A Hunger Games–style competition game on a British TV show offered to pay a caller’s energy bills as a top prize, in a startling illustration of how energy prices are hitting Europe and its neighbors.
On Monday, ITV’s This Morning offered up the prize of paying a struggling Briton’s energy bills for four months as part of one of its frequently held competitions in a move that has been labeled dystopian by some critics.
In one clip posted to Twitter by TV critic Scott Bryan, an unidentified caller said his energy worries were “major” and his situation was “absolutely murder” because he was using a prepayment meter.
To his relief, the contestant won the energy bill prize.
Like many countries across Europe, the UK has found itself in the grips of a massive cost of living crisis, with the price of energy, in particular, becoming unaffordable to many as a result of green agenda policies as well as the war in Ukraine.
In the morning show, host Phillip Schofield said:
“This week we’ve got our usual cash prizes, but you could also win some extra cash to pay your energy bills until the end of the year. That’s four months of energy bills taken care of.”
Co-host Holly Willoughby then chimed in, “Wow, that’s very important right now.”
Watch the video below:
people are going to freeze to death this year because of energy crisis. turning it into light entertainment is beyond bleak. pic.twitter.com/xxrS90jgGG
— Ben Smoke (@bencsmoke) September 5, 2022
According to DailyMail, Germany has also been hit hard, and last week, Russia announced that it would be cutting off its gas supply via Nord Stream 1.
On Tuesday, Fabian Rønningen, a senior analyst at Rystad Energy, said of high energy prices throughout Germany.
“This is not normal at all. It’s incredibly volatile. These prices are reaching levels now that we thought we would never see.”
RIP Europe
“At current forward prices, we estimate that energy bills will peak early next year at c.€500/month for a typical European family, implying c.200% increase vs. 2021. For Europe as a whole, this implies a c.€2 TRILLION surge in energy bills, or c.15% of GDP” pic.twitter.com/8LUpt1iEn9
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 5, 2022
More from Daily Wire’s report:
Soaring bills were on the mind of the television show’s first caller since the new prize was added.
“I’ve got one of these prepayment meters and it’s absolutely murder,” the man said.
When the wheel landed on energy relief, he was ecstatic.
“Oh my God! Thank you! Fantastic, what a relief, thank you very much!”
Some viewers said the new prize was a “sad reflection” of the nation’s energy crunch.
“‘This Morning’ having ‘energy bills’ as a prize on their ‘Spin to Win’ is the most dystopian and sad reflection on society right now,” tweeted one. “How did we get to this point? Madness.”
Another viewer tweeted that the show proves the UK is doomed.
“When you can win the prize of having your energy bills paid and they pretend like it’s a good thing, that’s when you know this country is f***ed,” the viewer wrote.
Source: TheDailyWire
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