Martin Lewis, there is something very, very, very wrong in the system... 😡
So … let me get this straight:
* British Gas made a profit of £1.3bn between January & June
* BP announced profits of £6.95 billion between April and June alone
* Shell has profited by £9.4bn in a year
The MEN at the top:
* John Pettigrew, boss of National Grid received £6.5m bonus on top of his salary
* Chris O’Shea, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica was paid almost £2m last year in salary and benefits
* Centrica's non-executive directors were paid almost £1m
* Scottish Power's CEO Keith Anderson is on £1.15m.
* E.On boss Michael Lewis is on £1m
* EDF's Simone Rossi is also on £1m
* And their top execs enjoyed a share of £4.65m
* Peter Simpson of Anglian Water earned a £1.3m pay package
* Welsh Water bosses awarded themselves bonuses of over £930,000
* Severn Trent bosses awarded themselves bonuses of £5.56m
* Thames Water's Sarah Bentley, received a £727,000 bonus on top of her £2m annual salary
Meanwhile there are...
* People who haven't had breakfast and/or lunch TODAY, because they can't afford it.
* People using FoodBanks because food is becoming more of a luxury than a necessity.
* Children celebrating a birthday without presents.
* Parents worrying about new school uniforms - and some schools enforcing rules which are not cost-effective.
* People who can't get to work because they can't afford to put petrol in their cars/pay for public transport anymore.
* People who are working so much they're making themselves ill, and they STILL CAN'T AFFORD to pay their bills.
* People who have been given fines by these same energy/water companies because they couldn't afford to pay their bills in the first place - increasing their debt.
* Customers being told to do STAR JUMPS TO KEEP WARM for crying out loud!
* Hose pipe bans when gallons of water leak away everyday.
* Elderly people NOT DRINKING because they're worried about running out of water!!!
All this and energy prices are set to rise up to 75% in October...
THIS IS MADNESS!.. I'm all for supporting profits … I'm not for supporting greed at the cost of lives of others.
Something needs to change.
Why is customers' money being used to make life more comfortable for those who are making life more intolerable for the rest of us?
I actually don't understand how the energy companies are allowed to get away with this and why the government aren't stopping them instead of handing out money.....
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PLEASE KEEP IT GOING SO MORE AND MORE GET TO SEE IT .
All @ManUtd match-going Reds need to read this. Many will know my brother Harry. Has worked his socks off for fans for decades. I won my appeal, but the tone in the response painted a clear picture of the future. I stood with him and returned my Platinum #SeasonTicket too. 🔴⚪️⚫️
🚨 Eric Cantona to the Manchester United board:
“Make the signings Michael Carrick needs now, or all of you should resign. This club cannot afford to waste another opportunity. Give the manager the players he needs to compete at the highest level.”
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When Paul Gascoigne was at Rangers, Ally McCoist quickly learned that normal rules did not really apply.
Gazza lived in the next village to him.
The two of them were close at Rangers, but even by Gazza’s standards, there were some nights where McCoist had no idea what was coming through the door.
One night, McCoist was asleep at home. It was three in the morning when his wife woke him up.
“There’s someone downstairs.”
“I’m telling you, there’s someone downstairs.”
McCoist could hear it as well. The noise was coming from the kitchen.
So he got out of bed, put on a pair of shorts, and grabbed a three iron.
“I could never hit my three iron at the best of times.”
At that point, he thought he was dealing with a burglar. He was standing outside his own kitchen in the middle of the night, golf club in hand, ready for whatever was on the other side of the door.
Then he kicked the kitchen door open.
And there was Gazza.
Head in the fridge.
“He didn’t even turn around.”
McCoist just stood there looking at him.
“Paul, what are you doing?”
Gazza still did not turn round.
“I’m making a sandwich.”
It was half past three in the morning, so McCoist asked him why he was in his house making food in the middle of the night.
“I woke up and I couldn’t get back to sleep.”
“I’m hungry and I didn’t have food in the fridge.”
Then McCoist realised there was another problem.
How had he even got in?
“How did you manage to get in?”
“Remember about three or four weeks ago, you told your missus you were leaving a key for her underneath the oak tree?”
“I remembered that and let myself in.”
McCoist went back upstairs. His wife asked what was going on.
“It’s only Gazza.”
“He’s making a sandwich.”
“You can go back to sleep.”
That was just life with Paul Gascoigne at Rangers.
“It was madness on a regular basis.”
“Never a dull moment.”
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Casemiro giving his FA Cup winners medal to Malacia because he couldn’t play and didn’t receive one, that’s the definition of class.
A serial winner, a true professional, and an even greater human being. Football needs more people like Casemiro ❤️
🚨🎥 Casemiro’s wife, Anna, was seen in tears at the start of the game… while Matheus Cunha’s wife came over to comfort and hug her.. ❤️🥹
More than a club.. ♥️🔴 https://t.co/90Hzi22TWK
There are places we pass through in life… and there are places that become part of who we are.
Manchester will forever be my home.
To the city, the club, and every supporter, my sincerest thank you. These past four years have been unforgettable, filled with moments my family and I will carry with us for the rest of our lives. There simply aren’t enough words to describe the happiness and warmth we’ve felt here.
Thank you for every cheer, every memory, and for making us feel at home from the very first day.
Forever a Red Devil ❤️