Why No Barricades? Fuel Hits £1 Per Litre!
11 October 2007, 03:55 PM
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Why No Barricades? Fuel Hits £1 Per Litre!
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/ne...s-1.3368204.jp
Where are the barricades of a few years back? Have we become desensitised to it and see it as acceptable?
Where are the barricades of a few years back? Have we become desensitised to it and see it as acceptable?
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11 October 2007, 04:01 PM
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sorry that made me laugh, you must be in one of the last places in the country to reach the £1+ markIt has been over £1 per litre here for quite some time now, at the Shell station I always use V Power is now 107.9 per litre
They did tell us another 2p hike in fuel duty was coming, but yet you sound really surprised your fuel has gone up
11 October 2007, 04:03 PM
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http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/ne...s-1.3368204.jp
Where are the barricades of a few years back? Have we become desensitised to it and see it as acceptable?
Where are the barricades of a few years back? Have we become desensitised to it and see it as acceptable?
11 October 2007, 04:05 PM
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11 October 2007, 04:17 PM
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in large quite true but how many people on here with performance cars are gonna run 95 ron ?? yes maybe if you would if you drive a 1.6 or 2.0 sport but if I had a UK2000 (which was mapped for UK fuel by Subaruin the factory) I would still be running high octane stuff
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11 October 2007, 04:20 PM
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Clare - get your shopping at Asda, they are doing 5p off a litre vouchers if you're not fussy about what you put in.
11 October 2007, 04:43 PM
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Anyone spot the stealth tax increases? Chancellor promised several years ago that fuel duty would only rise in line with inflation.
As it was a sensitive topic a couple of years back, the duty increases were frozen for a few years to allow us to think we had got somewhere. However, there were working out what those increases should have been, and are now applying above inflation rises to duty to bring us back in line with where the prices should have been had they not frozen the duty over the last couple of years.
Amazingly good spin, say you are freezing duty, while all the time just saving up the price increases to arrive in a couple of big lumps later.
As it was a sensitive topic a couple of years back, the duty increases were frozen for a few years to allow us to think we had got somewhere. However, there were working out what those increases should have been, and are now applying above inflation rises to duty to bring us back in line with where the prices should have been had they not frozen the duty over the last couple of years.
Amazingly good spin, say you are freezing duty, while all the time just saving up the price increases to arrive in a couple of big lumps later.
11 October 2007, 04:58 PM
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Nul IIRC on the Dome roundabout in Watford is 94.9/super 100.9, and the cheapest locally on petrolprices.com
11 October 2007, 07:14 PM
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11 October 2007, 07:18 PM
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Went to fill Tinys scoob up today and tesco 99 was 101.??
£55.01 to fill it up.
Need to fill my ST up tomorrow gulp!!!!
£55.01 to fill it up.
Need to fill my ST up tomorrow gulp!!!!
11 October 2007, 09:46 PM
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I wonder if people will start complaining when road tax for gas guzzlers goes up to 500/year 
or will we just lie down and accept it as we always seem to do 
or will we just lie down and accept it as we always seem to do
11 October 2007, 11:35 PM
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P.S. I already know the answer, they haven't and they won't so why will voting the current government out and a new one in have any effect on fuel prices.
Don't get me wrong I am not supporting the current lot, but just not blindly thinking that voting them out will solve the issues. If you really feel that strongly write to your MP or better still petition one of the other parties to pledge to do something about it. Good luck
12 October 2007, 10:11 AM
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Correction, it's 93.9 for NUL at Shell in Watford. I'll have a look at V-power when I'm in next. Must be the cheapest in the country.
12 October 2007, 12:26 PM
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Shell V-Power here is €1,53.9 or £1.07.7 so you are not alone in your stinking petrol prices. But at least I get to waste mine at 260 kmh on the autobahn if I want to 
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Theres a quite simple solution to high petrol prices. DON'T BUY PETROL!
If you still fill up then you are prepared to pay over £1 per litre so why are you moaning? They don't force you to buy it!
If people stopped buying it then the price would come down!
If you still fill up then you are prepared to pay over £1 per litre so why are you moaning? They don't force you to buy it!
If people stopped buying it then the price would come down!
12 October 2007, 02:22 PM
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12 October 2007, 02:46 PM
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Some poillock at work has just forwarded the spam email about not buying at Esso (or BP or whoever) and thus forcing them to drop prices. Just forward the email to 10 people and in 10 clicks we'll have 300 gazillion people not buying ....
Yeah right ..... you can see why the guy forwarding it is in sales if he thinks that that's a well thought out strategy!
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And again I ask where the Tories or any other party you care to mentiuon have stated that as a policy they will reduce the price of petrol by removing some of the tax increases imposed by this government.
The tories may not reduce the tax on petrol, but they would certainly reduce it in many other areas. You can already thank them for reducing Inheritance Tax and they're not even in power yet!
And again I ask where the Tories or any other party you care to mentiuon have stated that as a policy they will reduce the price of petrol by removing some of the tax increases imposed by this government.
The tories may not reduce the tax on petrol, but they would certainly reduce it in many other areas. You can already thank them for reducing Inheritance Tax and they're not even in power yet!