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- Islington council has started rationing hot water and heating to its tenants and leaseholders.
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The coldest place in England: Orchard Park - ruclips.net/video/BBXigEH7yCQ/видео.html
Make your own
It cannot possibly be as cold as Suella Braverman's heart.
@@iainb1577 no where near 🤣👍
Can you not move out
What about having a good old fashioned sit in at their offices.
Rishi Sunak just built a 200,000 heated swimming pool in his Yorkshire mansion , while his wife claimed COVID grants. You are being treated like idiots.
they are freemasons/satanists
And how does he get rewarded? He becomes PM, when he should be swinging from a branch. A lot of this inflation problem has been caused by him and his runaway QE.
@@rugbydazz2264 They all mock the poor. They don't care. They steal.
The council are not the government. It is not their fault
@@andrina118 That is true, but they have no right to the money.
My local council are considering something similar, along with stopping funding for food banks and saying their budget won’t stretch to funding ‘warm banks’ while at the same time spending £250,000 on art for its offices. Spending £22,000 on a painting of a tree done by a councillors wife!
Time for people to start showing politicians who they work for.
No time like the present. Start the protest or a petition, or both.
I would wager the arts stuff was paid for through a capital grant (probably Arts council), if so it wouldn't be relevant as couldn't be spent on anything else.
Which council is this then?
Totally corrupt and continue to be so until we people put a complete to stop to their games!!
@@jonathaneastwood2927 all council's
Until people stand together and stand up there will be no end to the cruelty and manipulation!
Our government has been working non stop to divide us for decades. Trying to get us to hate eachother, so we won't bind together to bring them down.
Yes working class solidarity is essential
? I dont understand. These tenants voted their Labour council in.
Absolutely. IMO, the time to make a stand is now!
The intellectually dysfunctional and spiritually disenfranchised will never stand together in unity. Scriptural prophecy will be fulfilled as a direct result.
“You will own nothing and you will be happy”
The council are doing this because they will trample over us as much as we let them. This guy contributes more to Londoners than any banker ever could.
No words
look up geothermal you can do it yourself and you don't have to pay for it too It's actually much better
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Your new king is a member of the WEF gang! They have plans for you.
This is the future if you don't say NO. They want complete control of the little people and it starts here.
The little people have any sense of self determination?
@@honeybunch6473 do the little people work their asses off whilst the big fish get grandad's money handed to them on a silver platter?
Hang on, did I hear that right? His bills are increasing by 700% while not being allowed to use his utilities whenever he wants?
Sort of, he's either in some old block that has underfloor heating or in a tower with a massive boiler. I've never lived in a block with underfloor heating but IIRC there always used to be complaints about not being able to switch it off, control when it comes on etc. You get billed even if you don't want to use it etc, that's why it's a service charge.
By law, service charges in council accommodation can only go up to recover costs that seem reasonable. So yes, in the current circumstances that is considered a reasonable increase. It's clearly not enough though if the usage is having to be restricted in this way.
@@llama2851 hmm, this doesn't sound like a council block. IIRC you can't even turn the heating down in the older ones and where you can, it won't make any difference as it comes off as a service charge that everyone pays.
The same is true for digital tv.
@@llama2851 so you're a thief. Lovely.
@@llama2851 you knowingly let c pay for all 4 of you. If someone else is unknowingly paying for you, whether it's a shitty system or not, it's also crap on your part.
Why would they turn off heating at night when it gets the coldest, let alone the hot water. Ridiculous! Anyone who’s ever had to get up for work at 5am in winter when the heating has been off all night, knows how miserable it is getting dressed with your teeth chattering. Then having to wash in freezing cold water. Are those in charge crazy?!
They assume their tenants are all bums on benefits. They think the tenants are all in bed until lumchtime and then sitting around doing nothing.
I agree it is a bit crazy with the pipes and stuff.
No they're psychopaths!
The greenies are the crazy ones, thinking they could just stop oil, gas, coal use with nothing in place. The suffering in Europe is going to be harsh and brought to you by your government and the Biden regime.
This is planned.
@@thefloatingapothecaryroman16 the aim is too get rid of 95 percent
I grew up really poor and didn't have heating or hot water because we couldn't afford it. It's miserable. To be paying your bills and having that right taken away must be an awful feeling. I hope they organise and get it resolved before winter really kicks in.
We weren’t really poor but we only had one bath a week on a Sunday evening. Rest of the time we had a strip wash in front of the gas fire. No central heating, double glazing etc. We survived. Come on folks, were made of stronger stuff than that and we’ll survive!
@@Truth1561 the point is they are paying their bills, they shouldn't be just surviving. Plus there are some vulnerable people who won't survive without heating, winter deaths have been increasing year on year as austerity bites.
@@carolinstevenson2254 How is rationing heating "nannying"?
@@andrina118 Figure it out for yourself..
@@carolinstevenson2254 I did, that's why I asked, because it isn't is it?
I really can't believe that this is happening. We really do need to ALL stand together and do something. It's absolutely diabolical.
New world order ..We were 'tin foil hatters' were trying to warn you years ago
Millions of real heroes freedom p did for 2years were beaten up arrested spent their time money cowards get on with it
spineless londoners apart from a few The majority of Spineless brits and uk public did nothing
get on with it cowards want heroes to do all the work then cowards vote obey controlled psychos
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Can you imagine, you get sick, you get a cold or the flu or COVID, and you can't have heat for hours on end. This is outrageous.
You CAN have heat. You plug in an electric heater. The council hasn’t turned the electricity off. But of course, you have to pay for using the extra electricity.
It’s hot water that you can’t have.
@@Woodman-Spare-that-tree try Electric Immersion Water Heater
@@Woodman-Spare-that-tree Electric heating costs far more than gas.
geothermal and you can do it yourself better too
Alternatives? There is no free lunch as they say
In the 70-80s, council tenants would organise rent strikes until the local authority made repairs.
Yea, just organize rent strikes every few years and things will be fine.
All that happen now if tenants tried that is eviction notices.
If they try that they'll violate their assured tenancies and be subject to an unassured or fixed term tenancy. It's not worth the risk of homelessness.
@@m.l.2483 so how can we just take this shit?
@@jamespaul6315 Good question. Maybe we realy are a stiff upper lip, god save the king, people, like we are told. (mugs)
You need to go around Nadhim Zahawi stables in Warwickshire a man worth 100 million and got caught out claiming heating allowance for his stables to keep his horses warm . You don’t hear about that in the Daily Mail
Yeah and how much does he pay in TAX per year, a damn site more than these clowns.
@@undesignated3491 Zahawi has been implicated in several tax scandals . . . .
@@undesignated3491 why are you condoning a mp for being bent you weirdo
@@undesignated3491 CLOWNS ??? HOW THE FK IS A WORKING MAN AND CARER A CLOWN ???
YOU HAVE TO BE TROLLING FOR GIGGLES CNUT ...
@@superhumantrueman Off subject and nothing to do with Heating stables, let alone the Tax Scandal which I remember reading had nothing to do with HMRC but everything to do with Shadow Treasury Minister who would jump in horse shit to win an election.
That's messed up, truly the worst kind of bureaucrats. Those that came up with this deserve to be forcibly given cold showers.
Bet none of the lovely people who came up with that idea dont live there. This is appalling.
It's all because the rich must have more money! You must sacrifice for them, after all, they;re special!
No sympathy, country voted Brexit which has caused a massive downward move in the value of the pound. Gas is priced in Euros and Dollars so what we the consumer pays is dependent on the strength of the pound. If the UK announced tomorrow morning 9am their intention to rejoin the SM the value of Sterling would pop 20-30% by 5pm bringing down gas, fuel, imports and inflation by 20-30% overnight. Yet nobody talks about it and they still persist with the road to poverty. In addition too many people vilified Blair and Brown, too many people persisted with the unelectable Corbyn and too many of you said “I’d rather have a true blue than a red Tory” so I have no sympathy, we are where we are cos of deluded attitudes on both the left and the right.
It’s probably less severe than the consequences of the local council bankrupting itself. Of course, that would only apply if the council pays those bills.
come on then, new conglomerate, rebel against this.
This happened a few years back in my flats . They said nothing but decided that heating and hot water should be turned of fro midnight till 6am . I first realised when I woke up freezing cold and as a disabled adult I found this disgusting. We pay ahead of time all year round for are water/heating so was beyond angry . Like the guy said it’s like living in a 3rd world country but we are the bottom of the economic ladder so stuff us .
Do disaabled people feel colder than normal.people or something?
@@satsumamoon 😂😂only the walking stick . You should have seen it shivering in the corner 🤣🤣
@@satsumamoon Yes
@@satsumamoon an able bodied person can move or exercise to stay warm. a person stuck in a wheelchair can't! any OTHER unbelievably ignorant questions you'd like answered, you fucking asswad?
@@Odo-so8pj I dont seee how disabled people need more heat than an elderly or inactive adult, I mean its not like any person uses their home for something other than sitting in most of the day.
Consider this. A paramedic lives in an Islington council block. His shift starts at 4am. He can't shower before he goes in and his heating is off. He gets called to a middle-aged man having a heart attack who just happens to be one of the councillors who made the decision to turn the heating off. Just putting it out there.
Oooopppps
Coming soon to the whole country...The fact this is even happening should be a wake up call.
If only people woken up decades ago, when they kept voting for the Tories.
Too late now, innit.
@@TheBushdoctor68 why would you blame the Tories for the energy crisis. The left wing would have you freeze to "save the planet"
@Ama Daetz The situation in the video is worse because these people are having it forced upon them. People in private houses can just ignore the advice but again, it’s vulnerable and/or people on lower incomes who suffer. They don’t have a choice.
@@TheBushdoctor68 And the difference is?
@@TheBushdoctor68 And who voted for them in 2019 and why?
I hope all the tenants can come together to fight this. Strength in numbers, strength in unions. Much love to you and your Dad, your Mum is lucky to have a lovely family.
Unions lol
Every union I worked for sold us out....
@@documentedrecords5364 sorry to hear that. That sucks
Would be interesting to find out if any of the counsellors are subject to the same water and heating restrictions… Although I think we probably all know what the answer to that question is.
Obviously the counsellors don't live on the same estate with these restrictions ¬_¬
I genuinely believe the councillors don't care
@HWN I was using dictation software and didn't check
@HWN Pedant.
The answer would be a “no, they aren’t.”
Obey explaining that his unwell mum might need a bath at 2am due to incontinence was heartbreaking :(
Agreed!!!
Agreed, I have health issues myself at 73 years of age now - so can fully appreciate what many others are going through too in our topsy turvey world at present.
I feel for anyone who has incontinence or looking after such people. The very young, the elderly, disabled and people who are suffering with illness. I'm grateful to live in Australia and I am horrified to see what is occurring in the UK.
I couldn't agree with you more! Rural country Victoria Australia here mate! Formerly from Melbourne South Eastern Suburbs - until the sea change to present location - due to needing finance for my mum's Aged care needs and urgent need for going into some form of aged care facility about 8 years ago now - but unfortunately she passed away before any of that aged care infrastructure was put into place for her. Ironically, a few months after she passed away they belatedly notified me that they had a place for her. 🙃
The thing is, it will get here eventually.... We're fast running out of resources all over the world, especially clean water. It may take a long time, but it's definitely going to be like that everywhere at some point. And people will only start getting scared when it's far too late. Also grateful to be in Aus, but let's face it, no one is safe from this.
look up geothermal and you can do it yourself and you don't have to pay for it and it's much better
@@mo0nstonegirl Remember whst a hellish place your country was with vax mandates & lockdowns ? We're getting the treatment in another way . Break every nation one way or another , the WEFS, of which all governments are members of , NWO..
@@PeachesCourage that's if we're allowed to have it. Someone higher up with throw a tantrum about it soon enough.
You guys are doing great work giving a voice and platform to these people that would otherwise be forgotten or looked over and I appreciate that
Seriously what about people with babies it's far wrong actually shocking.
Babies will be fine, don't fret.
@@edelgyn2699 and what's your workings for this optimist out look? They're just gonna give single mothers special treatment? Cause they haven't yet? So why now?
@@edelgyn2699 I don't like the direction we are going in the UK. Normally I'd see humour in that comment but the situation is depressing.
Who gives a stuff they'll only grow up to be malnourished anyway. That's not wot I think personally, but how I see this dump. Mother's that work are in food banks Rember. Only the rich should have the luxury of having a family. That they'll just palm off on some nanny from somewhere b4 bording school.
@@annette711 I'm afraid I think that's how the Tories see us. I feel we have been divided to think that vulnerable are not worth supporting but it's OK to spend our taxes on Tory chums contracts. Money saved on Brexit supposed to go to the NHS although we can see its not true, excuse me for going on a tangent.
If this happens in my area, I'll be the one handing out torches and pitchforks.
The suits need to be shown that the people will not stand for what essentially amounts to an attack. If what the council had done isn't illegal then it bloody well should be and we all should be demanding it to be.
I don't think it is a case of 'if'
It's a Labour run council. They're obsessed with air pollution targets, climate change and net zero and they think they can win elections with these mad policies?
Meanwhile, your great politicians are holidaying in the Caribbean and taking their private jets to wherever they want, whenever they want.
But it's hard not to laugh at it all... you guys voted for this in 2016 and then doubled-down on it in 2019, giving a single party the majority even though they only represent a minority of British people. A party known for lying, misleading, funneling money to their rich friends, a party who puts party before country and avoids ANY responsibility and keeps pointing at anybody or anything but themselves for all their incompetence.
People have been complaining about austerity for over a decade, while it never made any sense, and yet you guys keep voting for the same people who are causing all this shit. What is it going to take for Britain to learn that you can't expect a different outcome when you keep doing the same thing over and over again.
Recent polls show that Tories are rising in popularity again.... absolutely bonkers.
@@jakke1975 Not my politicians. I didn't vote for these jack offs. And the people didn't vote in the current government at all. That's why so many are actively calling for an early election and electoral reform.
Be smarter than to generalise and look beyond the surface level of a situation.
@@michaeldavies47 Well, call a general election... it doesn't matter. Either Labour or Tories will get in power again and the same story continues. Both are power hungry and neither will change anything about the non-functional political system. Ask yourself, over the last decade or more, what party did Labour or Tories want to cooperate with so they could represent the majority of the people?
You guys have the option to boycott both or pick up the pitchforks and torches... but in reality, we both know what's going to happen.
Do the council members have their heat and water turned off too? What a stupid and horrible thing to do to these hard working people. Shame on the council. They need to come up with a better plan that helps everyone and keeps people safe and warm. My thoughts and prayers are with the people in this community. ❤
I thought this was happening in my local area of social housing for elderly people in communities living apartments and shelters and homes have been without heat and hot water for months now and they have been in the local news for the past couple of years now on reports of heating and hot water not working in being given electric heaters and they have replaced the heating systems with smart meters which can be turned off independently from the outside. The truth behind smart meters is so that they can turn off the supply to homes without entering into their homes.
This is so wrong in ever way and I bet that whoever made this inhuman decision would not put up with such constriction on their life, but have no conscience in putting this onto others. I would sign any petition against this.
So…start one.
They sold off most of the council houses to private landlords, I see a lot of home owners purchasing them and putting them back on the market for rent at ridiculous prices despite a lot of them are over 100 years old and this shows in the rotting black brick work of the buildings they are renting out.
British Energy is making double it's already record profits while it's parent company Centrica has tripled their own. Fun Fact: Britain's reliance on Russian energy is only 3% of it's annual consumption. In other words, almost none. You're simply having your lives destroyed over greed, nothing else.
Yes, and that’s really a problem.
British Energy was sold off by Centrica to EDF in 2009. Do you not mean British Gas?
@@1984ed101 My bad. I was awash with the names of a number of energy companies and the facts and figures that surround them.
Wow I never knew this was happening! This is horrific!
This is disgusting. No council should be allowed to do this. Stop paying our taxes, it's the only way.
You're doing good work mate, keep it up... I don't see this kind of thing getting reported anywhere else. Councillors, MPs and journalists these days all suffer from the same disease of never having lived at the sharp end.
So instead of educating residents on how to stay warm, to not use much gas cos of shortage etc, they have decided that these poor people aren't civilised enough to take their own showers. Disgraceful
Good old fashion Socialism.
That’s crazy. Sounds like they want people miserable. Maybe they want people to move out so higher paying tenants move in. That’s a shame to do this to the elderly.
i’ve been trying to not use my heating or turn it down and i’m pretty sure it’s made me sick already. i can’t imagine not having a choice over that, especially vif they’re already paying their bills! (those that can’t pay also deserve to still be warm but if you ARE paying… it’s absurd)
love this firstt guy. just a regular dude making excellent points. same goes for every one tho
I've long suspected this was coming. I live in a Tower Block and pay £11 a week, as part of my rent, for my underfloor heating (which is switched on and off by the Council at various points in the year) independently of my normal electric usage. I'm half expecting them to either whack the rent up, or to start turning the heating off, at certain times, in order to save money. So far, everything's fine.
But, I'm not expecting it to last!
Wow thats cheap!
@@edc1569 Seems that way, it works out at £572 per year, but like I said, that's just the heating. All the rest of the electricity usage is independent of that and that works out, on a prepayment meter, at over £25 a week, at the moment. Before all of this, I was paying around £12 a week.
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Something does not add up here: WHY is a communal heat and hot water system running on a combi boiler?!? That in itself is deeply inefficient. Combi boilers are for small individual installations. It should be a system boiler with an indirect unvented hot water cylinder. Hot water from a hot water cylinder will then be available at all times, regardless as to if the boiler is running or not, assuming the boiler runs sufficiently within any 24 hour period. Heating I can understand switching off out of hours, but hot water is madness.
Some councillor’s brother in law or something has a firm that installs combi boilers, but not hot-water cylinders…?
sounds like the council is trying to save itself some money
@@zion1180 Then make a business case for insulating inefficient old social housing (UK has the least efficient housing stock in Europe) and replace the combi heating system with a modern system boiler. Councils have to make business cases too and there is no way we can get through the current cost of living crisis, let alone climate change, unless demand for fossil fuels is reduced. Subsidising fossil fuel use is not helping anyone in the long run. That being said, switching off tenants hot water I don't feel is acceptable.
@@1984ed101 sadly the folx who have been making the case for making such adjustments have been demonised. there was a group campaigning on this exact issue but people were more interested in getting to their jobs that dont pay them enough money to live to engage with what they were saying. meanwhile we have a government that is enriching themselves and their mates at our expense - all the whils the police follow, harass, and kill with impunity. nurses, teaches and lawyers who are going hungry. children who are living in mouldy homes. and folx still dont want to look seriously at taxing companies for using our personal data, taxing companies properly, and obviously taxing the rich.
I've never heard of a council controlling the water supply into a property. That's impossible because tenants or owners have a legally binding contract with the water utility company to provide water subject to payment. It would be illegal for any council to override that contract. The tenants should get legal advice and also contact their local MP.
Utterly disgusting actions by the council and you can bet your last £ that the council's "This action is widely supported" actually means we are making this up to cover our actions.
How dare they treat these ppl whose paying their bills in this way. What about the elderly, babies, school children can need a bath at any given time & what about winter is coming so do they plan on finding frozen bodies in the winter?😡🤬😡 This is absolutely wrong and inhumane to treat ppl this cruel.. I'm praying they mobilize together come up with a strategy to level the field on the council, because this here is some straight bullshyt!!!
Unfortunately unless the common people act. This will become the norm for so many of us
I think that when political choices lead to a severe drop in living standards for ordinary people, the people who make those political decisions should be forced to live under the exact same conditions as the people suffering the most.
Get yourselves together as a resident group and speak to a No Win No Fee Lawers and Sue the council ,then watch them cowtow to you,fight fight fight
The council are behaving that way because of the restrictions and budgets given to them by central government. Don't vote Tory. They are at the centre of this shit show.
@Absolute Mad Chad lol
Easy win if they do.
@Absolute Mad Chad the tenancy agreement cannot legally contradict the Housing Act, which states heating and hot water must be available 24/7 if renters/lessees are not directly responsible for their own individual bills/heating systems. Forgive me, you didn't think.
I would just bust the lock off the boiler room and turn the heat back on.
Thanks for the video. I understand what the people in that city is going through, because I lived in the Philippines for more than 10 years in the 80's. The situation there is probably still the same as today. I must also mentioned that we lived in a relatively well off part of Makati City. Sometimes we had water and sometimes we had electricity. It all depended on the supplier and their ability to keep the infrastructure going, financially or technically. So we always had water tanks in each bathroom just in case the main water supply was turned off when we were taking a shower or for any other reason. This is just one solution for overcoming the problem. I'm sure there are a lot more. Just need to be creative and do some research. Good luck to all of you.
geothermal better too and you can make it yourself
I had no idea this could happen - this is disgraceful
I am so disappointed to see Islington making this decision without consulting ALL of their tenants beforehand or, at the very least, warning tenants in advance. I can understand that they, and many other councils, are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place (more so under this government than during the last 12 years) but they really need to consult their constituents on such a vital matter.
Disappointed but not surprised I assume? If you were to ask me to guess a council most likely to introduce authoritarian controls on its residents somewhere like Islington would be right up there.
What do you think measures to “tackle” climate change are going to look like if not authoritarian controls on how people live their life??
@@CHuzz7777 exactly, all environmentalists are doing is making it worse for the poor
@@CHuzz7777 Nobody's asking you.
@@chester6343 Yup. Ordinary working class people always pay the price and climate change will be no different.
@@Spangletiger I know you just want me to stay quiet and stop raising awkward issues but I ain’t gunna.
Absolutely disgraceful. Whoever made the decision about the water and heating should be sacked immediately and lose their pension. No reference either.
The whole community there should be marching to the council HQ. Stand united.
Hot water is needed at all times of day and night.
spineless londoners dont make me lol and majority of spineless brits and uk public
I use have a private landlord who controlled when the heating came on in a shared house. I once asked him where the timer was located and he thought I was stupid enough for him to show me the thermostat. Anyway, turns out the boxed the boiler in and secured the box with a lock and neither of the tenants had access to it. I threatened to report him to the council but the only thing he did was change the timings and then a couple of months later he went to court to evict me.
I had a similar situation years ago. I waited 'til the landlord was out, then put an ice pack over the locked box and basked in the heat!
What the heck is going on!!! That is shocking. I live in council housing, rent and heat paid together, Scotland. I have painful nerve damage and the cold is a trigger. It is criminal what they have done, I hope this is resolved quickly, I don't live there but it's infuriating to hear people are treated this way.
Amazon sells heated vests for less than sixty dollars. The vests are battery operated. Oregano oil and ginger warms the body.
Please pass your advice on to the main comment section, it's a waste telling me.
That's 12 years of Tory rule for you.
makes no difference labour torie they all the same
Islington Council comprises 48 Labour Party councillors and 3 Green Party councillors. .. get your facts straight.
Yo what's up, Just leaving a comment so I get notified when the " But labour " brigade arrive.
but Labour aren't the ones in power, the Tories are.
@@nickrobinson7096 within the boundaries and rules set by those higher up; Tories.
The pain has only just begun.
In this day and age this shouldn’t be happening!
Particularly when £billions have been wasted on things like unsatisfactory PPI and track and trace app etc etc.
It is a disgrace, and is a shameful illustration of this shambles of a government.
Councils have been squeezed and squeezed of their budgets.
The whole system needs to be looked at and the people profiting from this, named, shamed and sacked 🤬
Unfortunately, it is EXACTLY what they want happening. All by design. And where they spend money, like track & trace apps, only shows their priorities. We are NOT their priority, power grab and control are. We're on our own in all this. The sooner we wake up and understand it - the better.
And between 500,000 and 900,000 per year per migrant. And now sunak plans to send 10 billion to Pakistan and various other countries to build train stations and etc to fight the climate. Just ridiculous!
Cut backs are the same in the rest of Europe too Britt living in North Italy only just got some heating on 4/11 and no heating during the day either so it's not about if you paid your bills or not anymore it's a much bigger problem and we're all suffering the consequence in many ways with getting heat less money and food costs sorrinng stay strong
As an overnight shift worker for decades , it seems the forgiven shift and people.
My heart goes out to them.
wait ... thought night time tends to be the least strain on the systems so why are they cutting it off when there is the least strain on the system
Indeed. Callous and cretinous.Qualities it seems most councils have in common.
Because it's not about system strain, it's about money & energy costs :)
@@AidanMacgregor-Personal If they can't even figure this out for themselves, how can anyone ever expect them to get a change in their corrupt political system?
I kinda feel for them but they just keep asking for punishment at every election...
@@jakke1975 true!
Doesn't apply to a situation like this where there's a series of central boilers. You save costs by not turning the big boilers on when very few people are using them. .
And in the case of underfloor heating, IIRC it tends to come on around October and switches off in May and is paid for via a service charge that everyone living there pays.
England you're a monster. Watching from Scotland peace and love to all
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Hardly anything Different in Scotland.
It'll all be becoming to Scotland very soon! And, if the SNP gets its way and somehow gets independence, you will think those living in England are living in a utopia!
What about vulnerable people who need the heating on longer or through the night..?? It's disgusting!!
Very Disgusting but the word Disgusting sums up eng... at this stage lets be honest
Electric central heating eco7 too needs to heat up n store heating at night to release it during the day
What planet to you live on most elderly disabled cant afford heating all night and now nightmare
Feel so bad for that first man and his mum and everyone else affected by this .
Access to water is a basic human right as it is essential to life. The council should be taken to high court.
that's terrible. the council shouldn't be able to do that.
It's impossible. The council does not control the water supply into flats or houses. The water supply is controlled by your water provider such as Thames Water.
This would seem an easy case to win if the tenants took the council to court.
@@bobsmithy9024 😠 The issue is about supplying HOT water. Not water itself.
I haven't had the heating on for years it's kind of wild that people are only just starting to realise that poverty is a thing
Me too, in winter I just go to bed early, your not cold in bed, more people are having to live like me, going round the student areas at end of term through bins for thrown out clothes, I've got loads of clothes like this, shorts, jumpers, coats, jeans, going on charity shop tours for stuff, timing supermarkets for reduction time, never drinking or smoking, no TV so no subscription or licence, no internet subscription, just a phone, I go running to keep fit, no gym membership.......and suddenly its national headlines, I've lived like this for over 20 years since leaving care!
@@richardburns5925 I rarely use my heating. I invested in a mini bungee trampoline and bounce up and down for 5 minutes at a time throughout the day. I get so hot and walk around wearing leggings and a tank top! Moving and getting the circulation going is key to body warmth. Someone said get an electric blanket for the bed which I haven't because I have a teddy fleece sheet, duvet and pillow cases that keep me so warm! I only have a 3.5 tog inside the teddy fleece duvet and it really has kept me really hot throughout winter nights! These teddy fleece are brilliant!
Same Zoe. My household of 3 adults rely on hot water bottles thick jumpers and socks and blankets. I haven't been able to afford heating and full lighting in my home for over 3 years. Same with most of my household electrical items. My washer has now seized and broken from lack of use. My drier made an awful grinding noise when I was forced to use it earlier this year and I'm sure my dishwasher is next because that's only been used twice this year. I just can't afford to run much. I'm down to a small pc, 2 lights, cooker, fridge, kettle and a tiny vivarium. I'm permanently in debt to Scot Power and it's getting insanely worse.
@@toni5431 I've been wearing my ripped puffer jacket I've repaired with duck tape all over and my Adidas swim short shorts, that are slim and thigh length but look ok, they look like gym wear. My knackered trainers and thick socks. I'll put wearing jeans off till it's really cold! I shave my hair so I save on barbers fees. Looks ok. My main concern every check up is my teeth, I pay privately as NHS is now non existent, I was very lucky to have worn NHS braces as a teen, so my teeth are straight and look fine, I've always looked after them so only have a checkup every six months, I dread the day they need any work, fillings etc. Everything is so expensive.
Just when you think it can’t get worse it gets worse.
it will get much worse we are in end-times
same as the nhs
I’ve often thought that communal heating/hot water was a good thing but it does depend on who’s got the control switches for the entire estate.
Looks like a trial before it goes nationwide. United we stand divided we fall. All fit and able should get marching to your council offices ASAP.
We've known for most of this year that without curbing European energy demand, finding alternative energy sources or adjusting government policy (the oft touted windfall taxes, nationalisation etc.) that we would have rationing this Winter. It's inevitable. The government and its pets in the media have had ample time to lay the groundwork for this, either by warning people properly or dealing with the cost of living crisis in a sensible manner (preferably both), but instead they've fumbled about with VAT, national insurance, bankers' bonuses and so on while moaning about trade unions and The Wokerati™. Now we're in a situation where peoples' energy supplies will be limited and there will likely be National Grid blackouts over the next few months... and _people haven't been bloody told about it!!!_ This government is not fit to lead a conga line.
Islington is the thin end of the wedge, mark my words. It's about to get a whole lot worse.
How does European demand affect UK supply?
@@mintywebb because we live in a globalised economy, and Europe is our closest neighbour. Demand outstripping supply = shortages and inflation.
@@Adeleisha oh right, so what you're saying is that the EU is more able to pay its bills.
@@mintywebb not at all, you asked how UK supply was affected by Europe. I doubt any country can afford the current costs TBH.
Why is this not being made more known to the public…. This needs plastering all over papers, Facebook, everywhere possible
At least the Tories can heat their stables
It sounds like the council include the fuel in with the rent. Where I live a few years ago the council wanted to charge them more than £10 a week for their unlimited fuel. It was stopped and they still pay way under market prices for their fuel. If this is the case here, the only way forward is to install metres and charge everyone individually.
I agree with that. Some people use far more than others and should pay individually. I would personally be happy to pay £10 a week for unlimited fuel !!
This man has lived a decent life, and is so caring, and he's getting messed around! Just let him be!
What he says is true. If you cant wash you feel worse which can affect your mental health.
Whoever is in charge in council needs sacking immediately no severance pay ,they get paid with taxpayers money ,,DISGUSTING
Should be a criminal offence
9th April 2023 London , We Rise and demand the resignation of every single MP
So, you're demanding the undemocratic overthrow of the government?
Because that always ends so well.
Yeah, thanks but no. I'm more likely to side with parliament against you.
@@CountScarlioni Government no , dictatorship yes
@@JamesBond-qc3is You actually _want_ a dictatorship?! Wow, you're a special one aren't you.
@@CountScarlioni I'm not sure you've noticed, But we live under a dictatorship.
@@CountScarlioni See you on the 9-4-23 count
People have to get together and rise up!
The problem is that heating etc are paid for via a service charge not metre consumption. Fuel prices have risen..the Council can't continue to subsidise tenants and can't raise charges to their true cost
they can install individual boilers for every flat
Where I live we have district heating, 1 boiler house for each street. We pay as we use through a smart meter, topped up on line or with a card. We are paying the same as everyone else for our heating.
This is not coming from councils who are running at massive deficits we should look at the funding cuts from the very top! We all suffer because of government policies and corruption!
Most of the cost on our energy bills are fees, very little is actually the cost of the gas. Even if you use less gas our bill don’t go down much.
There is layer of profits takers in the middle who swindle you by offering a couple cents off the price of gas but all the fees are the same. Basically they are billing companies who purpose is to make us believe there is competition in the energy supply industries and to skim profits with more billing fees!
So punishing the vulnerable for the disastrous policy decisions (choices!) of those protected by their wealth?
How very Tory ...
It's a LABOUR council!
Boom
@@MartinJames389 Have you noticed who's in government? Why haven't they taxed the obscene profits of the energy companies? I'm sure it's nothing to do with the Tories taking handouts from them. Nothing to see here!
@@lisastickytuna8668 No, no, it wouldn't be anything to do with that, now would it?
This is so wrong on so many levels Islington Council. Can this not be challenged legally under the Tenant and Landlaw Act / Judicial review or similar?
How is this even legal? Surely if the residents are paying their bills they should decide when they get to turn on their heating? They need to get in touch with Corbyn asap.
I guarantee the energy companies will post record profits at the end of the year. The state would rather have people live in these conditions, than curb a corporations exorbitant profit margins.
How is this “council” selected?! Vote them out and put in people who will upgrade units so they are all independently heated!! Ridiculous!!!
🤣We are talking about The London borough of Islington..It will never happen.... No chance🤣🤣🤣 One of the safest Labour seats in London....
As much as I agree with you though...
Workhouses will be a thing again if tories had their way
Yes, they would. Terese Coffey would be quite happy running it.
Don't be silly people who support the Conservative party are no more likely to advocate workhouses than people who support other parties.
They don't need to build workhouses. Universal Credit is the modern workhouse... ie you do as we tell you or we cut off your money including your rent payment.
@@amandag5072 Yes. Spot on. I think it was the UN rapporteur who described U. C as a sanitised version of the workhouse, he wasn't wrong.
Sounds to me, y’all need to rise up against these tyrants!!!
Anyone affiliated with the World Economic Forum needs to be thrown out of Parliament and any position of significant decision making
This is outrageous. Until they get this mess fixed, perhaps some would find a "camp shower" arrangement handy. This is a container made from plastic that is filled with warmed water and suspended on a hook or pole at shower height. Some have hoses with shutoffs, some have the shutoff on the narrow container opening. They hold enough water for a minimal shower if used sparingly, but they can also be refilled during the shower, if needed. Campers use these all the time when there are no shower facilities around. You can find these in most online stores that carry camping equipment.
I used one years ago and it was very convenient when nothing else was available. Trouble is they are often marketed as 'solar' showers as you can leave the black bag in the sun- and so many people don't think to simply put hot water in, which can be heated on a burner :)
They can get a regular electric shower fitted if they wish or an electric water heater, or an electric heater (or borrow one from the council)
I guess you can flip the argument the other way. If I was a resident would I want my bills to go sky high because someone else wants the heating and hot water on at 4am?
I guess the council know the majority of the residents are not working (unemployed or retired) so can live within the restricted window which is a better choice then the high bills.
They really should have been given an option. The problem is most wouldn't like either option.
Sadly there is no win win situation here.
If there's money on the meter or all bills are payed then, WE DECIDE!
We eat, heat and wash when we want, this is a massive strike on human right. Oh wait we've got none 😳
That's wot their failing to realise it's been being eroded bit by bit since camron. And he took his Ill gotten gains and ran off years ago. Then along came Doris to the same a cycle of wash rinse repeat that's still going on🙄
This is outrageous and probably unlawful, however folk who live in private homes either paying private rent or mortgage payers are also facing very high bills so this isn't just about folk lucky enough to access council or subsided rent. Please spare a thought for all folk facing corporate and government greed and corruption. We must all stand together, not be divided
It makes no difference what your job status, age or gender the Council have no right to turn off their tenants water like this. The council need to be taken to court for this, who the hell do they think they are. These people pay their rent and have the right to proper amenities 24/7 unless their is a national crisis where everyone has power supply restrictions. Shameful misuse of a landlords responsibility.
Is this the only council of Islington doing this in the UK or are other councils doing this with water / heating ?
Islington only has one council.
Won’t be surprised if others follow. We’re becoming a 3rd world country slowly but surely.
Both Labour MPs there need to get onto this immediately.
@@powderandpaint14 They don't live in Council flats mate and neither do people they know - there's your problem, they don't relate to these issues.
@@edelgyn2699 ofcourse they know people living in council flats, loads of their constituents do! The MPs are Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry, known for being good with issues for low income people
I left England for the United States 15 years ago, I've never been more happy with that decision. The UK is headed down a scary path...
A path already trodden by the USA, where getting Ill will bankrupt you.
So is the USA - the whole west is. By the way, large areas of the USA are much worse off than the worst places in western Europe.
yeah go check out social housing in the US, all those people in trailer parks.
At least the people living in social housing here are still alive.
My god, is this what it's come to? 🤦♀️😒😢
Thi is an ABSOLUTE ABOMINATION. People who work living like this!!
To the guy who says it doesnt feel like a democracy.
Whelp this is exactly what a democracy is
The few takes from the majority
Disgraceful
consider signing and resharing widely a petition on the uk parliament petition page..call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government...it currently has over 893000 signatures
Irrelevant to this issue as the government is Tory, but Islington council is Labour.
@@MartinJames389 and what is Labour?
Nothing but Alt-Tory.
A re-skin of Tory policies is all they offer, so the comment is valid at face value.
As to this issue: why would they be doing this?
It's not to directly help these people with their energy bills.
But it might well be to reduce demand on the council for services, which arise from difficulties with energy bills... which need is driven by 12 years of Tories pretending national budget is like a household budget & slashing spending.
Key fact: people need to manage debt cos their income dries up in later life.
But governments don't have to plan for retirement.
@@geroffmilan3328 I agree Labour is exactly as you say, but the comment may have confused people.
The people concerned here don't have energy bills, at least not for heating and hot water. They have central estate systems and simply an addition to their rent to pay for it. But the council (which is the bill payer) doesn't even benefit from the inadequate reductions (a subsidy for the oil & gas company profits) which the Tories have come up with.
District heating scheme are always a disaster for several reasons. In this case it's because they take control of the cost away from the tenants.
What if you’ve got a baby to keep warm? The lack of thought here is crazy
What do you think babies do in homes where there is no central heating? Generations of British babies grew up without overnight heating, just calm your titties, a cuddly blankie is all they need.
P.S. It's not even that cold in London this time of year, and in fact many parents in middle income won't switch the heating on until 01 November 2022 - we're not living in the Arctic Circle.
As the climate activists say, just put another jumper on, what’s the problem…
Management should of sent out a questionnaire form. So they had an idea of people routines. Also a form on energy saving tips. Second look at each apartment for any waste of energy and water. Such as leaking toilets, faucets and plug in appliances that be using energy when not in use.
I am guessing the people that are commenting do not understand how communal heating works! The residents would never have had full control of their heating as this would always have been centralised - reduced in the summer and increased during the colder months, the only difference now is the council have added more restrictions to make it affordable for everyone. The video makes it sound like the residents always had control of their heating and hot water like in a property with a traditional boiler. Which is not the case.
Absolutely disgraceful
Yeah, they might have to put on a jumper
councils exist to fix the roads ect and budget the money we give them to provide our services, but sometimes they feel they are in charge of you and not the road repairs lol.