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"The fossil fuel giant posted profits of £5.1bn. This adds to its near £11.6bn already this year alone, taking its total to £16.7bn. Meanwhile, the company declared shareholder distributions of £4bn. Again, it builds on £9.3bn announced in the first half of 2023. It took its total shareholder pay-outs to over £13bn...Already, the average household energy bills between October and December will be 50% higher than in winter 2021/22."

More here: https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/11/02/shells-shareholder-pay-outs-could-cover-the-energy-bills-of-6-3-million-uk-households-in-fuel-poverty-and-then-some/

This is class war. Warm banks, like food banks, have become increasingly normalised as part of welfare and community, voluntary sector provision. The system isn't broken, it's working exactly as intended. Rich get richer, planet burns, whilst divide and rule tactics are deployed.

#ClassWar #ClimateCrisis #AntiCapitalism #Shell