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The government is as always preying on public dependencies. With reasons of no clues they make excuses to charge us extra money on every possible things they can get their hands on. i am not sure what it takes to oppose such act but if it helps with my vote, here i cast my vote for the compaign. let's get together!!!

having just returned from a short break to new york i was telling the yellow cab driver the price of fuel and he nearly fell out of his cab $3.30 a gallon in our money thats $10 a gallon it has to stop and it has to stop now because it just seems to go up everyday.

Whilst I completely support the aims of the protest, any action taken must be within the legal constraints of this country or it will be regarded as "rabble rousing" and fail.
One other thought..........if you wait a short while there will soon be so many vehicles on the road no-one will be able to go anywhere anyway so it won't matter what the price of fuel is ! The government's answer to congestion is build more roads or widen the existing ones. How short sighted is that !!

this government has to keep increasing tax the reason beeing that every year more and more tax payers are leaving this country and even more non tax payers are entering and taking from the system without putting in so the shortfall must be made up and that is left to us poor sods that are still working i fully support any action that is taking place it's about time gordon brown was taught a lesson

how selfish

Fuel should be twice the price, get rid of congestion at a stroke.

ian howarth

Posted by Ian Howarth, 10th December 2007 9:28pm

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do you actually drive??? are you a millionaire?

i agree,and am very ready for protest,if it wasnt for our car i would be housebound and so would my daughter ,its hit me quite hard,i used to put 15.00 a week in,that covered school journey(which is a long one)there and back and occasionally a trip out to park or to visit family,now i barely make it through the school runs never mind go park or visit family,GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR.all this is part of the bigger plan from the people that run our country.but this is not the place for those theories etc.am up for protest defo kkep me informed:)

Finally, I wondered how long it was going to take before something was done, every day I drive past the petrol station it's risen a penny at least. There has got to be limits & the government shouldn't be allowed to get away with it any longer, robbing b****rds. Good luck to everyone involved.

At last......... The worm has turned!

Hurrah, tax those gas-guzzlers off the road!!

Hee, hee

YES!!! About time too - lets hope the government take notice this time and reduce the tax on fuel not just freeze it! Good luck to all the guys and girls out there willing to protest for all us hard done by drivers. How long would it take the ministers to cut fuel duty if they actually had to PAY for their own fuel?!? Not long methinks! Bring it on and the best of British to all of you x

I whole heartly agree ,we are being ripped off in the Uk with the high duty and tax on fuel It is about EVERYONE who drives stands up and fights about the tax we pay on fuel. I took a day trip to Belgium last week,Diesel was just 1.15euros ( roughly 75p) a litre with roughly the same for unleaded how is Belgium can have these prices and we are paying these outrages prices,if the goverment are reading this comments watch out it is very unlikely they will get in again for a long while1

What really gets on my nerves is that the increase on petrol currently stands at about 17% over the last 6 months, but the increase on LPG currently stands at about 27% over the last 6 months.

Such a massive jumps when the tax on LPG so supposed to be frozen until 2008 to allow us to be more green!!!!!!

In countries where the tax on fuel is lower, taxes on other items are higher. Where is the money for hospitals, roads, schools, carers, refuse disposal, recycling, child care, social services, GPs and so forth to come from? I fear we are asking those in power (whom we elected democratically) to give us back some taxes so that they can increase others. It may be an idea to propose where the alternative taxes should come from.

We do not live in a dictatorship. We have choices. We cannot condone breaking the law.

David, at least there is a hospital for your wife to go to. What do you think would happen if we all decided not to pay the taxes we didn't agree with? Who would pay for essential public services then?

I recently came across some photos I took when I was a student in 1990. One is the picturesque view from my room of the street outside. There is an Esso garage in it showing unleaded at 40p / litre on the price board....if only!

Seriously I hope the fuel protestors get maximum media coverage and make this taxing government think. We should be calling for the government to make an immediate 30p / litre cut in fuel duty to bring the price back to a bareable level. Better still, persuade the Tories to announce their support for a 30p cut, then if the inheritance tax charade is anything to go by, Labour will announce a cut of 20p within a week, claiming they'd been planning it all along......

I am also concerned at the duty charged for auto fuel.

This government uses the latest eco/green concerns to contiNually raise the amont of tax on fuel, we are bing ripped off.

We need a national day of protest where nobody in the uk buys anY fuel. It could be done. People out there need to realise this will go on and on until we are bled dry. We just except everything in this country and it is timE we stool up to be counted.

As a leader in the know on fuel prices,get the message out.


Lets have a DAY OF PROTEST.

As a Driving instructor, my livelihood is always under pressure from thes greedy increases.

Like everybody I am fed up with this take, take, take attitude of this government. Build new roads? No....can't afford it. Reduce taxation? No....can't afford it. Do something to make the lives of the taxpayers a little better............not if it costs money, and not if it disadvantages the (petty) lawmakers.

if we do not act now the motorist will be diven of the road what with the impending work place tax and now the petro; breaking the £ mark we are being stuffed .bring it on

Is this Goverment taking the piss or what?, should Brown not be working in a circus?, this clown ruined the pensions for millions and managed to get the job as Prime Minister (Blair:" Oh! I'm fed up with this job how would you like a wee shot at it Gordon"), he then pumps up the price of petrol, someone else stated its the biggest hit in your pocket after your mortgage. I don't see the wages going up to reflect this, we'll soon not be able to got to work unless they send transport for us. There response to the high price will be something to do with saving the environment..... lets buy the petrol from the same place the Americans get it, in September it was $2.32 per gallon not litre. You can only rip us off for so long.

Hi guys great news we had them on the ropes in 2000 but we backed down if were going to doit this time we have to go all out all the way or dont bother at all thers only one winner united we stand or the goverment lets not give in to bullies this time they need us more than we need them .

Whilst I agree action must be taken to halt the ridiculous price of fuel in this country, I do not understand how barracading fuel depots will help. Surely if I do not fill my car on Saturday, I will fill it on Sunday or Monday. The fuel companies and government will not lose any money, but will only be made to wait for it.

Surely it would be better to boycott the major oil companies (eg. Shell, BP), and only use supermarkets or cheaper garages. If nobody used the expensive companies, they would be forced to lower their prices to compete, and if the major companies lower their prices, everyone else would follow suit.

Good luck to all protesters, I hope for a positive result.

If everyone in the country stuck together and just stopped driving for one day,(like saturday 15th) maybe the theiving pratts who we entrusted to run the country would take notice. Its all very well blaming the government for taking us to the cleaners in anyway it chooses, but we just dont stick together in this country, and the government knows this and uses it to its advantage.
I will be giving this protest my full support as usual. will you?

This is the only way to get through to this Government. I fully support the hauliers protests - for their industry and the ordinary motorist. People like me in just one car cannot do it alone, but the haulage industry can. What about a go slow on the motorways in lanes 1 & 2 too? Good luck

I dont, but if he can afford (all be it just about), to travel 75 miles on a round trip his money must come from somewhere & I dont think any government benefits would allow that at the current fuel costs.

I must say, as a student I have to do a lot of traveling and it drills a hole in my pocket when I fill up my car. I keep thinking what could be a cheaper option.. but its definitely not a bus or train for me as I live in a place which is a bit difficult to reach.

SUGGESTION-- how about boycotting fuel fill ups for a day. No one buys fuel on a given day in protest of the price hike. What say??

goverments are here for the benefit of the people,not the other way round.they should consider cutting fuel duties as soon as possible,the country cannot continue like this,those on minimum wage and pennsioners are suffering.I dont call that a caring goverment.

In 2000,diesel cost 1p per litre less than unleaded,,,now the new car trend is geared towards diesel,the goverment are hiking up the pricein their favour...who said they are stupid,,,think again.

The price of fuel has rocketed beyond belief with the Government cashing in all the way, something has to be done or we will all suffer eventually. I am totally in faviour of any protest which will make an effect and reduce the cost of fuel to make this Government wake up to reality, extortionate high taxation on this necessary commodity is extremely unfair.

BRING IT ON.IT'S ABOUT TIME WE SHOW THE GOVERNMENT WE WONT BE TAKEN THE P*SS OUT OF ANY MORE.DROP YOU YOU'R TAXES LABOUR.
IT'S TIME THEY GOT VOTED OUT.................................

It's not just fuel for transport that is sky high. Many people rely on oil to heat their homes. In the last four years the cost has tripled. Whilst the government is not responsible for the oil price (although they could put pressure on OPEC) they are still taking 5% in VAT for heating oil.

hey there im just an ordinary worker building and plastering I use an average £20-00 to £30-00 pounds aday with todays goverment we will never beat them because we dont stick together if we all stuck together we would be able to do something about it but as you no the wealthy dont care its only the working class that suffers and poor people we all need to stick together ban stations untill they listen stop working untill it starts costing them let there millions theve made on previous petrol hikes go to good use ( thats a laugh ) and when the work stops the country starts looseing then they might listen but as you no alot of the english people only think of them selves i hope we can do something about it
Mr M nolan just and ordinary bloke

as i said in my text to htv wales news, they ought to protest for a week not a day!!!! im sure they would have the support of all drivers alike. when juice runs out the government will have to sit down and listen, my advice ...be a squeaky door......it'll always get oiled not torn down

am i right do we pay vat on the tax on fuel? if so why. I thought you only paid vat on luxury items. I don't call tax a luxury.

I am NOT in support of this action it is disruptive to all people, not just those that are responsible for the price. Please rememeber this is a complex area, with many factors influencing the price:

- Opec
- Supply/demand
- Availabilty of transport alternatives
- Environmental issues

Unfortunately I would suggest the KEY FACTOR to focus on is OPEC, increase supply and the price will fall. Of course then you have to consider that this is not environmentally friendly!

Hope this provokes further intelligent debate.... an accountant.

Posted by Carl J, 10th December 2007 9:51pm

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Carl I see you point, and to a degree I agree, but OPEC is producing a very high quantity already and increasing production is already been implemented.

But saying that how can the rest of Europe and the world, pay less for there fuel, than us in the UK. No one is asking for a drop that is over the top, people just want to pay a fair price for there fuel.

The government make a lot of money from fuel tax and the honest working person do not seem to benefit from the tax they are paying.

About time we need to draw a line on fuel price, if we lived in France the protests would be backed by every driver lets hope this time most people get onboard. I live 20mins from Grangemouth in Scotland let me know where to meet

I was wondering when this country was finally going to wake up and realise fuel prices are out of control. I'll be fully supportive of this action, but I hope this time it will be sustained until we actually get somewhere. I hope lessons have been learnt from the year 2000, when the protest only lasted 7 days and had absolutely no impact whatsoever. It needs to go over weeks and months, and really make a difference. I have suggested a general strike before, and I need my car for work, but will certainly NOT be panic buying petrol. If I haven't got petrol I won't go to work, it's as simple as that, and will I care? Not at all. All that matters is that the price of petrol comes down, and if that's what it takes, so be it.

I am a community carer and I have to use my car for this job as I have to go from service user to service user plus take them shopping. I feel that the price of petrol is stupid as my employer does not give us enough money to cover the cost of this petrol increase. However I am not the only one who thinks this and it is not only people doing this sort of work. I think the goverment need to reconsider the petrol price increase as we do not only have to put petrol in ours cars we also have to tax and insure them which the goverment get a fair bit of profit even though they have to do the same but they have the wages to cover them.

I am paying out lots more unfortunately I have to use my car for work and can only claim 35p a mile it has been this for years and as the price of petrol goes up the threshold on how much you can claim on this has not changed.