Weston Super Saint

I think there's a 'lucky dip' every morning where they pull out a policy they will announce / denounce. Miss the daily briefing at your peril!

So, are we back to the 'it's not his team' defence?

I'm assuming we should be getting that back any day now then? There are 7.88 million households in the UK. If each of them is to cough up £68 to cover the cost of the failed firms (although why the public should be paying for these losses is beyond me as I'm guessing that the money owed by the failed energy companies is to Centrica who have a monopoly on supplies in the UK and own British Gas), then that will give a total amount to be repaid of £535m (7.88m x £68) : more info here Centrica's profits have increased fivefold to £1.34m this year, more than double the £535m cost of the failed businesses. More info here Although the £68 per household figure doesn't add up! Take the difference between the tariffs in my previous example and times them by 365 days and I'm paying £178.85 per year more that I was. Where is the additional £110 on top of the £68 going? I'm assuming it's not on 'green levies' as they have been cut from £172 last year to £153 this year : info here

Quad erat demonstratum 😉

Parents, rent house, cover any shortfall in mortgage if any. Keep the asset and have most if not all the mortgage paid???

Parents? Wait for it to settle down, buy something else when it does when the prices come down.....

Meh. What difference will it make? Our entire armed forces are capable of being wiped out in a single weekend. Why should it matter if the spending is cut and they're gone before roast beef and yorkshire's on Sunday afternoon? Monday morning is a bleak prospect however the money is spent.

He uses a fountain pen, surely that's the ultimate sign that he's trustworthy and knowledgable?

SR?

The 'cost cap' also includes the'daily standing charge' given that it covers the entire bill and not just the usage of fuel element. I have zero control over the increases added to the daily standing charge no matter how much energy usage is managed. I also see zero benefit when the daily standing charge is increased. To illustrate, in 2021 I paid a daily charge for electricity of 18.4p per day and gas at 13.7p. Right now, my tariff is 52.6p for electricity and 28.5p for gas. What benefit do I receive for the electricity supply charge that has almost tripled and the gas that has more than doubled - I doubt centrica or WPD have incurred costs in line with these rises for the delivery....

Yep, heard that the other day. I'll bet they still manage to get my bill up to the cost cap though....

I had a quick look at this year's bills compared to 2019's bills. Can't remember the exact figures but obviously the cost of gas per unit has gone up, same with electricity. The biggest surprise is the daily charge which is closing in on 3 times the price it was. Not sure about you, but I've not had new gas pipes or electricity cables installed since the house was built, so can't really see how this is justified (apart from, they need to increase one of the costs to keep up with the rising cost cap!). Not only that, I have a dual tariff with British Gas. They claim that 75% of electricity is from renewable sources. If that's the case, why have they increased the charge per unit so much - I'd understand if the electricity was produced by gas and gas alone.....

That's the thing about polls, unreliable! In that poll, every single seat will transfer to labour. Doesn't seem to factor protest votes that would go to lib dem or green party.

Checking for razor blades.

To be fair, SR are doing the exact opposite of 'fiddling'.

She was gurning and looking at her feet in the HoC this afternoon.

So 5 people in 2 posts then?

Still put himself first though and backed her didn't he! Reap what you sow Kwasi.

It's just words, they're not important....

To be fair, that's been said about Ralph for at least the last six months. Still here though.

Do you have your own calculator?

If the words were 'we will be sticking by our manager until at least the end of his contract and potentially even longer', would they still be unimportant?

Mangy said it was sorted on Sunday afternoon.... Was but a mere scratch....

Personally, I think there is something afoot instigated by Barry and his fucking briefcase.

Although Outlook will convert a "smiley" to letters on some occasions - 'J' I think is your standard smiley face. Not that that makes it any better signing off an email with a smiley.