Its been on the cards for several years that energy has been too cheap and that the price will go up. That goes for a lot of things cheap throw-away clothes, cheap, nasty (and over-priced) crap supermarket food etc. So peeps instead wasted their money on expensive throw away tat such as iPhones etc rather than save for a rainy day. How much does this shit cost and how long do peeps use them before buying the next new model?
I'm on a fixed dual tariff until end of July where I calculate that my annual dual fuel bill will double. But thats been on the cards for years so I have built in the necessary protection rather than buying the latest must have toy.
Putin is the real danger. If what Russia says is true then just one of their multi-head nuke hyper-speed (Lucifer) missiles is able to take out the whole of the UK - England, Scotland, Wales and all of Ireland and if they wish the surrounding islands as well. Just one pre-emptive strike and we are all toast. If they are not bragging/bluffing.
DV