We are mugs in this country

[Gardenscape]

Fuel is hitting record highs again and I have absolutely had enough of it. Our government are coining it in from fuel duty and it has nothing to do with the Ukraine war why prices are so high. They are using this as an excuse to screw us over. A barrel of crude is around $120. We have had it higher some years and never paid anywhere near the prices we are now paying at the pumps. Oil companies are making record breaking profits and are laughing all the way to the bank. We currently have the highest fuel duty prices in the world.

 

It is time for action. We need a nationwide fuel protest, like we did in 2000, when people blockaded the refineries and stopped the tankers making their deliveries, until the government reduce their duty and oil companies reduce their prices. It is beyond a joke now. We are all being screwed.

Edited May 30, 2022 by Gardenscape

[Mick Dempsey]

How much is a litre of diesel in the UK?

[Gardenscape]

where I am it's £1.82

[Dan Maynard]

Around £1.85 maybe £1.90.

 

Haven't bought any for a couple of days though, probably gone up.

[Mick Dempsey]

I paid €1.88 today in France

[Steve Bullman]

1.76 here

[woody paul]

25 minutes ago, Gardenscape said:

Fuel is hitting record highs again and I have absolutely had enough of it. Our government are coining it in from fuel duty and it has nothing to do with the Ukraine war why prices are so high. They are using this as an excuse to screw us over. A barrel of crude is around $120. We have had it higher some years and never paid anywhere near the prices we are now paying at the pumps. Oil companies are making record breaking profits and are laughing all the way to the bank. We currently have the highest fuel duty prices in the world.

 

It is time for action. We need a nationwide fuel protest, like we did in 2000, when people blockaded the refineries and stopped the tankers making their deliveries, until the government reduce their duty and oil companies reduce their prices. It is beyond a joke now. We are all being screwed.

That's ok saying that but we can't in ESSEX as there's a High court injunction now  to stop people protesting at the above.

 

Injunction granted to stop protests at petrol forecourts and bulk liquid fuel storage sites in Essex - Essex County Council

WWW.ESSEX.GOV.UK

 

[Dan Maynard]

30 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

1.76 here

Blimey, I'll have to come over to Suffolk-shire with a few cans!

[AHPP]

That's ok saying that but we can't in ESSEX as there's a High court injunction now  to stop people protesting at the above.
 

Injunction granted to stop protests at petrol forecourts and bulk liquid fuel storage sites in Essex - Essex County Council

WWW.ESSEX.GOV.UK  

It’s also currently illegal to put the chancellor’s head on a pole but give it time and see how much that matters.

[peds]

1.93ish in Ireland. Good thing I've not been driving much lately, I've saved a fortune.