People's Fuel Lobby considering protest action

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With world petroleum prices almost at $50 a barrel, with UK unleaded petrol and diesel at about 82p a litre, The Daily Mail reports "Protests warning over fuel prices"

'Ian Hay, a People's Fuel Lobby campaigner, said that unless something is done to stop fuel prices rising, the government could face protests similar to those which paralysed the country in 2000.
He said: "I would imagine if things carry on this way we will have to look at taking action.

"If fuel prices rise by another penny next week like it has been suggested, I think we'll definitely do something about it.

"Everyone in Britain objects to the price of fuel, and so I'm sure everyone will be willing to join in."

Hay, who took part in road blockades during the protests in 2000, said fuel duty, not the price of fuel itself, was the problem.

He said: "The price for a litre of fuel is only about 20p, but then they add on 47p of duty. Our fuel is about 18p dearer than the rest of Europe, but that's only because of the duty.

"Take other countries such as France, Holland and Belgium. Their duty is much lower, so I really don't know why our government doesn't take ours down. If the government took the fuel duty down more people would buy fuel and they would get more revenue."'

The prices in Holland do seem to be comparable to those in the UK, but it is clear that countries who import all their oil, having none of their own like the United Kingdom does, still seem to charge less tax on petrol and diesel.

51 Comments

i dont think reducing the duty would affect the numbers of customers in any way, and it is from that perspective that i saw perhaps that is why the govnt. doesnt move it, because it knows we need it and it knows we'll continue to buy it!

SURELY NOW IS THE TIME!! I think once and for all the new petrol protest has to begin, I dont know why the British people are so reticent in standing up to the money hoarding, tax increasing politicians!! How much longer can the prices continue to increase, and the tax increase as well. I think now is the time to do something about it!!!!!!!!!

I have just e.mailed to the web site and strongly agree with you and I will support any legal protest to get this fuel price down,particuarly diesel which is my lifeline.
good luck.
mobile no. 07958124487

I live on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

I have just been to the garage for fuel and had to pay 98.9p oer litre for diesel.

It now costs me £15 to go to the nearest shop, Coop in Portree. All prices are increasing because of the cost of transport. Our earnings have not gone up and are not likely to.

Its about time we put Tesco in charge of this country instead of that muppet Tony Blair.

I for one am totally supportive of a national fuel strike. This time we need one that has more of an impact than the one in 2000. I'm sick and tired of having to pay through the nose for fuel year after year. The government and goverments before it are indeed taking the piss out of us all. I wouldn't mind paying a high price for a product or service if that's what it actually cost and we got something in return (like better roads), but instead have to pay for this ridiculously high tax. Look at the state of our pot hole ridden roads.....we pay just about the highest prices in the world for fuel, but are roads are shit!
For what we pay we should have the smoothest and clearest roads in the world! It's about time we stood up and made these bastards listen!

Dear All

The Fuel protest was the most misguided, self centred backward action seen in recent times.

Facts

1 The current use of private transport is unsustainable and of no benefit to the vast majority of the population.

2 The car has long since destroyed any of its initial benefits. Places like the so called entertainment monstrosities we see on the edge of our towns, prove that the general public have become so idle that as long as they can park it does not matter what crapholes we build.

3 Motorways increase traffic and mileage and new road building schemes are totally pointless.

4. Motoring is an addiction and those who disagree are in denial they are part of the problem.

5 Industry will develop locally if it is not possible to move goods easily around the country creating a better soiaty for us all.

6 Having been a truck driver i have had first hand experience of the unecesssary journeys that are made to allow the so caled free market economy, which has little to do with acheving happiness.

Solution:

1.End all new road schemes.

2. Raise fuel and other road to provide sustainable alternatives ie public transport.

3. Encourage new developments to be built around people not cars.

4. Travel less, there is much we can see close to home.

Some of you reading this may think i am challenging "freedom of choice" i think what you really mean is "Freedom from responsibility for our environment"

regards

Jerry (Bristol)

>The Fuel protest was the most misguided, self centred backward >action seen in recent times.

How about the current G8 protests and concerts ? How many Africans have actually benefited from them so far ?

>Facts

You mean unsubstantiated opinions

>1 The current use of private transport is >unsustainable and of no >benefit to the vast >majority of the population.

No benefit at all ? That is rather extreme.

>2 The car has long since destroyed any of its initial benefits. >Places like the so called entertainment monstrosities we see on the >edge of our towns, prove that the general public have become so >idle that as long as they can park it >does not matter what >crapholes we build.

People still commute to work, to visit relatives in other locations, or go on holiday by car. In what way have these benefits been "destroyed" ?

>3 Motorways increase traffic and mileage and new >road building >schemes are totally pointless.

Probably true

>4. Motoring is an addiction and those who disagree are in denial >they are part of the problem.

Only if you are a Jeremy Clarksoon type petrol head. There ar emany people for whom motoring is a necessary evil.

>5 Industry will develop locally if it is not possible to move goods >easily around the country >creating a better soiaty for us all.

Rubbish. By that arguement the most heavily industrialesd areas would be the Western Isles of Scotland, which are the least industrialised. of all.

>6 Having been a truck driver i have had first hand experience of the >unecesssary journeys that >are made to allow the so caled free market >economy, which has little to do with acheving happiness.

Solution:

>1.End all new road schemes.

What new road schemes ? There are hardly any of them these days.

>2. Raise fuel and other road to provide sustainable alternatives ie >public transport.

Improve the public transport first, then people will use it in preference anyway.

>3. Encourage new developments to be built around >people not cars.

Not sure what you nmean . Do you mean some pavements and cycle trails instead of just roads like several New Towns (now getting a bit old) like Milton Keynes or Redditch

>4. Travel less, there is much we can see close to home.

Only if you are lucky enough to live in a nice safe, prosperous location with plenty of jobs, good schools, local faclities etc. - not everyone does. I have a fundamental human right of freedom to travel, why would you deny me this ?

>Some of you reading this may think i am challenging "freedom of >choice" i think what you really mean is "Freedom from responsibility >for our environment"

Whose environment ? Yours or mine ? Why do you have more rights to the "environment" than I do ?

>regards

>Jerry (Bristol)

I want to send a brief message to show my support for similar action that happened 5 years ago. But this time I hope it goes further. The general public of this country are squeezed so the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I think it is unbelieve the government do what they like and ignore the needs of the public. I always remember the expenses the politicans get away with (£110,000 each covering there transport expenses etc. etc.) They live like the pigs in animal farm; Blair can afford to buy yet another house, this time one in the Carrabian. This is no democrisy. The public said no to war but we still did. The government needs a big shake up and I think this is probably are only way we can do it.

There seems to be a lot of idiotic tree huggers out there bangging on about how the car is killing the earth and we all need to cut the use of our cars and use public transport. They seem to forget that a train kicks out more pollution per person than a car!

dont hit all the fuel companies, hit the U.S companies.i.e. ESSO because the U.S government can put more pressure on Tony Blair than all the fuel lobby put together. HIT ESSO

Use public trasport are you kidding me, whats the first thing these company's do, yes put there fares up, it costs me £4.80 for my family of four to go from my home to the town (total distance 4 miles) £9.60.
That is why people use there cars, free parking, no standing in freezing cold vanderlised bus shelters, no trying to get on the bus with loads of shopping and a babies pushchair.
I feel sorry for all the people who make there living from transport, and I would volenteer my sevices to help them.
mazza.

@ "jamie" - you are free to object to any "fuel blocades", but you are not free to usie such foul language on this blog

I will do whatever it takes to join the legal protests as a nurse in a special hospital where public transport does not go i can only get there via car my fuel bill has risen from £35 a week to £52 a week lets act now lets act together and let the goverment hear us, all of us. stand by the blockades and let them know we are not happy. good luck and take care Jock

i do about 40,000 business miles a year, i run my own car and claim a mileage allowance, this has stayed at the same rate for the last 3 years unlike the fuel price.I am now $1500 a year worse off. i suppose the mileage allowance wont go up as the company i work for get a tax releif on it. it seems that this government want to have there cake and eat it. Greedy Bas***ds

IT'S THE MOTORIST WHO GETS HIT ALL THE TIME,IF NOT FOR CON CHARGES PARKING FINES,SPEEDING AND OTHER MONEY MAKING IDEAS THAT THE GOVERNMENT MAKE.IT'S THE POOR MOTORIST WHO GET'S MUGGED OUT OF HIS HARD EARND WAGES. (SHAME ON THEM)

Has anyone considered the selfish so called militants will be preventing many self employed people from earning to pay bills?
How many are they prepared to put on the dole to prove a point.

well, the goverment is at it again and so it goes on,people complain it falls on deaf ears ,the same old same old!!its a spiral ,goes up but never comes down ,look forward to 2 quid a litre cos thats the way its going,if they dont stitch you one way they find another to screw you in very quick order

we ought to blockade our local towns and city roads at rush hours for five or ten mins sounding our horns throughout the country on selected days. if the government dont crack then national daily strikes should be held until they do crack. good luck to the truckers.

we ought to blockade our local towns and city roads at rush hours for five or ten mins sounding our horns throughout the country on selected days. if the government dont crack then national daily strikes should be held until they do crack. good luck to the truckers.

Fuel should be expensive and idiots like you blocking it make other people's lives difficult.
If it's so much why do lorry drivers over fill their tanks and cause spillages. Tax them off the road!

a little message to jerry from bristol:
wake up and smell the coffee pal.
its about time that mr brown got hit in the pockets. the treasury has got to be raking in the loot over the recent hikes in fuel, lets have some of it back. ITS OUR MONEY ANYWAY.
the only way this fuel protest is going to work is if everybody stands together on this otherwise, as was said in an earlier blog, look forward to MORE increases.
its about time the cashcow (the motorist) kicked back.
a further note to the nay-sayers:
the truckers bring you your daily bread and all those goodies that you like so much from your supermarket,
us coach drivers take your kids to school, we take a lot of you on your holidays, we help out with your excursions, hen nights, stagnights, rock concerts, football matches and all those other things, what happens if our employers decide they cant afford to pay the prices anymore?
nuff said?
good luck to all involved in the protests, with you in spirit guys

The level of tax on fuel is obscene and must be brought under control. I support initiatives to bring the government to heel.
In the mid 70s we faced an oil crisis and were constantly being told that the oil was running out. The implication was that we would have to switch to alternative forms of fuel. The Green lobby promote a similar argument now but where is the mainstream political will to develop these fuels? The politicians have continued to squeeze industry and the public with high taxes but after 30 years we have little to show for it in terms of fastrack development of alternative fuels such as bio diesel, LPG, solar power and wind power.
Good, reliable and affordable transport and communications are the foundation of any successful economy as any economist worth his salt will confirm. Loss of farming capacity and transport capability will seriously damage this country. Investment is required into combining the roll of the railways and road transport organisations by developing low loaders and trailers to run on both rail and road. Research into new fuels must be accelerated so that alternatives to oil are freely available. LPG should be widely available at fuel stations with tax incentives and grants for conversion of vehicles.
Politicians wake up and extract your digits!!!!!!!

I fully agree with the protests. If I had a truck, I would be right there with them. It stinks. Mr Brown should try fuelling his own car from time to time and picking up the cost himself.

Robin - will you be the first to moan when you can't get supplies in your supermarket? Truckers do a grand job. Have you never overfilled your vehicle by accident?

Crank up the prices I say. Theres too many on the roads right now and mainly due to unnecessary short journeys. ALSO with higher prices those little s*ds in Corsas may think twice before driving round and round and round night after night after night....Sensible usage not reduction in price is the answer!.

I know, scrap fuel tax and have an 'idiot tax' for people like Derek Smalls. Band it on IQ levels and that will compensate for lost revenue. What an idiot, he is probably pro immigration and yet is complaining of to many car drivers. Think silly man, all these extra car drivers come from overseas.

Idiot......

I dont agree with the high price of fuel and it is hitting my business hard. However as a security expert I must question the timing of this action. There can be no doubt that moving so many police to Scotland to cover the G7 gave the July 7th bombers the window of oppertunity to attack. If the police are taken from there duties to cover the planed blockades then we could see more terror and killing on our streets.

Lets all get together and bring down Blair and his nasty goverment

Lets all get together and bring down Blair and his nasty goverment

Bring down the price of fuel, sort Blair out now

We need to educate people as to how the fuel price is calculated. The price consists of 3 parts
1: the liquid
2: fuel duty currently 47.1 pence per litre
3: VAT on both the liquid and the duty

How many people know we are charged value added TAX on top of Petrol Duty TAX.

For a pump price of 80 pence per litre this gives a split of
Liquid - 21 pence
Duty - 47.1 pence
VAT - 11.9 pence

For a pump price of 100 pence per litre this gives a split of
Liquid - 38 pence
Duty - 47.1 pence
VAT - 14.9 pence

The total tax take of duty plus VAT at 80pence is 59 pence but at 100 pence per litre rises to 62 pence
It is correct to say that the percentage of tax to liquid does fall, however the total tax levied has risen.

The Chancellor has foregone the 2p per litre rise in duty, but this has been more than offset by his extra receipts from VAT.

The Government could help but has decided not to and instead engages in spin and bluster to give the impression that the tax has fallen and always quotes percentages. Usually the rate of duty to pump price, it seldom quotes the over all tax take, that to me is the only comparable figure.

On top of this is the North Sea oil taxes - the current budget assumes a rate of US$40 per barrel. With an average of US$53 per barrel this gives an extra £3,000,000,000 to the Chancellor.

It is true to say that the bulk of the cost rise is due to oil prices. It is equally true to say that the government could help - it wont and it cant as there are large holes in the public finances and Mr Blair and Mr Brown must plug these by any means. Road users and fuel users are an easy target.

We all need to spread this message that we are taxed on top of tax.

Taxed for Paying Tax. Brilliant Ian, we as a nation need to wake up, free state, against oppression, we are the most oppressed people in the world, we cant go five minutes without paying tax to our 'leaders', and if we dont? Prison. Now we all know why we pay tax, and it is fair in a sense, but this fuel duty + vat is theft. How does Tony Blair on 120k basic have so many private homes, cars, holidays etc. 120k goes a long way, but not that long. He bought an apartment in Bristol, just for his sons studies whilst at Uni. comon Tony, we are a good people but not as stupid as you would like.

Here we go once again.
Fuel prices too high? Yes.
Government to blame? Yes.
Will Brown bring down tax? No.
Solution! Target each of the big petrol companies one at a time. Start by a general boycott of one big fuel company. When they start to squeal they'll turn on their pals in the government. Then the prices will come down. Once one drops its prices the other big suppliers will have to follow. This way the public doesn't get hurt but the people raking in our money get to suffer. (Fuel card users tell your suppliers you'll cancel their contracts unless they do the decent thing).
All we need is the will to do it. Communicate on the internet which supplier to boycott each week. The papers won't publish it they depend on advertising revenue. It's the only way... use market forces.

labours poll tax....not sustainable....must go!

Why, every time the price of oil is increased, do we also get hit by an accompanying tax hike that goes with it? The oil companies will no doubt announce massively increased obscene levels of billions of pounds profits again this year while the poor people of Europe are persistently bled dry.
When will these so called 'environmentalists' wake up to the fact that the entire world's economy is geared around the internal combustion and jet engine. Oil, the price of it or the lack of it, has the potential to collapse the world's economy. Could they just stop and think what would happen to their own lives if that were ever to happen? Just let them consider what happened in New Orleans with civil disorder, rape, shootings, murders etc after the flood and multiply that by 1000 if the world's economy collapsed. Why don't they ask the dishonourable bunch of politicians at Westminster why they have, and are continuing to drag their feet over promoting bio fuels? We have the facilities in the UK to grow the brassicas and other plants required to make the stuff, and this would no doubt help Britain's beleagured farmers, so why don't they do it? Oil is running out and we need alternatives, but has anyone seen any urgency from the government? I wonder why? Ah yes, it must be the powerful oil lobby! The oil companies can't grow oil seed rape so their profits would suffer drastically! Why is that so important to the politicians? Hmmm.
Also could someone please point out to this Labour government, who contributed to this crisis by their violence towards another sovereign country, that, in the words of the splendid Metric Martyr, Neil Herron, they were elected to serve, not to rule. There's a subtle difference. Phil.

message to phil you got the wrong bloke mate regarding my message Im fully behind the truckers and farmers my message got the wrong name steve. he's your yellow belly obviously he's got more money than sense and can afford to pay obscene high rates of tax.

Have I missed something? I don't recall being asked if I wanted a bunch of fat arsed lorry drivers and a tractor driving farmer to stop me from getting to work this week. Don't presume that you speak for the whole nation - you don't!!! Yeah, fuel prices are way too high and we all know it but the petrol companies are laughing thier cocks off - we're now spending more in a single day than they normally take all week. Filling stations are closed, the public can't get to work and tough f*****g luck if you've got sick or elderly people that rely on you visiting them everyday. Got a hospital appointment that you've waited 6 months for but need to travel to it by car? Well unlucky, you'll have to go back on the waiting list. No my farmer friends - you don't speak on my behalf, nor anyone else I know - and we all live in the countryside, just like you. So ask us before you speak on behalf of everyone - you might be surprised by the response.

How many of the people who have posted a comment here have filled up their petrol / diesel tanks this week as a result of "panic buying" media headlines ?

@ Geoff - but you don't speak for the rest of the country either - this is supposed to be a democracy and my rights are equal to yours.

hi, i am a self employed IT engineer, it would seem that the government are rubbing their hands together as they watch the country go to peices, it seems funny that they would freeze fuel tax, but ony by percentage, not by actual monetary value. The government are watching our country go down the sh**er, but dont seem to care, well, would you if you had their salary? I have had enough, but people dont seem to understand just how bad it is. For example, when the government actually froze fuel tax in april, the price was around 70 or less pence per litre, now it is 95 pence per litre and above. Work it out, the government are getting an extra 10 or so pence per litre than they were in april. Is that a price freeze? maybe the government should have a rethink about what a "tax freeze" actually means. Why should the government get richer and the public suffer when the price rises after a supposed "freeze"

@ Barry - you are not free to threaten people via this blog

Robin you sure have missed something, it's people like you that make this country what it is, a right shambles, what are you a do gooder always looking with tunnel vision and no common sence or are you one of the people with a great sallery that wont miss the odd few pounds extra you have to pay, wake up you idiot, this is not only about trucker and farmer but about us all.
mazza

Andrew
I wasn't aware that suggesting to do to farmers what they quite willingly do to us would be construed as violence.
I also find your willingness to give space to those who encourage us to bring down a democratically elected government by means other that the ballot box a little hard to stomach. Surely this is incitement to break the law and should be condemned
As I said before, this is purely and simply a protest by those who cannot bear the thought that they are no longer in the position of power. They couldn't give a toss for "the little man" - in truth that's all they think we are - insignificant. We are only useful when we can be manipulated to do their dirty work for them.
I'll rephrase my earlier suggestions. Get the freight back on the rails and take away the subsidies from the parasitic farmers and let them earn their livings.

@ Barry - in this sort of debate people will use slightly insulting language or ridicule, which is ok. However when you advocated shooting people, then that is not acceptable here, and is definately illegal.

"They couldn't give a toss for "the little man" - in truth that's all they think we are - insignificant. We are only useful when we can be manipulated to do their dirty work for them."

Sounds like every Government, especially the current Labour one, which only managed to scrape in with 22% of the electorate voting for them.

(I am not Andrew by the way).

I AM A NORMAL EVERYDAY MOTORIST HAVE A READ AND MAKE UP YOUR MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE?????????
DO YOU ALL WANT TO KEEP PAYING MORE AND MORE AT THE PUMPS?????
ALL YOU TRUCKERS, VAN DRIVERS, BUSINESSES, AND ANYONE WHO HAS A CAR SUPPORT EACH OTHER ONE VOICE IS NOT LOUD ENOUGH, 1000 VOICES WILL BE HEARD,
WE CAN'T STAY LIKE THIS,
WE CAN MAKE THEM LISTEN BUT ONLY IF WE ARE ALL AS ONE NATION NOT (HIDING BEHIND CURTAINS )"I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BUT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT" THESE ARE YOUR WORDS,,,,THIS IS WHAT GORDON BROWN IS HOPING YOU WILL DO THATS THE BRITISH WAY LETS GET RID OF THAT MYTH AND DO SOMETHING,THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING TO ME,,,, SHOW GORDON BROWN WE ARE AS ONE AND WE PAY TOO MUCH, THAT IS THIS COUNTRIES PROBLEM WE ARE NOT AS ONE,,,, THIS IS GREAT BRITAIN NOT A LITTLE TINY COUNTRY WE ARE A GREAT COUNTRY AND WE DESERVE BETTER FROM OUR GOVERMENT,,

JOIN THE GO SLOW ON FRIDAY ON THE M4 EVEN IF YOU JOIN IN FOR TEN MILES YOUR TEN MILES WILL BE SEEN AND HEARD BY ALL DON'T JUST SIT AT HOME WAITING FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO,, DO IT FOR YOURSELF STAND YOUR GROUND BE GREAT, GET A REDUCTION ON OUR FUEL TAX,THREATS THAT HAULIERS WILL LOOSE THERE LICENCE IS WRONG WE ARE NOT IN COMUNIST STATE,,,THEY ARE NOT JUST KILLING HAULIERS THEY ARE KILLING THE EVERYDAY DRIVER TOO,,,,BE THE BACKBONE OF BRITAIN AND JOIN THE PROTEST DON'T JUST SIT THERE,,,IF JUST 1 CAR FROM EACH STREET JOINS IN THEN LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON GOOD OLD GORDON,, HE WILL HAVE TO LISTEN,,,,,, COME ON YOU WELSH ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH HELP EACH OTHER AND JOIN THE GO SLOW,,,,REMEMBER JUST 1 CAR FROM EACH STREET AND IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE,,,TRY IT AND SEE!!!!!!!!!!!LETS GET OUR TAXES DOWN YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO,,,,,,,,
COME ON JOIN US,tracey.wales@ntlworld.com CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL,

Well "I am not Andrew by the way" please remember that the nearest contender only attracted a paltry 20.18% of the electorate with their alternative plans - so live with it.
Personally I believe that Blair is the biggest waste of space this country has had to suffer since Thatcher, but my beef is against the "fuel protesters" who wish to use the type of tactics of civil disruption that they were baying for Thatcher to smash at all costs when carried out by elected Trade Unions. Who elected these bigots to speak on my behalf - certainly not me. I have to laugh when I hear dole queue scroungers condemned as being people who want "something for nothing" and yet people who want to pay less or no tax and still expect a government to keep a country afloat, are held up a champions of our rights. Can you honestly tell me that if the government were to reduce the tax on agricultural diesel that the farmers would hold out for "justice for all" - no, they would off to the shires and bugger the rest of us. All of a sudden "fuel protesters" would become a cancer in our society that should be removed. Please everybody, don't be hoodwinked by these people, they are using you and will dump you like a hot brick when it suits them. Sermon over.

Are you out there Andrew Spence ?
Are you the same Andrew Spence who was going to take a back seat in all this?
The same Andrew Spence who was going to stand for that well loved party UKIP ?
Are you the same ignorant farmer who fails to string two coherent sentences together when your half-assed politically motivated ideals are questioned ?
Please don't fail us now Andrew - a nation awaits your explanation for the debacle which was labelled as a protest to make the government sit up and take notice. I doubt they even woke up.
Go back to Little England and dream of what will never be again - loser !

Yes, this is a democracy, you have the absolute right to air your views and have your say but you don't have the right to change the way others go about thier business as a result of your actions. You don't represent the nation as a whole and can't therefore expect the support of everyone. There are other ways to bring down fuel prices without hurting ourselves. Don't buy from Esso or BP for the rest of the year and force them to drop the prices at the pumps...the rest will follow suit. Every time we have industrial action or protests we only hurt ourselves (yes, I've stood on picket lines in the past so I know a bit about it). And forgive the anger but don't presume to have the support of all the country. you don't and you won't as long as you cause disruption to normal people.

Yes Jed, where is he ?
Did you see him on TV yesterday ? What a great leader of a cause he is. It was worth the licence fee to watch his face as his great attempt at bringing down "this labour government" went down the toilet.
I would happily pay even more for petrol if they were to use the money to ship him and his like off to an island where they can all play at being Napoleon. What an arse !!!

can anyone out there tell me why allbritish oil has to go across the atlantic to the yanks before it comes to britain are we paying fore its transport back and forward acoss the water

I have been reading all these past protest,I would dearly love for everyone to come together on this fuel thing,we have to do something about it,it is getting to the point of very dangerous for all of us,we cant afford these prices,rising every week or every four to five days here in the US,This has to STOP,we ALL NEED TO DO SOMETHING,the goverment is getting rich off of us and lieing about a shortage here in the US,there is no shortage.My Dad was a oil man,or worked as one,and he said this would all come about some day,he knew for a fact that they drill and cover the wells for future us.Well its time to wake up and pull the blinds off.Lets stand together or we will all be without.

listeN peope its 18th jan 2011

no one is listening in government they WONT do anything

national fuel protest strike day everyone it effects ALL CITIZENS DRIVERS SHOPPERS PENIONERS LORRY VAN DRIVER SELF EMPLOYED FARMERS

29TH APRIL 2010 NATIONAL STRIKE BY ALL DRIVERS EVERY VEHICE LALL OVER THE UK


LETS TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK

READ THS ABOVE ARTICLE

THE UK MUPPET GOVERNMENT CANT DO JACK

SO LETS DO IT FOR THEM

COMMON WAKE WAKE UP ITS TIME

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For a country with North Sea Oil and Gas,why are fuel prices so expensive in the United Kingdom ?

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Consumer Focus - the former Energy Watch independent watchdog for gas and electricity consumers has been amalgamted into Consumer Focus

The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets - the regulator for Britain's gas and electricity industries.

Department of Energy and Climate Change

The Government Department which is supposed to be coming up with and implementing some sort of strategic Energy Policy for the United Kingdom, was shunted off in October 2008 into the newly created Department of Energy and Climate Change, to make way for the return of the twice disgraced Peter Mandleson's return to the Cabinet.

The useless Minister put in charge was Ed Miliband, the younger brother of the equally useless, yet ambitious, Foreign Secretary David Miliband (another example of NuLabour nepotism). - It turns out that both brothers were ambitious for power and Ed Miliband is now the Leader of the Labour party, which is proving to be as incompetent in regard to Energy Policy and Fuel Prices in Opposition, as it was when in power.

The lack of continuity of Ministers in charge of this department has continued under the Coalition, with the Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne resigning to clear his name of driving offence allegations.

The Ministerial team who might make announcements about Energy Policy, or who will be flying off at public expense, to international conferences etc. representing the UK, and who you might wish to write to or lobby in person, are:

So far, these Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition government politicians have not been much of an improvement over their incompetent and authoritarian Labour predecessors.

DECC Contact Us web page.

Department of Energy and Climate Change
3 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2HD

General enquiries:
0300 060 4000
[standard national rate)

Email: correspondence@decc.gsi.gov.uk

"Enquiries from journalists should always be directed to the DECC Press Office, either as per the IPO Directory (White Book) or via the Enquiry Unit on 0300 060 4000. The out-of-hours number for urgent press enquiries is 020 7215 3505."

The top civil servant is the Permanent Secretary Moira Wallace
email: perm.sec@decc.gsi.gov.uk

The DECC Corporate Governance page list some more of the top civil servants and publishes reports about some of their foreign trips and expenses paid by th etax payer.

N.B. these do not reveal all the extremely rich Energy Company vested interest lobbying activity which obviously influences them more than the plight of the log suffering general public.

Protest Website Links

Fuel Tax Protest - low turnout protests in 2005

Farmers for Action some of the organisers of the fuel protests in 2000

Road Haulage Association

Fuelprotest.com online petition

Fuel Website Links

Automobile Association summary of UK and Oversease fuel prices

Rip-Off Britain

Fuel Industry Links

UK Petroleum Industry Association - made up of the 9 companies the main oil refineries in the UK.

UK Petroleum Industry Association Ltd,
Quality House
Quality Court Tel: 020 7269 7600
E-mail: info@ukpia.com
www.ukpia.com

BP Oil UK Ltd, Witan Gate House, 500/ 600 Witan Gate, Milton Keynes, MK9 1ES
Tel: 01908 853000,
www.bp.com

ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Centre, 2 Kingmaker Court, Warwick Technology Park, Warwick CV34 6DB
Tel: 01926 404000
www.conocophillips.co.uk

Esso UK Ltd, ExxonMobil House, Ermyn Way, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8UX
Tel: 01372 222000
www.exxonmobil.co.uk

Ineos Refining, INEOS Group Ltd., Hawkslease, Chapel Lane, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7FG
Tel: 0238 0287067
www.ineosrefining.com

Murco Petroleum Ltd, 4 Beaconsfield Road, St.Albans, AL1 3RH
Tel: 01727 892400
www.murco.co.uk

Petroplus UK, St. Mark`s Court, Teesdale, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 6QW
Tel: 01642 736101
www.petroplusholdings.co.uk

Shell UK Ltd, Shell Centre, York Road, London SE1 7NA
Tel: 020 7257 3000
www.shell.co.uk

ChevronTexaco Ltd, 1 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London E14 4HA
Tel: 020 7719 3000
www.texaco.com

Total UK Ltd, 40 Clarendon Road, Watford WD1 2TQ
Tel: 01923 694000
www.total.com

Energy Networks Association represents the licensed gas and electricity transmission and distribution companies in the UK.

ENA member companies

Blog Links

Spy Blog - civil liberties, security, privacy, technology, legislation

Global Guerrillas - John Robb

NuLabour blog

ParliamentProtest.org.uk blog - opposition to the curtailment of peacefule demonstrations and protests around Parliament and Whitehall and beyond.

Hints and Tips for Whistleblowers and Political Dissidents

The hints and tips below are just as important to anybody organising a peaceful Fuel Protest, as they are to other people who might come under UK Government or Multinational Corporation surveillance for their political activties.

Please take the appropriate precautions if you are planning to blow the whistle on shadowy and powerful people in Government or commerce, and their dubious policies. The mainstream media and bloggers also need to take simple precautions to help preserve the anonymity of their sources e.g. see Spy Blog's Hints and Tips for Whistleblowers - or use this easier to remember link: http://ht4w.co.uk

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