People have taken to social media to criticize outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson for suggesting Britons buy a £20 kettle to save £10 on electricity bills over the next 12 months.
Speaking in Suffolk on Thursday (September 1), Mr Johnson said: “If you have an old kettle that takes ages to boil, it can cost you £20 to replace, but if you get a new one, you’ll save £10 . one year each year on the electricity bill.”
The UK is currently experiencing a cost of living crisis which will worsen as energy price caps exceed £3,500 in October.
Twitter users were quick to pick up on the suggestion, with one person writing: “Now she’s taking the mickey straight out of those who are drowning in costs, as she returns home from her luxury European trip.”
Another user said: “Boris Johnson says we should spend £20 on a new kettle which will shave a tenth off our energy bills, even now when the UK is collapsing, while people beg, steal , he borrows to survive (because of his match). a big joke.”
A third said: “Will it cost £20 to save £10 this year? Never mind the fact that it takes exactly the same amount of energy to boil water slowly as it does to boil it quickly.”
Others said the council was ‘out of touch’ and one person said they were ‘lost for words’.
“Is that the best the prime minister of this country can do?” an interrogated person.
“In his final major speech as Prime Minister, Johnson suggests people spend £20 on a new kettle to save £10 a year on electricity,” another person added.
“A clear plan to reduce bills from £3,549 to £3,539”.
Johnson is expected to step down as prime minister on Monday, September 5, when either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will take over after being voted in as leader of the Conservative Party.
Both Johnson and the new Prime Minister are expected to hold separate audiences with the Queen at Balmoral on Tuesday (September 6), which will be the first time the Queen has received a new Prime Minister in Scotland.