Soldato
I don't think they'll freeze the cap personally, if only because the opposition said to do it.
Energy Prices (Strictly NO referrals!)
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Soldato
Haha very true, perhaps Labour should ask them to raise the cap instead, then they'll freeze it!
Mind you, shoe on the other foot, it's easy to say what to do from the outside looking in.
How can they protect the poor then?
Soldato
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You do know that gas prices were already going mental before Russia decided to go full mental and the gas prices showed no signs of stopping? If anything the Russian orcs have only increased the rate of whihc prices were increasing but this wasn't an issue caused by the Russian invasion it's only been made worse by it.
The German article you quoted and use as evidence is the head of 1 German state advising on ways to cut back energy uses, its not a nation wide demand to bust open the washcloths. You are quoting it out of context for the article. The Guardian article is about the only reliable thing you've quoted/said but that itself has been a problem for many years its just now its on a wider scale as its efecting more people which is horrific.
Also re your gloating comment.... you're post is kinda the perfect example of trying to gloat
Soldato
You think they care about the poor? I think they'll throw a few quid at the poor, might stop the rioting, but they are going on a lot about 'targeted support' so a lot of people are going to be left to just suck it up. I reckon.
Hopefully they will prove me wrong.
The thing is this will not just affect the poorest, it will also be the classically called “jams” and those in the middle that will be screwed by what’s coming down the tracks.
Soldato
always the way, its the low income home owners who will be in big trouble with mortgage rates and prices rises.
sadly no support will come until you lose the house.
Well, they don't want to lose all their voters, it's not the rich that voted them in alone. I suppose an election is a long ways of though
You'd pay your mortgage first and then be cold.
People coming off fixed rate mortgages next year might be in for a shock.
Which is funny, because people
Lambast labour as having no answers, yet when they come up with something you get “it’s easy to say that from the outside looking In” types of people
Soldato
To be clear I am for a freeze of the cap, I think it's probably the best idea in the circumstances.
But no matter the scenario, whether important or not, it's almost the job of the opposition party to cast shade on the course of action their opponents are taking.
This is more of an observation on the nature of politics and people being stubborn than anything else.
If they put a cap on, wouldn't that mean we could potentially use energy without limit? It's problematic no?
No, the unit prices would be frozen to their current rate, use more units pay more cash.
I shouldve clarified, I wasnt talking about you specifically just those types of people who like to rip into labour at any chance
clarification by complicating matters further via a typo
Unless that's gone completely over my head.
On my phone and didn’t even notice it auto corrected lmao, hopefully it’s fixed now lolclarification by complicating matters further via a typo
Unless that's gone completely over my head.
Soldato
Still hasn't corrected it, I feel sad 
Edit - fixed!
Edit - fixed!
Soldato
Not even next year, my relatively small £70k mortgage is already looking like it's going to increase by almost £100/month (meeting with an advisor tomorrow, so hopefully locking in a deal ASAP). Not a huge amount, granted, but on top of the £250 in energy and general food etc. going up, it's not fun. I dread to think how people with £2-300k+ mortgages are managing