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Let's hope the public stay 100% behind these protests, unlike the lorry driver protests of a few years ago, where the government's pathetic attempt to undermine them actually managed to win over some of the public (oh the nurses can't get to work crap).

Stick together and we might get some reasonably priced fuel for our motors.

best get some bfroe wed, coz im running on fumes

I couldnt get to work! But im still up for some form of protest!

I'm going up north Thursday. If I get stuck up there I'll be annoyed.

They haven't said they will barricade the depots yet.

Fair enough that'd be "annoying" but is it as annoying as having to pay nearly 110p per litre for fuel?  

The British public seem to accept being ripped off by the Government, if the french had such a duty imposed they'd have done something about it months/years ago!

Yes it is.

After Christmas - no problem at all, but this is the special time of year for visiting family and friends. T

Well I'm prepared to suffer a little inconvenience for the cause!!

Stick together brothers (and sisters).

oh dear, guess I'll be queuing for hours tonight then to panic buy  :-))(

i remember the panic buying in 2000 when i was at school. one day the coaches didn't turn up cos of it.

ace fun!

I dunno, we moan about the petrol prices going up to quickly and we moan that house prices might stop rising.  Personally, the flipping energy bills are the bigger problem.

At the end of the day, it will all run out soon anyway, so it will continue to rise regardless of what any Govt does.  Even the Yanks are feeling the pinch at the pump now.

I don't see why I should be inconvenienced because someone else doesn't like the price of a commodity.

do you seriously think the govt will cut fuel duty? no amount of protesting would help, its worth too much money and they cant be seen to be encouraging driving. with the china and india boom prices now will seem like a god send in 5-10 years time

Ill buy petrol as and when I need it.  Its panic buying that causes more problems than the prices IMO.

if you don't like paying ridiculous prices to drive then don't drive. I got fed up with the unleaded prices hit 90p a litre, coupled with my unreliable car, and outrageous insurance bills. So i found a job that i could walk to from home and gave up driving.

Currently saving myself at least £150 a month.

I doubt it will lead to any reduction in the piss-take levels of fuel duty

But it might make people feel a bit better, its a joke of a tax when the alternatives to driving are either non existant, more expensive, take longer or in some cases all 3.

Its also worth considereing that as most of what the average Joe buys is transported by road, the price of fuel is having an inflationary effect on just about everything

If the cost of petrol discourages people to use cars and cuts environmental impact then I'm all for higher prices. If we are to meet the CO2 reduction targets it will get a lot more inconvenient than having to use public transport a bit more.

Cost of petrol is an excuse for the government to pretend they are doing their bit for the environment.

They don't want us all using public transport, the network is already inadequate at peak times or so inconvenient that it is unusable.

I know pubilc transport is shit etc but what really annoys me is people who have a job in watford but say live in Milton keyens and moan about the petrol price it was your choice to live in milton keyens and work in aotner town tough shit in my book. Hopefully ever increasing fuel bills will change people habits which will be good for all in the long run.

I would rather be an unemployed ming than have to get a bus to work every day.

i'm an unemployed ming  :x

i have to drive anyway. so i drive a small diesel car that does 60mpg.

well your half way there being a ming, all you need to do is get sacked  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Yeah if rising petrol costs put people off driving and makes them take the train to work fantastic.  Oh hang on a minute, slight flaw, train tickets are due to go up 20% in the new year.

And as for the bus service, it's a joke, I used to catch the bus from Calne to Swindon and on occasions a 20 mile trip would take in excess of an hour (that's if the bus turned up).  You cannot use public transport unless you have a very sympathetic boss.

Fuel prices up,  public transport costs also go up.  Aparantly busses also use fuel :shock:

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How come these protests didn't happen months ago at the beginning of October when there was actually an increase in fuel duty?

The increases that have happened lately have been as a result of increases in world fuel prices. That's the market economy I'm afraid. Supply and demand determine prices.

It pisses me off slightly when people who argue in favour of free market economics being the basis of society, get all arsey when market forces bring about something which they don't like.

Pick a fucking side and argue for it for fuck sake! You can't have it both ways.

bring on the blockades i say.i remember the last lot well.on a friday evening during the protests, the m25 was dead and i sailed around it.

As one who's always for a bit of media fuelled ridiculous mass panic, I'm well for these protests because it might make my week more exciting.

Although only if the government don't give in. Tax the fuck out of the stuff I say.