Further fuel protests planned...

the cost of motoring on the continent is acutally higher than in the uk - they have lower pump prices, bt have to pay toll charges on nearly every major route they use.

wots the crack with this now then does anyone know?

il b gutted if i cant use my car for days

aparently the strike is to go ahead on wednesday

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i didnt happen last time tho and everybody paniked so hopefully wony happen again but looks likely, the prices r just silly. but hav to b paid

how long is the protests on for do u know?

Until the government agrees to cut fuel duty, I expect.

not really sure about the length of time, but aparently the police are gonna take away the liscences of the truckers involved with the road blockings and protests as such - bad crack

hmm im defo not liking the sound of this

its got on sky news that in some places ppl hav already started paniking and queuing for an hr for petrol

yeah i seen this happening last week at sainsbury's on the team valley, cues were right up to retail world!! :wtf: :spangled:

How will you cope on the peasant wagon

My tanks half full at the minute so might get another £15 put in on the way home from work

they run on petrol too!! so no petrol or everyone wanting to get buses means cant get to work!!

I am sure the good people at arriva and go northern have a contigency plan .






pogo stick anyone ? :spangled:

they bastards are threatening to strike on wednesday,,theyve only started a fucking epidemic of panic buying,,,the queues 4 me local station are huuuuge.

I got some petrol on the way home and the girl in the garage said that they would run out by the end of the night

do we live in the 21st century??

fuck....better fill up 2nite!

i'm supposed to be picking up my new car on friday, fuck knows how i'm gonna get it home from hexham with no petrol lol

No they don't. The threshold is about £270k, then you pay tax on any amount over this. And if you are inheriting this sort of money, clever accountants/solicitors make sure you get a hell of a lot more than that tax free.

To have a true meritocracy where everyone has the same opportunities in life, like the government bangs on about, inheritance tax needs to be higher.

Last time around, fuel was at pretty much its lowest price level in relation to average earnings that it's ever been. Earnings have gone up about 4 to 4.5% a year since this.

The problem for me with it, is that like everything in this country, it's the poor people that do the graft to keep it running that get hammered the most by cost of living rises.

Well said that man. Sense talking there

Petrol is still too pricey though, im skint as hell

jus had to queue at 4lane ends tesco for some gas,,,i hope nonne of u ned it the morrow coz i reckon u will be in shit. the queues may be a mare...gud luck