How come....

How come the government is quiet about the price gouging hike of 35% gas price rise? When the unions stuck for a rise of a measly 5% or so, the government slapped them down with talk of the workers creating an inflationary price spiral, but when British Gas does something like this, the silence is deafening. The demonstration of support for business has been so strong for so long that, of course, it comes as no real surprise, but even so - to leave this unopposed reveals just how far Labour has sunk and how far it is from the interests of the people, so much so that some extra-Parliamentary response must surely be inevitable.