Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives? Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
The corporatist take over of this democracy is proceeding along the neo-liberalist lines Milton Friedman (most notably, his "Chicago Boys") laid out and Thatcher began the process of implementing. Everything is now about wealth concentration, or death. Always was.
Borrowing from Trump...just as Starmer is on immigration/trans/protests
Did you actually read the article, Caroline?
We invested part of our pension in a small solar array, battery, EV and ASHP. Our monthly bill is £75 for everything, giving us more disposable income which we invariably use to help our children and grandchildren.🤷♂️
Becuase their RightWing Neolib ‘mates’ cosied up inside UkLabour / TechBrOligarch/NerdReich / TrumpS/ Heritage/Koch networks, Prosperty _Uk , Cambridge Uni ( OxCamArc ) & ReformUk / BlackRock& BlueLabour & UkFreeportHell /MakeBwexitWerk have smelt the chance for mahoosive Fossil Fuel profits.
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This mighy explain a bit of whats going on Israel is not isolated: A global web of oil and complicity share.google/J6bfRl61SIJ7...
Assisting suicide.
They're in the pockets of the oil and gas companies, who are worried that their monopoly on energy production is being eroded and, with it, their profits. A gas powered power station needs to buy gas forever, whereas, once built, a wind turbine just needs maintenance; the fuel is free.
Such a bad Enoch
It’s no longer ‘our’ oil; it belongs to the companies with the licences to extract it. It will do absolutely nothing for our energy security. A government spokesperson stated that Sizewell C will provide us with cheap electricity. Nuclear is just about the most expensive form of electricity ever.
Today's news on the BBC was complete madness. Designed to upset any sane person's Sunday. Surely cancelling net zero guarantees no votes? I'm thinking of the 89%
They probably want to get it out so they can finish off what Thatcher started - give it all away to their rich mates. If only Britain had done the same as Norway we would all be in a far better place. Thank you Thatcher. I hope you are writhing in your grave.
It benefits their friends and donors?
Well...the Tories care more about making sure their base is happy and damn the planet /people who are struggling financially.BBC and other media allow Reform too much air time without enough balance,fact checking or challenge.
The oil companies fund right wing parties and their friends. This is nothing about lowering bills, our environment or climate science. It has everything to do about THEIR wealth.
Donating to the Tories seems like a pretty poor investment.
Why are they also deliberately ignorant of the fact that the companies that extract oil and gas would not ring fence for the UK market, and it would not be cheaper or benefit the UK, as they would sell it on the international market, whilst getting subsidies from UK tax payers. Lose lose lose lose.
And when all our oil and gas are out of the ground and profits nicely tucked away in now dom accounts what about the plebs
Agreed, but when you say “Reform Ltd” without the “Ltd”, linguistically you answer the question: if this is reform, then by definition it’s a good thing and so climate science & renewables must be bad. Nonsense fixed by always saying “Reform Ltd” PS they hate being reminded of that. #StopFascism
Every media outlet gives Farage and Reform a platform to spout their lies. If Farage becomes PM, God help this country. They have no policies except immigration . They will solve nothing, and the country will be on its knees ... look what their Brexit lies have done .
Why on earth would people think renewables will lead to lower energy prices. Of course a no brainer to tackle climate change and improve the environment which are reasons enough. But bills won’t come down, just profit margins increase and shareholders and execs get wealthier.. that’s our system.
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Again, the criteria for determining the price cap need to change. There was no need for the massive energy price rises, as demonstrated by the EU countries. Especially given that we are far less dependent on Russia for oil and gas
Investing in your own solar and heat pump will bring down your energy bill. But people are in a supplier trance when it comes to investing in their own energy future. That or are too poor to do so, and kept poor by daily standing charges / high prices of energy.
It’s a Tory stitch up at the BBC, you can’t trust the once vaunted teller of truth.
Interesting use of the word ‘our’. Most of it belongs to Scotland. But its not going to happen for a variety of reasons mainly 1) she won’t get her hands on the power to do that, but also 2) Scotland will be independent and 3) we have masses of renewables, we don’t oil.
Is it because it is black?
They need to be reminded why cutting emissions is important so that they have to address their stance on climate science publicly.
They are puppets of the fossil fuel industry especially Reform Never mentioned How many times do you hear the term about Labour’s union paymasters #HiddenAgenda
Why also is Labour only supporting renewable energy but not anything that actually cuts energy usage? Such as passive homes, retrofitting, better public transport.
Multiple schemes are available now on improving the efficiency of homes 🤔
Looks good till you realise the finance offered is tiny & there is huge shortage of trained retrofitters and assessors. There are several million homes & businesses which require retrofit & number growing as new build homes will also need it as will buildings converted to residential
Tories can pledge what they like. They won’t be in government again for decades. If ever.
I didn't realise that Baden-cock was still in the Tory party
Two words: share returns!
They are just behind Reform in the race to extinction...
Unfortunately it's human extinction that they're heading for, and not just their own.
Their own children’s 🤷🏻♀️
Vested interests funding Tories & Reform
Caroline - I've been banging on this drum for a few years now. 47 years, known reserves at "current* consumption rates which we know will only increase. Can you get the GP onto this & at least bring into the convo? No other parties have a plan. Zero. Zilch. Cliff edge approaches. Sudden Death!
The fossil fuels industry is financing Reform and the Tories......
Insanity trumps
Because they are funded by big oil and gas.
The BBC's journalism standards are falling off a cliff. As for former net zero advocate, Kemi... her conversion couldn't be anything to do with money could it? bsky.app/profile/writ...
And if the LDs & Greens have ‘been contacted for comment’, couldn’t they just have waited until they got them before publishing this one-sided crap? And you don’t extract oil & gas from ‘the seabed’, Kemi, it’s under it & most of it has already been extracted.
I just can't take her seriously. This is nothing to do with sensible energy policy. It's all about trying to match Reform's anti-net zero red meat (good luck with that), repaying the fossil fuel lobby donations and grabbing a headline. That's all her clickbait 'leadership' amounts to.
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I can't be bothered checking, but I would guess BadEnoch was a guest on Kuennsberg today and that no one from the Greens was invited. I hope I'm wrong on both counts
I don't know tbh. I never watch it.
Fuel costs are a central plank of the Tory created wealth transfer from poor to rich. Labour perpetuate this.
The Tories haven't won an election in Scotland in any of our lifetimes, the sheer entitled Anglo-supremacist arrogance of them talking about "our oil" is itself enough of a reason for Scottish independence.
The framing of this is the main problem for me. Realistically, we've got a period where we're going to have to rely (at least to an extent) on fossil fuels. The more that fuel is produced locally, the lower its carbon footprint. None of this means that we should slow transition to renewables.
True. But because NS oil is extracted by oil companies &n we have little say over where it goes, in practice little comes to the UK, so we don't even get the benefits of proximity
Fair point, but I'm talking about gas.
My point is that it shouldn't be a choice between fossil fuels & renewables, rather fossil fuels from Norway, Qatar or the US (then transported here) & fossil fuels produced, then used here. In practice, I wouldn't trust the fuel companies further than I could throw them, but the principle's sound.
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They really have not the foggiest idea of what's going on...
Or possibly they do, but have decided that snuggling up with fossil fuel interests pays better.
Perfect example of how institutions forget their core values to prolong their own survival. It’s a sure sign of desperation that will backfire. Solar is now cheaper almost everywhere, even capital accepts this.
Or they do and it is about some vague view of a brave new world. Who knows? BBC seem to have the Simpson gene.
Because their founders are oil and gas companies! BBC appointees were done so by a Tory government!
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Because they accept finance from fossil fuel groups. All they care about is money. It's like an addiction for them. Addicts don't care about anything except their addiction. Fossil fuel people are throwing everything they have at stopping/ slowing net zero.
Drill baby drill = burn baby burn!
I'd look at her and other Tory donors. We need to get corporate funding out of politics if we are too have any hope of sorting out the toxic mess we are in.
Of fossil fuels, by fossil fuels, for fossil fuels. They don’t work for, speak for, or represent, the rest of us.
Oil and Gas = control by wealthy and companies.Climate change and disaster. Renewables = less control and fewer profits for companies.A planet to live on. I know which benefits the vast majority of us.
The IPCC reports 'Coal, oil and gas continue to fuel the climate catastrophe . . ' Utter stupidity to eliminate policies that mitigate climate change, displaying contempt not only for the planet but future generations. The fossil fuel moguls displaying their appreciation by funding Tories & Reform
Earlier this morning, just 8.6% of our electricity being generated from fossil fuel gas. Net zero by 2050 is highly achievable. With the additional huge benefit of no longer being subject to the polluters' price gouging.
They’re just greedy feckin dinosaurs, follow the money.
On R4 this morning (and everywhere else as well) all just say the opposite - because that's the standard tactic. Problem is people believe it - then don't believe the actual truth.
Yes, but look at all the whales being killed by the "windmills" 🤣
You would think after the forest fires, numerous heatwaves and flash flooding this summer. Climate change and tackling it would be a priority for all political parties.
“Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea” And what do we do for power after that?
Dirty plundering Tory Britnat scum plundering Scotland as normal…thieving bastards!
follow the money
The capture is almost total.
The bbc live on their reputation of being the peoples radio when huddled under the stairs in war time They are now the tranquilliser for the dumb downed Such a fall
Where they going to get it from when Scotland's independent and owns the oil fields...🙄 😂❤️🏴🏴🏴🏴🇨🇮🇨🇮
They and their donors will profit from it.
The Tories are morphing into a pound-shop knock-off of Trump’s already pathetic “America (fossil fuels) First” act. Sadly, about 60% of Brits switch off what little brainpower they’ve got the second you wave a St George’s Cross or a Union Jack at them.
It's interesting that she describes the oil and gas as "our", as if everyone gets a payout when it is sold, but in reality BP and Shell get to keep the money.
Kemi can f**k off most of my power comes from my solar panels.
They love to keep the lower and middle classes struggling so they can’t fight back or question the upper class and establishment.
The BBC current affairs output is typically focused on trivia. It strays into grown-up topics like a baffled child.
Blue Labour, Reform and Tory policy to put the majority of the public into fuel and food poverty. A starving and freezing population are weaker and easier to control. Eat cake while the oligarchs roll in their plunder.
Antiscience loons are the scourge of Reason.
Thing is it's the oil producers not the UK that benefits ... unlike Norway About the fund | Norges Bank Investment Management share.google/WWiVtBFGGete...
Tories want to keep people (especially the poors) locked into high energy bills because they're bankrolled by fossil fuel companies so it is highly profitable for them Plus it's become a culture war issue and they have zero principles so all BadEnoch knows how to do is be a contrarian for rage-bait
They'll be getting backhanders
We're past the point of puzzlement or incredulity about the BBC now. It is quite clearly a far right outlet now.
If the Tories produced a credible national leader, British politics would be transformed - at a stroke. Brexit destroyed the Tories. You can't unite those who believe in the might of the EU Single Market and those who loathe competition and want to cling to Trump's coat tails.
You should know by now that the BBC are part of the problem. They are a part of the establishment order that is doing everything to maintain business as usual.
Bad Enoch and the BBC in worshipping Reform and elevating them the way they do are not acknowledging that North Sea oil is unsuitable for domestic use and must be exported - so UK ends up importing the fossil fuel it burns - which is another reason for growing our renewable alternatives
Badenoch's out of ideas and knows that the Tories are irrelevant now. She's just attention seeking by stealing policies from Felon 47 in the White House.
Because money.
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It's all sold on the open market anyway. It will never be allowed to benefit us.
What did trump say yesterday… well that’s our new policy
Same reason the Greens systematically oppose renewables projects: Politics. First past the post + small constituencies inevitably leads to elected politicians supporting whatever will keep them in their job, which is seldom in the national interest.
Why does a politician do anything? BECAUSE THEY BENEFIT FROM DOING IT!!! Don't look to empathy from these psychopaths.
So they are planning to take back the oil, gas & coal fields from private equity companies and Nationalise them for our economic benefit rather than continuing to license more of the North Sea to be plundered and sold on the open market where we buy back at exorbitant prices??! #Clueless #NoPlanetB
It's not just abour fossil fuels. For the Tories the attitude is more generally about corporations profiting. They want people locked in to high bills that can be profited from regardless of the industry.
And that’s why nuclear gets attacked, because it cuts into the profits of fossil fuel industries
These days nuclear gets rightly mocked because it's 3 times as expenseive as renewable and takes much much longer to build. Also the gap is widening. Only a fool would invest in nuclear today. 20 years ago you'd have had soemthing of a point.
Anyone would think none of them have children
I think it is just Badenoch appealing for fossil fuel funding, like Trump did.
Sucking up to potential donors is my bet. And because the BBC et al are now the communications arm of Reform UK.
Labour do something about the BBC being the megaphone for Reform and big oil. 🆘
As usual, the tories' plans bear no relation to geological reality. If we're to depend on fracking & the North Sea to keep the lights on, we're doomed, Mr Mainwaring, doomed. Unless of course the tories etc believe they can change the laws of physics. How long before they want pi to be 3?
Please do take a moment to complain to BBC. 👇 BBC does have to report on complaints , and “what gets measured gets done” 😀 Without complaints in numbers nothing will have a chance of change. It only takes a couple of minutes & is well worth your time 🙏😊 www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
Done
Thank you 🙏 😄
I think they must be inundated with complaints, I lodged one over a week ago, got an automated acknowledgement and nothing since. It will be interesting to see if they publish complaint numbers next year or if the bury them.
Fingers crossed 🤞😊I think they have to be reviewed as part of BBC charter (I cld be wrong). I see people on Bluesky being justly annoyed by bias & failures of lobby journalists to hold Farage etc to account, & feel if everyone complained to BBC & Ofcom too, then maybe it cld get cut through! 😸
Ofcom says: You must complain directly to the BBC first and reach the end of the BBC’s complaints process.Ofcom can only consider your complaint if you’ve already complained to the BBC, or in exceptional circumstances.
It is worth going the whole way through this process, it does make a difference once it hits Ofcom
UK oil and gas is sold on international markets, traded by guess who, commodities houses just like Nigel Farage spent his career in. UK gas is traded an average of 17 times between extraction and usage, lots of yummy profits there. You can't trade free sunshine and wind though.
As usual the Tories showing how much they despise Joe Public.
To quote the old ABBA song - Money, Money, Money.
If you had shares in energy companies what would you do?
Tories announce this on a day that over 70% of our supply is renewable. Only 8% gas which, unfortunately, sets the price for our electricity because it’s the most expensive.
Except the wholesale price of electricity in GB today is dirt cheap. This is due to constraint payments to renewables and subsidy payments to gas fired power stations. On days like this the price of energy is always cheap. It's the marginal price which sets the cost of electricity, not gas.
Ofgem is unfit for purpose. We need a new regulator and a new system for determining the price cap
The BBC would say, "But David Attenborough documentaries prove we tell both sides." Those most likely to watch Sir David aren't the gullible ones. Lies need to be called out at source,not through a third party at a different time and on another channel. That's like the Mirror correcting the Express
They appear to have lost the meaning of journalism. It’s tragic. We first met in the early 90s — what pathetic progress since then!
A direct political descendant of Thatcher, caring only for corporate interests rather than those of the people. We must never forget the terrible tragedy of the Piper Alpha disaster
The BBC is # two tier right wing media crusader. All journalism has been replaced by repeating what reform / Dubai sources tell them to say in daily missives. Not representative of all views of public in favour of what is scoring high on clicks/ likes
Why are we compulsorily paying the BBC for so much bigotry, lies & misinformation?
Don’t watch it, don’t pay. It’s not compulsory. Just have to ignore the threatening letters they keep sending, month after month for years 🙄
Rather see it abolished & BBC move to subscription. I don't watch BBC but coz I watch channel 4 even on catchup I'm required to have it.
I think you don’t need it for that: www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you... “You don’t need a TV Licence if you only ever watch on demand programmes on any TV service apart from BBC iPlayer*.”
Sorry but they like to bully & charge people for using apps that has live channels, EVEN if they don't watch the live channels. It is not worth the grief, I get enough of that shit from the Gov already as a person with a disability claiming benefits. Just abolish the frigging TV licence.
Oh yeah, that’s fair enough. Totally agree their bullying is unpleasant and exhausting.
An idiotic plan that is solely based on mimicking the Trump narrative of burn baby burn. No economical viability never mind the unnecessary environmental destruction for an industry that has no future. The last throes of desperation from a failing party with a legacy of greed and corruption.
Not forgetting Tory coffers.
It goes on the open market anyway, doesn't it? How often must this be repeated? It never sinks in. Badenoch is not very bright, but you would have thought that even she would see that this is retrograde, out of step, dangerous and not a vote winner. Is she being funded by big oil/gas like Farage?
Tories don't pay for themselves you know.
So when will they offer all post Brexit firstborn to their Lord and master Satan?
Badenoch doesn’t have any better energy policies than previous CONservative governments. Instead of lowering costs, the wealthy and corporations want to wring out every last penny from the average consumer. It’s about wresting control from the masses. It must stop now!!
You know they don't care about that. All they care about is appeasing the special interest groups to whom they are in thrall: Big Oil and Big Otry.
I like what you did there. Had to look twice 😜
Tory party donors demanding more of the UK's wealth transferred to them. 😬
