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Once again the blind arrogance of Britain's politicians relies on the population of the UK behaving like a flock of sheep. Until they realise that we are not just there to supply them with tax revenues and the fleeces off our backs at every opportunity they will always look for the quickest and easiest way to raise easy cash. They treat the Uk public as if they are a monopoly business who can charge anything they like at any time they like

I Drive 40, 000 miles a year as part of my job and i pay for that fuel. It is at the stage now where if i cut my mileage as i have had to do because of prices. I also cut my wages.

It is about time that the public were allowed to take a vote of no confidence in this breathtakingly arrogant Government.

They are meant to be there to serve the people not their own "special causes"

At the risk of making myself unpopular, I have to agree with the comments at 63 above. We need to reduce our carbon footprint for the sake of reducing global warming and one way to do that might just be to discourage motoring by having higher fuel prices.
We need to face this sometime soon or our children and grandchildren will reap the consequences of our inaction.

great idea to protest but as a disabled driver i need my car therefore i have to pay the price what ever, i get a car through the dla/dwp and they pay the tax and upkeep of the car but it sits in the drive as the fuel to run the thing is somewhat getting harder to find, it used to be do i eat or have heating on for the warmth, now its more like do i stay in and be isolated or spend money on fuel and socialise with friends for the day or even a few hours.

Our car is in danger of being like "Miss Havershams" cake in "Great Expectations" left too rot and covered in cobwebs enough is enough
Big Up to the protesters

About time we did something instead of sitting back and get shafted time after time by this government

GOOD LUCK

At last protest time i live in a town that's petrol is always 2p a ltr more than the next big towns we have a tesco and local stations all charge the same price even local tv news station said we are being riped of here so bring on this protest i wont be voting for brown

EU prices for diesel France €1.16 a litre - Holland, Belgium €1,24 and Germany €1.30 all well under a pound (€1.38).....but we have to accept it....why?

USA petrol is $3.60 a US gallon around $0.90 a litre (£.45) and they are upset.......

As a mother to 2 severely autistic children who CAN NOT USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. I have been spending £50 weekly to drive the kids around and I am on very low income having to care full time for my kids. Some people do not drive fpr pleasure but out of necessity and need. The goverment must do something ASAP to alleviate the suffering of disabled people and the public at large. They should live and let us live

I feel like I am being held to ransom by the UK government - on fuel duty amongst many other hideen taxes!
I travel 47 miles to work & back, 94 miles per day and feel the significant impact of ever rising fuel costs. I live on Wirral, and work in Fallowfield, near Manchester. I'd quite happily use public transport but there is no viable alternative to my car. Currently the journey takes me about 50 minutes and costs currently about £10 per day.
Using public transport would mean a short walk to bus, 20 minute trip to Birkenhead, onto the underground to Liverpool, approx 20 minutes, up to overground service from Liverpool to Manchester. approx 45/80 minutes dependant on which train, and then a 30 minute walk or 10 minute bus ride out of the Centre to Fallowfield. So, near on 2 hours later, I'd arrive at work only to look forward to the same 2 hour trip home - perhaps if I forget about the welfare of my family and children this would be acceptable. On top of this, the cost just under £15.00 per day.
Mr Brown, give me a viable alternative before holding me to ransom. How can I make a choice, when there is no choice to make.
I would wholeheartly support any protest - this is just another revenue generating exercise - using the environment as a distorted justification!

On top of rising fuel prices, out local bus company have announced the withdrawal of all sevices to our village on Saturdays. This will come into effect after Christmas. Last year we had no busses for the week after Christmas. Quite how rising fuel prices will encourage us to use non existant public transport is beyond me. Iexpect our Prime Minsister will say tax on fel has nothing to do with him, as in is not the Chancellor. A blockade of fuel depots would leave me stranded, with no way to ge to work, so I can'tg say I am in favour of that strategy

It is high time that we the public spoke out strongly against the tax of fuel

With the cost of living soaring it is hard enough to make ends meet with out having to pay through the nose for fuel

Why is it cheaper in third worlds countries but not here, because we have a greedy government
They want us to use public transport but it cost to much to use around £7,49 for a train fare to Aberdeen per day subsidise the public transport like they do in Miami (you can go anywhere on a metro bus for $1,25 and the buses are always full) then we would use the transport

Up here in the rural country we rely on our cars so stop penalising us for that

Time the British people got the back bone back into them

I have to agree with most people's comments, but as too stop using certain pertrol stations, I have done that most of my life and it still amaze's me, how much difference the cost of fuel from one pump to the next is. So it's about time we got a break from the TAX man and his cronies and had a better life like the rest of Europe.

Tax on fuel is at the level it is because the Government is gaining its revenue from indirect taxation. It is doing this because it refuses to fund itself with rises in income tax as it fears losing voters. That is the choice direct or indirect taxation its your call!

I am ready to protest about this ridiculous fuel price increase - standing by!!

I've only recently retired, and based my decision to take early retirement based on a logically reasoned financial plan which is now in tatters as a result of greed by others. I may need to return to work just to make ends meet. I'm furious. Not just fuel, I've noticed an increase in foods as a result of on-costs.

Its a disgrace the taxes levied on fuel when you think of the taxes already imposed on our incomes at source ........income tax ,,,,,then VAT........then we hear figures of 80% vat and tax on the fuel giving us actually 20 pence worth of fuel for each £1 if these figures are not true, I never hear anyone from government denying them .

Totally agree with fuel protests to make this government listen to the people who elected them, instead of ignoring us with the attitude "we can do what we want as there's no better alternative at the moment, so they'll vote for us again".
The only way these pompous politicians will sit up and listen is if they are hit were it hurts them, right under their noses. Luckily Red Ken has provided us with great big red and white C signs at every entry into the centre of our wonderful capital where our overpaid politicians are supposed to work.
Park a truck on each one and only let emergemcy vehicles through. Get the tube union to join in, and the financial centre of this country will grind to a very abrupt halt. These companies have so much clout against every government that Mr Brown will be changing the pump prices himself. Meanwhile 98% of the country will be unaffected and give their full support for as long as it takes.
Do you have to pay congestion charges if you just park on the C sign?

I am behind fighting this petrol hike too. It is just a rip off and the government should realise that any increase in petrol affects us in more ways than one. Now if we don't try to stop this we will have dearer fuel, food, public transport, utilities etc. Where will it all end?
Irene McGinness

I have read many of the comments and i whole heartedly agree with each and every one of them.

It's disgusting how we are expected to sit back and take the financial pressures of the government with their ability to keep taxing fuel to a deplorable level. Gordon you and the cabinet should practice what you preach and get yourself on the bus.

Unfortunately, having said that, no ammount of blockades, protests and talking will lead the government to bow to public pressure, so we have to go with it.

We are in a car culture where the many public transport links are at best terrible, the people in the big house realise this and will monopolise on the fasat easy buck.... i too, wish it were different !!

How this or any other government have justified diesel costing more than petrol AND claim green credentials is a mystery to me. Diesels use less fuel per mile than petrol and emit way less carbon. Of course, commercial vehicles using loads of the stuff = greater retruns for the Treasury but that would be a very cynical, wouldn't it? All fuel prices are obscene and at the very least we all need to voice our anger about it. Voting just leads to a different political masters in charge of the same old grabbing treasury. Just keep it legal and don't penalise the innocent.

I am a self-employed taxi driver and I am finding the cost of diesel has affected my monthly income big time.
As I am not allowed to pass the increases of fuel on to my customers like the transport company's delivering goods to shops etc can and absorb the cost.
Good Luck with the protest. If I knew where it was I would join in.

Well about time there was a protest, well done to those involved you
have my support at least, these prices are crippling and its ALL tax mostly

If we were American or French the Country would be at a standstill by now

perhaps if we stopped giving millions away to the likes of sudan and also stopped all the free loaders entering this country being given thousands to buy their cars we could afford to cut petrol prices to what they should be, then stop the millions paid in expenses to the MPs and we could see petrol prices at a level not seen for years , its a very welcome protest as far as i am concerned my petrol bill has gone up by 50% in the last six months and i am not a heavy user so god help the ones who are -- enjoy your stay in number 10 gordon you will not be there after the next election

If "they" could come up with a reason why we pay so much duty on fuel and what the justification is for the disproportionate amount of duty we pay it might not be so painful whenever we fill up.

Problem :- smashed the £1 a litre barrier, drivers fuming over another hike, no evidence of a move downwards
Complicated by:- Growing concern over the economy and potential move into recession
Solution: Lower the blasted duty ! It's not rocket science - are you trying to make up for the lost duty on cigarettes ?

It's disgusting and it's about time we British stuck together and did something about it

Whilst I am as concerned as anyone at the current price of fuel (we run both petrol and diesel cars) I wonder how many of the people posting here will be taking part in the 'action'. I surmise that most of them will be going about their normal business, and buying fuel, whilst the minority tries to change things. If people feel so strongly about this why have they not done anything themselves? It is the same old story that we want something changed but we are not prepared to do anything ourselves. Something that the government knows.

Have just returned from Tenerife, diesel at approx. 88 cents a litre.
How on earth do the Spanish manage to arrive at that price when we are paying well over £1 per litre?
I would think it should cost them more, due to the logistics of getting the fuel to the islands in the first place!
Come on govenment get your house in order, just get in touch with the real world, not all of us have inflated salaries and expense accounts to cover the unnecessary rise in fuel prices!!

I agree with Michael Fowler - the tax is high! My husband and I run a small butchers shop, in a rural community, and pride ourselves in providing a delivery service to villages within a 15-mile radius. However, our product prices will have to reflect both rising petrol and utility costs - both of which are increasing enormously. Where does it stop?
Thankfully, we don't have health issues to take into consideration, but our family life will be affected by petrol/diesel costs; can we afford to visit our family?
I support ANY actions taken!

in reply to richard as to why every one will not support a demo - easy really i live 200 miles from where the demo's usually take place - i can not afford the petrol to attend - but if a demo was arranged for the leeds area i would be one of the first in line - good luck to all who demonstate

Am ready to fight, for the right, to not pay for stupidly high taxation, a mass drive into london and around m25 and all major roads to clog the whole of the road network would work, police can do nothing as long as we are moving at 5 mph lol

Well there is one way to help sought this problem out. please get Gordon Brown to agree to SCRAP the car road fund licence ( tax disc ) and put the tax levy onto petrol.
I know it will make the fuel costs higher, but those who do the highest milage will supplement those who pop down to the shops. We might even save money, and it should discourage needless journeys, so keeping vehicles off the road more, and making pollution levels reduce.

David from Dudley West Midlands

Of course if one has a decent mileage allowance and is also chauffeured around by an official driver, or travels by first class by rail - why worry about hiking up the cost of fuel!! These ministers don't live in the real world...

I am in total agreement with any fuel protest. I use public transport to work. bus, train and tube as I work in central London. Now they are putting up the train fairs so it will cost me even more to stand in the cattle wagons they call trains and tubes. My wife works in the sticks and has to use our car. It is costing a small fortune. It is a disgrace that everytime the price of fuel rises this damned government rakes in even more money. Do they think we are a bottomless pit. I am sick and tired of the continual hammering of motorists. I will suffer any inconvinience, just stick it out and bring the country to a standstill. Maybe then these idiots we have in government will understand the anger and frustration we feel.
Make sure everyone knows exactly how much we pay in duty and tax on every litre we buy, see how much they are robbing from us.

Well Well, Its about time we all took a stand, The Government has been ripping us off for far to long we all know that, but its not untill you spend some time in another country you get to realize just how much!!

Call me old fashioned but I thought a barrell of oil costs the same no matter who buys it, so how come places like America can charge for a GALLON what we pay for a litre... easy explained>>>> rip off Britain.. I was told the other day that around 60/70% of what we pay for Petrol is ALL TAX!!!

This Country Discusts me.... which somehow is wrong, because I'm British, and Shouldn't feel like that...but there you go, I'm not the only one.

So Come on Britain ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!

Once the fuel prices get expensive enough for the governments plans of everybody using public transport, this will be the point that the British economy breaks down the most in the shortest space of time.

Think about it, businesses and sales representitves won't be able to afford to promote and sell their services and products, which over time will result in far more British businesses going bust.
Couriers will need to charge fantastic amounts more for parcels and other mail items to be delivered, which will eventually become too much for the consumer to pay and the mail system will subsequently fail.
Taxi's will have to charge even more ludicrous prices to keep themselves in business and after a while, will fail.
Driving instructers will become obsolete so fast, you'd miss it if you blinked. Not only will they have to charge so much for lessons; their other potential students wouldn't be able to afford to drive post-test, so what would be the point in taking lessons? Another source of employment in Britain failed.
And the list doesn't just end there. There's a pattern; but I'll leave you to think of the rest for yourself. Ultimately, driving fuels Britain and forcing it's citizens away from driving will destroy the country as we know it.

And to make matters worse, once the majority of British Citizens have taken to public transport (which prices will rise for anyway, due to extra fuel costs), the Government will be able to tax us on our bus or train fare as much as they like.

And once this generation of public transport drivers is over, the afformentioned deterioration of driving instructors will see public transport put to an end.

So I implore the British Government to really take a good, long think about exactly how they're about to ruin the country. And if they decide to go ahead with it, I expect them to support me fully in my bid to gain citizenship in another country that isn't governed by it's own worst enemy!

Unfortuantly the UK has one problem that can be fixed overnight! We who work hard everyday to make this country what it is should shout a little louder and be 'HEARD'

The goverment makes many promises but never in my 36 years of life have I ever heard them say "it's time to listen to our creators"

Come on boy's girls men and women stand up for what is right! be heard!

im a taxi driver im doing over 1400 miles a week this sat i did 18hrs at work just trying to keep on top of my family bills this is silly its all to do with the fuel prices im not sure how much longer i can do this..

I appreciate any action taken in order to cut these costs of petrol down! Transport is needed for myself as i personal train clients 11 hrs a day going from one destination to another 10 miles away so running/exercising is not possible.

please can something be done to lower these prices. Never trusted tht Gordon brown! get him out!

Those who have been casting their vote as "NO" must be government officials.

Those who have commented to buy homes near to work places = good suggestion, but what to do in case if travelling is the part of the job? will you let customers/clients come to us rather than we going to them? or suggest again to buy homes near to customers. land is a finite source as well! bear in mind, someone with 100 clients to visit buying 100 homes near their locations, doesn't looks attractive suggestion to me!