Month: October 2013

Electric and gas bills

Loving that cheap / free cavity wall insulation? Newsflash! It wasn’t actually cheap or free. You’re actually paying for it in huge gas and electric bill increases. Loving that cheap / free loft insulation? Newsflash! It wasn’t actually cheap or free. You’re actually paying for it in huge gas and electric bill increases. Loving those cheap solar panels ? Newsflash!… Read more →

America is open again.. for a bit.

The Republicans have been trying to hold the US Government to ransom about what’s commonly known as “Obamacare”. It’s been sorted out now, in an 11th hour agreement, but it’ll only last for 3-4 months. Now, I’ve had the need to visit A&E here in the UK three times in the last month with my son. Money is taken from… Read more →

Right, let’s sort a couple of issues out shall we?

Heard the news this morning? Food Bank usage has more than tripled in the last year. It’s basically because everyone is skint. What do the Government say? Well they tell us that this is only happening because there’s twice as many food banks. My verdict? The Government, yet again, are horribly out of touch with reality. Secondly, this whole “Plebgate”… Read more →