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Old 03 September 2005, 10:06 AM
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Angry Can we have a fuel protest yet?

why is it when we hit 70-oddp a litre there was fuel protests. but now its 91.5p minimum round me theres still no protests?


I want to protest!
Old 03 September 2005, 10:39 AM
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You need to move to France mate.

Reason #1 - the french love to protest
Reason #2 - vegetable oil is now available at the pumps for €0.69/litre (that's 46p to you)

Old 03 September 2005, 10:43 AM
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Well the last fuel protest took place in the first two weeks of September. I got stranded down Newquay.


And

Start of September and I'm going down Newquay on Sunday for a couple of weeks. Think I'll get an extended break again?

Cheers
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Old 03 September 2005, 11:51 AM
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Heads up for the middle to the end of next week, just got an email from my diesel agent my discounted price is going to be 95p inc and normally they are are 3 to 5p cheaper than normal pumping stations. So Diesel should be £1.00 per litre every where next week.
Old 03 September 2005, 12:03 PM
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LAst fuel protest I got lumbered with an 1.6impreza GL without any petrol.

I have a full tank of fuel now....I'm ready, so bring it on

TBH last time I coped, I got the bike out more instead, walked to the shops, even used the most utterly useless (where I live) public transport...'til I got fed up waiting and paying the equivelent to a litre of pretol to travel 2 miles

It was quite funny to see all these people getting extremely frantic and in some places queuing 50 cars deep for petrol
Old 03 September 2005, 12:04 PM
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Bring it on!
Old 03 September 2005, 01:33 PM
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Are the govt doing anything to keep the lorry companies quite?
Old 03 September 2005, 04:40 PM
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Going to be 100% behind another tax payers revolt - can't wait...
Old 03 September 2005, 05:14 PM
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I really think it would be a good idea and would be behind one 100% except this country is full of dicks who have no f*cking *****. Most people probably think it aint the governments fault anyway but come on they tax the stuff - ******.

At the end of the day most of you and the country voted for the useless f*ckers in in the first place!!!!
Old 03 September 2005, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ScooBStu
Most people probably think it aint the governments fault anyway but come on they tax the stuff - ******.
That's all well & fine....but if you win your campaign and they reduce fuel duty, then they'll have to make up the deficit somewhere. More than likely an increase in VAT or income tax.

Goverments are never going to be popular. Tax is a necessary evil of a civilised democracy providing a good std of living for the population. Deal with it.
Old 03 September 2005, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by imlach
That's all well & fine....but if you win your campaign and they reduce fuel duty, then they'll have to make up the deficit somewhere. More than likely an increase in VAT or income tax.

Goverments are never going to be popular. Tax is a necessary evil of a civilised democracy providing a good std of living for the population. Deal with it.
maybe they can get some of the 2.7 million people off incapacity benifits and the1.2million on the dole back to work that should save some cash
Old 03 September 2005, 06:10 PM
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Stop whining,if you can't afford the fuel sell the Imprezas and buy a diesel.This place has turned into a the grumpy old mens hell hole.
Old 03 September 2005, 06:27 PM
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I'm up for one
Old 03 September 2005, 06:33 PM
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if theres more fuel protests i will goto to work on my minimoto

bring it on
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Old 03 September 2005, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by kingofturds
maybe they can get some of the 2.7 million people off incapacity benifits and the1.2million on the dole back to work that should save some cash
Maybe they should get rid of the civil servants (25% of the working population now work for government) and put them on the dole - that will save us all loads of taime and money

I see that Blair / Brown have doubled the size of the tax manual since they came to power
Old 03 September 2005, 09:55 PM
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Get a better job......problem soved without having to potest!
Old 04 September 2005, 11:35 AM
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Much easier to get voted back in when so many work for you. They get paid lots and have outstanding pensions compared with everyone else. Nothing like having so many in your pocket to guarantee success!

Les
Old 04 September 2005, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Leslie
Much easier to get voted back in when so many work for you. They get paid lots and have outstanding pensions compared with everyone else. Nothing like having so many in your pocket to guarantee success!

Les
Now thats an interesting point... and let's not forget all the other 'groups' that rely on New Labour's handouts, projects and social experiments - in the pocket too I expect. They sure have stacked the odds in their favour over the years.
Old 26 April 2008, 09:23 PM
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If only it was that price again.
Old 26 April 2008, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by turboman786
I'm a stupid ****......problem soved without having to potest!




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Old 26 April 2008, 09:55 PM
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Thanks to the **** suckers panic buying round here, my local BP was out of diesel today when I left work on fumes and had to go to Bath!
Well done you lemmings.
Old 26 April 2008, 11:07 PM
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the people are only panicking because the news are asking them not to panic, why dont they just leave it be.

now they want the goverment to step in, they will threaten people and make it illegal to go on strike next, thats the reason there are no fuel protests, you stop the tankers you go to jail. get these ******* out of power NOW.

then again as we have been paying it no other party will drop the prices of things that are killing people's outgoings
Old 27 April 2008, 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by moneys
the people are only panicking because the news are asking them not to panic
Totally agree, its the media that are causing the problem, if they didnt report any of this then there would be no panic?!?

Bloody media!!!!
Old 27 April 2008, 08:56 AM
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its the same with the credit crunch, i dont know of anyone effected yet. all i can see is a load of banks that usually make 50billion pounds profit only making 10 billion pounds, then they see northern rock getting bailed out so they ask for some money. the stupid soft **** goverment give them a shed loads of OUR money and they refuse to pass on any benifit to us the fecking taxpayers.

the media are making this company panic and were all following like little sheep
Old 27 April 2008, 09:33 AM
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yawn fooken yawnnnnnnnnnnn




nobody even bothered to protest at the last "big one"

much easier to stay at home and wish somebody else will do something about it, maybe post on the net that you support them, as long as you don't have to get up on your *** and do anything yourself
Old 27 April 2008, 09:39 AM
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and your the big protester are you? how can you protest about something that has been made illegal to protest about??????
Old 27 April 2008, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by StickyMicky
yawn fooken yawnnnnnnnnnnn




nobody even bothered to protest at the last "big one"

much easier to stay at home and wish somebody else will do something about it, maybe post on the net that you support them, as long as you don't have to get up on your *** and do anything yourself

That just sums up the way us British have gone since WW2, sit back and assume someone else will sort it,
We need to find our backbone again over lot of things not just fuel.
Old 27 April 2008, 09:43 AM
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here fecking here, everyone just thinks of number one, if they sell everyone else down the river in the meantime then tough ******* as long as there ok, then in a few years they moan about something that they influenced years earlier
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When you think of the various very strong protests which have been made which were totally ingnored by this load of creeps, it is understandable that peop[le are just awaiting the chance to vote them into the wilderness!

Les
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We need to have another one!!!!!


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