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I truely give my hole support tothis blockade, this goverment ned to be told once and for all,we are not going to be dictatord too ?? our fuel prices/takes on petol/deisel is way over the limited,on what most british works can afford.and ned to get back to reallity it is grippling our econonmy

i am pleased there is going to be a protest,i have a husband who is disabled and to make ends meet i work but the cost of fuel is becoming an issue as it takes a bigger and bigger chunk of our money.public transport would take me 2 hours to get to work so is not an option,the protest has my full support.

They have my complete support,we are being priced off the face of planet earth,by so called people supossed to look out for our interests,what is more laughable is that it is being done by a joke of a prime minister that was not voted to that position by the British people,but put there by a con trick with his cronies.Democracy,they are having a laugh,as usual at our expense.The best of luck with the protest.

i think its bout time we had a something happening cos as a carer if i took public transport clients wouldnt be dress washed nor fed i wouldnt beable to get to them we dont get we dont get help it come out of wages each week so instead of 25 aweek im paying 40 aweek cant afford to cut my hrs down as wont be able to live. i know this wont affect me as we will be given a petrol place to go but at least it mite work and the tax rippers can c uk that we dont work to support the rich we work to live

I am a lorry driver for a waste reclamation company, and really dont know how the company survives with all the different legislation imposed against us. Not just in the price of fuel, but the landfill taxes as well as all the other costs imposed through health & safety. Personally, I am a semi-pro entertainer, and have to travel miles to different venues. I claim against the wear & tear of my vehicle,& the price of the fuel, but with all the recent hikes in fuel prices, the allowances from the Inland Revenue are getting smaller & smaller. Its time the people of this country made a serious stand against the taxation levied against us, instead of being the meek nation we have turned into.

About time I am in total favour of the fuel protest something has to be done about the tax the Government make on petrol and its going to go up again

If we all stoped using Shell or Esso then they would bring their prices down and start a price war.

SO USE TESCO, ASDA OR ANY OF THE OTHERS!!

checking the aa european fuel prices i see britain tops the list for selling the most expensive fuels again why!, if this prat of a pm stopped giving away all our money to countries who are to tired to get off thier arses and earn thier own money, letting all these foriegners into britain who have no intention of getting work, just sucking up our money, its about time this govenment was kicked out on its arse, but there again what govenment thats been in power has been any different, roll on the blockades but do it right stop the all the traffic on all the roads AND THE RAIL SYSTEM then they would drop the prices dam quick.

Hi,
I'm Disabled and i need my CAR, without it I'm house-bound,
and the Prise of Petrol is Redickulas, being of Benifit we are on Fixed amount,
my wife has cut her work hours right-down as i am getting worse,
plus with a Mortage to pay, we are realy stuck for cash,
we depend on our Car to get us back and to from Hospital.

dump the pump its reckless payin £107.9 a litre of desiesl most ppl cant afford to pay this i support any action taken by the protesters

The £1 per litre acted as a psychological barrier for quite a long time, both to the government and the general public. The powers that be have used the "Green issue" to break through this barrier. This is just an excuse to increase taxation rather than for the environments sake. If the government were committed to going green then viable alternatives would be in place first.
Its about time that people in power knew what it is like to live outside London where public transport is sparce and facilities for the disabled are few and far between.
Malcolm

I would like to see more transparency on the part of the protest organizers.
They have a responsibility too.

Why would the government take any notice of any challenge?
They have a large majority,
there is no election due,
they are creaming in the extra tax,
and they can put it all down to "climate change policy" and the media will support them.

I think, as usual, this corrupt group of politicians (I feel I cannot call them government as they do no fulfil this function) have found a way to grab some more money from us motorists. Why us all the time???

I am now retired and was looking to enjoy my retirement in my Motorhome travelling the UK and Continent. With the rising cost of Diesel fuel and the fact that she only does approx 20mpg in the UK (I get upto 25mpg on the less congested continental Autoroutes), my UK touring is now going to be limited. I tow a Smart Car Diesel to be able to get arround 85mpg. As a result I can upload 100 to 120 litres at a time. The taxation on this is ridiculous.
During the last price protests I came across a rolling protest and tried to tag along but we car drivers were being forced into the outside lane by the Police escort and made to pass despite my putting on my left flasher and then Hazard lights. Lets hope we now have a more enlightened enforcement regime if such a protest does happen again.

I have twin boys that are only 11 weeks old so having to use the car is essencial. Trying to use public transport with 2 babies and a double buggy is a nightmare, but due to rising fuel prices it going to harder to take my boys to important appointments.

Just left USA after 2 years there. At 42p / litre they think it's too expensive. If the US government can live with that level of duty, why can't we??

We have got a runnaway goverment they have no intention of listeniing to the electorate. Brown set himself up as a dictator years ago and has been allowed to get away with it and now he is pulling Darlings strings. I mean how can you have a person like darling running a countries finances it has been proved that they are not safe to handle anything it is time he walked and took the rest of his highway men with him

Since petrol broke the £1 a litre mark I have seen our local Tesco raise it's prices practically on a weekly basis to £1.07 a litre that is a hike of 7% in a matter of weeks. This has a knock on effect on transport and everthing else so you are in effect paying one way or another 2% on transport or similar , which puts up goods in shops so a hike of 2% here and 5% there so the 'man in the street' ends up paying about 10% more out of his pocket. I don't know about everyone else but my salary increase is nowhere near 10%. The government has it all too easy just hike up the price of petrol as it is a nice little earner ...... maybe politicians should be taxed on the number of words they use - they would soon become more efficient and effective !!

Whilst I fully appreciate that we should pay alot less tax on fuel, all these protest do is affect innocent people like myself who can not do anything to reduce the tax that is charged, the protests do not affect the government in any way... why dont they think of something better that does not affect the innocent person..

This tax merely supports the Feckless, Freeloaders and Fornicators in a style to which they have become accustomed and weaned onto by this government.

Cambridge Pensioner

If fuel prices continue to rise, i think crime will rise too, because they will be more drive off, stealing from lorry's and farms, and putting red diesel or supermarket oils (veg) into there vehicles. Paul Devon

The fuel hike means not only for our cars/vans but our buses are dearer our food transportation is dearer so they charge the supplier so then our food is dearer potato's are always the first to go up in price where will it stop.
It isn't green it's not going to prevent people from using there car its taxing the masses that all some people are on the bread line now what's it going to be like by next year.

GREAT about time we made a stand and showed this rip off government there can't keep take the p--s and get away with it so lets all make a make a stance against this ridiculous rise, let the transport industry do they blockades we got bye last time and we would again GO FOR IT!!!!!
Keep me posted,I'M ready to protest!!!

Great news and abotu time. Where can I find out more information about the planned protest?

all oil is priced in $ so when we now get more dollars to the pound are petrol company's increasing prices so much, and every increase is added by tax that is a % of cost, so goverment take is increased as well making it a double wammy, in all crisis there are other making a fortune , and no matter what goverment is in power they always want more money, the goverment before this one had plans to increase fuel tex even more than these have done, so where can we turn to for help, I have no idea

The UK now has one of the highest, if not the highest fuel costs in the world, despite this the government recently added a further 2p on the price of petrol. There argument for doing this is to force the reduction of carbon emmisions produced by motorists.

Anyone using the roads in Britain will agree that this policy is not working, so why can't the government be honest and just admit they are using the petrol price ourely to raise revenue.

At the moment I am in Spain and am about to return home. The fuel price here is approximately 70% of that in the UK. In addition, in commom with the rest of Europe, diesel is cheaper than petrol, probably because diesel engines use less fuel and are therefore better for the national econonmy and thus they inport less oil. In the UK diesel is more expensive, which again suggests the government don;t want to have their revenue reduced by cars etc using less fuel.

I agree that the poeple of this country should protest anfd force the government to rethink their strategy. They are very keen on pay bing kept in line, but this control does not seem to apply to the basic things we have to buy to live ina modern world (i.e. energy).

The market cost of oil is increasing, which is forcing up the cost of petrol. Surely this unforced increase is sufficient for the government to satisfy the government's theory of rising prices to coll demand (which as statd above does not work).

About time, something needs to be done. Keep me informed about the protest.

I will give as much support as i can to this protest, let's not back down until something real is achieved.

Good luck everyone

Have you also noticed the increase in Supermarkets prices for Vegetable Oil.

I am sure that many off us know it is quite possible to run deisel vehicles on vegitable oil, every time the fuel prices go up. There is an increase in that price also.

What bugs me as much as anything is that we are paying VAT not only on the fuel but also on the Fuel Tax - literally a TAX ON A TAX! This is absolutely outrageous. Surely it is not beyond the realms of possibility to separate these two taxes so that we only pay the VAT on the fuel. This would ease the burden somwhat on the motorist and those who are unable to claim back the VAT.

I think Petrol Prices should increase as much as possible, perhaps £3 per litre, to really dissuade people from using cars, and cycling or walking instead, to encourage people to work and entertain locally, not 20 miles away, to create local village communities not sprawling, inpersonal urban dwellings where no-one is every home.

Maybe offer a petrol discount for cars containing 3 or 4 people at time of purchase? If there are special needs, such as people living remotely, elderly, special needs, public support services (not Asda lorries!) then they are offered special passes to obtain appropriately priced petrol.

We need to price cars off the road.


Barry

this taxation is purely an attack on the motoring public in order to sustain a flagging exchequer policy - hands off the motorist

It's all very well for the Gov to advise hopping on public transport to avoid the outragous fuel charges, if you live in a rural area, like I do, the chances are that a bus doesn't come within miles of your front door. Oh Sorry...I forgot.....this Government have already proved they don't give a stuff about you if you are a country dweller. I am Mrs 'Completely Average' and although I have my opinions do not usually feel the need to respond like this, but I am so incensed by the fuel prices I am up for anything to protest against it. Please let us all know how we can support this protest.

with prices so high if you find fuel near to the £1.00 per litre mark its almost a 'good price ' Something has to be done . HERE HERE.

Whilst anyone who has to buy fuel will be up in arms about prices itwould be a good idea to look at the reasons why we are taxed so heavily on fuel and other itms. If we continue to pay millions of people of working age to sit at home doing nothing then that money has to come from somewhere.

I am a disabled driver and need to use the car but its getting that way i can't afford to go out in the car.
i am now becomming a prisoner in my own home. THANKS MR BROWN.
Do yourself a favour and everyone in the UK and stop being greedy lower the tax on petrol and let us live a comfotable life.
Greed will get you nowhere especialy another term in office.

Hi I am a driving Instructor and the price of diesel is just a big big joke its just over the top. The price of driving lessons will have to rise to keep pace with the rise.Its got to stop.

It's about time the government acted and took some of the tax off petrol. Yet another sign of how greedy our government is.