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I totally support the protest action against high fuel price. If the USA & UK had not invaded a country that posed no threat to us we would not have been in this financial dilemma, therefore the sooner both countries get out of the countries they have invaded the sooner we can get the oil price going down and start buying cheap oil from Venezuela

To create and fund Government policies on the back of extra tax-revenue from rising prices of crude-oil seems a bit ostrich-like. If taxpayers have no choice but to tighten their belts, then neither should Government

UK businesses depend heavily upon road transport for their viability, particularly in getting workforces to the workplace. I can understand the view that says the man in the street can still afford to pay for increased fuel prices, but that view isn't necessarily shared in those parts of the country whose economies are based on the minimum wage. Neither should we forget that this is a double edged sword.............manufacturers will absorb higher fuel costs by increasing the prices of the goods on the shopshelf.

It's time again to let the people speak, and test the current opinion-public .............organise at least one national campaign, where motorists are asked not to buy fuel for at least 2 consecutive days, on nominated days.

the goverment have conditioned the publics mind over fuel prices well before the £1.00 barrier was broke,as a result when it was actually raised above £1.00 the general motorist was worried not about fuel duty,but about the disastrous effects the economy was having on the average homeowner,,ie: mortage prices and the ever looming credit crunch etc etc,which co-incidentally has been orchestrated by the very same person who we now find running the country,non other than GORDON BROWN,dont you think its about time people slowed down just a little,take 1 step back,clear your mind and have a good look at exactly how this goverment is fleecing the motorist,as a criminal in this country you are much better off than a law abiding citizen,as a law abiding citizen you are a very soft target for goverment to take your hard earned cash any way they feel is possible....as the roads become more gridlocked dont be at all suprised to see the road toll brigade spouting off in the news and media about how we need to charge motorists to reduce congestion,you see their ace up their sleeve is the fact that they actually love congestion on roads as it then gives them the perfect pre-text to start rolling out another tax on the LAW ABIDING CITIZEN,forget green tax which has already been implemented in many various shapes and forms,the toll tax is next,and lets not forget what tax it was that finally got rid of thatcher,yes youve guessed,the poll tax,sounds the same and hopefully it will have the same effect second time round,,every single motorist should gridlock the whole country for 1 week,stay off work and gridlock the economy,i know its sounds outrageous but unless collectively we all do something to stop GORDON and his cronies then they will simply carry on regardless,blair was the same and so it goes on,,STAND UP AND BE COUNTED

I don't agree with the government rising the price of fuel again, i have three children, one of whom is serverly disabled, and i need to use the car to be able to get my other two children to school and home. This time last year i was spending about £35 on a full tank of diesel now it's £45, if nothing gets done about it soon the price of fuel with be astronomical.

Fossil fuels are being consumed at an unsustainable rate which is causing an accelerated rate of global warming that will have catastrophic consequences. Unless we radically reduce our consumption we will pass a tipping point, beyond which we will no longer be able to reverse or mitigate the effects of anthropogenically caused global warming. We are all responsible. Every day I travel and see single occupancy cars with drivers getting frustrated in long queues behind empty buses. We can all use buses more. Yes we may have to get up a little earlier and walk a little further, but that isn't beyond many of us. It certainly doesn't require governments to induce us to do that. So I am thankful that the price of fuel is rising, and yes it's costing me more. So be it. I have some sympathy with people whose livelhihood depends on car usage, and those living in remote rural areas, or the old and handicapped. In such worthy cases I think the government ought to provide a rebate on the tax that they pay on fuel. For the rest of us, quit moaning, get out of your car and do your bit for the planet.

Why is each successive Government of this great country of ours so keen to tax the motor vehicle off the road ? This small Island, with such a rapidly expanding population due to several factors, cannot sustain such negative policies. Surely it is only a fool who fears the onset of paralisis, yet continues to invent more causes for it ?

I have no doubt this Government will harp on about we all need to make more use of Public transport, for possibly the majority of us that means Buses.I was going to attempt this method for getting to work. what do I find service cancelled through our village walk for a mile and you can get one.Sorry have said for years we are becoming a third world country.

we have come to far in society for any of these money making scheme to stop motorists getting on the roads, people will always try and find the money. the government want to stop people getting themselves into debt yet seem to do there best to cost us more. there are many areas the government could save money they are just unwilling to do so because the issues may seem contoversial or of an inconvenience to themselves. below £1 is reasonable and fairly acceptable and they will still be making money, that money should then be used on better, more affordable and more reliable public transport!!
the fact is the country is in a state and every government do nothing but harm, if they want to raise money for the NHS they should lower some of their ridiculous (and may i say unreasonably high) wages. they were going to fine people for having security lights for energy purposes yet won't do anything about the street lamps.... the fact is i could go on forever about the incompetences of the people who control our country but it will get us nowhere as they do not listen. they won't back down as they see it a sign of weakness, they won't change because our best interests are not at the root of these changes.
i dispair and hope that the positive actions of organisations such as this can do something to save our once great nation.

I think the british public deserve all they get with fuel prices, they just sit back on their backsides and do nothing but winge, were were they at the last protest? backing up the truckers? NO they were winging, and what will they do this time? nothing but say weres my peterol? Thats why the government puts the tax up and will continue to do so. I think gordon brown should take 40p a liter off for the truckers (who do the protests)and pass that on to the moterest.I wonder if that would make us protest? like boycot the petrol stations, i dont think so, we diserve all we get, the selfish brits.

The country has gone mental no smoking, moaning about the public drinking to much and petrol prices rising by the minute. The first chance i get im off out of it britain is going to the dogs!

I have read on the news that the bank of England has put 50 Billion Pounds, to help stave of the credit crises in the World, under Mr. Brown instructions. There is also the 25 Billion Pounds loan to the Northern Rock bank.
Ordinary people in the UK are feeling the pinch, with the increase in fuel prices, which inturn has forced up the price of food etc., but the Government will not reduce the the tax on the fuel. I think this is a conspiracy to drive this country into the European Union, where by, the EU will be able to rule the UK.
Only Sixteen Weeks, and a couple of Days, to the next Tax Increase on the Fuel.

BLOCK THE ROADS . . . N O W ! ! !
BLOCK THEM ALL
SHUT THE COUNTRY DOWN

I wonder hoe much more effective a protest like this would be, if it happened in the run-up to a General election, which, this over taxing government seem to be running away from.

This Government has increased the amount of money to the Northern Rock bank, to 57 Billion Pounds, and has given 10 Billion pounds to the World bank.
Mr. Brown states that the Government cannot afford to pay the police the money that is owed to them from September, as this will cause inflation.
The rise in the cost of the tax on fuel, has increased the price of food etc., but according to this Government, has not increased inflation.
Many people write that the public should start demonstrations, and protest against the tax imposed on the fuel. The problem is that, under the Labour Government, no group of people can, because of the Police Reform Act, and all can be arrested if they do.
This Government is nothing other than a Dictatorship, and there should be a vote of no confidence in the Parliament. All people should contact their local MP, and ask for this to happen.
This country has gone to war, to rid countries of Dictatorships.

Slightly off topic, but can someone please explain to me why MPs should get a 10% pay rise?

Happy New Year, to everyone.

Now the bad news, that train fares will rise Today, by 4.8%, on some routes, and by 9% on others. The tax on fuel will rise again in Three months time, and at this rate many people will not be able to afford to go to work.
On Your Bike, would be a good slogan, for this Government.

More bad news, is that the price of fuel for transport, went up again yesterday, and that it will rise again in couple of weeks time, because it went up before the annoucement of a barrel of oil had reached $100.
Npower has increased the price of electricity by 12.7%, and gas by 17.2%, from tomorrow. This country will be bankrupt, by the end of this year, if this Government, does nothing about the price increases.
The Unions should call a General strike, across all of the UK, but I doubt that they will.

it seems nothing is happening to the fuel prices when is the next protest, the cost keeps soaring and we buy in dollars and its cheaper we get better value to the pound so why are we still paying these ridiculosly prices its time to cut the tax this goverment is taxing us to the hilt, I will never vote for this labour goverment again.... if I could leave this country I would there is nothing here to stay for the tax is the demise stop sending the billions in overseas aid to goverments that use it for their own uses and not the people it is sent for lets get our own house in order first hospitals, housing, homless, poverty, and just looking after our own, CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME, maybe it is time for a brand new political party that is for the people......

When the Government increases the Tax on fuel for Transport, this then increases every commodity in the country, including the Council Tax etc., which in turn, increases the Inflation rate. The Tax on fuel is to be Increased again in April, and the Council Tax, according to the Government, will be increased by 5% this year. Carry on at this rate, and nobody will be able to afford to go to work.
The Trade Unions should call an all out strike, across the UK, because this country is slipping into an abyss, but I doubt that they will.
A large group of people, can no longer to have a mass protest, because of the Police Reform Act, introduced after the mass protest in the year 2000.
I think that the reason, for the way this Government is acting over Tax Increases, is to try and drag this country deeper into the European Union, because this country will have no choice, but to have the EU Government take this country over.
Virgin Atlantic, have agreed a salary rise for the cabin crew, of 4.8% over Two years, and I think that Mr. Brown will not be to pleased with this.

I am sick of how the goverment keep putting the petrol prices up, and we have no choice but to pay it. I rely on my car to get to and from work and it is not possible for me to use puplic transport, like many others i'm sure. It now cost me double to get to and from work and my wages have not gone up to cover this, so I am now worst off! As the cost of living goes up each week, petrol is part of this and it has now gone beyond a joke, and it must by stopped and bought down to a reasonable rate asap!!!!!!! Over a pound is not reasonable it is just ridiculous to think that they can keep putting it up and we are not going to do anything against it! Britian as a whole now needs to make a stand!

My partner and i work hard paying our taxes to a government that dosent care about the people the are supposed to be looking out for, how can we show them that the poor job they are doing is ripping our country apart, we were one of the strongest in the world, now we are one of the biggest jokes.

It's about time everyone stood up to the government petrol prices are extortionate and have been for some years now.

What we need to do is boycott the main company's like Esso and BP which I think are the most expensive. And use the other company's that are generally a few pence cheaper anyway.

The big boys like Esso and BP have to be forced into bringing prices down then the rest will have to follow suite to compete and so on.

PPL should forward this to all their email contacts.

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See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it

We are hitting 106.9 p a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying £1.10 a ltr. Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea:

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain

day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil

companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't

continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of >an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT,whoever
thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.

Please read it and join in!

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us
to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take
a ggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place
not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we
consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the
price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not
purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting
ourselves. Here's the idea:

For the rest of this year DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP.


If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's
really simple to do!!

Now, don't wimp out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I am sending this note to a lot of people. If each of you send it to
at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at
least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the
message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached
over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and
pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have
been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it... ..

THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all You have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.(and
not buy at ESSO/BP) How long would all that take? If each of us
sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt,
all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the
next 8days!!! Acting together we can make a difference If this makes
sense to you, please pass this message on.

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE
RANGE

It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your
petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons Jet etc. i.e.
boycott BP and Esso

As I smoke drive a car and also on occasion drink,it seems that this government see it as their job to make me as poor as posible.WHY? I voted for them, but that will have been for the last time.In future it is the Monster Raving Loony party for me,they would at least make it cheaper for me to continue with my bad habits.

Reply to 9347. The reason to make you poor, is so that you cannot afford to smoke, or drink, and to change your car for a bicycle, so that you will become healthy, which in due course will allow you to work harder, and that will then save the NHS money, which in turn saves this Government money.
By using a bicycle, you will save this planet from CO2 emissions, and you will not be causing road congestion, thus helping this Government to save more money, by not building more roads.
I hope this answers your question. I'm alright Jack, springs to mind.

The nub of the matter is tax, the auctual cost of fuel is not that expensive without the tax.

If enough people get together and boycott the pumps (even as suggested above), for short periods and rotate throghout the country it will soon bite.

The people involved would have to be people who do not depend on their cars completely.

I notice a lot of sniping in some of the blogs. Well to those people who advocate us all giving up our cars, smoking etc, (I am a non smoker, and rarely drink) think of this: If everybody gave up their cars and stopped smoking drinking etc, taxes would go through the roof.

The taxes paid in by these people is not spent on roads and infrastructure, the vast majority of this money goes into the general tax fund and is spent on social services etc.

In my normal line of work, I tend to work unsocial hours and a reasonable distance from home. Buses and trains are not normally available to get me to work on time. So from the reasoning of some of the sniping comments above, I should pack in work, sit back and live off the state.

If these petrol price hikes are going to reduce car use,and therefore
reduce global warming.When can we expect the goverment etc to trade in
there big cars for 1 litre models. Set the example Mr Brown and perhaps
the rest of the country will follow. Or just stop ripping us off.I for one are
fed up, sick, sorry ,and tired Of this goverment.

gd fr u

Well said Jack, there is a need for some sort of unity and leadership and this should come from the Motoring Organisations, who seem to be pretty silent on this matter.

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Rip off britain and the people just accept it and dont stand up to this evil government. Worst country in europe.

9345, Nicholas Deeney's simple solution will not work, even if the all the people of Britain stopped buying petrol for a month. It wouldn't work because the petrol saved would be snapped up with alacrity somewhere else in the world.

The problem that bloggers here have to face is that there is now, or will be in the very near future, more demand than there is supply. It is simply not possible geologically to get the oil out of the ground quick enough. Also, soon the oil will start to become more scarce because we are now using 9 barrels of oil for every new one that we find (BP CEO). The rate of oil discovery peaked in the 1960s and we have been using more oil than we have been finding since the early 1980s. So, contrary to what Nicholas said, in this situation the supplier really does control the market. The only way we can reduce the cost to ourselves is by using less.

If the government reduces the taxation on fuel it will either have to reduce its spending, e.g. by cutting jobs, or it will have to put up taxes somewhere else. If it reduces taxes on fuel, some people will use more which will mean greater demand in a situation of constrained supply. That will put the price back up again, only this time the oil company and oil producing country will make the profit.

Liana, even if you do move abroad your saving won't last long because the whole world will soon be in the same boat. Oil producing countries will be able to subsidise their consumption for a while but even they will have to increase prices eventually. Britain may seem to be a grotty place to live in but "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence", until you get to the other side of the fence. We have our problems but other countries have their's.

If you want the government to reduce the taxes in general, don't vote Labour or Liberal because they always like to spend your money for you. They know that they know best when it comes to spending your money. Always have, always will. And if you vote for the Monster Raving Loony Party you are a raving loony yourself because it will just help Labour or the Liberals to get in and waste even more of your money for you, just when you need to spend it yourself.

if the euro was brought in to GB ,the gouverment would have no option but to bring the fuel dow to the same level as the rest of europe.

9365, Hamish Keenan, is talking a load of rubbish. Recent fuel prices in Europe varied from 67 euros in Greece to 104 in the Netherlands. All bringing the euro into the UK would do is lock us into the fascist dictatorship that is the EU. If the EU is so brilliant why do our politicians have to lie to us and sneak the "not the constitution" in by the back door.

I have just put £99.67 worth of diesel into the Discovery that I use for work. It's no good moaning about it, I'll just have to make the fuel go further by driving more carefully and, above all, using the vehicle less. I can't change the vehicle for something more economic because, unlike many 4WD owners, I use it off road and I regularly tow a 3.5 tonne GVW trailer.

RIP OFF BRITAIN. what a hell of a place . This evil, dictatorship government are taking us all for mugs and they know it. Why the hell do the british people allow this instead of making a stand for our rights and freedom. People have been brainwashed by their spin and propaganda

HOW MUCH MOPRE OF THESE PETROL PRICE HIKES ARE WE GOING TO PUT UP WITH???

BEFORE WE KNOW IT JOBS WILL BE LOST AS THE COST OF TRAVEL TO WORK WILL BE UNBEARABLE

Well diesel is now at £1.15.9 a litre in essex, how long will it be until people just give up?, i drive an average of 1200 miles a month and this costs about £220.
Its money thats just not there any more and the prospect of further rises will be the icing on the cake, so i'll stop working, get rid of the car so i wont be able to travel for work, then the government can house me in a nice bed and breakfast, once the house is re-possessed of course, and there we are our very own financial crisis because the working people of the UK have been taxed to destruction, it really is something special when you have to work out how much you will spend on fuel before you take the children to buy new clothes.

if fuel prices keep rising so will food and drink prices i think the goverment should think what they are doing to there country