JeffA:
Winseer:
I believe in the “Quality of Life” concept.
It is better to improve the lives of 99 people at the cost of one, rather than detriment the lives of 99 people to save the life of one.
Common logical fallacy that most tories believe in - if one person cant handle it then it must be banned for everyone who can handle it.
Whilst you have an absolute right to say that, I have an absolute right to call you a damned fool for even thinking that is anywhere near the truth.
Soon the Landlords, Managerial Class, and other “Working” but formerly “Better off” people - are going to feel the financial pinch like they never thought possible, just like ordinary savers who didn’t “gamble on the stockmarket” around 1931, only to find that their savings were all gone as WELL, because those entrusted with their cash - blew the lot. You don’t reailize you’ve been had until you’ve either run out of money, or go to draw that meaty nest egg/pension you thought you had waiting for you, only to find it’s already gone… Banning of valuable assets then follows, and only THEN does money deflate to such an extent that anyone still alive and prospering - effectively becomes the “Gangster” running the entire town.
Good for you if that 1% is you - but not so good if you think that continuing to resist common sense social issues - is the way to continue as a member of the 99% that didn’t expect to be so skint by that point…
Your latter-age employer - won’t care if you’ve lost all your money. They’ll merely care to put pressure on you to do anything to keep your job you now cannot afford to lose, let alone one day hope to retire from. 
“Impoverishment” - does that to people.
You’re not the 1% that are guaranteed to rise above this - so it’s hardly for you nor I to “handle” - Is it?
It’s time you took off the ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ shades of Tory Hatred that has clearly unhinged all those who happen to not vote Conservative in this country (I won’t be, but where are the “Reformed” and “Repentant” of the LEFT?) You are welcome to keep the Tories your enemy - but you really need to be thinking about a Left-Right joint-action against the Estblishment that doesn’t involve merely switching one esblishment goon for another… Keir Starmer’s Labour - isn’t the way to get rid of the Tories. It’ll be even WORSE under Labour, what with plans to disenfranchise UK citizens further in favour of illegal immigrants not even here yet, who’ll get the Vote, get our Benefits, and of course access to the NHS including jobs there ahead of the rest of us who’ve paid in our entire lives. I’d vote for Corbyn being against Ukraine or even Corbyn being Pro Palestine - but I won’t be voting Starmer being “Anti Humanity” when there’s a clear pecking order for it in this country, begotten of the fact we’ve paid hard taxes FOR it all these years.
Even Blair realized that a “Third Way” was required. But the “Centerists” are now the hardened ENEMY. It is time for a “4th Way” then, or at least a 4th candidate on our ballot papers so our future parliament can have a decent block of Greenies for the Left side, and Reformers for the Right side.
Time to kick the main three parties into touch - outright. We’ve not got much time left at grass roots level to set up the candidates however.
Meanwhile, back to Energy Prices:
Saudi cut production these past few days, which resulted in a 48 hour upward blip in prices.
That “blip” has now been erased, with Oil and Gas back on the downward slope again, testing new lows as they were before this apparently ineffective “cut in production”.
…And still we see no significant drop in the retail energy tariffs!
Such ongoing government and banking system-led FRAUD - will render us all skint in less than a year - if we’re not careful.
The Greens that did so well in recent council elections - have no intention of stopping bloated government from doing this, as they are getting handouts and subsidies galore, and as such are now very-much the “Kept Woman” of Politics.