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Enough is enough!!! its about time there was a protest; we are one of the most highest taxed countries in the world. These have affected the price of foods and goods, so the cost of living is more expensive. Its always the motorist - speeding, parking and of course the exhorbitant price of petrol.

GIVE US A BREAK!!!!

I do believe the government is holding us to ransom with these high fuel prices. The ridiculous price we pay for fuel is to cover up the blunders the current government has made with regards managing their cost base and expenditure, especially those funds used for occupying countries illegally. The proportion the govenrment gets for each litre of fuel sold is huge, so an excellent source of revenue to them - the higher the price the happier they become.

They don't seem in the least bit concerned about the impact on the cost of living. A high petrol price affects everything we buy, even basic food stuffs that lower income people rely on. Of course the "Fat Cat" Ministers are protected from this as they don't have to go out and experience the high cost of living because of the lucrative income they get from running an outdated and incompetent administration. They must get real and catch up with the real world or step down and hand the reigns over to an administration that cares.

I am a disabled driver great news that we are standing up against the Goverment and saying enough is enough on the price increase on fuel
of course it effects the price on food and most other goods.
I have to be very careful on the use of my car and cannot use it as I would like too. The best of luck on Wednesday

Time has come to cripple the Uk with protest against high fuel prices....do what they do in France....All out protest if they do not like what their goverment is doing!

As a Scotsman, I am extremely upset that this excuse for a prime minister is also a Scotsman, he takes money from the hard working people by devious means and has yet to spend it sensibly. The petrol hikes are a disgrace and
there is no justification in all these massive rises. ( Except for extra tax.)
Maybe the european union ( lower case ) that he loves and lies for, will
eventually decide that a British PM is no longer required. Watch him change
his tune then....................... The man is a waste of rations.
Global Warming, good, open the Tax Chest, there is more money to come in.

Hi This is a first for me?How do these JOKERS ever stay in power?
COMMEN WORKING CLASS PEOPLE\!!!!! YES WORKING PEOPLE,
MOST ON LOW WAGES=£5-50 TO £6 AN HOUR WILLING TO TRAVEL TO
AND FROM WORK, AND NOT, REPEAT NOT CLAIMING BENIFITS!!!!!
COMMON SENCE AND A RESPECT FOR WORKING PEOPLE,
GIVE IT A TRY LABOUR GOVERNMENT,THE NEXT TIME YOU ROB YES ROB
THE WORKING MAN,DEGRADED MOTORIST.
PETE ROEBUCK

any help i can give i will , fuel is crippling and tax is wrong i am self employed commercial vehicle technician and travel many miles , why is european fuel so cheap !! just returned from france where it is about 80p oer litre, if the goverment blame crude oil prices why hav,nt euro prices rocketed as well.ABOUT TIME WE PROTESTED LIKE THE FRENCH

The cost of fuel is a rip-off in this country. The VAT is applied to the duty portion of fuel as well as the actual cost. Why is this? It's a tax on a tax! Why not apply VAT to the cost portion and then add on the duty after. This would reduce the price of fuel a little straight away and would be fairer since we've already paid Income Tax before we even get to the forecourt. That said, the duty on fuel is extortionate in this country compared to elsewhere and the government needs to drastically reduce it before we all grind to a halt financially, and literally on the roads.

In the passed diesal was very much cheaper then petrol. This i beleived was because it wasn't as refined as petrol..... Look at it know, dearer than petrol. The goverment are realy cashing in on use. How long will it be before LPG is catching up with diesal and petrol?

As well as the price of fuel being an issue, I am fed up with so many petrol stations in my area not providing an air line or water

I have been really shocked by the rapid increase in fuel costs recently. I have been smugly and legally I hasten to add, using vegetable oil in ratios up to 50% in order to combat rising costs of diesel. Luckily, my vehicle can cope and I cycle to work so have kept within my budget.
Yes, we really do need to make a stand and make a long one until the powers that be relent. However, key workers, disabled drivers and essential services should not be impeded whatever the cost. Intelligent blockades would send the goverment away to think with its tail between its legs. Imagine for example blocking all roads to parliament, or parking up and walking away from fuel pumps en masse.
We as a nation need to realise that the people have power and any government, especially ones that lie to us repeatedly, serves us, not the other way round.
Good luck to the protesters, but let's rally round and donate our fuel to those who need it if we hit a shortage.

thank god 4 that , about bloody time what has took so long .

Something needs to be done about the price of petrol. The oil companies and especially the government are robbing us blind.

I have to travel 40 miles a day to wok and back and have not had acost of living rise for over 6 years !

I dont know where the government think we get this extra money from.

AS SOMEONE WHO HAS TO TRAVEL 20 MILES TO AND FROM WORK EVERYDAY
I CAN ONLY SAY GO TRANSACTION GO.

I totally agree with the protests, I backed the blockades in 2000 and I totally back them now.

However, do you not think that this lousy government might just use this as an excuse to bring in per mile charging? If they reduce the tax on petrol (which they should) they will have to reclaim it back from somewhere and my bet is that they will push through the per mile charging in order to 'offset' the cost.

Whichever way, we lose. My advice, emigrate to Canada folks, I intend to next year.....

I fully support the proposed protest, I hope there's one close enough for me to be able to afford the petrol to take part!

I am totally sickened with this country, and the bunch of useless hooray Henry's that run it. While they are sitting in their multi million pound chambers (that we pay for), collecting their "allowances" (that we pay for) deciding how much WE taxes we should pay (usually so they can give themselves an increase), We, the working class need to spend even more time working just to try and make ends meet. I would love to think that lowering fuel prices would make a big difference to everyday quality of life, but in the end we all know the money grabbing thieves will just find another stealth tax to put it on to!

Gordon Brown needs to live in the real world for a change & see how the other half of the population live. How come the Gov't can increase fuel duty, Road Tax exponetially, but can't give Civil Servants a decent pay rise. He & his party want to remeber who put them in Office

at least turpin had the decency to wear a mask when he robbed folk!. this government repeatedly ignore the majority because they get so much revenue from these price hikes to plug a leaky hole elsewhere eg nhs/mod/mp's pensions. they are also aware that most folk (like you and me) pay so much money to legally keep transport on the road that we won't use public transport anyway. also the cost per mile is more and it takes too long. my opinion on the fuel demo of 2000 is if the truckers and farmers etc demonstrated about fuel prices for everyone instead of just themselves they would have got alot further but they didn't so when folk were coming home after queing for an hour or so at the pumps the last thing we wanted to hear was an organiser for the demo asking for extra tax relief just for businesses.

I totally agree with a protest against the disgraceful amount we have to pay for fuel, however, the protest should be sustained over a extended period to force the govenment and the big oil companies to reduce costs by simply not using them at all.

This can be achieved by only continuing using the supermarkets petrol stations in doing this it will force the big companies to reduce prices, therefore the supermarkets will also have to follow suit to keep thier new customers, remember (CUSTOMER IS KING!)

This will require the support of all motorists in the UK to actually be effective, If you feel angry enough get on board and get the prices reduced!

I live in the West country and have to commute to work as there is no public transport that goes near where I work. I have been driving a duel fuel car for the past 3 years as I was disgusted at how petrol was escalating in price.
Now Mr Brown is raising LPG gas prices he is suppose to be all in favour of being green, but he is taxing a green fuel which is daylight robbery both on LPG and petrol. This government are taxing people out of existence and about time we all took a stand in this country to let the government know we will not take any more tax hikes lying down. Iam all for protests and more!!!!

IT's ABOUT TIME THIS COMPROMISE SOCIETY OF OURS GOT UP OFF IT'S BACKSIDE AND STARTED TO PROTEST ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE ALL BEING RIPPED OFF BY MAJOR COMPANIES AND THE GOVERNMENT.
I AM GLAD THAT THERE WILL BE APROTEST OVER THE FUEL,THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CARTELS WANT A GOOD KICKING IN THE BACKSIDE BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION AND BE SHOWN THAT WE WILL PUT UP WITH IT NO LONGER.
WILL THEY LISTEN!!!! I DOUBT IT THEY WILL RUN AWAY AND BURY THERE HEADS IN THE SAND. HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE THE ELASTIC BAND SNAPS AND PEOPLE CALN'T FIND THE MONEY TO LIVE OR HAS THAT DAY ARRIVED. I HAVE RELATIVES FROM CANADA AND THE USA, WHEN THEY VISIT THEY WONGER HOW WE MANAGE TO LIVE HERE. MY ANSWER IS WE DON'T LIVE WE EXIST.

the people of this country have to show this government who their bosses really are .i admire the frence the people dont like whats happening the people change it . fully support the protest are you listening mr brown.

Fuel prices are exhorbitant, but governments don't care about the ordinary folk. Get rid of the taxes NOW!!

the action for saturday is great,the price of fuel is a f**king disgrace,have just got back from gibraltar,with it being part of the uk,how is it that they are paying 64p/litre ?? shouldnt we be paying the same ?? if not ,why on earth are we paying the highest price in europe ??
ready to protest with everyone else !!

I feel that the prices in the UK is VERY HIGH and ever growing, petrol prices are very low in the USA but yet expensive here, WHY? Yet both countries play a role in all these wars and battles with other countries for OIL.
I feel that paying such HIGH taxes on petrol is out of order, I drive a low emmision car

If the government really was taxing for environmental reasons alone, they'd use that huge revenue to subsidise motorists to convert their cars to cleaner cheaper fuels like LPG, and to improve the rail freight infrastructure to stop all those lumbering HGV's clogging up the A-roads. But of course that would reduce their tax revenue, so, not surprisingly, t's not what the government are doing.

Well, I going to be in the minority here that's for sure, but I don't agree with the fuel protests. Personally, I think that petrol is too cheap and should be at least 2 quid per litre. When are we going to wake up to the fact that we have very serious environmental problems to deal with and just carrying on the way we are is a recipe for disaster.

Climate change is going to happen whether we like it or not. The sooner we realise that the better. The debate is over - we need action NOW. Faffing around with low energy light bulbs is all very well, but we need a radical change in the way we move ourselves around. Transport in this country is one of the biggest emitters of CO2 and cars/lorries need to be tamed (and I am a motorist too by the way).

How many of you have children on this forum? How do you think future generations are going to view our wasteful ways in years to come? Stop acting like we can carry on as usual with low petrol prices as if we have some sort of divine right to drive our cars.

It is disgusting that this "Labour!" government has done absolutely nothing to deal with the fact that the price of oil is NOT due to increased demand but the activity of speculators. Their lack of activity is due to 2 things (1) they really do not care and (2) they, as a bankrupt government, need every farthing they can get from wherever to survive the whirlwind they are bringing on their voters, mostly in England, in the VERY near future.

It is high time the government reduced taxation on petrol which only goes towards funding social security benefits & providing free housing for millions of imigrants who have been allowed to flood into the UK over the past years.

About time the real people let their voices be heard, they are stitching us up with anything they can think of to tax us, including the air we breathe.

Have you people heard of peak oil? Oil is getting very scarce. Look it up. Prices are going to keep climbing and there's nothing any government can do about it. Sure, they could take the tax off which would bring it down slightly, but it will continue to rise.

You should all do your homework and realise that this protest is a waste of time. Read a book about the oil industry, global warming or peak oil.

Sick of paying through the teeth for petrol? Buy less! And if you actually genuinely can't get around by bicycle or public transport, then I do feel sorry for you because there's no way out of rising prices.

Karl, it's not about "going green", it's about thinking to the future and wondering where the ever increasing traffic jams are actually taking us. Surely there has to be another way. Even if petrol was super-cheap, don't you get just a little fed up with the traffic congestion, noise, and pollution that gets worse every year? As I said, I am a motorist too but there's got to be a better way than jamming ever more cars and lorries onto this small island.

Where this government is totally wrong is in not 'ring fencing' the fuel duty revenues and ploughing that back into a superb public transport infrastructure. That way at least we could see that the revenues were actually going towards something tangible, rather than just disappearing into the general tax black hole.

I think it's great petrol is getting so expensive. Less pollution, encourages people to move home rather than frittering their lives away driving 100 miles to work every day and means the roads are less busy. Less congestion without some over complicated expensive road toll system.

Rob get a life! This country is responsible for 2% of the total carbon emissions of the world. The MAJOR emittors do nor give a hoot, as in 2 cases,China and India They are simply striving to get to the same standards of living that we, through the same methodology, have had for decades! Can we, with any credibility, deny them this opportunity? On the other hand, watch out for government taxation strategies to "tackle global warming" that will do nothing of the sort!! Use the Road Tax as a good example-10% spent on the roads and the rest into a black hole. This "crisis" is based on computer generated projections of what might happen! This is about as logical as saying that every summer is equally warm and every winter is equally cold! This is comong from people who can't tell us what TODAYS weather is going to be like with any assured degree of accuracy!!!

Great ! About time we started taking a stand again in this country. Fuel hikes in one hand and lack of appropriate funding in the other for public services etc.
Im just worried about the effect of fuel blockades on the key worker, children, the elderly and infirm etc.
I dont want my children to be affected on these dark evenings, but I will walk to work if i have to.

About time.... Hopefully the protestors wont stop just before the last hurdle and keep going to the bitter end....

I think £5.00 a litre is enough of a sobering thought to anyone that might complain about the action... except Gordon Brown that is... He must be be rubbing his hands together in glee at the thought of that money (our money) he can waste!!!

When can we have some sanity in the government??? Is it too much to ask?