Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Our Campaign Director Maurice Cousins tells Talk TV there’s no mandate for making energy more expensive.
“We need to remember that energy does sit at the base of our economy. When you make energy expensive, it makes everything expensive.”
Our Campaign Director Maurice Cousins tells Talk TV there’s no mandate for making energy more expensive.
“We need to remember that energy does sit at the base of our economy. When you make energy expensive, it makes everything expensive.”


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