My Energy supplier has gone bust.

West Cork Paul said:
Feck knows where this quote came from 🤷‍♂️



iirc when BG (and perhaps BT) were first privatised wasn't there, due to the essential nature of the services they provided, some sort of structure whereby they had to price their services to the consumer on a cost plus basis, again iirc they were permitted to get no more than an 8% return on equity - I assume that has long since gone out of the window.
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That would be my argument, yes they have to make a profit etc but should there be a limit on that ?
Rather than a ‘price cap’ (sic) that keeps getting raised so they keep their profits.
 
Alan Williams said:
I’m not sure it’s ‘bashing’ them (well, not me anyway). I’ve nothing against shareholders, I just think it’s hard to take when the consumer prices are rising by so much and the companies are making such big profits.




Isn’t the argument that they are essential services so shouldn’t be profit making ?
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I think shareholders should be given a discount, say 50%, based on a reasonable sized holding.
Preferential pricing to avoid any benefit in kind taxation.
I for one would gladly accept such an arrangement.
 
Alan Williams said:
I wouldn’t say it’s not working out so well, I doubt I could have afforded private healthcare insurance that would have covered my daughters treatment.

The NHS still saves many lives.

It may well have the most funding it’s ever had but unfortunately it hasn’t grown proportionally to the demand.
I think we’d probably all agree that funding is not the only problem with the NHS, the way it’s managed is a big problem and the ‘too many chiefs not enough Indians’ culture.
Could it be ‘fixed’ by a government ?
Fuck knows. 😬
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You've clearly not been to a hospital around here.... I'll get my coat.
 
Markduc said:
They could swtart by knocking non essential stuff on the head
transgender clinics etc
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Full immunity to compensation claims and negligence cases.
All treatment would require signing of indemnity agreements and a act of parliment preventing any form of legal action (including historical) to be taken against the NHS, Ambulance or other related services.
This saves at least £2B a year and frees up those ambulance chasers to do some real work.
 
Markduc said:
They could start by knocking non essential stuff on the head
transgender clinics etc
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Immediate cessation of the following on prescription.
Hay fever treatments, hearing aid batteries, sun cream, indigestion tablets, gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian foods.
They can all be purchased more cheaply on Amazon or your local supermarket / chemist.
No more free prescriptions, all to be paid for and then claimed back from your insurance company.
 
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Markduc said:
They could start by knocking non essential stuff on the head
transgender clinics etc
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All patients to have their ID checked prior to treatment to ensure entitlement.
On the voter register? Yes or No...*
If YES proceed, if NO, we accept VISA and Mastercard.
*Children of registered voters would be acceptable without payment at point of sale.
 
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AirCon said:
Immediate cessation of the following on prescription.
Hay fever treatments, hearing aid batteries, sun cream, indigestion tables, gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian foods.
They can all be purchased more cheaply on Amazon or your local supermarket / chemist.
No more free prescriptions, all to be paid for and then claimed back from your insurance company.
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I think if I ate a table I would need some indigestion tablets!!!!!
 
Alan Williams said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Details of £400 energy payment to households revealed

The money will be spread over six months but how it is received depends on how you pay your bills.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

Sounds like they're just giving tax payers money straight to the energy companies. :unsure:
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