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In today’s featured cartoon, Martin Rowson remarks on the skyrocketing gas prices in the UK with European benchmark natural gas prices recorded as high as 10 times the price a year ago at €276.75 per MWh last week.
The National Grid of the UK has employed measures like the annual emergency gas shortage drill, which involves deciding which customers would have to cut gas use in a crisis. The drill has been extended from two to four days. However, the government says that the exercise is a routine part of the energy industry calendar, insisting that there is no risk to gas supplies this winter.
Adam Zyglis comments on US President Joe Biden signing the Inflation Reduction bill into law, a major legislative victory for the Democrats which they hope to leverage in the upcoming midterm elections.
The act seeks to fight climate change, raise taxes on corporations and expand health care coverage, and aims to raise $737 billion in revenue from different taxes and reforms.
Dave Brown takes a swipe at Tory leadership contender Liz Truss refusing to commit to appointing an ethics adviser if she is elected prime minister, saying she has “always acted with integrity”. Truss said that she would take a new approach to ministerial conduct amid the reports of her using Chevening for a campaign team meeting which would be against the rules.
Kevin Siers takes a jibe at former US President Donald Trump’s handling of sensitive federal documents. According to reports, the US government has recovered over 300 classified documents from his private residence Mar-a-Lago since he left office.