By Paul Homewood
How would you like to be told by the government to spend no more than five minutes in the shower – or even urged to share a bath with a friend? That’s what’s happening in Germany, where energy rationing now looks inevitable. The crisis caused by Berlin’s dependence on Russian gas and oil makes our own cost of living crisis pale by comparison.
This week there was alarm across the Continent when Russia switched off the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, supposedly for “routine maintenance”, until next week. Will the Kremlin switch it back on again? Vladimir Putin promises that Russia is still “ready to fulfill its obligations”, but few now trust the butcher of Bucha.
Not only the German public but their government are panicking about what will happen next. Gas is being stored in huge underground freezers, but unless usage is drastically cut…
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