erol_h Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Been hearing on the news today they have a petrol strike planned for next week these guys have the backing power of 10000 plus truck driver and will be blocking off the roads creating gridlock. I bloody hope so some one needs to do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivingTheDream Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Was on front page of Metro paper today as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Was on front page of Metro paper today as well. I don't know what we all did to keep up to date before the Metro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 were getting Arse f**ked at the moment with these prices i hope they do something ive had enuff im gona fill her up 2mora not gona get caught out not gona wait hours on end at the petrol station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Good idea. We shouldn't accept all the ambulance/fire engine propaganda this time either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMiFFAD Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Conundrum for you.... Government worried/flapping about inflation.... two of the major contributing factors to higher inflation being bounded about? 1) rising cost of food. 2) Fuel costs. Which one of the above does the covernment cream about 70% in tax from.... Left arm not knowing what the right is doing? They just need red noses and big shoes to complete the image. Go go fuel blockades!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 The problem is, they are so used to having all this money from us that they couldn't possibly even think about not having it. They couldn't care less about efficiency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 The other way to look at it is (conspiracy theory) is that the gov promote the story about fuel blockades and we ALL fill up at the inflated price, then the gov looks to back down a little and lower the price by a penny or so, Govenment bank makes huge profit while looking to listen to the public outcry I have more of these conspiracy thoughts since my divorce a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_surj Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Nice theory mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I have more of these conspiracy thoughts since my divorce a few yaers ago Conspiracy theory ? Or wisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Garfy Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Which one of the above does the covernment cream about 70% in tax from.... dont forget the VAT they add to that tax!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missile Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Put in £9.00 to get me into town and back, Leaving a squid for ticket machine. Paid 1.08 per litre at shell. Thats just over 8 litres Thats the higest i've paid so far. Did wonder at the time if this was going to become the norm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lui Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Bring on the strike & get those fuel prices back to reality Could do with a extra couple of days of next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 dont forget the VAT they add to that tax!!! It does seem odd to charge value-tax on a tax :hmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 A petrol strike by blockade seems slightly ludicrous. I don't see why the government would pay any attention to it, myself. Surely, the whole point of a petrol strike is that Joe Public demonstrates their complaints about petrol duty by not buying petrol THROUGH THEIR OWN CHOICE, not because it's forced upon them? ie. by proving that they need to actually blockade deliveries to force people not to buy petrol, isn't that kind of showing that the complaints are only really those of the minority? If there really was a large majority of people in the country who objected to current fuel tax, surely they would happily be demonstrating by just not buying petrol, regardless of whether there's a blockade or not? If we showed our complaint by voluntarily avoiding buying fuel, that would be much more telling to the govenrment, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Wont make much difference. The government know people will start to whine after about a week when they can't get to town or have to queue for their petrol. Then they will just whip out the old propoganda of little joey no knees not getting to hospital in time because the ambulance has no petrol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Boy are you quick! When VAT on fuel was introduced there was a great outcry - don't you remember the phrase "A Tax on a Tax"? http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.cars.maintenance/browse_thread/thread/9c13c21745f1c827 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fri3ndly Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I paid 109.9p per litre for BP ultimate the other day. Absolute rip off! Something needs to be done, but I agree that it should not be forced upon us by a blockade. The thing is that for a noticeable effect there needs to be a large proportion of the nation not buying petrol, and that is something that 1) We fail to organise nationally 2) People wont stick to as they need fuel 3) In most cases (not our cases) fuel is cheaper than public transport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 BP are always the most expensive. The BP station near me (Stretford) charges 115.something for BP ultimate. I just don't use BP at all if possible. Teach them to screw people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMiFFAD Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Trouble is if its not forced apon us we will just moan and carry on with our normal lives... If the fuel depots are blocked, it will force us to do something (not buy fuel), which in itself isnt goign to worry the government - but bringing the country to its knees will worry them.... hopefully enough to cut the tax(squared) on fuel and everyone will get back to normal. As a country we dont riot nearly enough - we should learn from the french Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Block the ports the airports and the fuel depots get big business moaning at the government as they effectively create the changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Garfy Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 It does seem odd to charge value-tax on a tax :hmm: odd, sounds like stealing to me, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 If we showed our complaint by voluntarily avoiding buying fuel, that would be much more telling to the govenrment, no? People are not going to do it voluntarily though are they? Thats the thing, the vast majority of the businesses that rely on fuel - haulage etc are sick of waiting for someone else to do it. Its not going to happen, so forceing people is the only way Block the ports the airports and the fuel depots get big business moaning at the government as they effectively create the changes. Exactly. Inconveniencing Joe Public is going to make sod all difference. Get the FTSE 100 companies moaning at government officials and cogs start turning pretty damn quick. Thing is, this kind of action in reality is going to do what, at most give us a 2p reduction in duty. Yeah, thats going to make all the difference! Maybe we need to do what the French do when they are unhappy and lock the country down and start burning it to the ground Gaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 BTW the cost of oil is falling. How long until the price at the pumps goes down? I reckon it won't be until after Xmas when everyones already paid for the extra journeys they make at this time of year. Even then it won't fall back to what it was. It never does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 A petrol strike by blockade seems slightly ludicrous. I don't see why the government would pay any attention to it, myself. Surely, the whole point of a petrol strike is that Joe Public demonstrates their complaints about petrol duty by not buying petrol THROUGH THEIR OWN CHOICE, not because it's forced upon them? ie. by proving that they need to actually blockade deliveries to force people not to buy petrol, isn't that kind of showing that the complaints are only really those of the minority? If there really was a large majority of people in the country who objected to current fuel tax, surely they would happily be demonstrating by just not buying petrol, regardless of whether there's a blockade or not? If we showed our complaint by voluntarily avoiding buying fuel, that would be much more telling to the govenrment, no? A lot of the public cannot go without petrol for there everyday life, i know id be screwed without it, blockades are the only real way to get a point across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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