Wednesday 30 October 2013

Ed Miliband switched his energy supplier - after criticising the policy

Bizarre day at PMQs today when it was revealed that Miliband was taking the advice he derided so strongly only last week: this from todays debate

David Cameron:
"What we need in the energy market is more competition and lower levies and charges to drive profits and prices down, but what we have learnt in the last week is this: competition should include switching. At the Dispatch Box, Ed Miliband, said:

“I will tell the Prime Minister what is a con: telling people…that the answer was to switch suppliers”.—[Official Report, 23 October 2013; Vol. 569, c. 295.]

However, what have we found out over the last few days? The right hon. Gentleman switched his supplier. Yes—he went for one of these insurgent companies to cut his bills. Is it not typical? The right hon. Gentleman comes here every week and attacks Tory policy; then he goes home and adopts Tory policy to help his own family."
Even from Ed this was a special U turn