UK energy giant Centrica triples profits after energy prices soar - BBC News

[@blackadder3570]

Apparently if you put a petrol pump nozzle next to your ear at a Shell filling station, you can hear the sound of a Shell executive laughing at you.....

[@joshbacon8241]

And they will just sit back and watch as the extra profits keep rolling in for them…

[@adarkimpurity]

Lots of companies have moved sectors out of the UK because of the already high tax- and if yoiu tax thrm more they will raise prices more to cover it; trickle-down in action. Making us pay more via them to enrish governemnt is not the answer.

[@markh2355]

Bring it into public ownership

[@adarkimpurity]

@@markh2355 It'll take more tax expenditure to run it then. Companies won't be paying any taxes to the Gov either.

[@blackadder3570]

@@adarkimpurity Government have the powers to both cap prices and bring in a windfall tax.

[@ESNDRE]

Money from the poor, makes the rich, even richer

[@samimmusa5671]

You are absolutely right agreed

[@janlewis3667]

Bloody disgraceful. And yet they have increased our accounts????

[@Mivs123]

Then something needs to be done about this. Clearly there shouldn't of have been such a price rise that put ppl to choose from eating or heating

[@Kababalax]

@Falstaff 1893 Sadly, as it is, we can't vote for anyone to fix this.

[@adarkimpurity]

Lots of companies have moved sectors out of the UK because of the already high tax- and if yoiu tax thrm more they will raise prices more to cover it; trickle-down in action. Making us pay more via them to enrish governemnt is not the answer.

[@jasf1728]

@Robbie government capped prices cannot be raised, and if greedy companies leave, then there won't be anywhere else they can go to quite like rip off Britain. You have been fooled by the elite and the status quo on why we mustn't allow ourselves not to be ripped off.

[@adarkimpurity]

@@jasf1728 Price controls have not gone well in the past FYI, and only artificially solve the problem, supplying the demand is the issue. Your Soviet utopia won't save you.

[@jasf1728]

@@adarkimpurity my Soviet utopia? Where did you dream that up from? The world is changing, I'm not a communist, and I believe that there has to be a reward for hard work and innovation, and that includes for people who aren't billionaires or millionaires, or just good at sitting around and investing thier money well. Capitalism isn't perfect and neither is any other way, and when capitalism gets out of control, and the balance tips too far for the rich few, then measures must be taken.

[@MrBobconner1952]

What a surprise - we get gouged and corporations get richer

[@adarkimpurity]

Lots of companies have moved sectors out of the UK because of the already high tax- and if yoiu tax thrm more they will raise prices more to cover it; trickle-down in action. Making us pay more via them to enrish governemnt is not the answer.

[@andrewturvill7145]

Absolutely disgusting

[@monachaalida7587]

you feel me.who can survive, please maintain.

[@RebekkaHay]

I hope the shareholders choke on these profits! This is not just unethical but downright criminal.

[@tastypymp1287]

How so? They are the unwitting beneficiaries of government policy.

[@tastypymp1287]

"British Gas owner Centrica saw its adjusted operating profit fall 31% in 2020, a record low according to its preliminary results."

[@RebekkaHay]

@@tastypymp1287 Unwitting? Exactly how stoopid are you?

[@tastypymp1287]

@@RebekkaHay Not an argument. Try again?

[@leebolton9913]

@@tastypymp1287 .Were you born stupid or did you learn how to be.

[@steveparker8065]

Absolutely disgusting and proof of the failure of the system. Time to make a change!

[@toolittletoolate1900]

Profits galore while pensioners are sitting in the dark

[@chipzz86]

not just them a little over 40% of ppl have to pick between eating or heating

[@monachaalida7587]

attitude

[@Kababalax]

Pensioners got a 10.1% pay rise, most other people got nowhere near that. And for everyone who is working now who have just been given a huge pay cut becasue their personal allowance did not increase, and neither did their pay etc., by the time they can claim state pension, they will be 70+ so don't moan about pensioners now please. It's the normal low to middle income working people who are suffereng the most at this time, and this chancellor doesn't give a damn.

[@leebolton9913]

@@Kababalax absolute garbage..The pensioners get no where near a working man wage unless they pay huge amounts on private pensions which they pay all there lives ..The old pension rate for full pension is approx £151 per week basic pension approx £107 a week ..People retiring in the last 2 years called the new state pension get approx £200 per week and basic pension £148 approx per week..Depending how much you paid in ..Do you also know big mouth ..That pensioners still have to pay tax if they have a state pension plus private pension as they add it together and class it as income plus tax on there savings ..Before you start mighty mouth I am not a pensioner...But fed up of scum like you always calling old people .Start on the one parent families unmarried mothers who get plenty ...Before you start on the old people big mouth get your facts straight

[@originalunoriginal4055]

​@@chipzz86 it wasn't that cold this winter season tbh. And in the UK, the winter season seems like it's made way for the spring season already.

[@QH96]

Time to nationalise 🇬🇧

[@chipzz86]

too bloody right

[@knockedoutloaded]

Let's nationalise the big tech companies too as their profits far outweigh Centricas

[@anacc3257]

@@knockedoutloaded Nationalize them to stop the censorship. Or actually don't do that. UK and some of these western governments would only intensify the censorship. I imagine the same mismanagement would be seen if other industries were taken over by the state right now.

[@knockedoutloaded]

@anacc3257 To be fair I was being sarcastic. Why single out energy companies profits

[@QH96]

@@knockedoutloaded I would be against nationalising tech companies. But am in favour of it for energy companies as energy companies have a monopoly on their market. France owns 84% of EDF and the french seem to be doing alright. As a compromise I would also be in favour of the government having a majority stake and leaving the running of the companies to the free market

[@edreed9189]

The price cap is to prevent energy companies from going bankrupt! This is a joke

[@shauncoleman8169]

12 years of tory government lady and gentlemen.... pay attention people

[@dvdsbl]

Dirty profits. Poor people are paying the price.

[@frinkleboop9963]

Gosh I for one am shocked SHOCKED a company would do that 🥺. I thought we were all in this together 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@ricchrono5907]

Apparently nope, far from it.

[@amruthap1871]

Hu😅h

[@darv65]

They are all in it together, not us!

[@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz]

the Elites are all in this together

[@tastypymp1287]

"British Gas owner Centrica saw its adjusted operating profit fall 31% in 2020, a record low according to its preliminary results." Yes, we are in this together....

[@Altair885]

Funny how these price hikes happened after the big six had cleared the field of any competition from the smaller energy firm! It's proof enough that ofgem are in the pockets of these big companies!

[@Kababalax]

Very true

[@nick000002]

£1000 refund per customer is required

[@benwindbag]

Profits, profits, profits for the Big Guys all the time, while the Little Guy tries desperately to make ends meet. What a world!

[@dabey873]

Capitalist countries are run by companies working for the profits of their shareholders. Dividends rule the country. The Thatcher government privatised, electricity,gas, water, telecommunications, the railways etc. Importing gas and electricity ⚡️ by private companies is costing a lot for the ordinary consumer. 😭😭

[@adarkimpurity]

Lots of companies have moved sectors out of the UK because of the already high tax- and if yoiu tax thrm more they will raise prices more to cover it; trickle-down in action. Making us pay more via them to enrish governemnt is not the answer.

[@utubebroadcaster]

Everybody wins except the people

[@kevlacy5306]

And energy bills are set to rise! Plus the fact wholesale prices have dropped, This is just racketeering plain and simple.

[@johnvaleanbaily246]

What a crappy system.

[@tdelphia1]

Windfall taxes don’t put money back into the pockets of the people who have been preyed upon.

[@public.public]

Exactly. STOP BORROWING FROM BILLIONAIRES TAX BILLIONAIRES

[@GreenAppelPie]

What in the fuck. Time to nationalize the energy companies

[@ricchrono5907]

Government funded us to feed them, wait no, rather like stuffing till they choke now.

[@LevisH21]

you can't. private business is private property. unless you are a fascist pig and justify theft, be my guest.

[@tastypymp1287]

"British Gas owner Centrica saw its adjusted operating profit fall 31% in 2020, a record low according to its preliminary results."

[@federalcorvettelover3874]

I am poorest of the poor. I have no family to help me. I have nobody, I am isolated. I am now eating twice a week, and still, my electric goes up. £1.16 every day even before I put kettle on for my 1st cup of tea of the day. I am disabled and diagnosed with serious mental exhaustion. For the forgotten few like myself, UC is not enough. The Council has just increased my apartment service charge by £36 a month. This charge is not covered by UC. I have no idea how I am going to pay for it but I do not use Gas 9 months of the year as I am mainly electric, so, I do not understand this added new charge anyway. I have never been in debt, but I refuse to go into debt. I will continue to pay these costs out of my very low food budget. If the government will not deal with these profits that would hughly benefit poorest of the poor like me, then the government has signed my Death Warrent. I will not eat but I will pay my bills because going on the street will kill me anyway. People moan about welfare people, but I did not choose to be this unwell & I did not choose to be born into this life of constant heartbreak. Even the BBC ignores us, forgetting people.

[@danskitchengardenallotment8286]

Why doesn't the government put a cap On the amount of profit that these people that's these people can make

[@ricchrono5907]

Can they?

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

@@ricchrono5907 it's because the profit they are making is a percentage of gas prices. so as the price of the market goes up, the profits follow. The regulators ofgem, certainly can limit the amount of profit that flows through, and minimise the impact to the customers. But they have done nothing it seems. they should have either put a profit limit, or decreased the percentage that they are allowed to make. it's already more than enough to maintain their assets. And yes they are a private company so they should be able to make a profit but within reason. If they want to operate in our country then they're going to have to stick to the rules we lay out, the government have that power to set them, but they just seem incompetant in handling this whole thing. And they seem way out of their depth with it, so it doesnt feel like they are the right people for the job.

[@ricchrono5907]

@@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu thank you for detail explanation, I was never aware of that. Which means at the end of the day, it’s down to politics…. Tories… gawd.

[@gio-oz8gf]

@@ricchrono5907 Of course they can, they can tax every penny of excess profits. The Tories won't do it because these companies bung them wads of cash.

[@ricchrono5907]

Tbh we don't really have many choices do we.... been betting on Tories, reluctantly so to speak, I suppose it's the lesser evil.

[@XxTheAwokenOnexX]

Energy companies should be sued for 80% of the profits they are making.

[@psytcp]

Go on then, sue. Or you can put solar and wind generators and laugh.

[@cdean2789]

Are they still forcing higher priced meters into people's homes.

[@monachaalida7587]

??

[@darv65]

Absolute Greed and the Tories encourage it.

[@sageofsixpaths8392]

OHHH NOOOOOO who could've possibly seen this coming?😲

[@madzen112]

And no one does anything about it as usual

[@Gus-cg9yp]

So, why can't tehy keep the prices down if they have tripled their profits ????

[@paulalbiston4483]

How can they make record profits in an energy crisis. Are they mercenaries?

[@gdewyg]

Uk has no economic crisis but leadership crisis

[@Slayceos]

It's okay you'll all pay it and you'll do nothing at all to the CEO responsible for it

[@MifuneYoutube]

And so will you, tough guy

[@Slayceos]

@@MifuneKZbin no I won't I don't live there

[@nikkimarland87]

@@Slayceos 🤣 great come back

[@48JBF1]

Uk general public just like to b*tch about anything then do nothing to change it. They still listen and watch Jimmy savile media for a start so why would they be smart enough to make a difference 😂

[@michaelh2099]

@@Slayceos The whole world is paying for drawn out the Russia-Ukraine conflict. You included.

[@lexruptor]

You mean after they break into people's houses and installed forced utilities they crank the price? Still wanna visit, but I'm increasingly not wanting to live in the UK

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Holy Jesus do not move to the United Kingdom of Dumpsterfires. It's an ongoing s***show the past few years. My country has disgraced itself. Move to France, Spain, Germany, Italy, or Greece or pretty much anywhere else in Europe and you'll have a much better time of it. I'm so glad I got out when I did before brexit and I feel so sorry for everyone (AKA the whole population) who did not.

[@oddball6992]

It’s all a heist on the working class, it’s all bullpoo

[@markgoddard2560]

I am always thankful that we have such an honest government that looks out for us.

[@jasf1728]

😂

[@leonthompson3433]

Absolutely disgusting behaviour by the energy companies. Its morally and ethically wrong, this inept and weak Tory govt has allowed this to happen.

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Let them eat cake.... we all know how that ended.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

I've been practicing my pronounciation of "guillotine" lately. I'm low-key hoping it will re-enter popular vernacular in the coming months/years.

[@monachaalida7587]

it's disgusting right. it can ruin everything. if it can last a long time go ahead. do not exchange again. too stingy. stingy and very destructive

[@earnestequivocation6250]

That's the important thing. Record breaking profits for the corporates and a miserable cost of living crisis for stakeholders. Wonder why that is?

[@jaaksavat7916]

When everyone is paying their taxes and supporting the Ukrainian people, big corporate and billionaires making exuberant profits scrupulously without even paying taxes is beyond believe.

[@MG-eh6bx]

The war in Ukraine is a smokescreen for the US who blew up the Nordstream pipeline & now charges 5x the price. Billionaires, yep, Zelensky is one.

[@jaaksavat7916]

@@MG-eh6bx says poo-tin, the psychopathic paranoid wannabe stalin.

[@anjubaroi]

We poor people are suffering for energy bill but British oil company profits tripled, blood suckers.

[@LevisH21]

it's private business. they can do whatever they want.

[@gio-oz8gf]

@@LevisH21 No they can't. They can only do what the government allows them to do. Admittedly, with a Tory government that's almost anything they want to do.

[@JakNorthman]

They're all touting that things need to change but none of these companies really step up and say, I'm not overchanging my customers! Lies!

[@michaelstevens1085]

No reason at all for they not to be price controls

[@zakjuly6721]

Sanction this Company and add a fuel Price Cap , like we do with Russia

[@vice.nor.virtue]

I think we ought to cherry pick very carefully indeed what political practices we take from Russia, but yes, an energy cap doesn't sound like a bad idea at all.

[@Jesusandbible]

Only a bad prime minister would let these leeches get away with this. Something must be done to stop profiteering that can lead to the deaths of the elderly, sick and vulnerable.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

I feel like there would be a lot more resources to go around if we deported all the tories to a random spot in the middle of the pacific ocean.

[@jasf1728]

...and the average working person who pays the most and has to work harder for less.

[@Kababalax]

Why don't we all just say from now on, any PLC can only pocket the first £1billion in profits, and after that, they must give the remaining amount BACK to the public? It won't make us less competitive and all that garbage talk, because if we do this, then other countries would follow suit around Europe, and these companies still can make profits, so they wont dissapear, and even if they did disappear, that would not be a bad thing because then it would make space for new companies.

[@tastypymp1287]

Because thankfully we don't live in a vile communist state. Grow up.

[@jasf1728]

@Tasty Pymp you are a fool.

[@tastypymp1287]

@@jasf1728 Not an argument. Try again?

[@Kababalax]

@@tastypymp1287 You think that capping profits would make us a "vile communist state" ? I think it's you who should grow up mate, and wake up! And seeing as you are seemingly inviting yourself to arguments with people on here, I don't think there was a constructive argument in your opening comment. I get that you support pure capitalism and that you are OK with Centrica profits, so let's leave it at that shall we and jog on.

[@tastypymp1287]

@@Kababalax I accept your unconditional surrender.

[@timmortimer6267]

Time for a people’s revolution surely

[@jasf1728]

Reform UK Party is about all I could find

[@GK_Imagimotion]

How a man should stay a law-abiding citizen when corruption like this is happening in front of us?

[@tyroneleslie3197]

They are increasing prices

[@mysticmactheturkeyslayer3616]

The government should take all the profits and give it back to the people whos been paying way to much for way to long

[@dominushydra]

Sounds a lot like Communism

[@mysticmactheturkeyslayer3616]

@@dominushydra dont knock it til you try it

[@vice.nor.virtue]

AKA Nationalise the energy industry! 👍

[@Stevehboy]

It will no doubt Quadruple x2 this year

[@birilol]

Quadruple means x4 babes

[@sunnyfairclough2906]

Inflation = huge profits?

[@GabsSystemsbuster]

biggest crime since the dawn of humanity

[@vice.nor.virtue]

I guess you never heard of the holocaust before then...

[@public.public]

Far too busy making billionaires into trillionaires to care about you and me. The conservative party that is. AND Labour because we don't hear them talking about natonalising these over profitable greedy billionaire owned businesses do we!

[@aljones2210]

This is disgusting

[@tominmtnvw]

All of these huge energy companies are bloodsuckers. Ordinary people are being crushed by the clash for energy. Government should take action to clawback a major portion of those profits and also prevent companies from further excessive profits. I would even like to see some of the energy companies executives charged.

[@Bungle-UK]

If only we were using the gas right under our feet

[@jasf1728]

That would probably be just as expensive if one of the Big Six had anything to do with it.

[@devilmyke]

Omg why are we letting this happen

[@magatism]

That's war profiteering...

[@alanpowell24]

It is OBVIOUS that a HUGE windfall tax should be applied and distributed amongst all the consumers

[@tastypymp1287]

What was their earnings in 2020?

[@shamrock141]

@@tastypymp1287 who cares, the profits for 2022 are far too much

[@tastypymp1287]

@@shamrock141 Compared to what? What is 'too much' profit exactly?

[@shamrock141]

@@tastypymp1287 compared to what they earn pre-Ukraine, record billions during a cost of living crisis, that is too much

[@tastypymp1287]

@@shamrock141 Do you know how much they earned pre-ukraine? "British Gas owner Centrica saw its adjusted operating profit fall 31% in 2020, a record low according to its preliminary results." Were you complaining then?

[@SandyWolf-]

Greed makes the world go round

[@paulfairbairn1066]

Price rigging monopoly. All in it together. Useless government regulator!

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

absolutely disgusting, where is the winfall tax. how is the govenrment allowing them to generate so much profit with out it feeding back into public services through taxes. The general people are being extorted, energy companies making record breaking profits, inflation accelerating at an enormous rate, and peoples pay especially in public sectors being stretched to breaking point resulting in wide spread strike action. This seems like a clear area of focus the government should be targeting to help reinject this money to stabilise our economy, but they just aren't. They might be scared of scaring away big companies, but at the moment they are just letting them run rampant and profitering from an over site of global events. the government need to keep their finger on the pulse and put in changes to keep all this in check, but all i see at the moment is ignorance, incompetance and inaction and it is increasing the inequality in wealth ten fold.

[@HzHz]

Just another scam.

[@lazeppelini123]

It was already clear that those ticks were just sucking money after half year of war

[@mikeee7425]

Human greed has been around for thousands of years!!

[@sctsmith]

The owners need surrounded and dealt with public justice

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Hopefully they will use their profits to help lower costs for those struggling with bills. 🙏

[@sebastianguerre6868]

Almost all energy companies profits are made extracting gas in other countries so they can't be taxed on it here.

[@davidwright873]

lol

[@ricchrono5907]

Sounds more like a dream

[@boskee]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@sageofsixpaths8392]

It's good to be optimistic, but that can only take us so far

[@tedcopple101]

They're laughing at us.

[@monachaalida7587]

mishandling maybe,leave it in the hands of the right people, so that the market is balanced.

[@anthonymcmahon1628]

Start pressuring MPs now on affordable energy and let them know it could be a vote changer in the next general election.

[@kevlacy5306]

If voting made a difference it would be illegal,

[@anthonymcmahon1628]

@@kevlacy5306 Then we need to make it the difference. Nothing will change with apathy towards democracy. If they can make any subject an election battle, then let them make this the decider.

[@dabey873]

I’m ever so happy, I left the U.K.. I couldn’t have paid the utility bills. My income is not enough to meet the monthly bills. Rents,council tax, the internet, everything is gone up. Pensioners will have a bleak existence.😭😭😭🙈🙈🙈 I’m enjoying a normal,stress free life now.😂😂😂 Don’t have to count the pennies anymore.😂😂

[@adarkimpurity]

They literally say it's a global problem by all global energy companies. Mainland Europe is hit hardest because of the proximity to the war.

[@originalunoriginal4055]

Where have you made your new home?

[@susmith7837]

Ed Davey suppressed Cuadrilla's share price by banning fracking. Meanwhile his brother Henry at Herbert Smith llp arranged its sale to Centrica. Whereupon the very next WEEK Davey announced that some fracking could be done after all.

[@iamdmc]

PUBLIC INQUIRY NOW

[@jasf1728]

What a waste of time and money that would be.

[@originalunoriginal4055]

Taking in consideration that this year the winter season wasn't as harsh as anticipated and the days are starting to get longer, sunnier, warmer and entering the spring season. It wasn't actually that cold this winter season, meaning households weren't required to turn their heating on as frequently as anticipated. Despite this factor, these companies have been profiting immensely and making record numbers in revenue. Imagine the winter season was significantly more bleak, more prolonged and temperatures dropped significantly below subzero temperatures, that remained for extensive periods? That profit number would've been alot bigger than what they've taken in so far!

[@psytcp]

insulate your houses and then you won't need them as much. Houses in the uk as are insulated as refugee camps.

[@originalunoriginal4055]

​@@psytcp in the UK, it's very tricky to adapt the homes being occupied, as any alterations or adjustments require planning permission from the authorities and local council. Even if a person owns the house they are living in, an application of building permission is required to be filled and be issued approval. If a household makes changes, such as adding insulated equipment, and the authorities find out, they could demand the removal of the adaptation and even issue fines to the home owner.

[@psytcp]

@@originalunoriginal4055 Great, so what's the problem with getting planning permission to insulate? They do that to almost every house to add more ££ (bedrooms). When they stop putting profit first, only then they might start having a better living space. 8/10 houses you see advertised read "recently refurbished to modern standard" which of course is a lie. Some don't have windows in every room, most have or will develop damp, have drafts near doors and windows. Couldn't be any worse really, unless the comparison are refugee camps. The UK also never want to "copy" anything good that countries with similar economy or climate do because of their ego. At the same time, they also don't want to reinvent the wheel, so in the end nothing is done. They are also stuck in the past on many aspects because here is all about embrassing capitalism and nothing else, just build as cheap as possible and make money right?

[@kulganmasters2047]

If the government wasn't making so much tax from fuel and energy, then they might think about doing something about the inflated prices that are leaving people struggling to survive all over the country.

[@tastypymp1287]

Causes by government policy. Fin.

[@jasf1728]

What causes? Some fin? Like fin soup or something?

[@yoislam2]

We charge the peasants what we want said the energy company’s……

[@Drippy44169]

We have nothing to worry about the gas prices cost £100 pounds and the electricity cost 100 pounds to so

[@knockedoutloaded]

Why just focus on their profits? Just look at the profits of the big tech companies

[@djpomare]

Where are the protesters camped outside oil CEO properties?

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

_Take those excess profits and give them back to the people. They don't get to triple their profits by stepping on our backs during crisis._

[@Gizzzzzy]

Fantastic news! Keep telling us how fucked we all are....

[@sliderdriver1]

It's way past time the UK energy was nationalised again. The greed of energy companies needs abolishing and its hold on the UK public ending now. Masses of companies failing while the oil companies flourish 🤷🏼‍♂️. Why has this government go no balls to sort these thieves out?

[@psytcp]

Strange that these companies are playing the victim (in their inability to help) just like consumers and calling governments to fix the energy market but at the same money lobbying them. Even 3 year olds would laugh.

[@Misterman924]

£200 a month and being cold all winter. Thanks centrica 👍

[@mysticmactheturkeyslayer3616]

Why the hell are they allowed to profit of the war!

[@monachaalida7587]

it has become a trader mentality

[@tcphoto]

In the US, it's called price gouging.

[@darrenfenton9280]

Prices up 20% in France. Our solution is political .

[@monachaalida7587]

no profit me so far. they do it secretly and there is no permission from the start to enter this area. that's what makes it complicated and difficult to handle after being caught.all of them do it secretly from me. i can't solve all by myself

[@mikejh6551]

If they made that much profit, they should be made to give everyone free gas for a year. 🙂

[@monachaalida7587]

?

[@cdean2789]

We're fighting Russia and British Gas.

[@ricchrono5907]

When you see how Europe is only suffering mildly from energy crisis, you would know what happened before the gas electricity go to our houses. It's disgraceful.

[@yannos2007]

its disgrace that this mainly happened in the UK!!!!!!! EU countries had high rise in energy bills but not in the extend of the UK. UK government should GET the GRIP and do something about it

[@tastypymp1287]

False. They're having to accumulate huge national debts. Get educated.

[@yannos2007]

@@tastypymp1287 you need to accumulate some brains boo and a sense of reality!

[@tastypymp1287]

@@yannos2007 Not an argument. Try again?

[@yannos2007]

@@tastypymp1287 It seems that your writing does not make any sense babes #tryagain

[@hassyg4083]

Congrats the Centrica for the huge profits. Also great to supply EU with gas and drive up costs for British citizens

[@Misterman924]

You don’t get profits unless you buy low and sell high.

[@msknagano]

I live in Japan. one of the giant infrastructure company, Tokyo gas as the same.

[@johnmuthan286]

Think about it, these companies make huge profits, however we know taxes upon these commodities are higher than the profit margin of these corporations, the biggest winer is the government.

[@spokes1018]

So pleased I cancelled my TV licence to save some money to pay the energy bills rather than heat Gary Lineker's pool.

[@potgieterl]

Can you make your own power cheaper?

[@robertjeglum4657]

The black hole of Calcutta would be a fitting place for greedy CEO's

[@علي-ش7ث8ب]

*Nationalization is a matter of time because falling standards of living is causing social unrest,it's become a matter of security.*

[@LordOfLight]

This is not in the least surprising. If Starmer wins the next election and doesn't re-nationalise then what is Labour for?

[@psytcp]

Just for show. Starmer is a scam. Not only he won't re-nationalise, he won't even give all the striking workers more thna the tories.