UK energy crisis: Kindergarten tells kids to wear more clothes as heating too expensive

[Counselor706]

A kindergarten in the United Kingdom has told children to wear more clothes to stay warm due to the fact that it reportedly cannot afford to heat its premises for the entire day.

With the price of energy surging both in Britain and the European Union, small businesses are now reportedly struggling to sign new contracts with their energy suppliers, with firms demanding up to £10,000 (~$12,000) upfront as insurance in case they go out of business due to the ever-inflating costs of operations.

According to a report by state-owned broadcaster the BBC, DaisyChain nursery in the south of England is telling both its children and staff to wrap up more during the winter months, with the kindergarten’s owner, Lee-Anne Lovegrove, saying that she will not be able to afford to keep the heating on.

"We can’t afford to have the heating on all day because it will ruin us,” Lovegrove told the news agency. “We have 12 members of staff here and I’ve asked them to ensure they wear more layers when they come to work because we won’t be able to have the heating on from 8 o’clock to 6 o’clock every day because financially it’s going to ruin us."

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/20...o-wear-more-clothes-as-heating-too-expensive/

 

[oggbashan]

1. In this weather? Not likely.

2. Kindergartens are currently closed for the summer.

3. Most UK kindergartens are under extreme financial pressure and are rarely profitable. A 300% rise in energy bills could force some to close.

 

[Bray123]

Quoting that 'news' story says more about the outlet and the sort of person who thinks that it's a reliable source, than the cost of heating a shut school during a heatwave.

 

[Counselor706]

Energy executives in the UK have warned the government that the country faces the prospect of mass civil unrest as a result of people being unable to afford their heating and electricity bills this winter.

The government is being asked to approve “radical” COVID-style bailouts for small businesses which face total ruination as a result of soaring energy costs.

One senior industry figure said that when people “realize how bad this is going to get,” they could take their anger to the streets in the form of violent demonstrations.

The comments are similar in nature to those made by campaigner Tom Scott, who is urging people to refuse to pay their bills, and says social disorder is on the horizon.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-...ld-Face-Civil-Unrest-As-Power-Bills-Rise.html

 

[Counselor706]

Polling released on Monday has suggested that just under one in four Britons will not turn on their heating due to the rising price of energy.

It is the latest statistic showing how much Britain’s population is struggling under the myriad economic crises facing them, with one union boss recently hinting at the possibility of street riots over how dire things are for many in the country.

According to a report by The Telegraph, polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats completed last week has revealed that around 23 per cent of people plan not to turn on their heating this winter if energy prices increase.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/20...-not-turn-on-heating-over-winter-months-poll/

 

[oggbashan]

The new Prime Minister will not be announced until 5 Sept. The first item on her/his agenda is how to support UK families through the energy crisis.

The current governemnt under Boris Johnson has drawn up a list of possible actions.

Watch this space...

 

[colddiesel]

An Eton headmaster, some 200 years ago, recommended to his staff that on cold mornings they should each take 4 or 5 boys an beat them soundly - thus warming up both masters and boys.

 

[oggbashan]

An Eton headmaster, some 200 years ago, recommended to his staff that on cold mornings they should each take 4 or 5 boys an beat them soundly - thus warming up both masters and boys.

The boarding school I attended in the 1950s housed most of the boys in WW2 Nissen huts with a square electrical heater than only heated the air above it.

It was not unusual to wake up and find that the windows were frosted on the inside.

As for showers? The senior boys had the hot water. By the time the juniors could use the showers they were stone cold...

 

[icanhelp1]

The new Prime Minister will not be announced until 5 Sept. The first item on her/his agenda is how to support UK families through the energy crisis.

The current governemnt under Boris Johnson has drawn up a list of possible actions.

Watch this space...

Maybe the US can help with LNG?

 

[Btq97]

An Eton headmaster, some 200 years ago, recommended to his staff that on cold mornings they should each take 4 or 5 boys an beat them soundly - thus warming up both masters and boys.

now thanks to the nanny state look at the political pygmies it is turning out now
Shagger Johnson and Pig fucker Cameron

plus prepare for the fire sale of the nhs and the eduction system that is why the chancellor has slopped off to the states

 

[oggbashan]

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Maybe the US can help with LNG?

They already are - selling at world prices. The problem is there are only limited facilities to take LNG imports in Europe, not so dire in the UK, and the US's export facilities are closing too...

 

[stxjimmy]

It is shaming for the UK that this story is nearly true. The kindergarten owner did tell the BBC that will be the advice given to parents over the winter.

It's good of an inhabitant of a nation where children don't need an extra layer but a bullet proof vest to stay safe to bring it to wider attention.

 

[Counselor706]

Some small businesses in Europe are posting their skyrocketing electricity bills to social media as the worsening energy crisis threatens to cripple their economies.

"My mum owns a small café in Leicester. Her electricity bill has just jumped from £10k ($12k) a year to £55k ($64k) a year," claimed one Twitter user.

Another user posted a message from a local restaurant in the U.K. that said they were closing because of electricity costs.

https://www.theblaze.com/amp/small-...l-media-as-european-crisis-worsens-2657975702

 

[phrodeau]

Dress codes? School uniforms? Important to teach discipline and avoid distraction.

Don a sweatshirt? Fascism.

 

[Counselor706]

With a potential decade of “terrible winters” and years of economic pain ahead, European nations are looking to ease the pain, with the United Kingdom arranging for coal power stations to no longer shut down to meet green goals, and calls within government to fast-track new nuclear.

The British government could change planning rules to allow itself to fast-track new energy generation, minister Greg Clark has said, previewing potential medium-to-long term fixes being eyed by the government to mitigate the predicted years of annual energy shortages under the coming new government.

Green-revolution fixated Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has overseen the running down of legacy power generation and blocking of new, traditional power in favour of his preferred outcome of chasing radical decarbonisation is due to leave government this coming Monday, ousted by his own party over a series of scandals.

Liz Truss, the Conservative politician widely expected to replace Johnson, has signalled that she could overturn bans on fracking and drill for more oil in British waters to boost energy security. It is even suggested that long-shuttered British coal mines could reopen as watchers in Europe predict a decade of “terrible” shortages in winters to come, and years of inflation.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/20...-coal-plants-looks-to-fast-track-new-nuclear/

 

[oggbashan]

That link is unfair to Boris. No one could have predicted Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the shutting off of Russian gas.

Boris had been exploring new nuclear plants as part of the green initiative but no decision had yet been made. As for coal? From March this year, it was expected that the UK's coal plants would be operational longer than predicted and even that a new one could be built.

 

[Counselor706]

Up to 60 per cent of factories in the UK are now facing possible closure over a massive surge in their energy bills, a manufacturers’ body in the country has warned.

Six in ten UK factories are now facing the possibility of winding up their operations over the rising cost of energy bills in the country, a group tasked with representing manufacturers, Make UK, has claimed.

The organisation has now urged for incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss to take “decisive action” to rescue large swathes of the sector, which it has described as being in “survival mode”.

According to a survey conducted by the body, just under 60 per cent of factories have described the massive spike in the cost of energy as threatening the future operations of their business, with over 40 per cent of respondents saying that they have already seen their bills spike by 100 per cent or more.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/20...p-to-six-in-ten-uk-factories-forced-to-close/

 

[oggbashan]

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/20...p-to-six-in-ten-uk-factories-forced-to-close/

The new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has said that the energy crisis is top of her agenda and intends to make an announcement about it tomorrow...

 

[ll74]

I enjoy that Truss continues the tradition of ignoring the train wreck that the party brought upon the country with Brexit.

 

[oggbashan]

I enjoy that Truss continues the tradition of ignoring the train wreck that the party brought upon the country with Brexit.

Brexit isn't a train wreck. It was a democratic decision by the UK electorate and given what President Macron of France is like, we are well out of the EU.

As for energy? What is expected is massive government intervention. Apart from Government money I would expect more drilling for oil in the North Sea and fracking on land.

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/20...p-to-six-in-ten-uk-factories-forced-to-close/

What does “up to sixty percent” mean in Trumpspeak? Is it like five?

 

[ll74]

Brexit isn't a train wreck. It was a democratic decision by the UK electorate and given what President Macron of France is like, we are well out of the EU.

As for energy? What is expected is massive government intervention. Apart from Government money I would expect more drilling for oil in the North Sea and fracking on land.

It was brought on by a party that (lied) insisted that they had a post Brexit plan.

Certainly folks voted for it, but they had an expectation based those lies.

 

[oggbashan]

What does “up to sixty percent” mean in Trumpspeak? Is it like five?

If nothing is done, but Liz Truss has promised intervention, many smaller businesses that use significant amounts of energy will find the energy prices unaffordable. They are already seeing rises of 400% with 1,000% possible by the end of the year.

 

[oggbashan]

It was brought on by a party that (lied) insisted that they had a post Brexit plan.

Certainly folks voted for it, but they had an expectation based those lies.

As you should know, it wasn't one party that was for Brexit. There were many anti-brexiteers in the conservative party, and since Brexit, there have been many people determined to sabotage the process and oppose the decision by any means.

 

[ll74]

As you should know, it wasn't one party that was for Brexit. There were many anti-brexiteers in the conservative party, and since Brexit, there have been many people determined to sabotage the process and oppose the decision by any means.

I have no issue with what was decided, but believe the party should acknowledge that they lied about having a plan. Especially when a new head is taking over after her predecessor's BS.