MSE News: Confusion over David Cameron's energy pledge

penrhyn

Which is what they will do so the those who are able to manage their financial affairs will end up subsidising the !!!!less.

tichtich

penrhyn wrote: »

Which is what they will do so the those who are able to manage their financial affairs will end up subsidising the !!!!less.

Actually, it's them (people who don't shop around) who subsidise us (those who do shop around). That's price discrimination for you. But we will indeed probably be worse off, because the price discrimination that we benefit from will be reduced.

penrhyn

tichtich wrote: »

Actually, it's them (people who don't shop around) who subsidise us (those who do shop around). That's price discrimination for you. But we will indeed probably be worse off, because the price discrimination that we benefit from will be reduced.

They have a choice, you can do the weekly shop in Fortnam's or Lidl.
Don't see why I should pay more because someone is too idle to shop around.

mikedej

I think it's a fair bet that all energy prices will increase over the next few years, not just because of the wholesale prices of gas, but because of the government's wrong-headed policies of subsidising wind power (useless), tidal power (unproven), and solar power (unaffordable for me). And I don't just mean this government, but past governments, and probable future governments.

pennywise63

undaunted wrote: »

I actually voted for at least one half of these clowns :embarasse and still can't think off hand of a single announcement they've made that wasn't either surrounded in confusion, reneged upon, ill considered or dropped.

Unbelieveable!!

Well what can one say . try not to leave your brain at home next time you go and vote . Lib. Lab.Con. all 3 have had a crack of the whip over the last few years and made a total mess of just about everything and turned this country U.K. into an overcrowded multicultral cess pit.

pennywise63

wantanswers wrote: »

Young families:

Many young families are in temporary jobs and in some case needing two in order to make ends meet. Some are working all hours god sends....just how do they find time to compare the market?

What is Cameron and Ofgem doing about this?

In my parents days they had one area British Company providing Gas, one area British Company supplying Electric, one area British Company supplying water,....where's it all gone wrong (its Foreign Owned).

Any utilities being foreign owned or run is a big step in the wrong direction.Gas ,Electric, Water ,Telephone and Postal services .Should all be British owned and run .Foreign companies should have no strangle hold, input or say in the basic utilities of this country .

KTF

pennywise63 wrote: »

Any utilities being foreign owned or run is a big step in the wrong direction.Gas ,Electric, Water ,Telephone and Postal services .Should all be British owned and run .Foreign companies should have no strangle hold, input or say in the basic utilities of this country .

Why do you say that?