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I am SO glad to see that at last someone with more clout than little ole me is finally standing up against the relentless creep of fuel prices.

I do not travel great distances as a rule, but do travel from school to school and pupil to pupil 6 days a working week.

The timing could be tricky, I just hope that the planned protest does not stop me driving from Bristol to Hull and back this Wednesday... but at the end of the day, BRING IT ON. :)

For the last 2-3 years my annual inflationary wage increase has been mopped up by fuel increases. The Government's mileage allowance (for tax) of 40p / mile has not been increased so cost up+income fixed=less spending.

you only have to look at what we are paying for food at the mo to realise what the hell is going on. dont vote for the muppet next time round, or even better dont vote. if no one does they will get the message, voting for some non-descript party will not have the same effect. politics needs updating, get rid of the old stuffy eeejits and replace them with the 10 bedt businessmeen in the country. if it was run like a business (and properly) we would all have a better standard of life - and fuel at the right money!

I rely on the car to get about as I am disabled. If fuel continues to rise I may become housebound and also less able to spend money on groceries as the fuel prices have indeed put shop prices up. Life is just getting harder and harder for us.

Take a little time to write a few lines to our top man & former chancellor in our democratic government.

http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page821.asp

PS How does this work: +2p duty = 20p hike?

Its about time something was done about the price of fuel, i went on holiday to jamaica a couple of years ago and they was a uproar because the fuel there was going up to 42 pence per litre, they was setting vehicles alight and blockading bridges and stopping tourist coming in and out just because 42 pence per litre (if only) so lets get something done in the uk i will ully support them. what a fat cat goverment we have .

I kinda agree with a comment stating that if they abolish the fuel tax that the fat government will find another way to ooze money from us.
In all reality what will another protest bring...I dont believe the cost of fuel will drop, the fatties in London will take it on the chin leave the price as it is for a few years and then we'll be back at their door because the price will have hit or gone over the £2 barrier. Them in London want to try and cut emissions and by hyking up the road tax introducing congestion fees and the easiest of all increasing the cost of fuel and blaming it on the Yanks increasing the cost of a barrel of oil.
Personaly I cannot wait until the fuel-cell cars come out - however I dont think that will be for quite a while yet as this would put a huge dent in the fuel industry and lets admit it ...will they be best pleased when everyone switches from Petrol/diesel on to one of these??
Although the last blockade caused me alot of grief getting to work I can understand why people want to do it - so good luck to yous, I'd rather sit at home with a nice cuppa than spend my day out on the road being schimpfed at by passers by....and for what - the hope the government listens to us and reduces the fuel tax...hmmm

bring it on french would have blockaded weeks ago why is diesel dearer than petrol

It will soon reach the point where low paid workers like myself will be forced to give up our jobs as it will not be economically viable to travel to them - the union must put pressure on the government as well, if the price of fuel continues to rise and the price of goods and food follow in its wake then there has to be an enormous rise in the minimum wage to keep pace with it.

About time to,We are in Common Market so why do we pay more than main-land Europe ??,Once again it,s RIP off Britain,Also as Ex truck driver they have my complete SUPPORT,Roll on the blockades, Dave

About time we stood up to this dictatorship government with an unelected leader.
If me and my family have to suffer for a while to stop this victimisation of road users, so be it.
I fully support any protest

During these last 10 years we have had the LEAST amount of fuel tax increase in history. Had there been a Conservative Govt. we would be paying more then £1.47 a litre thanks to their fuel tax escalator plan.

Would another Conservative Govt. reduce fuel duty? Never, because one cannot have a green agenda and at the same time reduce fuel duty.

Ask Cameron about this and he would zipp his lips! So anyone suggesting the notion of reducing fuel duty to get elected is living in Cookoo land!

Whay happens if duty is reduced and the price of fuel goes up to say $190 a barrel? Are we trying to go green or do you lot want an easy life with all the consequenses that follow?

I say let there be more increases so that new technology comes out faster then it is!

By the way, I drive an 1800cc petrol vehicle, and I do not complain.

Hooray,

About time this country started standing up for itself.
Slowly they are driving us Brits out.
I for one am not proud any more to be British as we get the P??? taken out of us by our own government.

We are conned at every stage with regard to fuel prices, we pay the most in europe for our fuel and yet we are one of only two countries who produce our own fuel. We are charged in litres as gallon price would shock us all.

The motorist is paying for an overcrowded national infrastructure and two wars that nobody except the politicians wanted. I am deeply concerned that the ordinary man in the street will be priced off the roads as fuel prices continue to soar. It is high time that politicians are made perfectly aware that it is the electorate who puts them in their ivory towers and if they don't start listening to the man in the street, they will be replaced by someone who will listen.

My colleague and I raise money for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital by selling bags of sweets which we place is display boxes in any place we can - offices, retail outlets, hospitals etc. We do this within Kent and raise approxiamtely £12,000 a year for the hospital. The cost of petrol is seriously affecting our ability to drive around the county and if gets much higher we shall have to consider if this is a viable way of collecting the much need funds for the hospital.

Simple thing here is to not vote labour next time around, i have voted labour for years, every bill i have has gone sky high, my council tax was £400 10 years ago, its now £1200, above inflation rate? i'd say so.

There are thousands on here, spread the message, dont vote labour they are ripping you off!!!

Thanks to whoever has had the skills and time to launch this protest. As 1 of the many government employees who are obliged to provide a vehicle in order to carry out my duties - I'm a community nurse and it is written into my contract that I must supply a vehicle - I am being hit extremely hard on fuel. In other words, I am subsidising my employer. I drive an espace - we are a family of 5 and we also foster, so need a suitable vehicle - when we bought it nearly 7 years ago it cost £50 to fill from empty with diesel. Recently it cost £77.50! There has not been an increase in mileage allowance in all of that time. Consequently, we are unable to put any savings away and haven't been able to for some time. Thanks again.

The whole country needs to back this, prices are ridiculous!!!!Companies put prices up due to oil prices going up, they never put it back down when oil goes down!! On top of which oil is bought in US Dollars, look at what a good exchange we get there-never reflected in fuel. We get ripped off twice, once by the loopy Government who tax, tax, tax and then by greedy fuel companies, BRING ON THE ACTION!!!!

As many people have said, it is the tax that is too high.However if you voted for this lot since 1997, you have no real cause for complaint, as whatever shade Labour want to call themselves they will always over tax you

allthough i get D L A for mobilety wich pays for the car and free tax/inc i can not aford to run a car as the fule cost is much to high the tax on fule is the mane problem in this tax grabing country we pay two lots of tax for the same fule wich is money crabing this and all covoments give a littel with one hand and try to get more with the outher when your not looking it is time to stop them and vot with our feet that is if you can me im stuck with it bake to the D L A i need a car so whot good would i be in doing whot i just said ie vote with feet i dont have that luckshary wish i did :-))))

For being a producer in the oil market for some time now we have been getting fleeced by our government, there is no justification on a double tax on this (over 62p taken per litre as the first tax, then taxed on the remainder) any action to be taken has to be legal now as government closed the loop hole after last demonstration, as many comments raised earlier clearly indicate how out of touch this Government is!

100 % action needed, us motorists being ripped off, because the immigration bill is so high
Action now !

I absolutely hate paying the current pump prices and don't condone them what-so-ever. However, running the Country is like running a business - where Profit & Loss is essential to the overall productivity.

On July 2nd the smoking ban (again, quite ridiculous and I'm NOT a smoker) came into effect losing the Government an estimated £2 billion in taxation revenue. The saving from health improvement is a long, long way off so there's no financial benefit yet to the Country. It is, therefore, no coincidence that since July 2nd 2007 fuel taxation has increased to compensate.

Likewise, much as we moan and groan about road congestion are we really all so silly as to not realise that road congestion at the moment is one of the Countries biggest taxation income generators? Think of all that fuel being burnt and the £'s of tax going into the Country.

So, unless someone can honestly think of another way to balance the books, then we need to get real and stop moaning. If we're not careful we're going to force fuel prices down alright, only to the detriment of the introduction of other ridiculous taxes like...erm...congestion charges...or City pollution charges...income tax increases....or even breathing tax!!!

I am so glad this protest has been organised as the Government has been sneakily increasing the prices (in some cases weekly basis) over several months. What is the Government doing with all the extra monies....spending on MPs personal and public tours around the world? Higher increase in MPs salaries and personal allowances?
Fuel prices in the USA and Europe have not increased to the level UK is charging.

Its about time we had a protest if it means bringing the country to its knees so be it. The goverment just cannot keep hitting the motorists

I now see regular prices for diesel at 1.09 per litre. That is beyond belief and those that live in rural areas are particularly hard hit. I spend a lot of time travelling overseas - this year it has been Europe, the US, Far East, South Africa and recently Australia. Nowhere do I see prices at the pump as high as the UK - not even close. Unfortunately, we seem to accept what the government dishes out all the time. Now is the time to say enough is enough. We are not prepared to accept these prices any longer. It would perhaps be some small recompense if we saw something for the obscene level of taxes raised on fuel but we cannot even get a dual carriageway on the A1 through Northumberland. It has been deferred to 2016! Need I say more?

i support the action its about time people stood up for there rights we hold the power if only everyone would stand together but it will be the usual story of those who can afford the price will not support any action why should they suffer to help the less well off. then when the last blockade was on people were stock piling grabing fule for themselfs so people wont stand together not while we live in a culture of im all right jack so in the end it wont work at best the government will just put the price of fule back to 99p a litre so we wont really be any better off but i support it and good luck and as for mr brown he wasent even elected what a shambles

Is the Goverment mad, do they not have any idea of how fuel costs are a crippling blow to everyone. The motorist is hit yet again, the haulage industry ( who move most of our goods) and the transport industry as a whole suffer but most of all we have to bear the extra cost. Public Transport is too expensive and there seems to be no policy, coordination,consultation or cosideration for the travelling public. Rail Fares are ridiculous and there is no real encouragement to use the Buses.

While I live in South Wales and public transport down the valley to Cardiff is good trying to get to work by public transport takes about 2 hours to do a journey I can do in 10 - 15mins by car.

Not exactly a viable option is it? Also the hours I work are flexible and depend on the work to be done so won't fit in nicely to a fixed timetable....

I live in the middle of nowhere and have approx a 60 mile round trip to work every day. That's 300 miles a week jsut for work. The average unleaded price round here is 103-104p/l, given that just a couple of months ago, it was closer to 90, this has really impacted me anf if it keeps on like this, then I'm not sure I'll be able to afford to come to work. No-one else from work lives close to me, the nearest is about 7-8 miles, but that is a bit out of the way and our working hours vary so much that a car share just wouldn't be possible.

Stop taxing us to death Labour.

As someone who has to use a vehicle for work as a tradesman, the recent rises make many jobs unprofitable. If I felt that any of these taxes were being ploughed back into improved public transport, subsidising bus or rail travel then I might have some sympathy. The roads are in poor condition, bus travel is expensive & rail is more expensive than flying in many cases!!
The government is using this as another revenue stream to fund their policy of waste & incompetence.
The time for legal & effective action is here!!

Definately about time too, having seen the diesel gap widen in recent months as retailers play on demand, thereby taking more profits, BUT more importantly, the government taking huge tax chunks. The motorist is penalised too heavily for fuel in this country and it's time we took a French outlook and protested heavily about it.

We need some decisive action here, by the jokers in office or us the general public. This is rip off Britain and has been so for some time - why do we just take it?

The biggest pain for me is the price of fuel does not seem to go down with the price of the oil itself, its a disgrace.

At last a protest. Couldn't think of a better time to action a strike given the other scandals that are dogging the government at the moment.

Good luck to the protesters they have my full support.

I have seen my husbands fuel bill increase 10% since the pump increase as he commutes 300 miles per week. Add to that his tunnel fee, and we are looking £200 per month for him to go to work. Some may ask why don't we move house but like everything this government implements, that would be taking yet another choice away from us, about where we live.

Roll on Wednesday and I sincerely hope the group carry it through.

We have recently been in America where they are complaining that gas has hit $3 per gallon!!!! Ha, they really would be fuming if it was $10.20, which is what we are paying for diesel at our local garages. They do not understand why we are putting up with such high taxes.

gordon brown priminister i here you say not likely robin hood deffantly rob the poorer to feed the richer i drive for a living and the day to day increase comes out my pocket i am all for a block ade and i will be up there with you all see you soon andy