Now petrol has passed the pound per litre mark when will the people of Britain stand united and demand action.

Question

What with the cost of living in Britian rising rapidly and wages standing still when will people of the UK demand that the government reduce the Tax on petrol so the motorist can actually afford to get to work.

It seems that everything in Britain cost a fortune, for example, a loaf of bread is over a pound.

But the petrol situation has to be the biggest rip off by the government who actually work for us.

Britians are taxed literally to death and beyond.

When will the people of Britian realise that they have to stand together and insist on action before prices rise again.

Petrol has risen rapidly over the passed month and the governments excuse is the cost of crude oil.....but crude oil is dealth by the dollar which is at an all time low against the pound, so how can the government justify blaming the cost of a barrel of oil for the rip off price of petrol in Britain?

When will the rolling roadblocks happen?

When will British people realise that we're being ripped off?

Answer 1

Rolling roadblocks and blocking oil refineries are now, part of the anti-terrorism law.

It is also the big fat oil companies to blame as well, for example BP makes an average of $55,000 a minute in profit. If this annoys you, try buying from the supermarkets and independent garages ( not that there's many of them about)

If you don't like the price of petrol. Try this website, it tells you the cheapest in your area.

http://www.petrolprices.com/

Answer 2

This is exatly what is happening in the USA. Gas prices are going up. Prices in general are going up. My rent went up $10 in 2007! My electric rates went up from $40 a month to 80 a month! Incomes are only going up from 5.15 per hour to 6.50 per hour for minium wage. Other wages are standing still. Food is even more expensive!

Answer 3

Ouch!

To the American dude, when they say a pound per liter that like $8 a gallon just so you understand so $3 back stateside seems like oh a lot less!

Answer 4

What you mean is, "Now petrol has passed the £1 per litre mark IN ENGLAND .....", because here in Scotland (where the stuff comes from), we have already had to endure such prices.

Just because the English have woken up to the cost of taxation on fuel - imposed by their Westminster Government - they expect everyone else to protest on their behalf.

Where were the indignant English when a litre of fuel passed £1 a litre in Scotland? As usual, they had their heads stuck in the sand.

Answer 5

Where I live in the north of Scotland we've been over a pound a litre for about a year already!

My local petrol station is 111.9 p for unleaded and 114.9 for diesel at the moment.

Answer 6

Didn't they make it illegal after the last protests?  I hope they do something soon, these prices are killing me!

Answer 7

they won't, last the the public weren't behind the farmers and hauliers. It take an organised group to do something like that. Which group will? Funny how we can afford to run two wars at once and spend 12billion on the big sports day, but we can't reduce fuel tax. It's not funny when you are spending £30-40 a week just to get to work. A general strike might make the government take notice.

Answer 8

no, all they will do is exercise thier rights to work more hours like tw.ts and moan about it as usual.

Answer 9

I'm guessing they'll do it about the time the people here in the states.  We pay over 3.00 per gallon with no end in site.  I see lots of people bicker about it but no one is willing to do anything.

Answer 10

They'll reduce the fuel tax after protests and add carbon tax or boast road tax, either way we ain't gonna win....

Answer 11

Little point to protesting.   Won't get anywhere..   OK petrol up,  but how much more will it actually cost you,  Unless you are on the road all the time  the increased cost is likely to be £1 to £2  a week,  nothing colossal is it...  Now if it was £10 a week or more that would be different,   ..No in my opinion the increase is not enough to get too upset about...

Answer 12

Well i guess the full impact of nicey nicey eventually hits the fan.Me,non smoker,non drinker but it didnt take year 2 students to tell year 4 students the economics of running a country Whats not collected from the so called vices has to come from somewhere.Well done all the non smoke non drink brigade,tax comes from someone.Incidentally Scotland,oil comes by tanker to the jetty at Tetney,is then piped a couple of miles to Immingham and fuel is the end product.Stay cool up there,all is not what you think