Gas and electricity price shock shows the Government measure of inflation is meaningless

It should not shock readers of this blog about the parallels between official British and US government reporting of the Consumer Price Index, and how out of touch it is in calculating the true cost of living increases. 

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ianmcowie/100010515/gas-and-electricity-price-shock-shows-the-government-measure-of-inflation-is-meaningless/