erm yeah, nowt to do with UK gas production halving over the last decade at the same time as our reliance on gas for power generation has continued to rise......and the underlying reason for commodity prices going up?
Because the GB Pound is being steadily devalued. In recent years, there has been a near-perfect correlation between bouts of Quantitative Easing and commodity prices.
Not saying QE's a great idea, but it's only a minor part of the issue with energy price rises in the UK.