vole Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Remember all the fuss made about a litre of unleaded passing the £1 mark? As I recall they froze the duty and then probably slapped more tax on the very air we breathe or something. Brown et al trotted out the patronizing load of guff about the tax increase being for the environment. At least we are now spared this old crock.they just need the cash to bail out the economy. Once past the £1 mark we seem to have just bent over and taken the increases,now its £1.20. I really enjoyed the satisfaction of the fuel protests taking the Government by the throat ,especially as being a health worker I was allowed to the front of the queue at the pumps Are we being practical in accepting the need for fuel tax increase or have we just lost all will to resist ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 it doesnt realy matter what we think or do they will hike it up anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr W Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 3p/litre tax rise courtesy of Darling Brown on its way I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-oXo- Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) Our government always have and always will be money grabbing barstools. Don't worry about £1.20 by the time my kids retire they'll be paying a tenner a litre. Becoming stupid all these taxes, maybe it's time to move to a better climate. We do let the government bend us over though americans are paying 43p a litre right now. Edited March 17, 2010 by -oXo- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I saw diesel at £1 23.9 on the motorway last Thursday, was glad I was not buying then. I paid £1 15.9 yesterday at the garage which usually has the best price here. I have ordered a few parts for my car that should help the MPG a bit, let's hope they work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I'm not sure how to look at this. I've heard a lot of first hand stories about how the government spend our money and it's not good! I'm happy to pay any tax if it will get the country out of the trouble we're in. If things are tough then fine, but as long as it gets results. My dad was in a civilian role within the military before he retired. I remember him coming home once saying that they'd had the decorators in the office yesterday, then had the whole place taken apart so it could be rewired THE NEXT DAY! Walls chased, ceilings down, you name it. The decorators were back again the next week! Turned out there were two leading figures in the place and they didn't really talk that much? OMG! Then there are contractors fixing the roads. You get five blokes leaning on shovels watching a guy in a digger. Doing that kind of work myself I know that sometimes you need a manual guy to do the fine bits, but five of them?! Either make them redundant or better still send a team of three off to do something useful like fix the potholes in that stretch of road? One driver, one on the shovel and one on the wacker. They could get loads done, but no, they lean on their shovel because the potholes "aren't their department". The funniest thing I ever heard was a guy telling me that he could only fix the holes that had been painted! Obviously between the time of marking and the day he was there more had appeared, but he was going round the unmarked ones because he wasn't authorised to make that decision! What decision? It needs fixing! My take on it are there are too many keepers for the monkeys these days. People on high wage jobs that really don't need to be there. They have the job of organising teams that could probably organise themselves just as well or better if they were just left to get on with it! I guess after that rant what I'm saying is I don't like the rise in fuel tax because it will only be wasted anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyflier Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 In Cambridge, the contractors are working on our new guided bus system, its going to be fantastic I believe It is not only going to cure the congestion in Cambridge, but will reduce the cost of fuel to less then a pound per litre and stop the problem of global warming too When can we expect this tranport miracle? it is due to open 2 years ago this summer No wonder the cost of fuel is so high around here, this project farce is funded of course by the government, it is way over budget and it has to be paid for somehow, I suspect with the petrol prices being a little higher than a lot of places, the extra at the pumps, is being used to pay for this debacle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Fuel increase, transport cost increase inflation increase and that in the business world alone. It would not be so bad if the money was spent on our roads, in north Northumbria and Berwickshire we stil have parts of the A1 which are still single carriageway. Once again the motorist is to be hit hard to pay for Labours mismanagement of the economy, its social experiments and general wastefulness. It is another blow to rural life, both socially and business wise, but of course Darling and Brown will trot out the old chestnut of global warming to justify this latest act of highway robbery. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Everything so far (including this) reflects that Vole's final phrase is not too far from the truth. In this country we are subjects....... subject to this and subject to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 So the return fare to Nairobi from LHR has jumped from £400 to £550 which means for the same money as last trip the three of us get only three days fishing on the boat compared to four previously. I'm crying in my Tusker as I write, it's deplorable; like it's not bad enough that people are starving in Africa - we also now have to take a hit on our fishing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I reckon the worst is to come, a hung parliament will devalue the pound increasing the cost of fuel (and other goods), which inturn increases the taxation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT1 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 The French seem more able than us to stand up for themselves in these situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 The French seem more able than us to stand up for themselves in these situations. Absolutely. You can imagine on News at Ten," French trade and industry was brought to its knees today when workers annoyed with stories of profiteering by the fuel companies despite a large fall in the price of crude oil coupled with an increase in fuel duty previously announced by the government finally took action. In recent days the cost of vehicle fuel had risen by 15%. As a protest French workers left their vehicles and took on masse to public transport. Within a few hours the system overloaded...........". I make no comment on the right or wrong of this, I'm just saying that it is quite easy to imagine. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOOTEMUP Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) Because the french have the guts to stand up to their government unlike us who just give in after a lot of moaning! One Example is the smoking ban? they just ignored it and the government watered it down. Where have the fuel protesters gone??:lol:?? Edited March 17, 2010 by SHOOTEMUP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuck. Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Because the french have the guts to stand up to their government unlike us who just give in after a lot of moaning!One Example is the smoking ban? they just ignored it and the government watered it down. Where have the fuel protesters gone???? I'm up for a protest if you lot are.. start a new thread if you're all that bothered and we can do something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I`m paying 64.9 pence a litre for LPG at the moment down here in the south east, yet i drove upto norfolk way and it was anywhere from 49.9 - 54.9 a litre, petrol is the same, it is actually cheaper to fill up when i drive to london than fill up down here, london is about 2-3 pence a litre cheaper. Something has gone severly wrong when the price of crude is so much lower now than when we had the massive price increases and fuel was the dreaded £1 per Litre but now look at fuel prices, and the government put out a statement a couple of days ago saying it was legalised robbery through not handing the price cuts down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyflier Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Re-negotiate the bargaining process......... 1 barrel of oil = 1 bushel of wheat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 In Cambridge, the contractors are working on our new guided bus system, its going to be fantastic I believe It is not only going to cure the congestion in Cambridge, but will reduce the cost of fuel to less then a pound per litre and stop the problem of global warming too When can we expect this tranport miracle? it is due to open 2 years ago this summer No wonder the cost of fuel is so high around here, this project farce is funded of course by the government, it is way over budget and it has to be paid for somehow, I suspect with the petrol prices being a little higher than a lot of places, the extra at the pumps, is being used to pay for this debacle The contractors are not working on this now. There is a standoff between the contractors and the council over some 'snags'. One of the 'snags' is that this bus system runs through the flood plains between St Ives and Fen Drayton. You've guessed it, they can't use the system because it's flooded. So it looks like the £12m overshoot is set to rise exponentially and we can look forward to sitting in traffic jams on the A14 burning up expensive fuel or risking the flooded road at Earith. I'm already looking at what journeys I can afford to make so the policy of taxing cars off the roads is working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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