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‘Big Power Switch Off’ to happen weekly in protest against rising energy prices
If enough people unplug their appliances, the National Grid will experience an ‘electricity surge’
Britons are been urged to take part in a weekly ‘Big Power Switch Off’ protest in a stand against soaring energy prices.
The first protest took place on Sunday April 10th at 10pm, and saw thousands of Brits turn off and unplug all electronic devices, such as televisions, computers and lights, for ten minutes.
The aim of the ‘non-partisan’ action was to create enough of an imbalance in the National Grid to get the attention of both the government and utility companies, with the eventual aim to force them to reduce their costs.
And, following the success of the first protest, the Big Power Switch Off organiser Karen Brady has announced a date and time for the second demonstration.
Brady wrote on Twitter: “Next #BigPowerOff2 will be earlier at 7pm Saturday 16th April, just before Parliament arrives back from their holidays.
“RT & share on all social media platforms. Thanks to EVERYONE involved. Solidarity in numbers. Enough is enough!”
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This comes after Martin Lewis warned the rising energy costs and mounting pressure caused by the cost of living crisis could lead to ‘civil unrest‘.
The MoneySavingExpert founder, who has been praised for his help and advice in the build up to the price increase, told The Sunday Telegraph: “We need to keep people fed. We need to keep them warm. If we get this wrong right now, then we get to the point where we start to risk civil unrest.
“When breadwinners cannot provide, anger brews and civil unrest brews – and I do not think we are very far off.
“I get all these messages from people tearing their hair out. They don’t know how to make things add up.”
And talking about continuing to offer advice as inflation is poised to hit 12% by October, Lewis noted: “I feel slightly sick about doing it. We are talking hot water bottles in sleeping bags territory.
“This is one of the richest countries in the world. It’s pretty desperate, isn’t it? It is not an exaggeration to say that there are people we have to prevent freezing or starving.”