In the Telegraph it mentions that "Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland Secretary, and Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, became the fifth and sixth Cabinet members to speak out against the policy in the space of a week" (i.e. they are against a windfall tax). In addition Kwasi Kwarteng (Business Secretary) described a windfall tax as “taxing investment in jobs” and Liz Truss, Suella Braverman and Jacob Rees-Mogg were also critical of the idea.
Boris is also not in favour of a tax along with Lord Lamont. However, the Telegraph mentions "voter research" conducted in Whitehall, with 80% favouring a windfall tax (well, if you asked the average person on the street...)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/20 ... ct-policy/ Another article (with a bit of "industrial" language from one MP!)
“The writing is on the wall," complained one frustrated backbencher elected in 2019. "I really don’t know why we are doing this (expletive deleted) dance."
https://www.politicshome.com/news/artic ... ing-crisisLike most things, if it happens it happens.....how much will it affect the price might depend on the windfall tax value being imposed. I leave it to the management team at Shell to handle the situation.