Don't get us started on £20 kettles
People have taken to social media to criticise outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson for suggesting Brits buy a £20 kettle to save £10 in electricity bills over the next 12 months.harsh on Boris since the quote has been taken out of context. The PM was actually using an analogy as part of a wider point about the short term pain, long term gains of nuclear power.cost of living crisis
in UK households going around. Because yes, there are things you can do to save money on your energy bills, and yes there are lots of reasons for being more energy efficient and not leaving your charger in for five years straight. But no amount of charging your devices in the office can make up for the structural issues at play which mean energy bills could jump from £1,971/year to £5,386.
And to add insult to injury, the advice is often coming from quarters who... well, should maybe be getting on with governing or running profit-busting energy companies instead of telling us to use the air fryer.are of such preaching. So, here are some of the standouts from the school of ‘it’s your problem, not ours’.
have brought own brand foods for years. The problem is now that money is so tight they can’t afford to buy, full stop.’ Amen.In January, Britain’s third-biggest energy supplier apologised after it advised customers to keep their heating bills low by ‘having a cuddle with your pets’, eating ‘hearty bowls of porridge’ and ‘doing a few star jumps’. After a furious backlash to the email, which went out to customers of SSE, owned by Ovo, the supplier said it was ‘embarrassed by the advice’.
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