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Yet again the motorist gets it,To get a fairly good paid job to pay browns taxes i have to travel a daily trip of 60 miles , soon ill jack it in and go on the dole as i cannot afford to travel to work thanks ps ibet they up mp,s payments to cover it

Can you bunch of whingers shut up?

Fuel at these prices allow people to drive on empty roads! Keep the caravans off the motorways and get the lorrys moving goods to rail.

Do we really feel sorry for all the country yolks who have to commute into the city so they have a nice view from the bedroom?

As regards to the buisnesses you just pass the costs on and more plus you get all the tax back!

If you were that concerned you'd have a car with better fuel economy and drive more sensibly on the roads. This would save you more than a few pennys on a tank of petrol.

Perhaps you should blockage the investment banks for thir sub-prime lending problems as they caused the situation to start with? Thought not!

Grow up and live in the real world not like sheep.

Petrol prices are all time high and we are told this is due to Oil prices all time high!! Oil is sold in dollars and Sterling is at all time high against Dollar, so I cann't understand why petrol prices are not lower! $97 a barrell certainly is less in £ than it was last year. Looks like everyone including Govt. taxes is taking all of us for a run and making a handful of profits from all of us.
We the cistomers take every price rise quietly and pay through our pocket, I think time has come to say enough is enough. What about we all try to drive less and buy less fuel as well as show our solidarity with protest and local groups. This Govt. is pitiful in controlling anything and likes it's finger in everything. Teach then a lesson next election.

I am afraid that we have to pay taxes on something.
It is no good threatening the government, if the Tories or other parties get in they will promise the earth and then put the taxes back as usual. Look back in history......

I agree that public transport needs much improvement, but a certain party stopped council owned bus services that were subsidised. Sheffield was to get FREE buses but on April 1st!!!!! 1989 it all changed. Public transport is now run for fat cat profits, YES the same people who also get subsidised fuel!

Get freight onto trains, re-nationalise ALL public transport and tax the OBSCENE profits of Banks, Supermarkets and other major Institutions. This way fuel duty could be dropped and allow ordinary people to have cheaper fuel.

I am sick of this government not taking notice of the poor car owners of this country,i myself have had to try and recoup the cost of running a diesel 4x4 buy using veg oil mix to save some pennies it really works but i am sure that will not last forever good luck to the protesters.

Just over £1 a litre for petrol here in Germany too, so it's not just the UK!
Just think yourselves lucky you're not allowed to drive at 200km/h on the motorway - think of all the fuel you save as law-abiding citizens driving at 70mph!

Can you bunch of whingers shut up?

Fuel at these prices allow people to drive on empty roads! Keep the caravans off the motorways and get the lorrys moving goods to rail.

Do we really feel sorry for all the country yolks who have to commute into the city so they have a nice view from the bedroom?

As regards to the buisnesses you just pass the costs on and more plus you get all the tax back!

If you were that concerned you'd have a car with better fuel economy and drive more sensibly on the roads. This would save you more than a few pennys on a tank of petrol.

Perhaps you should blockage the investment banks for thir sub-prime lending problems as they caused the situation to start with? Thought not!

Grow up and live in the real world not like sheep.

Posted by Michael Saunders, 10th December 2007 10:06pm

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I would love to know what roads you drive on, it certainly is not in the midlands!!!!!!
I pay to use the M6 Toll as this takes 40mins off my journey to and from work.

No wonder all the industry in this country has gone abroad if we have people like you to work for it.
An increase in bread means people need to be paid more, people being paid more means more tax for everyone in everyway, not just on fuel.

Do you contribute to the system or are one of the bleeders of it???
I have my owns thoughts!!!!!

In any other country of the world, there would be riots in the street, we in the UK have tollerated this for too long, keeping a stiff upper lip is no longer relevent, it is time to act, and to follow it though also, the people of this country need to stand up and be counted

I find it somewhat annoying when whatever the public say is not good enough. I feel very strong about risen taxes...in other words the goverment should regulate their finances more effeciently...oh I forgot Us people are supposed to be the goverment but dont have any say because everyone tends to shy away from these major issues....ONE BEING THE PRICE OF OIL!!!!!
How are we supposed to survive when other countries and politicians make a mess???

Have the government looked at train prices lately!!! Try getting on one in rush hour. How many of them travel by train... not many I bet..
If the US can pay what they do for fuel and not do anything about the gas guzzling cars they all have. How come we have to pay Mr Brown and co so much in tax. Our government is just greedy. It does not go on the roads.
Although the M1 is a daily nightmare with 10 miles of roadworks from junction 10. Its got to be better than a bus ride to the station after waiting for buses that don't run on time or even at all, waiting on a cold drafty station for a train that is already over crowded when you get on.
No thanks
Give me my car and radio 2 any day.
We have to make a stand against them, but its up to everyone to support the protests and not wimp out this time.

If a business made the degree of profit that the Chancellor is making off the back of oil price increases it would have been referred to the office of Fair Trading long ago. I think the whole taxation of fuel stinks and there needs to be a serious rethink. If interest rises occur because of inflation then to my mind the Government is actually feeding the inflation because fuel affects so many different providers. Its about time someone tabled a vote of no-confidence in our elected Government.

I agree that fuel prices are a joke but do you muppets actually think that blockades and protests will make any difference?
The only people that will be affected are Mr and Mrs Average who need their cars to get to work etc.
The politicians who set the taxes will not even notice.
Do they pay for the fuel in their ministerial cars?
Is there any danger of them actually being unable to get fuel if the protests go on for a long time?
Will they actually care about the protests?

No, No and No

You people might think you are going to make a difference but you are kidding yourselves

These tree huggers are giving the government all the excuses they need to put duty on fuel as much as they like. Lets start protesting against the the price of fuel and the way rip off Britain is going! And stuff the tree huggers!!

Funny how diesel used to be cheaper than petrol and now is now more expensive. This has nothing to do with production costs. It is simply that "Gordon" has realised, he is missing out on a fortune in duty. Since the mid nineties the migration from petrol to diesel powered non commercial vehicles has risen sharply. Haulage companies and other high mileage diesel users are now being forced, indirectly to drive prices up. What does this mean? More money for Mr Brown. It's not surprising people are emigrating faster than ever. What a bunch of greedy, grasping "baxters" the Labour party has become. I'll never vote for them again

Ordinary people cannot cope with todays fuel prices, what of the future...To allow for crude increases we must lessen the tax, not escalate it.

Steve said it all,

"I totally support any peaceful and orderly protest to hopefully achieve a reduction in the current outrageous price of fuel in this country. If there was a cost effective alternative being offered by the government, it might be justified. However this is not the case, the reverse is true and nearly every form of public transport is getting more expensive. and in country areas where I live non existant. I look forward to a seeing a halt to this madness."

Or it could bring out the truth, is their somthing else in the Pipe Line we should know about .

Graham, Leeds,

Oh ye are so short sighted
two main high street stores fined for price rigging......
All the petrol company's that are with in 1 or 2 pence of each other is that price fixing or what.
Is the extra fuel duty a ploy by the government to raise extra revenue so they can cut paye tax before the next election...
You think its bad under labour but who invented the price escalator for fuel
I'm sure under the Tories and the green escalator it would be 1.30pence a litre.

Also what happened to the demarcation of the 10p a litre difference between petrol and desiel

with petrol pricea falling why is the price at the pump still going up more record profits for the likes of BP Shell Esso & of course the excise & duty.
Merry Christmas ( I DON'T THINK SO )

Its about time that some kind of protest took place, its a disgrace, the government are telling us to find alternative fuels but we dont get any constructive inceentive to do so, instead to deter us from using our cars they raise the levy on an already over inflated tax on petrol which as some mentioned previously not only affect the motorist, but also through the rising cost of groceries the elderly, services like the NHS and fire brigade, the people who struggle to live, the list goes on... its no wonder we have a record number of bankruptcies in the last few years...its crazy.
why dont they cut the duty of petrol significantly and put more on beer and smokes, even some of the people who dont drive smoke and drink, those things are luxuries that dont effect the welfare of the people who need a break the most.
im considering buying a cheap diesel and running it on veg oil as at 27mpg i can no longer afford to run my celica to and from work everyday.

The price of fuel is now disgusting. Quite frankly it is day light robbery.

Why are you ALL writing on the NET and NOT writing LETTERS to parliament where they MAY get something done??? Having recently had to write on another matter I was told unless they had a SIGNIFICANT amount of letters concerning a particular topic they would take NO NOTICE ! So why NOT GIVE THEM A SIGNIFICANT amount of mail?

Protesting about what and to whom? The reason that the price has gone up so much in recent weeks has little to do with tax and everything to do with the state of world and especially UK demand. So if you want to do something positive about that I suggest the protest consists of staying home or riding a bike.

Messing up the fuel supply further by blockading depots or going slowly down roads will only make life harder for everyone. The last thing I need is my journey taking treble the time or having problems getting fuel because of the actions of a few ****wits

Hi
apart from the tax on the usual fuel, they have also increased tax on LPG-so it cannot be all about saving the planet if they are happy to increase tax onan environmentally friendly fuel!

I, too, am concerned at the escalating price of petrol. We have reduced our car usage, not only to assist with climate change but also to effect economies. The continuing increases must have an adverse effect on our standard of living since we are served by a poor public transport system and live in a rural area so must rely on using a car.

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Diesel is £1.07 and more around here - what happened to diesel been cheaper to buy than petrol???
I bought a Diesel van as I thought it would be cheaper to run - NOT ANY MORE!
BUT, after alot of research, freely available on the net, I now have cut my fuel costs by around 30% and it will be alot more in the summer.
HOW? Easy! I use Veggie oil and diesel, around 30/70 mix or 50/50 mix on warmer days. This is totally legal as the law changed this year and you are permitted to use a certain amount per year without informing anyone. In the summer, I will be running on 100% veggie oil.
No engine modifications was needed BUT check yours before you do it. All Diesel engines were originally designed to run on oil so it wont do you engine any harm. The only problem is my van can take a little longer to start if I have put too much in, but once warm, it runs really sweet.
Dont give in to the price of fuel, look for alternatives.
This is one way, there are plenty of others.
This 'nanny' state is slowly ripping us off while it dictates what we can do, when and how.....time for a stand!

i am a supply teacher which means i travel to various schools in the north west. it now costs me an extra £20 a week to fill up which is absurd. Wages are not increasing but fuel, council tax, household energy are all spiralling out of control. its disgusting. Mu hubbie is a private hire driver and his taxi base haven't increased the fares although fuel has increased on a rapid rate. Just how long are the british public going to be exploited and held to ransom? I am all for fuel protests and not for filling Gordon browns pockets and the fat greedy cats that call themselves "New Labour".

I work for a small delivery company,we have various contracts with a small number of companies,and i myself have been told today that my job is in question over the high cost of fuel,my firm cannot compete with bigger companies as they are working to smaller margins than ours,as a result we are becoming less and less competitive,and it can't go on like this.

THE PRICE OF DIESEL NEEDS TO COME DOWN OTHERWISE I WILL FIND MYSELF OUT OF WORK SOON THANK YOU MR BROWN,AND I WILL BE JOINING THE PROTEST AS WE ALL MUST GIVE OUR SUPPORT TO THIS HIDEOUS FUEL TAX.

FOR THE ANSWER TO ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING FUEL PRICES

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I have to travel to work a round trip of 32 miles a day and with the increase of fuel prices it wont be long before i cant afford to go to work,the increase in the prices are frightning and it make it impossible to use the car for leisure porposes.

THE GOVERNMENT NEED TO FIX THE FUEL DUTY INSTEAD OF THE PERCENTAGE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN OK DECADES AGO, IT RUDDY ISNT NOW. OUR FRENCH CONTERPARTS ARE PAYING A THIRD LESS THEN US.

IT IS ABOUT TIME WE ACTED AGAINST THIS. WE ALL TOOK ACTION WHEN IT HOVERED TOWARDS 30P BACK IN 2000, IT HAS NOW EXCEEDED £1, AND THERES ME THINKING, WELL ARE WE BLINKING GOING TO DO SUMMAT OR WHAT?

It really is about time we made a stand. Other countries would not stand for this, mind you in most places they don't have to. ..........maybe we need to be a little more like the French for example?

If the price of fuel is so high anyway why dont they do away with road tax that way everybody pays for what they use under the current system somebody with a bigger car that uses it wisely pays more tax than somebody who drives up and down the country in a smaller car never made sense to me that one do away with road tax and put it all on fuel or is that too simple? Just a thought

**DIESEL FUEL DRIVERS TAKE NOTE** SAVE £££££££££££££££££**!!!!!!!!!!People who own diesel cars please note; you can run your car on pure vegetable oil (svo) or any mixture of diesel and oil with no affect on the engine. Do the research on the net (look for alternative fuels, svo, biodiesel, biofuels etc.) I have done this in the past filling my 1.9 TDI Golf up with the stuff and no problem at all. You are now allowed to use up to 2500 litres per year before having to declare tax to the Inland Revenue (Please check there website). You can also rest assured that the amount of carbon dioxide the plants absorb when growing is greater than is created by the burning oil! This is the way forward just the government doesn't want everyone to know. Please do your homework. Best of look. The answers are out there.

This government has shamelessly sucked money from our pockets promising all sorts of benefits not least improvements in public transport. Petrol/diesel prices affect every aspect of our lives as most things are at some stage carried by some form of transport so we get hit several times over. It is time the British people stood up for themselves against this government - the french seem to get results when they do it.
I hope you get millions of responses this time

Considering the oil production and the number of refineries in the UK it seems that the only reason we pay more or less the highest cost in the developed world for petrol and diesel is due to government policies to milk as much money as possible from it's citizens. There will always be green arguements in terms of the CO2 emissions and the damage to the environment however it feels to me as if the Government use this as an excuse to generate as much money as possible from taxation. Yes cars produce CO2 but advancements in technology are ensuring that emission levels are reducing all the time, and as many people have already said there is simply no alternative to car use for many people due to a number of reasons, our train network is simply not up to the task to carry goods around the UK and therefore HGV's are essential, similarly public transport in many cities and towns simply cannot take the place of the car. I for one support any action that will demonstrate to the Government that we are fed up with being taxed at levels which are not justified, my worry is that this Government is so arogant that any action taken may have to hit where it really hurts, protests at oil refineries may not be enough, lets hope Brown and his cronies are listening.

About time I would gladly join in any protest about the ridiculous cost of fuel. I use my car to visit patients every day and it has become too expensive for me to continue. Its about time we unite and fight this gready government instead of sitting back and moaning.

Gordon Brown says he is listening, I don't know who he is listening to but he is definately not listening to us the voting public.

He is the sheriff of Nottingham in disguise.
I am ready join Robin hoods band