Essay by Eric Worrall
h / t JoNova; The UK’s soaring green energy bill has finally sparked a backlash, with 90,000 Britons and others increasing their pledge not to pay their energy bills, until the government lowers the price to zero. acceptable.
We are a movement against rising energy bills
- We ask that your energy bill be reduced to an acceptable level.
- We will cancel our direct debits from October 1st, if we are dropped.
- We will take this action if the commitment reaches 1 million by that time.
Plan:
It’s simple: we’re asking to reduce our energy bills to an acceptable level. Our leverage is that we will rally a million people to pledge not to pay if the government goes ahead with another big hike on October 1st.
Mass failure to pay is not a new idea, it happened in the UK in the late 80’s and 90’s, when more than 17 million people refused to pay the Poll Tax – helping bring down the government and the island. reverse the harshest measures.
Even if the fraction of us paying by direct debit stopped our payments, it would be enough to get the energy companies in serious trouble, and they know it. We want to put them in the balance and force them to end this crisis. Here’s how we think we can get there:
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Read more: https://dontpay.uk
Ofcom responded by begging people not to boycott their bills;
Ofgem begs customers not to boycott their gas payments
Gergana Krasteva Sunday, August 7, 2022 10:29 am
The insurgency has been encouraged not to engage in a growing civil disobedience campaign over rising energy bills.
Tens of thousands of people have canceled their gas and electricity direct debit payments from October 1 as part of the Don’t Pay movement.
Run by anonymous activists, the grassroots campaign is calling on households to boycott their bills in response to the energy crisis that is plunging millions into poverty.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Ofgem CEO Jonathan Brearley warned this could increase costs for everyone.
“I know everyone is extremely worried about paying their energy bills,” he said.
‘But I would absolutely discourage anyone from joining a campaign like this for two reasons.
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Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/07/ofgem-begs-customers-not-to-boycott-paying-their-gas-bills-17140495/
What a horrible situation.
If a million people stop paying their bills, there is a real risk that the government will play hard, and simply cut them off, and carry out the BBC’s constant propaganda campaigns blaming Don. ‘t Pay are “parasites” of everything that is wrong with modern life.
But energy bills are now unacceptable in the UK, many people will likely not be able to afford their energy bills. Perhaps the supporters of Don’t Pay feel they have nothing to lose.
This crisis is unlikely to be resolved quickly. If the British Government starts now, stop jerking Caudrilla around and get on with their Lancashire shale gas projectit could make a small difference this winter – but it will still take years to fully normalize energy prices in the country.
President Obama once explained that green energy will cause bills to skyrocket, that’s exactly what happened. But Obama never explained what to do when ordinary people rebelled against the gratuitous hardship of green energy’s inability to pay.
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