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[stt11]

Just now, Barry Fish said:

okay...

Yeah! I feel fine. But I totally panicked for a while!!

[Zoo Music Girl]

21 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Yeah have listened to first couple of episodes of that...utter mad shit.

 

I think Gabriel is a decent storyteller too. Really engaging.

[steviewevie]

15 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

I think Gabriel is a decent storyteller too. Really engaging.

If you like those you might also like these...

https://kite.link/doomsday?s=09

[Zoo Music Girl]

3 hours ago, steviewevie said:

If you like those you might also like these...

https://kite.link/doomsday?s=09

Cheers will have a look!

[steviewevie]

 

[Ozanne]

This is a very good package of policies to deal with the energy crises. 

[Neil]

came across this banging track last night, quite political, a collAB BETWEEN AN ISREALI AND A Palestinian.

give it a listen.

 

[Neil]

2 hours ago, Ozanne said:

This is a very good package of policies to deal with the energy crises. 

loabour propoaes covering people's gas bills via a windfall tax on suppliers labour proposes cutting vat on energy, so doesn't have the money to cover people's bills.

[kalifire]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

came across this banging track last night, quite political, a collAB BETWEEN AN ISREALI AND A Palestinian.

give it a listen.

 

love that

[Neil]

3 minutes ago, kalifire said:

love that

i got turned on to that via radio four at about 4am this morning that mc abdulla is only 12, and they can only meet with a fence between them.

[mattiloy]

5 hours ago, Neil said:

came across this banging track last night, quite political, a collAB BETWEEN AN ISREALI AND A Palestinian.

give it a listen.

 

When I Google then it seems that Israeli is an Israeli arab. Assumed it was some kind of cross cultural reconciliatory collaboration. Good tune though.

[Ommadawn]

6 hours ago, Neil said:

loabour propoaes covering people's gas bills via a windfall tax on suppliers labour proposes cutting vat on energy, so doesn't have the money to cover people's bills.

Suppliers put up prices to recover lost profits. Energy bills go up.

[steviewevie]

Maybe we should insulate britain a bit better.

[Ozanne]

Either way it’s more policy offering from Labour which some have been asking for.

Personally there suggestions seem like a good idea and certainly better than the Tories idea of doing nothing. 

[steviewevie]

21 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Either way it’s more policy offering from Labour which some have been asking for.

Personally there suggestions seem like a good idea and certainly better than the Tories idea of doing nothing. 

Govt might end up doing some of this stuff...

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

Govt might end up doing some of this stuff...

might have to chuck more money at low income households through benefits too.

Edited January 9, 2022 by steviewevie

[Ozanne]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

Govt might end up doing some of this stuff...

Probably, they haven’t got any ideas of their own. 

[Crazyfool01]

18 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

might have to chuck more money at low income households through benefits too.

Or charge em for lfts to protect loved ones and vulnerable … nice income stream from people with vulnerable relatives there 

[steviewevie]

The most important electorate for who runs this country is Tory party members.

[steviewevie]

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/01/will-britain-survive/621095/

[Leyrulion]

4 hours ago, Ommadawn said:

Suppliers put up prices to recover lost profits. Energy bills go up.

They can't do that because of the energy price cap.

[Ommadawn]

8 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

They can't do that because of the energy price cap.

Which goes up twice a year.

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, Ommadawn said:

Which goes up twice a year.

yep, and the cap has been sheltering us from these rises...but that ends in April...and it is going to be painful.

[MrHew]

2 minutes ago, Ommadawn said:

Which goes up twice a year.

But is still far too low for any supplier to currently make a profit. Thankfully, the supplier I work for is one of the 3 who are exempt from the price cap so at least we're safe from going bust and our jobs are safe. Too many people weren't so lucky.

The green and social levies need to be removed from customers bills and be covered by general taxation, that's a much fairer way to do it. Like I said earlier in the thread, I've never understood why fossil fuel subsidies come from general taxation but renewable subsidies are put on energy bills.