did they though?
It takes a particularly cynical person to have thought that, in the face of ever rising energy prices that would hit the poorest families hardest, that a Tory government wouldn't act to depress prices at the expense of the country's elite. Any government with a heart was going to subsidise or cap the cost to consumers.
And even if, for the sake of argument, we suggest that a Tory government might not care very much about the poor and might care only for the rich, you'd have to have been naively trusting to think that a Tory government wouldn't grab an opportunity to find a way of supporting their mates in the energy industry by socialising losses with tax payer cash.
Taking s fix was taking a gamble that the Tory government would be both cruel enough not to care, and honourable enough to not try to bung their mates some bunce.
And that, I suggest, would have been completely the wrong gamble to take.
Posted By: CWC on September 5th 2022 at 13:19:24
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- This talking of freezing the energy price cap (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 11:18:05
- Government will make suppliers allow customers to change tariff free of charge (n/m) (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Sep 5, 12:59:13
- tough shit (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 5, 12:02:39
- I don’t think it’s the same (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 12:11:52
- did they though? (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 5, 13:19:24
- sounds just like a deciding to fix your mortgage payments for given period (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 5, 12:14:42
- You're all heart (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 5, 12:05:48
- I don’t think it’s the same (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 12:11:52
- Pay the exit fee (General Chat) - Jester, Sep 5, 11:57:18
- One guy saying his is £300 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 12:02:08
- Probably still worth it (General Chat) - Jester, Sep 5, 12:13:05
- One guy saying his is £300 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 12:02:08
- That’s called hedging gone wrong (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 5, 11:39:19
- With gas wholesale prices surging again (cheers Putin) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 5, 11:30:43
- And particular cheers to all who those who made us so dependent on him (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 5, 11:44:06
- I mean i wonder where we could some gas nearer to home (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 5, 12:00:13
- Think they’ll have to (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 11:39:59
- But she's also going to cut taxes (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 5, 11:43:05
- it only doesn't add up if you assume there's a solution (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 5, 11:45:07
- Well, not cutting taxes would be a start (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 5, 11:46:35
- whatever it is (and it must be s'thing) it's going to be bloody expensive (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 5, 11:50:56
- Well, not cutting taxes would be a start (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 5, 11:46:35
- it only doesn't add up if you assume there's a solution (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 5, 11:45:07
- But she's also going to cut taxes (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 5, 11:43:05
- And particular cheers to all who those who made us so dependent on him (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 5, 11:44:06
- will just be a gamble that didn't pay off.... (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 5, 11:27:39
- Surely they fudge it so they only pay what the cap is (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 11:31:28
- in all seriousness... (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 5, 13:29:45
- Surely they fudge it so they only pay what the cap is (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 11:31:28
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