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Title: Cant pay wont pay: Brits join civil disobedience campaign over soaring energy prices
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URL Source: https://www.marketplace.org/2022/08 ... gn-over-soaring-energy-prices/
Published: Sep 3, 2022
Author: Mike Rivero
Post Date: 2022-09-03 19:37:18 by Horse
Keywords: None
Views: 245
Comments: 5

Not since the U.K. poll tax revolt of 1990 helped sweep then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from power have the Brits been in such a rebellious mood. More than 100,000 of them have reportedly pledged online to refuse to pay their natural gas and electricity bills this fall unless the government takes further action to defray the escalating cost of household energy.

It’s easy to understand the growing anger and militancy. Natural gas is used heavily in the United Kingdom — the fuel heats the vast majority of British homes and plays a major role in electricity generation — and so the post-pandemic upsurge in demand, compounded by cuts in Russian supplies, has hit the nation hard.

According to National Energy Action, which campaigns for affordable energy, the average cost of heating and powering a British home has rocketed by over 200% in the past year. Another 80% hike is expected in October and a further 20% in January.

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#1. To: Horse (#0)

That should force the UK gov to the negotiating table with Russia over Ukraine.

Pinguinite  posted on  2022-09-04   4:26:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Pinguinite (#1)

Ditto $1,000 a month utility bills in Europe plus skyrocketing food prices.

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Horse  posted on  2022-09-04   7:10:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Horse (#0) (Edited)

More than 100,000 of them have reportedly pledged online to refuse to pay their natural gas and electricity bills this fall

The British have natural gas to heat their homes? I wonder if they put a pipeline on the bottom of the English Channel to get the gas over there from mainland Europe?

In the old days they burned peat in their fireplaces to heat their homes. That was why they had chimney sweeps.

When I lived in Illinois, I knew a young lady who had a daughter. She met some guy from England and moved over there with him. I heard they got hitched. I'll bet her daughter is grown up by now. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2022-09-04   9:40:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Horse (#2)

skyrocketing food prices.

The British need those Victory gardens again. But they need the seeds first.

Hitler made a grave mistake by attacking civilian targets.

My Dad's Uncle met a woman over there during the war and brought her home as a war bride. I recall her saying how horrible The Blitz was during that time. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2022-09-04   9:57:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Pinguinite (#1)

‘Life will come to a stop’: UK facing bleak winter

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2022-09-04   11:30:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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