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[Emma L. Higgins @emhiggs22]

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.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Looking forward to the Greens receiving the same level of media attention as Farage now …

[Dr Ian Jackson 😷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🗿 @dr_ianjackson]

Just sayin.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

36 days to go. Remember which political party gave Baroness Michelle Mone £203m of taxpayers' cash for largely useless PPE. Full story here 👇

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

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Everything you need to know about Nigel Farage

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Rishi Sunak - The Movie🇺🇸

[gabbie armstrong @gabbiearmstrong]

@louisetaft Ha! I’ve been there! Also at school post holidays a day early…

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

This is so dangerous and irresponsible. When parliamentarians - law makers, for goodness sake - say ‘ignore the law’ and that judges are ‘enemies of the people’ you are on a very slippery slope. We saw how that ended in the US on Jan 6

[gabbie armstrong @gabbiearmstrong]

@johnredwood Yes, that’ll be your Brexit.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Break you wife's nose and get a knighthood. Speak out for refugees and get the sack.

[gabbie armstrong @gabbiearmstrong]

@andreajenkyns

[gabbie armstrong @gabbiearmstrong]

@AlexScott Love it!

[John Spiers @squeezyjohn]

STOP your critics from accusing you of behaving like 1930s Germany by seizing control of the national broadcaster and silencing them. @TwopTwips

[gabbie armstrong @gabbiearmstrong]

@alanshearer Respect. Thank you for taking a stand.

[gabbie armstrong @gabbiearmstrong]

@IanWright0 Thank you for taking a stand.

[gabbie armstrong @gabbiearmstrong]

@RishiSunak Vile

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Our energy bills triple

British Gas profits triple

It’s not rocket science is it…

Mugs.

https://t.co/Rmpcc3SRv0

[Ashley James @ashleyljames]

In the last couple of weeks I've learned from the police / media if I want to avoid going missing or being murdered I need to:

Not be too ambitious or high-achieving.
Not earn more than my partner (too late)
Not go to a park.
Not to drink alcohol.
Not to go through menopause.