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Record petrol prices - where are the protests ?
onecitizen
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http://www.admiral.com/newsArticles/4585/Petrol-prices-'shoot-up'-to-record-high
Where is the right wing newspaper outrage we saw when petrol prices went up prior to the coalition government taking power.
And I remember the motorway go slows and protests a few years ago.
Early next year will see more petrol price increases with the VAT tax increases and fuel tax increase.
I wonder if that will see the start of further protests next year.
Where is the right wing newspaper outrage we saw when petrol prices went up prior to the coalition government taking power.
And I remember the motorway go slows and protests a few years ago.
Early next year will see more petrol price increases with the VAT tax increases and fuel tax increase.
I wonder if that will see the start of further protests next year.
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I understand that the fuel protests that we had are now illegal, and, who in there right mind wants to deprive themselves of fuel for their car?
EDIT: Ah, yes, here's the fella...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynle_Williams
:rolleyes:
In what way are the protests now illegal ?
Interesting, I remember the Labour government being accussed of being anti-motorist when the cost of petrol was less than it is now.
What does that make the Tory led coalition then ?
Paragraph 2 of this link does say protests are illegal, but with no explanation
http://www.roadtransport.com/static-pages/standard/fuel-protests/
I remember the big hoohaa when the price got near £1 per gallon!
It's no surprise to me that the farmers and truckers (part of the Tory militant tendency) are noticeable by their silence.
With this lot in power the farmers and truckers will be treated with kid gloves and liable to get concessions whilst the students will get water canon'd.
The Tories are well into politicising the police force - echoes of the miner's strike.
We're all in this together.
Well they certainly had some thing to whinge about, possibly even outright cause for complaint!
Sure we like to moan about things and vent our anger on internet forums but thats about it really.
Oh, I'm pretty sure the government know just how spineless we are.
How much of the price rise is due to the rise in the price of oil, and not due to tax?
Obviously, the protests in 2000 were due to the fuel duty escalator. But is the present price increase due to the same?
Did you miss the students protests last week?! I think the government are realising that people are waking up.
The government are turning the students into super criminals and as expected more and more of those who said 'good on the students' are now starting to swallow the government spin that the students are no more than scummy criminals.
Time will tell if the people of this country will grow a backbone or simply sit back and take whatever is thrown at us.
The Fuel Price Escalator is a tory tax which was continued under Labour.
The Tories are not going to scrap it, so a large proportion of the price of petrol is stll be down to tax.
And the tory increase in VAT due in January will make things worse.
Petrol Prices and food up, food is what hits people, will we end up at 1970s rates again?
That could be a possibility, especially with the increase in VAT which is going to hit a lot of people very hard.
Mainly less well paid people.
That is not what I said.
I wanted to know whether the "record" petrol prices were due to an increase in oil prices, or an increase in tax.
The protests under Labour were due to the tax system. Why would people protest and lobby the government who has no control over oil prices?
Exactly, it's just left wing moaning, trying to draw stupid comparisons with the work shy over funded part time lay about students enjoying a bit cop bashing and establishment trashing last week.
Yes but it was a tax system which the Tories introduced and continue with.
If they wanted to help the motorist they could do something about the tax regime.
The petrol price protests were ten years ago and had nothing to do with students.
Missing the point.
You seem to be concentrating on tax, when the rise in the cost of petrol may actually be due to oil prices.
There is no way that fuel duty is going to be touched, especially at a time when the government needs all the money it can get.
And where do you think the tax raised from petrol sales goes to?