No changing of the guard can address the fundamental problem the British ruling class faces – a deepening crisis of overproduction that it is powerless to overcome.

Privatisation of the energy industry has put Britons at the mercy of world market prices – and no bourgeois party has a clue what to do about it.

Our rulers are keen to blame ‘the Russians’ for the intrinsic failings of the capitalist system itself.

Britain’s energy monopolies are enjoying a profit bonanza as their rivals disappear and Ofgem fixes prices on their behalf.

Taxpayer cash will shore up monopoly profits while workers shiver this winter.

The monopolists are too busy vying for advantage to worry about the effects of their machinations on the lives of the workers.

Millions of families will again be forced to choose between heating and eating this winter.