It looks like we are headed for tough times but it isn’t because the EU are punishing the UK. It’s a combination of factors; the increase in the price of gas, Covid19 and the costs of the lockdown etc and Brexit.
Overall there was a very narrow majority in favour of leaving the EU and in Scotland a large majority in favour of remaining. I agree that voting for Brexit was stupid and it wasn’t properly thought out by anyone. For example no one seems to have realised how much the country depended on European lorry drivers. Now they are no longer working the supply chain delivering to supermarkets etc is at breaking point.
Most stupid of all is the Northern Ireland Protocol that ensures there will be no customs posts along the Northern Ireland border. This was drafted by the UK and signed with the EU and is a legally binding document. Now, just a few years later, Lord Frost, who drafted the agreement says it is unworkable.
@JLeslie Private companies supply energy to homes in the UK however the government regulates the price they can charge through a price cap. This has forced some smaller energy companies out of business as they have been unable to pass on increases in wholesale prices to their customers.