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I'm not sure what happens in the Yew-Kay, but I know what will happen here if you don't pay your utility bills for several months in a row...

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Yeah, you won't have electricity and/or gas. You will be in the dark and freezing.

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In the UK there are some people who actually get their electricity via prepaid meter--a true pay-as-you-go arrangement. For those people if the prepaid balance goes to zero the electricity immediately shuts off.

How UK energy companies manage their direct debit customers is a question, as is how that will impact the Don't Pay movement overall.

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As a peaceful anarchist it always bothers me a bit when I see a headline saying: "Anarchy" when chaos is the subject. I guess "anarchy" is more of a grabber; more personal.

This anarchist pays what he owes.

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Hi Peter, another view on this:

https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-august-2022

Start the video at 9:42.

It looks like Dominic Cummins might be behind the "Don't Pay movement".

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Would not surprise me. Organization rarely just "happens".

By the same token, the angst over rising energy costs appears to be real. It certainly is of a piece with inflation sentiments here.

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