Britain | Weathering the storm
Lower gas prices will provide only limited relief to Britons
Unseasonably warm weather drives down wholesale energy prices but not household bills
“He blew and they were scattered,” ran the inscription on English medals after a mighty storm helped save them from invasion by a Spanish armada in the 16th century. This winter, facing down an energy crisis provoked by Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, Britons might well thank the Lord for turning up the temperature.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Weathering the storm”
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