Reduce Energy Bills? Don’t Make Me Laugh, Ed Davey–You’re The Reason Why They Are So High!

Ed Davey has promised that the Lib Dems will cut energy bills by £870 a year, bringing the “benefits of cheap renewable power”.  - Paul Homewood

He naturally blamed the Tories and labour for high electricity prices...

• To date, Davey’s subsidies have cost bill payers an astonishing £11.2 billion. 
• This figure will probably triple by the time the contracts expire after 15 years. 
• The cost last year alone was £2.1 billion.

Bear in mind, energy policy during the Coalition was solely under the control of the Lib Dems – neither David Cameron nor his party had any real say whatever, as this allocation of responsibilities was built into the coalition agreement at the start...