Supertramp Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 So you watch programmes on TV, put your central heating on and shop at a massive supermarket where you can get anything under one roof and yet you think we're going back to the dark ages. This forum is becoming more bonkers each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prefect Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 No there aren't, there are a lot of people who have got their priorities wrong and would rather spend their disposable income on luxuries such as mobile phone contracts and Sky TV subscriptions instead of food and fuel. It's not the fault of the government or the energy companies if you're bad at budgeting! Spot on .... Some people are so blinkered that they can't blame themselves for their own shortcomings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 George Osborne is akin to the Sherriff of Nottingham,what we need is a Robin Hood and Campbell is like King John he doesn't know what the real world is like Why in this day and age should pensioners be worried about putting their heating on,40 yrs ago there wasn't a lot of money around but most people could stay warm and afford to cook good basic meals. 40 years ago they would have had a coal fire instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 It won't just be old people not putting the heating on this winter. There are a lot of people in dire straights, both working and non-working, who will have to choose between heating and food. And it's going to get worse... People will cut down on fuel consumption which will dent the profit of the enery suppliers. therefore they will increase the tarrif to offset the shortfall. People will then use less fuel .... oh, wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertramp Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 People will cut down on fuel consumption which will dent the profit of the enery suppliers. therefore they will increase the tarrif to offset the shortfall. People will then use less fuel .... oh, wait Well at least we'll combat global warming, so then the world will get colder and then errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 They shouldn't. They get £250 a year to pay for the extra fuel costs in winter. If that isn't enough to cover the extra amount on the bill, something's very wrong.So someone has been shortchanging me then,I dont get £250 and that ammount is not a lot of help when your energy bill is £1200 a year average.Yes there were coal fires but the coal was cheap then and we had the alternative of suplementing it by picking cokes from the tip,try getting gas or electricity for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrejuan Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 The OP is not quite correct. At the moment the rich are getting richer, but so are the poor. It's the middle income families that are bearing the brunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 People will cut down on fuel consumption which will dent the profit of the enery suppliers. therefore they will increase the tarrif to offset the shortfall. People will then use less fuel .... oh, wait oh and dont forget they will pay less tax as they can get away with while reaping profits year on year wasnt david cameron going to sort the energy compainies out last week ( i think it went along the lines of how we can use less energy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulgarian Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Supermarkets, come on Tesco, move into every small town and village in England, shut all the local shops down through the "one stop" conveniance of your "super"store and then inflate your prices by 50% so us peasants can barely afford to shop with you and maintain your £10m a day profits...............but the alternatives have closed down!!! Whose fault is that, do Tesco march you into their store at gun point ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrejuan Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Whose fault is that, do Tesco march you into their store at gun point ? That's the important point to the whole debate. Tesco don't shut down the independant shops, we do !!! Shops close when people stop shopping in them, Tesco is not immune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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