Further To 50 Shades Of Dave

[10ClarionSt]

I've no doubt that the new Tory govt will target the working class, the sick, the old, the poor. The Bullingdon Boys will also attempt to eradicate the Trade Unions and the Labour Party. They are the rich governing for the rich. They don't have the slightest concept of ordinary working life, or life for someone who is out of work. They can do this on the Thatcher premise that none of the above would vote for them anyway, so it won't lose them any votes. Cameron says they want to be the party of working families. What a joke from a Tory toff. Of course most AB'ers won't be affected by any of this, judging by the replies I've seen. The only people who have been better off in the last 5 years are the richest people in this country. The beat goes on, but even louder and faster now for all you wealthy people. :o)

[baza]

And your point is?

[emeritus]

My British Gas (Centrica) shares went up 8% yesterday . Happy Days !!

[Svejk]

You lost. Suck it up, like we had to for 13 years. ;)

[DTCwordfan]

fuel prices, you are comparing apples and pears, Clarion - you have to deduct off the excise duty and VAT to get comparable numbers.

[baza]

I did read your sour grapes, you lost, now you want to cry foul and throw your toys out of the pram.
My lot got more votes than the SNP but only got ONE seat.
Thatcher went years ago and you have had 13years of that plastic copy T.Liar, who let me think, ripped of the country, caused a war and now has a property portfolio second to none. A true man of the people?

[DTCwordfan]

and as to gas utility, I can't speak for tricity and water, one buys on a whole range of factors depending on volume needed by the client and the seasonality of that profile (depending on geography, temperature and load factors). So think of the supply side as a series of longterm contracts, say 3 years - where price may move marginally, medium term of 1 year and then the supply profile topped off by spot deals, and sometimes paper is used to hedge pricing in a volatile market. When you 'make your measurements' a supplier like SEE or even BT will have very different profiles and load - a lot of the comparisons are made by looking at these short term deals but then not taking into the longer term contracts that are less price flexible.

In the oil markets the same goes on - out of roughly 100 mln barrels a day globally, only 10 to 15 million is traded per day, though those cargoes/lots can go through traders hands, six or seven or more times a day. Most oil has contract prices that may contain a percentage of flexibility tied to Platts (the major benchmark for trading pricing), or things like ceilings and floors that keep the price constant within a tunnel, but then can carry some deflation or inflation if the markets move beyond the lines.

[excelsior-1]

the conservatives can now continue the job they started of repairing the economy after labour practically bankrupted the country, and that unfortunately means an element of austerity

[baza]

BBC tory media?
What planet are you on.

[excelsior-1]

then i must have imagined that treasury note they found saying "there's no money left"

[jourdain2]

I know you are sincere in your upset, 10C, but, really... Labour did bankrupt the country by their overspending. You can't spend what you haven't earned. I am also upset that more people voted for the party I favoured than voted for the SNP and yet only one seat was won. So my views are not represented either, but that's how it is. Life is tough, we get on with it.

I am a pensioner who only has enough income to just scrape into paying tax, by the way, and I'd love the threshold to be lifted!

[DTCwordfan]

An who was the biggest failure, the ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND.

Lloyds is being sold back in slices now (some 35% already drawn back in) and I believe will have returned a profit to the taxpayer by the end of this year.

[DTCwordfan]

yes, cuts if it what it takes to get the country's finances back in shape after the excessive over-spend Blair-Brown. Councils are still far too bloated in their admin and then there are their reserves - England alone over £12 billion and doubled in five years (and not even considering city council reserves - est another 16 bln), so it's not necessary and where are they getting this sort of money from - yet they refuse to spend it on potholes, old-folk support etc. Down here they willingly invest in flower pots for the city for so called gentrification and have stupid promos like painting cows - which have no history with the place..... And you say cuts aren't needed. ROFL.

[naomi24]

10ClarionSt, what do you actually want?