposing.