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Dear FairFuelUK Supporter

 

The Government is still on track to put up fuel duty in January 2012 and August 2012. These rises will add 33p per gallon to the already massive cost of petrol and diesel.

 

If you are angry and upset by the high cost of petrol and diesel please do the following two things for us as soon as you can:

 

1. If you haven’t already done so, go to this link http://action.fairfueluk.com/debateNov15,'>http://action.fairfueluk.com/debateNov15, put your postcode in and then follow the instructions to send an email to your MP urging them to attend a major debate in Parliament next Tuesday 15th November on this vital issue. If they don’t know how upset and angry we are about this issue, they may not attend.

 

2. Please just pass this email on to everyone you know urging them to use the link above and then pass it on to all their contacts.

 

We need thousands of people to press their MPs on this issue. The Chamber of the House of Commons needs to be packed with MPs next Tuesday who are in no doubt about the suffering being caused by high petrol and diesel prices.

 

We need your help to do this…

Thanks again for all your support in the fight for lower petrol and diesel prices

 

Very kind regards

 

The FairFuelUK Campaign team

Quentin Willson, Peter Carroll, Lynne Beaumont, Howard Cox

The RAC, FTA and RHA

 

http://action.fairfueluk.com/debateNov15

 

www.fairfueluk.com

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I appreciate the reluctance of some of you but the fuel prices affect some of us who simply can't afford to to bleed any more. There are many ways to raise income or reduce waste that don't pick on the poor income sections of society.

 

I'm not whinging about my lot - I'm just an example - but I don't drink, dont smoke, don't go out for meals, didn't holiday this or last year and never have any more than 1K in my bank before the direct debits come out, frequently getting a 'fine for an unauthorised overdraft.

 

Slap down and repatriate immigrants who don't pay their way, windfall tax the greedy bankers, raise taxes on things mostly well off people do or use. Here's a thought: how many comfortably off people had money to burn this last weekend on fireworks? How many comfortably off people fly abroad for holidays or weekends? All the people that buy seriously expensive cars, seriously expensive houses etc. I don't blame them for being comfortably off but they are the ones with money to spare.

 

It's inescapable that some can afford it more than a blanket tax on almost everyone.

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I appreciate the reluctance of some of you but the fuel prices affect some of us who simply can't afford to to bleed any more. There are many ways to raise income or reduce waste that don't pick on the poor income sections of society.

 

I'm not whinging about my lot - I'm just an example - but I don't drink, dont smoke, don't go out for meals, didn't holiday this or last year and never have any more than 1K in my bank before the direct debits come out, frequently getting a 'fine for an unauthorised overdraft.

 

Slap down and repatriate immigrants who don't pay their way, windfall tax the greedy bankers, raise taxes on things mostly well off people do or use. Here's a thought: how many comfortably off people had money to burn this last weekend on fireworks? How many comfortably off people fly abroad for holidays or weekends? All the people that buy seriously expensive cars, seriously expensive houses etc. I don't blame them for being comfortably off but they are the ones with money to spare.

 

It's inescapable that some can afford it more than a blanket tax on almost everyone.

 

 

I dont disagree with you..infact I signed up to the Fair Fuel campaign when it first came out and receive regular emails at home. The Government doesnt listen to them at all though and it will take pretty radical disruption tactics like an embargo to get them to.

 

Im afraid its like cigarettes, smokers will always find the money...so will Drivers...Not only that but many in the shooting faternity have sub 30 MPG gas guzzling 4 x 4 s to run which for many are not a necessity ( I got rid of mine last year and now have a 60+ mpg diesel estate ) Also many complain about high fuel costs but they still tear around like no tomorrow.

 

I would prefer to see fuel duty remain more or less where it is and the revinue properly invested on the UK road infrastructure and related services which is without doubt the worst in Europe.

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Apart from the price of petrol and diesel the other thing that really gets up my nose it the cost of electricity if the government want all of these bloody windmills and the electric things that go on peoples roofs they should pay for it out of general taxation not bung it on to our electric bills so that as usual the poorist people end up paying for it electric from wind it three times more expensive than gas I say build a load of nuclear power stations like France problem solved rant over.

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I dont disagree with you..infact I signed up to the Fair Fuel campaign when it first came out and receive regular emails at home. The Government doesnt listen to them at all though and it will take pretty radical disruption tactics like an embargo to get them to.

 

Im afraid its like cigarettes, smokers will always find the money...so will Drivers...Not only that but many in the shooting faternity have sub 30 MPG gas guzzling 4 x 4 s to run which for many are not a necessity ( I got rid of mine last year and now have a 60+ mpg diesel estate ) Also many complain about high fuel costs but they still tear around like no tomorrow.

 

I would prefer to see fuel duty remain more or less where it is and the revinue properly invested on the UK road infrastructure and related services which is without doubt the worst in Europe.

I wish that I could afford to buy a car that dose 60 mpg but it looks like I am stuck with my as you say gas guzzling 4x4 as the money that I would get for it if I sold it would hardly get me a decent bicycle give me the money and I will get one today.

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What ever happened to the Tories pledge to offset the price of fuel by lowering taxes when it's high and increasing them when the price is low.

 

I know it's a stupid question to ask why a pledge wasn't upheld, but it seems people have forgotten that this was once mentioned.

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