Just had an email to confirm the rumours that have been whispering around!!

Last week I was informed that a group called Transaction 2007 had plans this weekend to release a statement announcing some kind of protest action relating to the price of fuel in the UK. I have just read a statement published on their web site in which they have confirmed that they are going to organise legal protest action, and that it could begin as early as this Wednesday.

I have got more on the PetrolPrices.com blog about this:

Petrol price protests planned for this Wednesday - PetrolPrices.com

We will of course be following the story as it unfolds next week to keep you informed. If you want to express your opinion about the plans you can do so on our blog, as always, by leaving your comments and voting in our polls.

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Brendan

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good stuff,i'm sick of it,they seem to be trying to put the ordinary motorists off the road.keep going on about climate change,not arguing with that but why do we get hammered and the real culprits usa,china ect get away with it,why should we be penalised?

damn right, makes me feel like revving the old diesal engine harder just to annoy that scottish twerp in charge (although i dont need much encouragement to drive quickly )

I should think the petrol suppliers are rubbing their hands together....not only will they sell huge amounts of fuel in the next few days .....at the end of it they will still be selling the same amount of fuel as before ....all these protests do is inconvienence normal people and put others in danger.

If you want to see the price rise just hang around for four years......that is when the world will start to use more fuel than it can produce .....it won't be going up in pence then.

Total waste of time

I should think the petrol suppliers are rubbing their hands together....not only will they sell huge amounts of fuel in the next few days .....at the end of it they will still be selling the same amount of fuel as before ....all these protests do is inconvienence normal people and put others in danger.

If you want to see the price rise just hang around for four years......that is when the world will start to use more fuel than it can produce .....it won't be going up in pence then.

Total waste of time

Two words - 'Peak' and 'Oil' :eek:

Scary stuff.

All this "we have 40 years of oil left" is just crap.

Price of crude is coming down at the moment so was hoping to see a general drop in the price of fuel, back to say around 97p for petrol, 99p for diesel.

Does anyone know what these "legal protests" are? I'm presuming that the rolling roadblocks were illegal . . . just wondering if this is a picket line, or physical obstruction (which I would have thought must be illegal) or what?

There is always a sizeable delay between the price of crude and the price at the pumps.

the first link says wednesday but transaction say saturday ?

The following statement is released on 10th December 2007 at 10:15Hrs

Transaction2007 have decided to release the date and time of protest action earlier than scheduled. This is to enable the motorist and public to better prepare themselves for the coming action. This will be a nationwide protest extending to Northern and Southern Ireland.

A date of Saturday 15th December 2007 at 10:00am has been decided for protest action. This date was decided by members as the best possible to enable those who would normally be working during the week to attend. This action will be initiated at a refinery or storage depot somewhere near you. Anyone wishing to support action is requested to make your way there at the alotted time. Transaction again wish to emphasise the importance of legal protesting.

Please note: No member from Transaction2007 is available for press or media commenting at this stage.

Legal protesting is to stand there with banners and shouting out your protest without blockading the refineries and to comply with the law. I fully support them, working in the transport industry i can see the costs and i see the costs to being passed onto the shops, so the "i only fill up once a month so its not gonna hurt me" people should think about where the costs are passed onto?!?!?

Tonight I went to my local Tesco and it was the first time in the last few months that there have only been a couple of cars filling up! We need more rumours of fuel protests! Shame I had 3/4 tank and didn't need to fill up

Chris

It was in the paper today about the protests.

Quote"To all the christmas shoppers you had best go and fill up NOW"

Fuel price protests are a sheer, utter, complete waste of time and effort.

The price will continue to rise and there is bu88er all anyone can do about it.

The only effect protests will have is to inconvenience ordinary people trying to go about their daily business.

If by some miracle the government reduced the fuel tax then it will just be moved onto something else that we need just as much.

It was in the paper today about the protests.

Quote"To all the christmas shoppers you had best go and fill up NOW"

No, to all the people that work 30 miles from home and don't move because the security of their job is dubious, go fill up. The Christmas shoppers can walk, take a bus/train or order online.

I say picket the government, not the oil refineries.

We need a modern-day Guy Fawkes!

BBC NEWS | UK | Slow start to fuel price protests

Well , this looks like a total non-event

They've picked the wrong time of year to hit hard, imho, as all they're going to do if they cause havoc is lose public support (assuming they have public support currently).

Chris

They've picked the wrong time of year to hit hard, imho, as all they're going to do if they cause havoc is lose public support (assuming they have public support currently).

Chris

I doubt anyone will actually notice. The roads are already pretty hectic thanks to Christmas shoppers so are people really going to notice a few HGVs too?

Yeah the 'protests' made a massive impact I don't think.

25 was the biggest turnout.

Pointless IMO

One thing for sure farmers aren't paying anywhere near £1 a litre for diesel , so not sure what they are ranting on about.

Just had a check red diesel is running at about 44p per litre

Is there a protest or isnt there?

A guard at work said to me on Wed that people were queuing and panic buying that day because of "protests" p[lanned for Saturday.

I had a half tank so I wasn't too worried but now its like wheres the protests?

Aleef garages no longer have BP stations due to fraud.

Shell and Asda still have the cheapest unleaded at 100.9 round my way

The cold weather and time of year (last minute shopping) are totally wrong for protesting.

Whereas the last protests were held in summer werent they?

Then there's the factor of the public a)being lazy - after all how many get off their *** to vote b)they realise the gov wont do anything anyway

100.9 - i wish - its 110.9 in hereford :(

No, to all the people that work 30 miles from home and don't move because the security of their job is dubious, go fill up. The Christmas shoppers can walk, take a bus/train or order online.

My office is 100 miles one way.....:eek:.......just a good job i don't have to go in every day.......phew....

Is there a protest or isnt there?

A guard at work said to me on Wed that people were queuing and panic buying that day because of "protests" p[lanned for Saturday.

It's the panic buying that protesters want to encourage (and rightly so). That way, the mass hysteria pushes the resources so much that they can't cope and it all just spirals out of control.

I've been advocating a different idea for a fuel buying protest. Instead of boycotting the pumps, only buying fuel from Murco or only buying fuel on a full moon or all this random nonsense, why not buy fuel EVERY day.

Just imagine the chaos as people start blocking up the forecourts, only to buy £5 of fuel (about a litre and a half if the prices keep rising). The time to fill at the pump will be much shorter than the time to pay in the kiosk, causing a natural tail back.

Also, every time you go in to pay, have a wander around the shop, pick up a copy of Mayfair and have a thumb through the pages (you may need to open the bag). Basically, anything to keep your car sitting at the pump longer than necessary.

The general public will be caught up in this and assume there is some sort of shortage because every petrol station has masses of people waiting to get petrol, so will join the queue and tell all their friends and family, who will do the same.