Ed Miliband on energy prices
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Ed Miliband talks tough on the energy companies – now he’s not in a position to do anything about them
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Originally Posted by The Rambles, blog
Today we heard Ed Miliband make a stand against energy companies for constantly putting prices up. ‘Prices go up but never come down’ exclaimed the leader of the Labour Party as he chose his fight. It is a great thing to speak on. Energy prices are going up at around five times the rate of inflation. I know that my heating bills will certainly go up this year and I don’t like it one jot. Those on a tighter budget will feel it worse. I can see what Ed Miliband is trying to say but I have one issue with this…
Ed Miliband was Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change from October 3 through to the time of the last General Election. So he was actually in a position to take on the energy companies straight up. No rhetoric from opposition he was actually in a job where he directly oversaw energy companies and did he do anything about it then? Did he heck.
This is the type of thing that pisses me off about politicians and not just Ed Miliband. They talk the talk but when they are actually in a position to make changes you bottle it. My boy Nick Clegg is clearly someone who can be tarred with this brush as well so don’t think I’m just bashing Labour or Ed Miliband but when he was in charge of that department Ed Miliband wasn’t in coalition and had the brief to deal with the sector entirely how he saw fit.
He chose to do nothing of significance and even changed policy on coal powered stations following being accosted by actor Pete Postlethwaite OBE who said he’d give back his OBE if the proposed new Kingsnorth coal power station went ahead. That startled Eds Miliband into a change of tune and that worries me. He had no strength in his convictions and was willing to bend just because of one high -profile incident.
If Ed Miliband wanted to go after energy companies then he had his chance. Now he doesn’t have that chance he is talking tough and you know what folks that just doesn’t wash. That just reeks of someone jumping on a popular bandwagon knowing they can say whatever they like but don’t have to back it up with actions *looks at Nick Clegg*
Not good Ed. Not good…
Energy prices are a big issue, and a vote winner. And thats no doubt why this two faced hypocrite has brought this up. But why is he a two-faced hypocrite? well there's been research done that has concluded in various estimates that energy prices are one third higher than they should be because of our government (and the previous governments') energy policy in regards to global warming.
Who was the man who, as Climate Change and Energy Minister introduced the Climate Change Act which costs this country directly £18 billion a year with increasing energy costs to subsidise useless turbines which is the reason why our energy bills are skyrocketing?
Ed Miliband.
Thoughts?
