“Gordon Brown says energy firms unable to offer lower bills should be temporarily re-nationalised”

Aug 23, 2022 | In the news

OK, he left office with the reputation as the man who broke the government bank, but he actually put together the strategy which saved the rest of the banks. And as someone who lived through the strike-a-day ’70s, I do think the unions are talking, not necessarily more economic sense, but certainly with the moral high ground. Can it be right that energy and many other companies are raking in big profits, paying out exec bonuses and dividends, and not keeping prices down or properly paying their workforces? And as for Thames Water (personal bugbear) and the other big utilities…so, Gordon maybe has a point. He’s whistling in the wind, however, as I don’t think it will ever be on the Truss agenda.

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“Apple versus the world”

Apple has just launched its first actual new product in quite a while, a virtual reality gizmo, and that is quite big news. What they do put out there is usually a big seller and makes still more big bucks.