It has been going on since consol because they can - they have...

It has been going on since consol because they can - they have 10 consol pips to play with for every 1 pre-consol pip and thus go up and down the scales at will. (Bear in mind that the predominant on the bell algo trade has been to move it up rather than down as today.)

A bit of a tug of war between the protagonists is perhaps a good thing because, in the words of my favourite poet (His Bobness)

.... something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

Gotta be more good than bad in that.