Ethically Energised

Rumbles of moral misgiving from energy profiteers may be expected in four-point harmony with squeals of fiscal indignation from hard-working families at the tentative suggestion by the energy regulator that more affluent households might make a larger contribution to maintaining and improving other people's energy supplies. A consultation is afoot to find out whether the energy industry cares where its money comes from and to what extent the rich feel inclined to ease the burden of the poor; although the consultation is still in its early stages and still has plenty of time for metamorphosis into an inquiry as to how far corporations should incentivise the poor to thrift and whether larger bills for people who can afford them really would mean the end of the world and British values and everything else that makes real people's lives worth enriching. Whatever conclusions are eventually reached, Team Starmer will doubtless subject them to appropriate moderation and sensibilitisation towards the vital goal of appeasing the Farage Falange, which is unlikely to tolerate any reduction in British bills from which a single Other might possibly stand to benefit.