RayC

Not wanting to be involved in the "dont use ESSO so they make petrol cheaper" brigade, i am solely interested if there is a planned blockade or anything

I'm planning panic buying either, i couldn't find anything on BBC website

Thanks

Ray

G-STAR

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4221296.stm

Freak

Sold out of jerry cans round here....had to put my name down for some more.
Shop said they are getting 100 in on monday morning, and he has pre sold 74 of them (i just ordered another 2).
He said he had sold a load to some traffic cops!
People know it is coming......

lightning101

You're ****ing joking me. Must phone wife and tell her to get loafs of bread and pints of milk to put in the deep freeze.



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davegtt

LOL... nice one. Think I'll fill the car with fuel tonight and top it up Monday if theres any fuel left. To be honest though Ive only known about all this through the net, if I didnt have the net I wouldnt know so I suspect theres alot more people who dont know. Cant see ti being that bad tbh

jonc

Isn't it illegal to store petrol in large quantities?

davegtt

yup.... unless its in the correct condition or something like that... some guy got arrested for it in Derby last year when he'd stocked his garage up full of the stuff...

Newbie123

Well looking at the protesters website they made exactly the same announcement in April, and it came to nothing. Mr Spence just likes to threaten a strike now and again to create a bit of panic buying and to keep his name in the media.

I notice that the media seems to have dropped the story, guess they reliase how credible Mr Spence really is.

GC8

The Governments response will only fan the flames: 'lowering tax wont affect the price of oil...'. No **** Sherlock! The massive amount of duty (with VAT on top) just twists the knife when we have crude prices at a record high. Before someone mentions the 'tax-take'; the state generates enough extra revenue from the inflated price of North Sea oil to offset a lowering of duties.... But theyre using that to put off further (snide) tax rises, like the addition of VAT onto books, safety wear and chldrens clothes..........


Citizen Simon