What is it with these One-Nutted Rusty Donger Lefties and Lying

Why does lying mean?

The dictionary definition of lying is “to make a false statement with the intention to deceive”

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has confirmed Labor’s promise to reduce household electricity prices by $275 is officially broken with Australians paying among the most expensive power bills in the world. In just two years, the Albanese Labor Government’s all-eggs-in-one-basket ‘renewables only’ approach has driven power prices up by $1,000 more than Labor promised for some Australian households. The AER decision will set what’s known as the ‘reference price’ for electricity beginning on July 1 this year and has revealed increases of up to 38% over the past two years, sending bills soaring to just under $3,000 a year in some jurisdictions. This is forcing many families to make tough decisions as energy bills take an increasing toll on household budgets. Small businesses have also been hit hard by Labor’s spiralling energy crisis, with bills soaring by up to $2,000.After just two years of ‘hard Labor’ there are now 43,210 new households on hardship payments with their energy provider, and nearly 24,000 households and business in energy debt. It’s no wonder business energy bills are continually cited as the cost item that is causing them the most problems. Energy prices have contributed to 16,000 businesses around the country going insolvent since 1 July 2022







From England

Labour is accused of ‘lying’ over pledge to knock £300 off energy bills

JULY 27, 2024

tags: labour

By Paul Homewood

It did not take long for Miliband’s promise to come unstuck!

And watch out for when his silly windmills increase our energy bills, as he will then blame it on gas prices!

Labour’s pledge to slash £300 off energy bills was branded ‘a lie’ last night.

The Tories went on the attack over the flagship promise after Ed Miliband admitted his ‘clean power’ revolution may not cut bills at all before the next election.

During the election campaign, Sir Keir Starmer, Energy Secretary Mr Miliband and other leading figures repeatedly claimed that their controversial plan to decarbonise the electricity system by 2030 would reduce household bills by £300.

In a speech last month, Sir Keir said Labour would ‘tackle the root causes of the cost of living crisis and help families save up to £300 off their energy bills’.

Steve Reed, now the Environment Secretary, said the plans would ‘cut bills by an average of £300 a year every year’.

But Downing Street refused to repeat the pledge yesterday. And Mr Miliband admitted that his radical plans could take years to deliver.

To add to the confusion, Sir Keir later appeared to confirm the figure, saying he stood by his manifesto pledges. But critics pointed out that the £300 figure was not included in the manifesto, despite being highlighted by Sir Keir during the campaign.

Pressed by journalists as he visited a wind turbine manufacturer in Widnes, Cheshire, the Prime Minister said: ‘We certainly want to get those bills down in this Parliament.’

Tory energy spokesman Claire Coutinho said the admission showed Labour had lied to the public.

‘Labour MPs said to their voters that they would save them £300 off their energy bills,’ she added.

‘They said it on leaflets, in hustings, on local radio. They were lied to and so they lied in turn. Instead, Ed Miliband’s energy plans will heap huge costs on struggling families.’ The row came as Sir Keir and Mr Miliband outlined plans for a tie-up between the new Great British Energy company and the Crown Estate to install hundreds of giant offshore wind turbines around the coast.

Officials said the tie-up could eventually produce enough electricity to power 20 million homes. But the Government has committed only to reaching ‘seabed lease stage’ by 2030, meaning much of it may not be producing electricity by that point.

Mr Miliband warned it would ‘take some time’ before GB Energy turns a profit, but suggested it would start producing returns before the next election.

But Ms Coutinho claimed GB Energy would involve ‘funnelling taxpayers’ money into reducing risk for multimillion-pound energy companies’, while the 2030 decarbonisation target would ‘hike bills and ramp up our dependence on batteries and cables from China’.

‘Now they’re saying bills may go up… but the truth is even worse,’ she added. ‘Labour’s plans for energy are going to mean huge costs for British families.’ Tory science spokesman Andrew Griffith said the push for green energy was already under way and described GB Energy as a ‘name-plating exercise’.

He added: ‘This looks like the most expensive summer job in history – £8 billion of taxpayers’ money to Ed Miliband to give him something to do.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13673843/Labour-accused-lying-pledge-bills-Sir-Keir-Starmer-GB-Energy-wind-farms.html