ACG Public Meeting on Cost of Living Crisis

[charlie mowbray]

Public Meeting on Cost of Living Crisis

7pm , Tuesday 14th June

Enough is Enough: Confronting the Cost of Living Crisis

How capitalism and the state got us into this mess and what we can to do to get us out

About this event​

Whilst many of us are suffering badly because of hikes in energy and food bills and dwindling incomes, members of the House of Commons each had their wages boosted by £2,212-a-year, with their salaries rising to £84,144 from £81,932 on April 1st. In the Scottish Parliament, MSP salaries rose to £64,470.​

The Royal Family, too, were well insulated from the energy price hike. For them, the Sovereign Grant has increased by over 55% since 2012. And that is aside from the costs of Buckingham Palace renovations.



The energy companies are laughing too, with British Gas profits doubling to £948m. The UK’s Big Six energy companies between them raked in more than a billion pounds of profit ahead of April’s record hike in bills. Despite this, many people will effectively be forced to give the energy companies interest-free loans, month-by-month building up credit with the bloated energy giants just to help their cash flow.

The poorest among us were hit the hardest. Those on lowest incomes are more likely to be on prepayment meters. For the 4.5 million people on prepayment meters, the price of energy has now risen by an average £708 – to £2,017 a year, the biggest average jump in prices.



This is on top of other bills climbing too, with food prices already up sharply and warnings to expect staple foods to increase even further in price in the months ahead. And that’s not the end of it. We already know the energy price cap will be up again in October, just in time for the colder months.



We can’t expect politicians to help us. They’re alright on their big salaries. The Labour Party isn’t the answer. Sir Keir Starmer, talking about the energy bills, said “People don’t want a revolution”. Are you sure about that, Keir? Because it’s not looking like anything else is going to help us. And people aren’t just afraid. We’re angry. The only people who will help us is ourselves. Only direct action will get the goods. We need to organise in our communities and stand together against the energy companies and the greedy, complacent politicians. This public meeting discusses the cost of living crisis and possible ways of fighting back.



This meeting is online and takes place at 7pm (BST) on Tuesday 14th June

Click here to get your free Eventbrite tickets:

Enough is Enough: Confronting the Cost of Living Crisis

 

[8ball]

Sir Keir Starmer, talking about the energy bills, said “People don’t want a revolution”. Are you sure about that, Keir?

I think he might be right on that one.

 

[kenny g]

I think he might be right on that one.

Other question would be: Do people want more of the same?

 

[charlie mowbray]

Tonight!

 

[Signal 11]

Zoom says the passcode was incorrect, using the one sent in the emails from eventbrite.

 

[8ball]

Other question would be: Do people want more of the same?

And what about orange trousers?

 

[PTK]

And what about orange trousers?

Only trousers with one leg orange, and one leg green, are acceptable. Available from Parity of Esteem.

 

[8ball]

Only trousers with one leg orange, and one leg green, are acceptable. Available from Parity of Esteem.

Seems a reasonable middle ground.

 

[PTK]

Seems a reasonable middle ground.

There is no middle ground. These trousers have only legs/

 

[8ball]

There is no middle ground. These trousers have only legs/

Well, I wouldn’t expect them to have arms.

 

[PTK]

Well, I wouldn’t expect them to have ar

Well, I wouldn’t expect them to have arms.

Indeed. The arms were decommissioned, being put beyond use. However, trousers normally have more than legs. Mine do, anyway. There is the part that covers the nether regions.

 

[PTK]

Public Meeting on Cost of Living Crisis

7pm , Tuesday 14th June

Enough is Enough: Confronting the Cost of Living Crisis

How capitalism and the state got us into this mess and what we can to do to get us out

About this event​

Whilst many of us are suffering badly because of hikes in energy and food bills and dwindling incomes, members of the House of Commons each had their wages boosted by £2,212-a-year, with their salaries rising to £84,144 from £81,932 on April 1st. In the Scottish Parliament, MSP salaries rose to £64,470.​

The Royal Family, too, were well insulated from the energy price hike. For them, the Sovereign Grant has increased by over 55% since 2012. And that is aside from the costs of Buckingham Palace renovations.



The energy companies are laughing too, with British Gas profits doubling to £948m. The UK’s Big Six energy companies between them raked in more than a billion pounds of profit ahead of April’s record hike in bills. Despite this, many people will effectively be forced to give the energy companies interest-free loans, month-by-month building up credit with the bloated energy giants just to help their cash flow.

The poorest among us were hit the hardest. Those on lowest incomes are more likely to be on prepayment meters. For the 4.5 million people on prepayment meters, the price of energy has now risen by an average £708 – to £2,017 a year, the biggest average jump in prices.



This is on top of other bills climbing too, with food prices already up sharply and warnings to expect staple foods to increase even further in price in the months ahead. And that’s not the end of it. We already know the energy price cap will be up again in October, just in time for the colder months.



We can’t expect politicians to help us. They’re alright on their big salaries. The Labour Party isn’t the answer. Sir Keir Starmer, talking about the energy bills, said “People don’t want a revolution”. Are you sure about that, Keir? Because it’s not looking like anything else is going to help us. And people aren’t just afraid. We’re angry. The only people who will help us is ourselves. Only direct action will get the goods. We need to organise in our communities and stand together against the energy companies and the greedy, complacent politicians. This public meeting discusses the cost of living crisis and possible ways of fighting back.



This meeting is online and takes place at 7pm (BST) on Tuesday 14th June

Click here to get your free Eventbrite tickets:

Enough is Enough: Confronting the Cost of Living Crisis

I expect that the ACG was overjoyed that Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the Paliamentary Labour Party.

 

[danny la rouge]

I expect that the ACG was overjoyed that Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the Paliamentary Labour Party.

Do you? Why?

 

[Pickman's model]

I expect that the ACG was overjoyed that Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the Paliamentary Labour Party.

negotiations on him joining the acg are ongoing

 

[PTK]

Do you? Why?

Because it leaves a larger space in which the ACG could recruit. Successful social democrats undermine the appeal of revolutionaries.

The ACG states that “politicians” will never act in the interests of the working class. Jeremy Corbyn is a politician.

I define a politician as someone who is active in politics, and that therefore the members of the ACG are politicians.

 

[hitmouse]

Because it leaves a larger space in which the ACG could recruit. Successful social democrats undermine the appeal of revolutionaries.

The ACG states that “politicians” will never act in the interests of the working class. Jeremy Corbyn is a politician.

I define a politician as someone who is active in politics, and that therefore the members of the ACG are politicians.

Do you think that members of the ACG receive a basic annual salary of £84,144 plus expenses for being members, or are there perhaps some differences between different kinds of "politicians" that could render your definition not very useful?

 

[PTK]

Do you think that members of the ACG receive a basic annual salary of £84,144 plus expenses for being members, or are there perhaps some differences between different kinds of "politicians" that could render your definition not very useful?

 

[PTK]

Do you think that members of the ACG receive a basic annual salary of £84,144 plus expenses for being members, or are there perhaps some differences between different kinds of "politicians" that could render your definition not very useful?

I don't think that condemning all professional polticians is very useful.

 

[Pickman's model]

I don't think that condemning all professional polticians is very useful.

whyever not?

 

[hitmouse]

I don't think that condemning all professional polticians is very useful.

I think that perhaps you should not join the Anarchist Communist Group in that case! Regardless of whether you think it's useful or not, can you see that there are differences between professional politicians and people who are active in politics in their spare time while not relying on it for their full-time employment, and these differences make it a bit unhelpful to refer to them both using the same term?

 

[PTK]

I think that perhaps you should not join the Anarchist Communist Group in that case! Regardless of whether you think it's useful or not, can you see that there are differences between professional politicians and people who are active in politics in their spare time while not relying on it for their full-time employment, and these differences make it a bit unhelpful to refer to them both using the same term?

I know that there are some Labour MPs who are committed to the cause of the working class, in their own way. They give support to workers on strike, for example, and would attend some of the protests that people such as me, or indeed the members of the ACG, would attend.

 

[danny la rouge]

I define a politician as someone who is active in politics, and that therefore the members of the ACG are politicians.

I definite a fruit loop as someone says things like that, and therefore I’m going to eat you for breakfast.