Burnham wants an honest conversation about why British bills are among the highest in Europe. He never mentions what the energy companies already told Parliament.
• EVEN IF WHOLESALE PRICES HIT ZERO BY 2030, BILLS COULD STILL BE WHERE THEY ARE TODAY BECAUSE NON-COMMODITY COSTS KEEP RISING
• ELECTRICITY PRICES ARE ON TRACK TO BE ABOUT 20% HIGHER IN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS EVEN IF WHOLESALE PRICES HALVE
• NON-COMMODITY COSTS ARE ALREADY ADDING ROUGHLY £300 TO A TYPICAL BILL
• POLICY COSTS ON ELECTRICITY BILLS ARE ALREADY OVER £20 BILLION A YEAR AND STILL CLIMBING
Russia and Iran push up prices everywhere. They do not explain why ours stay higher. The difference is policy.
Those charges are green levies, renewable subsidies, network upgrades for electrification, and payments to switch wind off when it is surplus. They sit on the bill whether gas is expensive or free.
The industry was asking government to get them under control. The claim that bills are high only because of global fossil markets does not survive that evidence.
The government could cut those costs now. It could be honest about what is driving the gap. It will not. Burnham, like Starmer, treats net zero as non-negotiable while households and businesses face record prices. That is a choice, and it is unforgivable.
Watch the hearing. The numbers are not from campaigners. They are from the companies sending the bills.
Chelsea FC players doing the Crossbar Challenge in 2008 😭
Just look at that first XI and the players we had as backup. The drop-off from that Chelsea team to what we have now is actually crazy. 😭💔
The annual “magical taxi ride” to Disneyland Paris took place 25.9.26 , this is where London cab drivers give up their time to drive children fighting illnesses like cancer on a once in a lifetime trip. ❤️ #CancerAwareness
CHELSEA REWIND: Happy 60th Birthday to former blue, George Weah! An instant hero at Stamford Bridge, scored the winner against Tottenham on the day he signed for the club. 👏
CHELSEA REWIND: 30 years ⏪ On this day in 1996, Gianluca Vialli celebrates his goal against Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge. Instantly loved by the supporters & a huge part of the success that soon followed. 💙🇮🇹
I’m heading to an Indian spot in London tonight that people RAVE ABOUT….
If rednecks back home tried some Indian food in the UK, they would have the same problem I have.
I can’t get enough of it 😂
It’s 28 years since this Gabriel Batistuta free-kick at San Siro.
Those poor lads in the wall. Staring instant death in the face.
Their arseholes must have backfired like an old Vauxhall Vectra…
In 2016, a dog slipped into a steep concrete channel in Kazakhstan and couldn’t get back out.
A young man climbed down to save it and got stuck too.
Strangers along the bank linked arms, made a human chain down the wall, and pulled them both out.
Ten years later, Kazakhstan put the whole thing in bronze.
But look at the last hand.
It reaches past the railing so anyone walking by can grab it and become the next person in the chain.
What a great idea for a monument.
🕊️ RIP to a true pioneer. Legendary UK rapper Sway Dasafo has sadly passed away just two weeks after his 44th birthday.
From his historic independent MOBO win to laying the foundation for UK rap globally, his impact will never be forgotten. Our thoughts are with his family. 👑💔