tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170277338293360731.post8399505062179246380..comments2023-10-28T05:47:57.645-07:00Comments on victor meldrew's brother: Economic War??bryboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00854869835916315551noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170277338293360731.post-62000906617177145542011-10-23T11:07:06.449-07:002011-10-23T11:07:06.449-07:00Not quite true Bryboy. ECHR is in fact nothing to ...Not quite true Bryboy. ECHR is in fact nothing to do with the EU as such and was started I believe just after the end of WW2.<br />To be free of that court's rulings we would need to discontinue our involvement and also scrap the HRA.<br />Alternatively the scope of the Court must be severely reduced and appeals thereto banned except in some very few and carefully prescribed situations.<br /><br />As for energy companies. I beleve I read recently that their profits were only 2.5% but as usual the meaning of that was not spelt out.<br />Whatever most companies making so little would be on the verge of bankruptcy. I well remember some 25+ years ago when it was legislated that Local Authorities must open themselves up to competition. In order to compete the LAs had to show that their tender included a "return on capital" of rather more than 2.5%. Exact figure I cannot recall but I'm sure it was at least 5%.bewickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808667730361613052noreply@blogger.com