There I was casually drinking my morning Tea whilst browsing the latest news on the BBC when I saw this...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36848411
MPs on the Energy Committee have written to the new business secretary to demand no change to the current rules on price comparison websites.
As part of its recent report on the energy market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that such websites would no longer be required to show all the deals on offer.
But the MPs said that would undermine consumer trust, and harm competition.The CMA rules will allow sites only to show deals on which they earn money.
The CMA report recommended that price comparison websites should no longer be obliged to show deals on which they do not earn a commission. Consumers would therefore be unable to see some of the cheapest deals available.
The CMA report was released on June 24, the day of the EU referendum result. Angus MacNeil, the chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) said the CMA's recommendation would mean that price comparison sites would become advertising sites."This will lead to further consumer distrust of the whole edifice around energy," he said.
Luke Watson, the boss of a smaller supplier, GB Energy, joined in the criticism."To be really honest, I am quite staggered at that particular course of action."
...At which point I thought to myself
I'm with you Luke Watson! How the F*&% are you supposed to compare something that the comparison websites aren't obliged to show you unless they get payed too?? AAAArrrrrrggggggggg!!!!!!
THE WORLD'S GONE MAAAAD!!!.