Let them freeze
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne - Member of Parliament for Eastleigh, which includes Botley village - has shown himself to have a skin thicker than a rhinoceros.
As the Daily Mail's editorial, 13 June 2011, said:
Gas and hot air
"With sheer brass nerve, millionaire Energy Secretay Chris Huhne tells householders they should not take spirally gas and electricity bills 'lying down', but should 'vote with their feet' by finding cheaper suppliers.
"Leave aside that the huge range and complexity of tariffs charged by greedy and ill-regulated power companies make price comparisons all but impossible. The truth is that Mr Huhne's own hidden green taxes, which already add some £200 a year to out bills, are a huge factor in driving prices up.
"Indeed, as more of his stealth come into force and more useless windfarms are built, energy charges are expected to double by 2020 - piling on the hardship and seriously undermining businesses' ability to compete. And he expects voters to take this lying down?"
It may be a rhetorical question for the Daily Mail, but the voters in Botley village, and the rest of the Eastleigh constituency, need to ask whether a change of MP is required. Leaving aside the colourful personal store Chris Huhne has attracted in recent months, his latest outburst sounds like an updated version of Marie Antoinette's "Let them eat cakes" and will be as equally useless when pensioners and families on limited incomes have to choose this winter between eating or freezing.
Botley has many elderly residents and, at a guess, many of these will not have access to the internet in order to use price comparison sites. However, it will be the elderly who will determine the outcome of the next MP for the marginal seat of Eastleigh. Polling statistics show a greater percentage of the over 55s vote than any other group.
Chris Huhne could possibly land up sharing the distinction locally of being, along with Shakespeare's patron the Earl of Southampton, the only ones to have an effigy burnt at a village bonfire night. Still , at least the elderly and the less well-off can huddle round the fire to keep warm.
As the Daily Mail's editorial, 13 June 2011, said:
Gas and hot air
"With sheer brass nerve, millionaire Energy Secretay Chris Huhne tells householders they should not take spirally gas and electricity bills 'lying down', but should 'vote with their feet' by finding cheaper suppliers.
"Leave aside that the huge range and complexity of tariffs charged by greedy and ill-regulated power companies make price comparisons all but impossible. The truth is that Mr Huhne's own hidden green taxes, which already add some £200 a year to out bills, are a huge factor in driving prices up.
"Indeed, as more of his stealth come into force and more useless windfarms are built, energy charges are expected to double by 2020 - piling on the hardship and seriously undermining businesses' ability to compete. And he expects voters to take this lying down?"
It may be a rhetorical question for the Daily Mail, but the voters in Botley village, and the rest of the Eastleigh constituency, need to ask whether a change of MP is required. Leaving aside the colourful personal store Chris Huhne has attracted in recent months, his latest outburst sounds like an updated version of Marie Antoinette's "Let them eat cakes" and will be as equally useless when pensioners and families on limited incomes have to choose this winter between eating or freezing.
Botley has many elderly residents and, at a guess, many of these will not have access to the internet in order to use price comparison sites. However, it will be the elderly who will determine the outcome of the next MP for the marginal seat of Eastleigh. Polling statistics show a greater percentage of the over 55s vote than any other group.
Chris Huhne could possibly land up sharing the distinction locally of being, along with Shakespeare's patron the Earl of Southampton, the only ones to have an effigy burnt at a village bonfire night. Still , at least the elderly and the less well-off can huddle round the fire to keep warm.
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