Delta-Force

hi all im a member of a site that keeps me upto date with fuel prices and they sent me a email with this petition today the 12th is the last day to sign it so thought id post a link up you must put your email as you have to confirm your signature via a email heres the text from the email

I wanted to let you know that today is the last chance to sign the fuel duty petition on the Prime Minister's website to reverse the sneaky 2p fuel tax rise that came in January.

Nearly 100,000 people have already signed the petition to get the tax rise reversed.

We only have until lunchtime tomorrow (12th March) to let the government know that fuel tax rises like this are the last thing that our country needs in a recession.

So if you'd like to join me in signing the petition, the link is here:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/DutyReduction/

Psycho Warren

iTrader: (5)

only 100000 people

Thats less than 0.2% of the population!!!!

You really think the government will listen to that?? they dont listen to millions of people let alone 100000 whinging motorists they dont give a shit about.

Bit pathetic that theres only 100000 votes.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

cheapest i've seen petrol round my way was 117.9p/l

robbing twats

gingerxr2

petrol has gone up 7p in 5 days,its a fookin joke,cheapest by me for 95 unleaded is 114.9 its 1.20+ for super

DMR

mines still at 1.12.9 but slowerly going up, killing my business

FletchCossie

iTrader: (4)

Ive signed many of these petitions and petrol has still gone up A LOT!

The only way to stop petrol prices is to block the fuel trucks/protest. Government have put a stop to anyone doing so

thebigyin

i used to sign these things, every time number 10 replys its the same generic bullshitt answer, fuck off basically, utter waste of time, they couldnt care a fuck for us.

simon170

We need to be more like the French, the second their goverment does something they dont like they block up the roads, close the ports, go on strike, set fiire to things... the fucking lot.
They dont take no shit.... well not nearly as much as we do anyway.

danneth

we do this in sheffield all the time but we dont have cheap fuel

Char1ie

iTrader: (6)

Don't kill me but I believe in better public transport, more people on mopeds and pushbikes and less cars on the road. Up the fuel duty, up the car tax, give up the cars, reduce traffic, make the country less clogged.

Charlie

St3V3_C

Respose:

http://www.hmg.gov.uk/epetition-resp...=DutyReduction

170,000 people signed up - the answer?

Fuck off, the additional tax is staying.

Gotta love democracy eh?

155lee

iTrader: (10)

and what about folk like me,i live 6 miles each way from a town,no shop,1 bus every hour,got a kid and 2 dogs.why should i be persecuted for not wanting to live in the city.btw,normal petrol by me is £1.18.9 and diesel is £1.22.9 and thats just the regular stuff,not v-power or that fancy diesel they sell now.

andyt

iTrader: (1)

what about me im a self employed courier that spends £80-85 a day on fuel

Chip

iTrader: (3)

40 odd million people had the opportunity to vote in the people they want to run the country, and a small group of 170,000 havent been allowed to undermine the decisions made by those 40 million people's elected representatives, so surely that IS democracy working properly isnt it?

Chip

iTrader: (3)

And so do all your rivals, so that cost needs to be passed onto your clients, and in turn onto their clients etc until it effects the price paid by the end user, at which point it attracts more VAT.
So the government dont just get the extra money once, but twice, its fucking genius I tell you

big_wig_074

i start work at 0230 and dont have a finish time being a hgv driver,even if i could go on a bus to work i would need to change twice which turns a 10 min car journey into a 1 hour plus journey plus a mile walk to work from the bus stop,public transport doesnt work for me and i just get screwed time and again for fuel

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Pricing road useage in rural areas by a petrol price blanket tax that is designed largely for cities makes no sense at all.

Road charges to allow a reduction in fuel duty are the only fair way IMHO, but they always meet with furious resistance when offered to the public.

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Why dont you steal a gallon of diesel every week like all the other lorry drivers do then?

big_wig_074

lol that would be PROPERLY easy to do,but my petrol powered cars wouldnt be too happy!lol

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Lorry driver who owns a petrol car?

FAIL


Cunts like you disgust me!

big_wig_074

cant stand diesel
i like petrol power too much and if a diesel car fails on me i have NO idea what to do with it,theyre witchcraft!
but to be honest,even a 10p increase in fuel price barely changes the cost of a tank

St3V3_C

Oh come on, you know full well that if the figures are weighted properly its a big deal.

How many of the 40 million fit all of:

Drive,
Pay for their own fuel,
Know about these petitions,
Care enough to sign,
Think it will make any difference,
Have the ability to sign,

The proportion becomes a lot greater if you take all of that into account.

Something like £6 a tank - how often do you fill up? Once a week equates to over 300 quid. All adds up.

big_wig_074

i got a 5p off a litre at tesco once,though it was a bargain so i went and filed my 70 litre tank,i got circa £2.35 reduction off 80 odd quid!no point at all tbh

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Thats the most ridiculous statement Ive seen on here for a long while.

Its not just motorists and people paying for their fuel that should be asked, of COURSE they will nearly all say that they want petrol given away for nothing!

What a numpty!



I fill up at least once a week, fuel is my biggest expsense at the moment, even more than my mortgage or the rent on the place I live in while at work.

Its horrific how hard the motorist is hit IMHO, but I have a vested interest so its better to look at the overall picture to than to take my opinion.

St3V3_C

Maths not your strong point?

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Maybe he dropped 1.15 on the way back to his car

big_wig_074

its a 70 litre tank,obviously it wasnt TOTALLY empty,but when i filled it,and also bought some other stuff in the shop i had a refund of about 2.35,christ,i dont keep receipts but i was a touch disappointed with the deduction.

Markb_s1

or maybe his tank wasn't completely empty when he got there?

(or is that too obvious?!)


edit - doh - too late!

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Well he said the reduction was off 80 quid of fuel.

And yet it was only 47 litres he bought, so I would be more concerned that at the time he was evidently paying £1.70 a litre for his fuel