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This is looks incredibly suspicious.

Who was it founded by? "A group of friends", the website says.

Really high production values for that.

I wouldn't be shocked if this was well funded.

Edit: did some digging. They have a Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Pay_UK

There's lots of press, too:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/10/dont-pay-uk-camp...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/09/tuesday-briefi...

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don't discount it. its how Brexit and Maga took off.

People can be powerful tools

Both suspected to be sophisticated Russian backed propaganda. Who benefits from this energy protest? What’s the fastest solution to fix the energy cost issue?

Meantime russia’s state outlets last weeks are pushing narratives “eu is gonna to freeze and stink this winter” [1]. Also in russian social networks appeared a short reel allegedly filmed by Gasprom with a song “the winter will be long” [2] showing a winter landscapes interleaving with EU flags.

All those narratives are focusing to show: this as an our answer on sanctions from EU so we are going to punish EU by turning off a gas pipe.

Personally I see all that as a big campaign of propaganda. Russia is abusing democracy mechanisms to achieve own benefits.

[1]: https://ria.ru/20220831/gaz-1813467401.html

[2]: https://tjournal.ru/internet/734585-v-seti-zavirusilos-video...

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