We can't take another 2p now! - PetrolPrices.com

Petrol prices go up 2.35p a litre on Monday and already their are whispers of a fuel protest. would people here ever take part in such an activity?

The last fuel protests did pretty much squat apart from preventing me from going to work. Personally I don't agree with the protests because we all pay the price one way or another.

As a country we just accept things and carry on. That includes the price of fuel as well. The price rise will come and go and things will carry on as normal.

It will make an average fill up £1.24 more expensive. I 'll just drink one less can of beer a week.

hhmmmm if I'm doing 1000 miles a week... every rise directly takes away my disposable income......... and I have to run the car to work. :( we are the highest taxed fuel in Europe, and now its going even higher.....

It will make an average fill up £1.24 more expensive. I 'll just drink one less can of beer a week.

You drink expensive beer

Petrol prices go up 2.35p a litre on Monday

Luckily mines diesel

All a fuel protest will do is make my life on the road worse whilst they are ongoing due to queues. It will raise prices due to panic buying and petrol companies taking advantage.

Let's face it - it won't go away, and yes, you are getting royally shafted in the UK.

I'd love there to be a fuel protest. Everyone else stays at home and I have some lovely clear roads to enjoy

Oh, and the Chancellor might drop the price of fuel 5p a litre and then gradually build it up again like they did the last time

Chris

Oh, and the Chancellor might drop the price of fuel 5p a litre and then gradually build it up again like they did the last time

"They" didn't do anything like that - a planned rise in duty was abandoned , but the drop in fuel price was due to the cost of oil , and the rises since then have also been mostly due to the cost of oil - any duty changes have been below inflation.

Heaven forbid anyone might actually get their facts straight on this.

As for whether I would protest over the rise that's coming soon - no.

A pound extra on a tankfull is far to small an amount to worry about , especially when you consider the total running costs of a car.

I very much doubt there's anyone on here who couldn't save much more than that small amount by driving more economically or changing vehicle

Are the same people who are worried about a 2p increase the same ones who are happy to buy "super-duper-ultimate-power" fuel which is already 5-10 pence more expensive than normal stuff ?

i did notice tonight the garage had put its price up to 95.9p (up another penny on last weeks 1p) for unleaded. can gaurentee it will go up 3p on monday to 98.9p thats £3 a tank in a couple of weeks :(

Are the same people who are worried about a 2p increase the same ones who are happy to buy "super-duper-ultimate-power" fuel which is already 5-10 pence more expensive than normal stuff ?

Um, yeah - is your car not DESIGNED to run on that too????

Oh hang on, I see you have a , cough, fabia!

diesel went up 1p here last week. :(

2p up on mon = 3p.

down 1p probly thurs to make us think it's getting cheaper...:thumbdwn:

f0ck them... robbing bar$tewad$...

diesel went up 1p here last week. :(

2p up on mon = 3p.

down 1p probly thurs to make us think it's getting cheaper...:thumbdwn:

f0ck them... robbing bar$tewad$...

Who exactly are you swearing at?

Who exactly are you swearing at?

Presumably the government, who are (I guess) supposed to reduce tax when oil prices increase so as to maintain a consistent price at the pump.

I can think of a few other commodities I'd like them to do this on, although I also want to see a drastic improvement in public services and to not pay out so much income tax.

Rob.

Who exactly are you swearing at?

oops... oil sheiks... :rant:

just giving my 2 pennies worth...

"They" didn't do anything like that - a planned rise in duty was abandoned , but the drop in fuel price was due to the cost of oil , and the rises since then have also been mostly due to the cost of oil - any duty changes have been below inflation.

Heaven forbid anyone might actually get their facts straight on this.

As for whether I would protest over the rise that's coming soon - no.

A pound extra on a tankfull is far to small an amount to worry about , especially when you consider the total running costs of a car.

I very much doubt there's anyone on here who couldn't save much more than that small amount by driving more economically or changing vehicle

.....applauds you:thumbup:

I was a truck driver during the last fuel protest. I "may" have joined in

Oil prices are high and they can't be controlled but when then US are paying about 0.37 pence a litre I think we are entitled to be slightly miffed that our fuel is probably the most taxed on planet earth (again I am sure some anal retentive will point out some bannana republic pays 0.0000000092% more tax then we do)

So what prices are people looking at this week?

99.9p around here for diesel again.

As ****ed of as I am with the yanks for getting away so lightly, this duty rise is well below inflation. At an extra £1 odd a tankfull I'm not going to lose any sleep tbh.

I do with Bush would do something about the joke prices in the US though. :(

The raise may be below inflation but that doesn't excuse the fact that the tax is vastly over the top to begin with but thats just MHO.

I did read somewhere that that in the late sixties the gov took 19Bn off commuters in tax and and put 13Bn back into the transport system. in late nineties it was closer to 60Bn raised in tax and they put about 10Bn back into transport.

I can't remember where right now but I'm sure someone with a few mins to spare on google could dig up the exact figures.

from the bbc news site "At 50.35p a litre from 1 October, the duty paid on diesel in the UK is the highest rate in Europe, where the average level is 22.7p a litre."

But the government are quoting carp saying its to protect the enviroment, how? the money dont go to enviromental/climate change funds but to their own coffers, the same place that PAYE goes, road tax and VAT.

As ****ed of as I am with the yanks for getting away so lightly

Are they really getting away with it lightly? Wages in the US are lower, they are more reliant on cars (due to the sprawl of the country - 200 miles to the nearest supermarket, etc.), they don't have things like the NHS to absorb taxpayer's money, etc.

I'm not sure a comparison with this country's taxation model really holds!

Rob.

Whats the point the masses still voted his holliness Tony back into power after the last one, so the powers that be know the long term impact is squat.

Are they really getting away with it lightly? Wages in the US are lower, they are more reliant on cars (due to the sprawl of the country - 200 miles to the nearest supermarket, etc.), they don't have things like the NHS to absorb taxpayer's money, etc.

I'm not sure a comparison with this country's taxation model really holds!

Rob.

Indeed.

You can't look at one single item and make a fair comparison.

Scandinavian countries have higher taxation than us , but then they have absolutely first class public services as a result.

In the states you pay less , but if you get hit by a bus the first thing the paramedics do is check your wallet for health insurance.

Whats the point the masses still voted his holliness Tony back into power after the last one, so the powers that be know the long term impact is squat.

Ah , the labour government that abolished the conservative's fuel duty escalator. For those that don't remember , it was a 5% a year rise in duty *ABOVE INFLATION*

If that had been left in place instead of abolished we'd now have been paying about another 50p a litre on top , and if they get back in they will introduce it.

Tories would bring back fuel duty 'escalator' - Telegraph

so which party will actually bring the fuel tax down?