Hi all,

At the cowgirls meeting I spoke about the "Don't Pay" campaign asking us to stop paying our energy bills. https://dontpay.uk

Liz Truss's back peddling about holding the energy prices means are bills are now going to sore again in April.

I would really encourage you all to have a look at the website, especially the FAQ's and sign up. They will only ask people to strike when 1 Millon people commit.

I was initially dubious as I have anxiety about debt, missed payments and bad credit. But the FAQ's really reassured me. Even if you withhold your payment for a few weeks (before it effects your credit) this will still have a huge impact. 

In the past these campaigns have worked. One example would be the resistance to the Poll Tax: more than 17 million people refused to pay and it became impossible for the government to force people to pay. Even then many people were scared to act and not pay the tax. But as confidence grew and local Poll Tax Groups were formed to support each other, it became socially acceptable to not pay. Tens of thousands of liability orders were issued forcing people to pay - but people refused and eventually the Poll Tax was scrapped. 

 A more recent example was the non-payment campaign against Southern Water in Kent in 2020 after they were fined £90 million for dumping raw sewage into the sea. Outraged by those costs being passed onto consumers, a non-payment campaign took off and eventually residents won by getting 50% taken off their bills. 







From: Don't Pay <info@dontpay.uk>
Sent: 17 October 2022 17:06
To: scruffylittlevera@hotmail.co.uk <scruffylittlevera@hotmail.co.uk>
Subject: BREAKING: energy prices set to double in April!
 
The government just U-TURNED on the Energy Price Guarantee.

They’re making us pay for their failures.

The Truss government is in total meltdown. They’ve scrapped their mini-budget – and announced the Energy Price Guarantee will only freeze prices for 6 months, not 2 years. Energy prices are already unaffordable – now we face average bills doubling to £5,000 in April.

The only guarantee they can give is that energy companies will make billions while we suffer. They tried to cut taxes for the rich and the corporations profiting off our misery, and yet again we’re the ones who have to foot the bill.

But our campaign has already forced the government to intervene once. We can do it again. Only a mass non-payment strike can prevent more catastrophic price hikes, and secure a fair price for power for us all.

We have to say we won’t pay for their profits any longer – now it’s up to all of us to build the strike. So reach out to your friends and neighbours, link up with your local group and help spread the strike!