Where are the petrol protests?

cardboardbox?Youwerelucky · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject: Where are the petrol protests?

Okay so petrol is above £1.00 per litre

From memory the price when we had the blockades was 80p a litre?

Whats changed? (other than the price of a barrel Rolling Eyes

)

Wasn't the last protest against the tax levied by the government ?

_________________

BOXYS BAR - LIQUER UP FRONT AND POKER IN THE REAR

wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject:

Yes it was, but it was a massive movement by farmers, and so far there hasnt been a spur to push them on.. if you want to start a protest go on be my guest

_________________
Bassets gone, and so has Wise, the cockney Tosser with the wobbly eyes

cardboardbox?Youwerelucky · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject:

raveydavey · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:05 pm Post subject:

One of the leaders of the last protests (in 2000, I think) has been interviewed and said he and others were prepared to take action, but that new legislation introduced to combat global terror is worded in such a way as they could be locked up as terrorists.

Another example of a supposedly left-wing governments totalitarian crusade against civil liberties, or not? You decide.

Personally I loved the last lot of protests. I filled up the day it kicked off on the way to work (had to wait 10 minutes for a free pump mind) and there was no petrol to be found by the time I set off home. We then had a week with bugger all traffic on the roads - it was bliss. And from a less selfish point of view it showed just how many people don't actually need to make so many trips in their cars.

The rolling roadblocks on the M62 were impressive too. I managed to nip on at Chain Bar just in front of one and for the rest of my journey people were waving and cheering off bridges and I had the road to myself. Marvellous!

Then as luck would have it the garage up the road got a delivery just before I drove past, so I immediately pulled into the queue and filled up again, helped by a very nice police lady who was there to ensure fair do's and no pushing in. You would be surprised how many people tried. Tut tut!

The bad news is that now the £1.00 a litre barrier has been broken it's been going up every few days. My local Tesco is now charging 105.9p/litre for diesel and analysts reckon it could hit 120p by the end of the year...still, it's a lot cheaper than a pint down the pub!

_________________

Shhhhhh! It's a secret:
Secret Leeds!

halfaperson · Allan Clarke Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 760

And better for you than lager.

cardboardbox?Youwerelucky · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject:

no.. this is scarey

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/...s_and_americas/article2982640.ece

_________________
Bassets gone, and so has Wise, the cockney Tosser with the wobbly eyes

Gopher · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:43 am Post subject:

It is scary. Thats Dickhead Bush and his team of idiots in charge of the free world. Shocked

As if you needed any more proof that the prick has lost the plot.

_________________

This week, I be mainly drinking bleach.

raveydavey · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:13 pm Post subject:

Snippet in todays paper: Oil refinery blockades will start on Saturday.

Fill up on Friday methinks? Shocked

_________________

Shhhhhh! It's a secret:
Secret Leeds!

kevin177 · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject:

good point ravey,i will pump my bike tyres up on friday then Rolling Eyes

i can't afford a bloody car Sad

_________________

NE1 · Neither Shallow Nor Sexist Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 1570

Being a community nurse I have to use to use my car for work visiting people in their homes, for which I get a petrol allowance.

My petrol allowance has not gone up since 1993!

And the best bit is I am taxed on my petrol expenses! So I get paid (pay tax), fill up with petrol (pay tax) claim my expenses back (and pay tax again!). Surely this can't be right!

Rolling Eyes

	everythingleeds.myfastforum.org Forum Index -> Current Affairs	All times are GMT - 1 Hours
Page 1 of 1