Factories are 'days away' from stopping
production due to energy crisis as business
secretary Kwasi Kwarteng prepares to ask
Rishi Sunak for BILLIONS in subsidies
to keep plants open
Posted By: Ribicon, 10/10/2021 8:17:55 PM
Britain faces a fresh setback in the escalating energy crisis, with industry experts warning today that factories are just 'days away' from having to close. Bosses behind energy-heavy firms are said to be considering temporary shut downs due to spiralling gas prices—which threaten to turn profits to loss. Steel markers are among those calling for immediate Government intervention in the energy crisis—which is being driven by an enormous spike in the cost of natural gas. Glassmakers fear production could become economically unviable within days, while the boss of a ceramics firm yesterday warned how he faces a 'disastrous' £200,000 rise to his energy costs'.
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The brilliant captains of British industry sat on their hands while BoJo the Clown made all viable sources of energy unavailable, all for a pat on the head from the Greens, but now they want Kwasi Kwarteng to beg Rishi Sunak for a bailout. Margaret Thatcher's Britain is not even a dim recollection at this point; "At some point you run out of somebody else's money."