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Ofgem warns customers not to stop paying energy bills for Don't Pay-(civil disobedience oh my)
lad bible ^ | 07 August 2022 | Daisy Phillipson

Posted on 08/07/2022 9:51:14 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

People across the UK have been warned not to take part in a growing civil disobedience campaign against the soaring costs of gas and electricity.

Tens of thousands of Brits have pledged to take part in Don't Pay, which involves cancelling direct debits and ignoring bills from energy companies from 1 October if the situation hasn't changed by then.

The protest was already gaining traction after the energy price cap jump in April, which went from £1277 to £1971.

Once again, the cap is predicted to rise this coming October, this time from £1,971 to £2,980.

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KEYWORDS: britain; civil; disobedience; dissent; energy; england; europe; protest; takethatputin
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1 posted on 08/07/2022 9:51:14 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

A “long, cold, winter of death” may await.

/s

Right, Brandon?


2 posted on 08/07/2022 10:20:03 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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3 posted on 08/07/2022 10:37:03 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit)
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The Depopulationists may be very pleased come Spring of 2023.

One can only hope that they are NOT among the survivors!


4 posted on 08/07/2022 10:41:34 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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5 posted on 08/07/2022 10:55:48 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit)
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£1277 to £2,980

why, that's like eggs going from 87¢ to $3.      unheard of....

oh, wait...


6 posted on 08/07/2022 10:57:37 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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The energy boss warns people not to join in, “my salary needs to stay in the 300,000 range for me to spend most of my time at my villa in the south of France where it’s a lot warmer,” he explained.


7 posted on 08/07/2022 11:03:15 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Cultural elder -- problem is, that only counts for every other culture)
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To: RomanSoldier19

And the Chinese are not making their mortgage payments either. Where is all this going? 😀🤗🤭


8 posted on 08/07/2022 11:21:01 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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The increase is not the fault of the energy companies, who are simply passing on the market price. The protestors should take out their upset on the people to blame - the politicians and the rest of ruling class.
If a proportion get away without paying for what they take, then the burden will fall on those who scrimp and save and do pay. (But that’s been government policy for decades anyway.)


9 posted on 08/08/2022 12:44:58 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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Where is all this going?
the Ponzi scheme also known as Keynesian Economics must break eventually.
10 posted on 08/08/2022 12:47:12 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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I say don’t pay. It is time to punch back twice as hard.


11 posted on 08/08/2022 1:17:51 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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At least we’re not the only country going to hell in a hand basket.


12 posted on 08/08/2022 1:36:11 AM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos.)
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$4.68 a dozen in Walmart last week.


13 posted on 08/08/2022 1:46:30 AM PDT by Arkansas Tider (Army EOD (Ret))
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Where is all this going?

ask the big man, mr. 10%, and his crackhead pos.


14 posted on 08/08/2022 1:58:40 AM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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At least we’re not the only country going to hell in a hand basket.

No, we are not.

15 posted on 08/08/2022 2:16:21 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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“The increase is not the fault of the energy companies, who are simply passing on the market price. The protestors should take out their upset on the people to blame - the politicians and the rest of ruling class.”

My first thought, someone is VERY EFFECTIVELY deflecting the blame away from the government there and their hell-bent Green drive.


16 posted on 08/08/2022 2:54:33 AM PDT by BobL (The Globalists/Neocons desperately want Ukraine to win...makes it easy for me to choose a side)
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Yep- same here.

The store brand eggs were $3.99 yesterday (they are sticking smaller eggs in the extra large egg containers) but the cage free organic were $2.99 and were the right size.

What in the...???


17 posted on 08/08/2022 3:17:31 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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We found a local woman that sells eggs. Excellent quality, and a lot cheaper than the local store.

They’re free range and you get to see where they live and what they eat.


18 posted on 08/08/2022 3:26:27 AM PDT by CTyank
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We were in Britain last week visiting family. They were all concerned about whether or not they can afford to pay the increase in heating. These are families with both parents working- and they were fearful they would not be able to afford to heat their homes due to the increase. One thing that came out during our conversations about this was a report released a couple of weeks ago detailing how the energy companies there had recorded in excess of a %500 increase in profits since last year- before the increase goes into effect. If this report is true then someone’s head(s) need to roll (IMHO).


19 posted on 08/08/2022 4:02:13 AM PDT by MissEdie (Be the Light in Someone's Darkness.)
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The protestors should take out their upset on the people to blame - the politicians and the rest of ruling class.

Pols don't listen to their voters. They do listen to the donor class who they get millions in kickbacks from.

In this case, Ofgem is the government, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Gas_and_Electricity_Markets#Structure

Little different in the UK than here. More socialism.

20 posted on 08/08/2022 4:32:24 AM PDT by Pollard (Worm Free PureBlood)
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