This was the thing that surprised me, power companies tripling compensation for anyone that has been in the dark for 48 hours or more. Ridiculous. The only reason I can think they would agree to this is that when they next hike their prices up they can now justify it as being a direct result of...
I used to live in quite a scummy area and it flooded regularly, powercuts were quite regular and I don't ever re-call any politicians or energy companies vowing to solve the problem. Now I live near the River Mole and not far from me, in the leafy conservative stronghold of Leatherhead where...