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UnrelatedPsuedo

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These are bad people. And the people that vote for them are either bad people, or misled people. There is no third option.

Some of my colleagues vote to keep themselves rich. They can be wonderful company. But they are socially bad. Wrong. Corrupted. Broken.

We highlight the MP that takes Gambling money to attend Wembley. Every single person that voted Tory is doing the same thing.

- If you’re voting to keep yourself downtrodden = I’ll accept you’ve been misled.

- If you’re voting to keep all of ‘your’ money to the detriment of your country = You’re a bad person.
 

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"MPs enjoy free tickets worth £100k during Covid large event pilots | Politics | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ts-worth-100k-during-covid-large-event-pilots

From the article:

MPs enjoyed a bonanza of free tickets this summer worth more than £100,000 from gambling, drinks and sporting companies as they took advantage of the government’s Covid pilot scheme for large events.

Cabinet ministers Ben Wallace and Brandon Lewis, plus the opposition leader, Keir Starmer, were among those who benefited from free tickets declared during July, with more than 35 MPs in total accepting hospitality as they took part in the research project.


The gravy train keeps on rolling.
 

CassiusClaymore

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Yeah they're criminals. Anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves. Think this is like the third time a phone has been wiped or replaced recently by someone in government following an investgation or legal challenege isn't it. That's not just a coincidence.

MIchael Gove a few weeks back - "Transparency drives everything this governement does".

Sure Jan.
 

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esmufc07 said:
They’re so far beyond caring.

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It should be more than just sacking them, we need criminal offences to deal with corruption in politicians and employees in government, and particularly local government. And the problem is not just a Tory one, local government in Labour areas is as bad.
 

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Drifter said:
Energy bills to rise by at least £139 for millions of households

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58106105
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Domestic energy bills are linked to wholesale prices, the price at which energy businesses have to pay for gas and electricity.
When wholesale energy prices fell last summer following the first lockdown, Ofgem reduced the level of the cap by £84 for last winter.
But in February it increased the cap by £96, blaming rising wholesale costs.
Since then the wholesale cost of energy - which account for 40% of domestic bills - has climbed by more than 50%, which has led to the latest increase.
EDF, one of the UK's biggest energy providers, said the "unprecedented rate" at which wholesale prices were rising meant that customers would "at some point see the impact of this global trend".
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its difficult to see any other practical solution in the short term other than raising bills because if 40% of your cost has gone up by 50% there isnt going to me many people who have the margin to absorb that without passing it on

I think about half of people are still on expired deals or have never switched so hopefully most of that impact can be offset by them doing so but yeah electricity and gas cost more so people have to pay more for it ... given government emissions targets this trend is only going to accelerate over the next few years as they look to move people to heat pumps and ever more Co2 efficient electric production (not necessarily cost efficient)
 

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esmufc07 said:
EDF made a profit of nearly $3bn last year
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EDF have ~5m UK residential customers meaning an average of £600 per customer.

Obviously those profits don’t entirely come from residential customers but it demonstrates the financial flexibility these companies have. They could all afford to trim their profit margins and protect their customers from these sorts of rises if the government forced them to.

They’re happy enough to squeeze the extra profit when energy is cheap. It should work both ways.
 

sun_tzu

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Pexbo said:
EDF have ~5m UK residential customers meaning an average of £600 per customer.

Obviously those profits don’t entirely come from residential customers but it demonstrates the financial flexibility these companies have. They could all afford to trim their profit margins and protect their customers from these sorts of rises if the government forced them to.

They’re happy enough to squeeze the extra profit when energy is cheap. It should work both ways.
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I mean that's not really true

Ebitda was 712 million
Ebit was a loss of 865 million

https://www.edfenergy.com/media-cen...-group-results-2020-highlights-edf-energy-ltd

Ebitda per customer £142

Ebit is a loss of £172 per customer
 

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Surely you'd have assumed this could have occurred and setup contingencies? Y'know, covering all bases and being prepared for all outcomes? Yet another glowing example of how shite our Government is at handling any kind of event.
 
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