Starmer’s “reset” with the EU is shaping up look like a one-sided sellout. True to form, Brussels is wasting no time exploiting the PM’s eagerness to cosy up to the bloc at Britain’s expense. According to a document obtained by the FT, the European Commission is advising member states to block the UK from gaining deeper access to EU electricity markets. So much for Starmer’s promises on energy security…
The document setting out policy positions on the upcoming “reset” of EU-UK relations states the EU’s “no cherry-picking” rule remains firmly in place when it comes to the UK and electricity trading:
“The UK’s decision not to rejoin the single market limits the possibilities for other options to be considered, sectoral participation in the EU energy market would not be in the union’s interest and would be contrary to the European Council guidelines.”
Using Starmer’s “reset” to give the UK the cold-shoulder…
As Starmer continues pandering to a bloc that clearly isn’t interested in fair play, his calls for greater “market access” and “trade across the North Sea” are setting off alarm bells for Brexiteers. Meanwhile, since the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement came into force, Britain has been exporting more electricity to the bloc than it imports. Labour’s “businesslike” relationship with the bloc is more give from the UK, and take from EU…
Ofgem has announced this morning that the new energy price cap will rise in the New Year to £1,738 from £1,717 – a 1.2% rise. On top of last round’s hike…
Expectations are that the cap will stay high into next summer. Miliband, who’s stayed quiet on his pre-election promise to cut bills by £300, says the rise will “cause concern for families” and blames the “rollercoaster of global fossil fuel markets.” Labour’s line as usual is that “the Conservatives trashed Britain’s energy security.” No mention of Labour’s “fully costed plan to freeze energy bills“ then…
Ofgem has announced this morning energy bills are to rise by £149 a year from October as it raises the price cap to £1,717. A 10% hike…
Starmer may have outlasted Truss on the number of days held in office, though this is something he’s sure to not be celebrating. Especially as Starmer was so quick to slam the Tories in 2022 when the cap rose, “devastating” people across the country. And as usual promising the land of milk and honey with Labour’s much-publicised “fully costed plan to freeze energy bills“. Another U-Turn there…
Labour issued a panicked 1,334-word “Political Briefing” press release this morning pointing the finger squarely at the Tories, (despite the energy cap actually being lowered in the last few months of Sunak’s government). Ed Miliband took to X to blast the “toxic legacy” they left behind. It’s worth noting that during the election Miliband banged on about Labour policies saving households £300 a year. He’s been told from above to drop that promise now…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”
