It is evident that the only solution to deal with Inflation is to re-nationalise the Energy Providers in the UK: the only obstacle to be removed is the Tories. It is now in the national interest to re- nationalise these Energy Providers to deal with Inflation and to prevent the gross profiteering by these utilities which is against the national interests. Quite simply the current situation is intolerable and is the only factor driving inflation higher and higher. The Tories have lost any control and regulation of the utilities and Ofgen is defunct and unfit for purpose. Continue reading Re-nationalise the Energy Providers is the only option to deal with Inflation: the Tories are the only obstacle
Category: Re-nationalise the utilities now: the only solution to deal with Inflation and the ‘Cost of Living Crisis’
It is now imperative to re-nationalise the utilities to deal with Inflation and the ‘Cost of Living Crisis’. Inflation is being driven by the energy companies so it’s time to deal with them by taking them back into public ownership, where they will be serving the British people and not exploiting them. Obviously the Tories are unwilling to do this and our next Prime Minister is deluded if she believes that anything less than nationalising the energy providers will work to deal with Inflation and the ‘ Cost of Living Crisis’. Liz Truss may have the top job but her Tory mindset will be her downfall and a constant blindspot to dealing with these issues. The Tories are now the real obstacle to dealing with Inflation and the ‘ Cost of Living Crisis’. The Tories have to go and re- nationalising the utilities must now happen.
Price Cap: My Arse
There is no EnergyPrice Cap. No meaningful intervention and no controls and certainly no regulating body. Price Cap: my Arse. Energy companies and utilities are setting any arbitrary prices that they like without intervention from this useless Tory Government. Energy companies and utilities can basically charge what they want and over inflate their greed and profiteering at the same time. Only the threats of re- nationalisation can rein them in now.
It is widely expected that the Bank of England will raise interests rates today : why is this wrong to do so?
This post has been made in response to Kevin Peachey’s article that appeared today on the BBC’s App and website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57764601 .It is widely expected that the Bank of England will raise interest rates today in order to tackle Inflation. This is a very predictable text book response to Inflation and seen by many as the preferred method to tackle Inflation. The BBC has inferred that this Inflation is as a result of the lack of goods in the Economy after the Pandemic. From what I remember of the Pandemic is wasn’t goods availability that was problematic it was just that there appeared to be a shift away from people actually going to get goods to a situation whereby goods were being mainly ordered and delivered. Sure enough there was some drop in production but this didn’t impact greatly on availability. There was however more of a drop in services in that sector of the Economy. However today all I ever see down our street and on our estate is loads and loads of delivery vans constantly shuffling about and delivering goods to people’s homes via Amazon and DPD to name but a few. Also I myself have ordered much since the Pandemic ended and have enjoyed taking advantage of one day delivery schemes. So when the BBC state lack of goods as a cause of this current period of Inflation , I simply have to laugh. I have never recently gone onto the Internet and Amazon, in particular, where I remember being informed that the goods that I wished to order were out of stock. This has been my recent experience. So where is this shortage of goods driving this Inflation? It simply does not exist but has become an easy scapegoat to avoid the real finger of suspicion.
The real cause of Inflation is the greedy energy and utilities companies hiking up profits and disguising these as pass on costs.
Levelling up is just a slogan to defuse the power of real Socialist Economic Principles
The idea of levelling up is just a slogan to diffuse the power of real Socialist Economic Principles. This is how the Tories are using it to divide tradional voting loyalties in an attempt to grab power away from Labour. There is no substance to their claims that they can level up Britain. The Tories are hinting or trying to convince voters that they are offering some form of socialism which simply isn’t true. Using the ‘levelling up’ slogan and banner is an attempt to steal ground from various political parties with a bona-fide claim to real socialist policies. The Tories are obviously pretty scarred of socialism and socialist policies which have become increasingly important to the British voters. It is a clever ploy with the intention of making you believe that The Tories are something which they definitely are not. The Tories are not socialists nor will they ever be but ‘levelling up ‘ is a ploy to make you believe they can be.
Competition is the way forward for the public ownership of Gas and Electricity in Britain
A sure fire way to get the utilities and railways back into public ownership and the less costly way of achieving this.
Yes I admire the ambition of the Labour Party Manifesto and it’s aim to get the Gas and Electricity utilities and railways back into public ownership. Success of this would lead to a more prosperous and fairer Britain and it would be the start of a new era for Britain. Yes it is high time to reverse the failed privatisations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and this would be a move which would put Britain on track again. However the scale and the cost of the task is dauntingly enormous and Thatcher knew how difficult it would be to ever go backwards. She tried to make her privatisations irreversible in an attempt to frustrate any attempts to ever develop socialism in Britain. She thought that she had had the final word but despite this there was a fundamental flaw in her plan and one which the Labour Party could exploit if it is savvy enough.