Going Out this Winter

[Redwurzel]

If its £8 to have the heating on and lights on in the winter's evening - might it be cheaper to walk to your local Witherspoon's pub for the evening and say drink 2 pints over 3 hours to save money?

 

[Super Bernie]

All these people working from home will be wanting to go back into the office.

 

[BiggEggo]

All these people working from home will be wanting to go back into the office.

Don't think so - not with the current fuel prices. Government must be raking it in atm.

 

[swordtrombonefish]

All these people working from home will be wanting to go back into the office.

Nope - some things remain sacrosanct.

Spend 1.5 hours in traffic each way every day and bear the cost of the fuel, lost time, frustration and pointlessness of it or stick a jumper on and keep typing...

 

[Super Bernie]

Sorry only being ironic

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

If its £8 to have the heating on and lights on in the winter's evening - might it be cheaper to walk to your local Witherspoon's pub for the evening and say drink 2 pints over 3 hours to save money?

It's £1.00 or so for tea/coffee with unlimited refills. Let's see how long that lasts before the rules change.

 

[Nobby_Barnes]

Most on here have boycotted Wetherspoons
Thanks

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Most on here have boycotted Wetherspoons
Thanks

I'm sure your imagination hasn't.

 

[Redwurzel]

I am not a big fan of Wetherspoons but I picked them because they are cheap (£2.20 pints), they are usually big so you can stay there without being noticed and there are a lot of them.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

I am not a big fan of Wetherspoons but I picked them because they are cheap (£2.20 pints), they are usually big so you can stay there without being noticed and there are a lot of them.

They're always busy, and not just with wasps and flies. The older gangs of women use them as their meeting joints through the day. The other cafes will be struggling to compete with the current economic fiasco the Tories and Brexit have created

 

[Nobby_Barnes]

The older gangs of women use them as their meeting joints through the day.

You'll fit right in

 

[fmttmadmin]

I think more councils need to follow the lead of Gateshead - organising halls where people can keep warm.

Warm Spaces - Gateshead Council

www.gateshead.gov.uk

 

[The_Lizards_Jumpers]

I think more councils need to follow the lead of Gateshead - organising halls where people can keep warm.

Warm Spaces - Gateshead Council

www.gateshead.gov.uk

I dont, I think the government need to make such initiatives irrelevant rather than defaulting to charity, or people's goodwill, for normal working people to survive.

Things like that are an absolute disgrace and a damning indictment of the state this country is in at the moment.

 

[fmttmadmin]

I dont, I think the government need to make such initiatives irrelevant rather than defaulting to charity, or people's goodwill, for normal working people to survive.

Things like that are an absolute disgrace and a damning indictment of the state this country is in at the moment.

Oh don't get me wrong, it is a disgrace that a local council should have to put such a plan in place.

 

[r00fie1]

I think more councils need to follow the lead of Gateshead - organising halls where people can keep warm.

Warm Spaces - Gateshead Council

www.gateshead.gov.uk

Similar happening in Bristol
What an appalling state for the sixth richest economy in the world to be in!

More details of communal 'warm places' as heating costs surge

A total of 22 sites have been identified so far

www.bristolpost.co.uk

 

[HolgateCorner]

6th largest economy in the world?

Where is all the money going?

 

[Redwurzel]

The obvious answer is energy producers (not necessarily your supplier). For example Qatar's income must be up 5 or 6 times what it used to be. They must be the biggest exporter of gas nowadays.

As a country we have to invest in more Solar and Wind and Nuclear and quickly.

It is an appalling state but its part of the increasing income/wealth divide over the last 43 years. kj

 

[allied_assault]

All these people working from home will be wanting to go back into the office.

I will be working from home but with extra large jumpers on - still does not account for my leccy though

 

[HolgateCorner]

The obvious answer is energy producers (not necessarily your supplier). For example Qatar's income must be up 5 or 6 times what it used to be. They must be the biggest exporter of gas nowadays.

As a country we have to invest in more Solar and Wind and Nuclear and quickly.

It is an appalling state but its part of the increasing income/wealth divide over the last 43 years. kj

I’m not so sure, just checked the current generation mix and it is about 30% Renewables and 20% nuclear, all of which is sourced and generated in this country.

I think the energy market is the problem and as U.K. consumers we are left to simply ride the waves of the global market regardless of where the power is coming from or which company generates it.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

I’m not so sure, just checked the current generation mix and it is about 30% Renewables and 20% nuclear, all of which is sourced and generated in this country.

I think the energy market is the problem and as U.K. consumers we are left to simply ride the waves of the global market regardless of where the power is coming from or which company generates it.

We need the next 50% of renewables to be publicly funded and owned. We can't leave ourselves open to the 'market' nonsense as we have done since Thatcher tore the country to bits. It needs rebuilding.