Jackie Buxton 💙

@MartinSLewis @OctopusEnergy To be fair, @OctopusEnergy are always ahead of the game on fairness and fighting for the best eco, cost-effective solution for the consumer . I’ve been with them for years but if you’d ever suggested before that I’d be excited about my energy company… 😌

Delighted to read this press release from @OctopusEnergy that it will be passing on the full Budget energy cuts to all customers including those on fixes, by an (all other things remaining equal) price reduction for all on 1 April. This is exactly what I've been calling for, lobbying govt for (and Octopus boss Greg and I have chatted about) and I this first move by Octopus leads all other firms to come out and follow suit. If not there will be a huge lack of transparency (eg firms could launch a fix in jan and say we've factored in the April cuts, but there's no way to tell). Here's its release. ------------------ Octopus Energy to pass Autumn Budget savings straight to customers – automatically -All variable and fixed tariffs will be reduced from 1st April to reflect policy changes - Customers don’t have to do anything – changes will automatically be applied - Octopus urges other suppliers to follow suit to help ease rising energy costs London, 12th December 2025 – Octopus Energy today confirmed it will pass on the changes from the Autumn Budget 2025 to customers, cutting energy bills from 1st April 2026. Octopus is the first major energy supplier to guarantee these reductions will be applied automatically across all existing and new fixed and variable tariffs – customers don’t need to lift a finger. The Autumn Budget policy cuts will remove certain costs from energy bills from April 1st, reducing a typical yearly bill by around £134, relative to what they would otherwise be. Octopus is calling on other energy suppliers to do the same and ensure that customers benefit transparently. The move is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to making energy simpler, fairer, and more affordable. Greg Jackson, CEO and Founder of Octopus Energy, said: “Octopus has long called for cuts in policy costs to help bring bills down, so we are delighted to see the government taking action. “These changes will bring a welcome relief to customers, and we’ll pass them through on all of our tariffs as soon as they kick in, so no one misses out. “Octopus customers can rest easy – we’ll do it all automatically. We hope other suppliers will follow our lead so everyone can benefit.”

@lady_valor_07 Big fat ZERO for me. I shall just remind myself that age is a privilege, not a right… 😊

YOU??

@ML3democrats AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Would you gladly shake President Obama’s hand if you ever met him? A. ABSOLUTELY B. NEVER C. I’LL THINK ABOUT IT

@Matt_Pinner Something to cook it on? 🤢

What's missing 🤔

@Matt_Pinner And running - over forested paths, fields and hills if you possibly can, but you still get the endorphin hit, and the peace that comes from single tasking, running anywhere…

@Matt_Pinner Read a book - but it has to be a great one!

Please tell me

@theamelia__ Yup.

@kangaroos991 That’s a YES from me.

YES or no? 🤔

@ML3democrats 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

Raise your ✋ if you can't wait for the day to never hear from this man again!

@BladeoftheS Every day and to my last 🙏

If Rachel Reeves said we are throwing Brexit in the bin, rejoining the Single Market, regaining Freedom of Movement and saving £42bn a year. How much would you cheer?

@RichardHearneUK So, so beautiful.

Ignited my love for trance/dance music. RIP Robert Miles

@GuillermElodie I don’t hate anybody but if I did…

Do you hate this man? It's a simple question

Brilliantly said, Gary. Thank you.

@OlenaRohoza Yes.

Would you support President 🇺🇦 Zelensky receiving the Nobel Peace Prize ? YES or NO ?

@ML3democrats 🇺🇦

Trump to the UN: "Everyone says I should get the Nobel Peace Prize." ABSOLUTELY NOT JABBA THE HUTT. The only one who deserves the Nobel Prize is President Zelenskyy. Do you agree? Drop a 🇺🇦

Do you think the BBC gives Reform UK to much airtime compared to all the other political parties?🤔 Repost after voting please.

@MattWallace888 Thoroughly depressing and absolutely terrifying.

This is so hard to watch 🥺

@OlenaRohoza YES

Would you support President 🇺🇦 Zelensky receiving the Nobel Peace Prize ? YES or NO ?

@labourlewis This is the most eloquent, intelligent summary I have read on this ‘situation’ and I thank you for it. How do we stop the likes of Musk, Hopkins Tommy R exploiting this and social media inflaming it further though? How do we get through that Reform/ hate is not the answer?

Believe it or not, I had an old school friend on today’s marches in London. He sent me some photos from the crowd. We went to middle school together and grew up on the same Eastern District council estate in Northampton. I asked him why he was there. He gave me two answers: 1.“The government doesn’t listen to us.” 2.“I want to feel proud of my country again.” He wore a Union Jack, not a St George’s Cross as he said that one had been hijacked by racists. He wasn’t there for Hopkins, Musk, or any of the professional ‘grifters’ as he put it. He was there to feel part of something bigger, though he admitted there were a lot of, in his words, “assholes” there. He’s an electrician. He’s smart. He’s not racist, but he’s not “PC” either. He’s not a fan of Keir Starmer but he also believes Farage would be a disaster. Oh yes, he’s a bundle of contradictions! But aren’t we all? I don’t know what ‘box’ we put him or the millions like him in. And I think pretending they’re all racists or fascists would be a massive mistake. Some were. But not all. This is about something bigger than immigration slogans or GDP numbers. For decades we’ve hollowed out our national life, underfunding and undermining the very institutions that once brought us together. Karl Polanyi, writing in The Great Transformation, argued that when markets are “disembodied” from society, when land, labour, and life itself are treated as commodities society pushes back. He called this the “double movement”: people seeking to protect themselves, to reclaim dignity and meaning when everything solid seems to melt into air. That’s what I saw in my friend’s photos. Not just anger, but a demand for belonging. We’ve replaced collective experience with atomisation. Without getting too nostalgic, programmes like the BBC’s Generation Game once pulled in millions every Saturday night, giving us something we could all talk about on Monday morning. Now we watch Netflix, Disney+, Prime, or Paramount, alone, in algorithmic silos. Football used to be affordable and rooted in community; now it’s millionaires playing for the profitability of billionaires. The NHS, the post office, the railways - all chipped away, run down, sold off or centralised, leaving people feeling powerless and disconnected. And don’t get me wrong: some kind of “Hovis Labour” nostalgia for the 1950s isn’t the answer. The country back then was often intolerant, grey, and deeply unequal. But what we’ve built since is a society that gives people little to hold in common, no collective story about who we are or what we’re for. I reckon that’s partly why my mate marched. Not because he wants to turn back the clock. But because he wants to feel pride again. Pride in a country that is inclusive, fair, and offers a role for everyone. Pride in a nation that has a respected place in the world, tackles grotesque inequality, and gives people something real to believe in. Polanyi warned that when democracies fail to provide a humane alternative, the backlash can turn authoritarian. This is how fascism grew in the 1930s, not because everyone became a true believer, but because millions felt abandoned and looked for strength, identity, and meaning wherever they could find it. If Labour and progressives don’t offer that story of renewal, if we don’t rebuild our national institutions, restore collective pride, and re-embed markets within society, the far right will do it for us, in their own image. And by then, it will be too late.

@AngelaRayner You leave with your head held high, @AngelaRayner and remain an inspiration to so many of us. Thank you for all you have done for this country so far - but all your many and varied supporters know you are far from done, yet. Keep fighting, we need you.

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