The last one was taken straight from a Guardian headline, only changing Truss to Sunak where the government campaigned to get people to “reduce their heating to save money”. It took a lot of public effort such as the don’t pay campaign to block attempts from the government and corporations from raising energy prices too much. Those prices are still going up right now sources and the overall cost of living has gone up ever since the beginning of the war source.

Although inflation has dropped, it’s still at an alarming 7.9% and so all the cost increases from last year will only compound in the coming winter, even if the Trans-Sahara pipeline is not affected. Thankfully all the Windsor palaces have pretty good heating and probably can help those who need a hot place to stay.