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All the times the Tories attacked Labour’s ‘Marxist’ energy bill freeze May’s now stolen

LONDON — Theresa May will on Tuesday set out plans to freeze energy bills, saying that there must be an “absolute price cap” on what consumers pay to heat and light their homes.

The policy is almost identical to that set out by former Labour leader Ed Miliband ahead of the 2015 general election. However, the reaction to May’s policy has been somewhat different.

Here’s how the Daily Mail reacted to Miliband’s proposal in 2013.

Daily Mail

And here, by contrast, is how they’ve reacted to May’s almost identical policy.

Daily Mail

And it’s not just the newspapers. The Conservatives were also vehemently opposed to Miliband’s policy, describing it as “dangerous” and “Marxist”.

Here are all the times leading Conservatives argued against Labour’s plans to freeze bills.

Boris Johnson

When Ed Miliband first announced his energy bill freeze, Boris Johnson said that it amounted to a “Wonga-like” pledge that would leave consumers paying more.

“I find it rather incredible that he can seriously pretend to want to do something for the hard-pressed energy consumers in this country, and I find it astounding that so many people are falling for his Wonga-like offer,” he wrote in the Telegraph.

“He says he will imitate the catastrophic policies of the emperor Diocletian, by imposing a price freeze on energy bills for the 20 months succeeding the election. And, er, then what? Well, then the energy companies will, of course, recoup their losses by whacking the prices jaggedly upwards again.

“In the meantime, the Labour government would have achieved all sorts of undesirable outcomes. By their meddling jiggery-pokery, they will send out the worst possible message to anyone thinking of investing in this country, or buying shares in British businesses.

“Worse still, perhaps, he will trigger all sorts of perverse behaviour by the companies – none of which is likely to be in the interests of the consumer. The energy companies will sullenly cut costs by laying off staff – so that you spend even longer waiting for a human being to answer the phone, and have to wait in all day for a repair man to come.”

Michael Fallon

Conservative Defense Secretary and former Energy Minister Michael Fallon said in 2013 that freezing energy bills was “extremely dangerous”.

“Tony Blair took [Labour] away from that; he knew that only business can create wealth and jobs,” he said at his party’s conference.

“Now they are signalling the kind of Labour government that would intervene in industry on a scale we haven’t seen since the 1970s, when they tried to control the price of bread.”

“You don’t reduce the pressure on the cost of living by directly interfering in the way that companies invest here,” he added. “That is extremely dangerous.”

David Cameron

Former Conservative prime minister David Cameron led the charge against Miliband’s “Marxist” policy.

“I know you want to live in some sort of Marxist universe where you can control these things but you need a basic lesson in economics,” Cameron told Miliband at prime minister’s questions.

“‘This isn’t a policy, it’s a gimmick…”

“Now it is obvious why you want to talk about the cost of living, because you do not have an economic policy anymore.”

George Osborne

Former chancellor George Osborne said the policy would just lead to energy consumers getting “hammered” even more later on.

“Companies would just jack up prices before the freeze, so in the short term, prices go up. And companies would not invest in this country and build the power stations we need, so in the long term prices go up,” Osborne told the Conservative party’s annual conference.

“That’s Labour’s offer: get hammered with high prices now, get hammered with high prices later.”

Eric Pickles

Former Communities Secretary Eric Pickles warned that freezing energy bills would lead to power cuts.

Pickles told the Today programme in 2013 that power shortage fears were “a genuine threat” if Mr Miliband pressed ahead with his plan.

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LONDON — Theresa May will on Tuesday set out plans to freeze energy bills, saying that there must be an “absolute price cap” on what consumers pay to heat and light their homes.

The policy is almost identical to that set out by former Labour leader Ed Miliband ahead of the 2015 general election. However, the reaction to May’s policy has been somewhat different.

Here’s how the Daily Mail reacted to Miliband’s proposal in 2013.

Daily Mail

And here, by contrast, is how they’ve reacted to May’s almost identical policy.

Daily Mail

And it’s not just the newspapers. The Conservatives were also vehemently opposed to Miliband’s policy, describing it as “dangerous” and “Marxist”.

Here are all the times leading Conservatives argued against Labour’s plans to freeze bills.