Fudgey

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so how many of them are gonna fill up beforehand then?

Lee Reynolds

Bank holidays would be good? Why so when we take a day off to take the little one somewhere nice, we cant cos its blocked?

nickscunny

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thats a pretty selfish thing to say, some of us arent that rich......

Twellsie

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clever guy for posting it on here Cossies and RS's sat in traffic, wont take long to bring every thing to a stand still once they all start over heating

Im up for the one in Brum though

BigErn

Judging by the time that Pete posted Id say dictionaries have nothing to do with it, its the lager he will have been drinking.

andy888

sorry for the hi-jack but i got this on email which a think is a great idea. please read if you can be bothered!!

I’m going to have a bash at this no matter how inconvenient it is…..WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING….

As we are hitting 113.9 a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying 2.00 a litre someone has come up with this idea...

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.

Please read it and join in!

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

Here's the idea:

For the rest of this year DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP.

If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!

Now, don't wimp out at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I am sending this note to a lot of people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it... ..

THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all You have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.(and not buy at ESSO/BP) How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! Acting together we can make a difference . If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p LITRE RANGE

It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons Jet etc. i.e. boycott BP and Esso See what you think and if you can be bothered or agree with it just pass it on…

so shell V-POWER is ok!

worth a shot?

fuzzy

Ima Racing

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WTF?????

...DIDNT WE DO THIS BEFORE,PROTEST...PRICE WENT DOWN THEN WE SAT BACK AND LET IT GO BACK UP TO THIS LEVEL

If you cant afford the fuel get a fucking battery powered car...just be thankful we aint starving,in a war torn country,or France.

Blugg

I'm out, it's still going ahead but without moi.

Seems to be 80% not worth it 20 % we'll go if it's not raining.

If one good thing has come off this, it's been knowledgable reading thru a few of the different topics in here. Good Luck ya'll

fraser9764

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for gods sake!

Cozziekid

As said, we tried this before and it got lowered a little and its slowly crept back up again..... so what do you think is gonna happen this time IF anything?

Heres a copy of a reply from the prime ministers office in response to a petition to reduce fuel prices to below 90p per litre in line with EU prices..

The Government recognises that retail fuel prices have risen in recent months, as a reflection of the underlying price of crude oil. The retail price of fuel at the pump is ultimately a matter for retailers and their suppliers, and taxation is just one of a range of factors which determine the price paid by the consumer.
The role of fuel duty as a component of the retail price is kept under review by the Chancellor as part of the Budget process, as are all taxes. At Budget 2007 the Chancellor announced fuel duty rates for the next three years, in order to provide certainty for both industry and consumers, in an area which can see unexpected fluctuations from other elements. Changes in fuel duty rates have been announced through to 2009-10 and these rates were decided in line with the Government's commitment to both reduce polluting emissions, and to fund public services. They are expected to result in savings of 0.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year by 2010-11.
The United Kingdom, in common with all European Union (EU) Member States, also applies the standard rate of VAT to supplies of petrol and diesel fuel for road vehicles. VAT agreements that apply throughout the EU, signed by successive Governments, do not allow the United Kingdom to remove or reduce the VAT on petrol and other road fuel. However, at its current rate of 17.5 per cent, the United Kingdom has a lower standard rate than 23 out of 26 other EU countries.

At no point did i say i wasnt bothered about the price of fuel, of course i am, like any other person on here who spends a fortune on the stuff.

And for the record im not 'sitting on my arse', i WILL be taking part in this protest although i am sceptical of the impact it will have on the 'powers that be'.

That is all.

C4llyT

Lol as if!
I put Ł61 (pay at pump cut out) in saturday morning, and Ł61 (pay at pump cut out) in monday morning, so if I was rich, I'm not now

Was only a few weeks ago the pounds and litres went round at same rate for super...

I wish we were more like the French, don't take the shit we do, good on them

Chris69

I'm very much up for doing this in a civilised way just to make a point as the prices are just getting silly and mr brown saying hes gonna add another 2p to duty just takes the biscuit really

Is there one organised in Bristol yet- doesn't look like it on the link posted??

collierm

Arrogant twat

C4llyT

Jealous twat

alan12112

No for the reason you quoted!