Chronicle letter - Energy

Here's the full, unedited version of my letter in today's Crewe Chronicle :

Dear Sir

I welcome Dr. Adrian Heald’s comments aboutenergy prices (17/10/12). However, I would like to go further, in offeringresidents of Crewe and Nantwich a practical solution, rather than just moaningabout it and blaming the government.

By working together as acommunity, and pooling our buying power, we can force the energy providers tolower their prices. This is exactly what I plan to do, to save money forhouseholds in Crewe and Nantwich. If you’d like to join my CollectiveBargaining group for Energy, please register your interest on my website(following the link for ‘Energy’) and we’ll take it from there.

www.stuarthutton.com

My aim is to have at least5000 households involved so we can negotiate a great deal from the suppliers.Don’t forget to spread the word to your friends and neighbours, and lend yourassistance to those who do not have access to the internet, particularly theelderly.  Remember – the more householdsinvolved, the better the deal we can negotiate!

In many ways, the stranglehold on the energymarket by the big providers, and resulting stagnation of competition andinnovation mirrors the situation in British Politics. The Con/Lib/Lab consensushas bought about a situation where no-one really gets what they want, and the countrystands still in an uneasy compromise, afraid to move on and grow.

Like the energy market, our politics needs a goodshake up! We must put aside our left/right wing biases and embrace ideas over ideologies. I would urgeeveryone to consider the range of innovative and progressive policies advocatedby UKIP, like my Collective Energy Bargaining Scheme, based on Common Sense andSound Economics. www.ukip.org.  If we work together, we can get Britainmoving again!

Yours faithfully

Cllr. Stuart Hutton, UKIP.

More EU Interference

The proposal put forward by EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding to impose a minimum quota for the number of women on the boards of companies does nothing more than denigrate the hard work and determination of women all over Europe that have already succeeded and achieved by their own merit. 

Typically, for the Political Class that make up most of the unelected EU Commissioners, Ms Reding spent her career in academia and the media, far away from the sharp end of international business and industry. If she'd had any involvement in actual industry, she would realise that companies that fail to promote their brightest and best, irrespective of their gender, colour or race will quickly and deservedly fail, as the the best people will always move to better positions at their competitors. 

The last thing British Companies need is yet more regulation and red tape courtesy of the EU, whilst our international competitors, unhindered by interfering governments surge ahead. But then, I wouldn't expect any of the raving socialists at the EU to fully understand anything about free markets or economics - just look at the mess they're making of the euro. If the implications weren't so serious it would be laughable. 

Autumn in Nantwich

Nantwich looked lovely first thing this morning. It seems autumn is making up for the summer.