Calor Gas - Flogas

Photograph Quiz:

Photo no 220.

Question:-  Thought you might like another nice photo of the unveiling of Joe West’s statue. Who are the others in the picture I hear you ask Blog?

Dear Blog,

                It is good to moan. Relieves the frustration and gives the feeling that something has been achieved; whereas nothing really happens and no one either listens to the moans or takes any notice of the moans …. mainly because no one listens to the moans.

               A moan in point. Yawn. That nice Mr. Cameroon and one of his energetic mates, Mr. Yohoho, have started banging on about energy prices again, presumably because it is a quiet news day, Parliament is down and they don’t want to commit to anything that the media will latch onto and demand questions. Yawn. Everyone is urged to shop around, change suppliers etc.. Privatisation was to stimulate competition and bring down prices. Double Yawn. Well now. Yawn. For those of us who have piles in the country, mansion not connected to local services, [no sewerage as one example] we have to rely on L.P.G. gas. Yawn. Shop around indeed??? With only two suppliers of that product, there does not appear to be many places to shop Mr. Cameroon. Now I would not be so bold as to suggest that Calor and Flogas would operate a cartel, but an analysis of prices of both companies over the last 10 years does not seem to suggest to me that much cut throat cut price competition is taking place. Yawn. They have the trapped market well and truly sewn up between them so why rock the boat???? Letters to M.P.s pointing out the situation elicits a big YAWN, if indeed any reply is forth coming. Yawn, yawn, yawn. Nay four times yawn. Mr Cameroon, like the previous occupants of number 10 send only a courteous reply to letters … and the press are certainly not interested in the plight of tanked gas users; presumably on the premise that only fat cats and farmers use the stuff anyway so why bother wasting news print on the issue??? Yawn. Shall I start a petition on Change.com Blog? That would be a wheeze, wouldn’t it???? Methinks I shall consider this???? Colin Yawns and falls off stage right.

                                                    Colin