Archives
- 2012.03.31: Politicians and media hype cause panic buying of petrol and diesel even before the threatened tanker drivers' strike
- 2011.03.01: The Independent: Petrol price surges to 130p a litre
- 2010.04.10: £1.20 per litre of petrol - do not vote for any politicians who refuse to reduce this record price
- 2009.11.08: Mail on Sunday: "British diesel tax is highest in Europe" - remember VAT goes back up in January
- 2009.10.18: Why are the Climate Camp Protestors not lobbying the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate on London, instead of fighting the Police in Ratcliffe-on-Soar ?
- 2009.08.08: More petrol price rises, but no action from Ed Miliband
- 2009.04.02: Fuel Duty up 2p a litre on 1st April, again - remember who to blame at the 4th June elections
- 2009.02.02: Will "British Jobs for British Workers" walkouts disrupt energy supplies ?
- 2008.11.24: Fuel Duty increases wipe out saving from temporarily reduced VAT
- 2008.08.01: BBC: Q and A: Future of British Energy - Gordon Brown's Nuclear Power station plans in disarray
- 2008.07.16: The Times: Alistair Darling scraps 2p fuel duty rise
- 2008.07.07: Conservative party "Fair Fuel Stabiliser" consultation
- 2008.07.03: The Times: Brown pre-empts Darling with signal that fuel duty rise will not go ahead
- 2008.07.01: Fuel protest in central London tomorrow Wednesday 2nd July
- 2008.06.23: Gordon Brown's pointless trip to Jeddah
- 2008.06.10: Emergency procedures ahead of Shell fuel tanker drivers strike - "Don't Panic ! Mr. Mainwaring"
- 2008.06.05: Manchester motorbike motorway fuel protests - ok media coverage but far less than if it had been around Whitehall and Downing Street
- 2008.05.30: The Sun: Pumped dry UK sick of fuel tax - are you "listening" yet Gordon and Alistair ?
- 2008.05.28: Yesterdays fuel protests got good media coverage, but still no action from the Government, and there were electricty power cuts
- 2008.05.25: Slightly better political timing for the next Fuel Protest this Tuesday 27th May
- 2008.05.02: Strangely timed fuel protest at oil refinery in Cheshire
- 2008.04.29: The Times: Noisy fuel price protests in central London
- 2008.04.24: Daily Mail: Panic at the pumps: Soaring petrol prices and fuel rationing introduced to prevent garage droughts
- 2008.04.15: BBC: Oil price hits $113. 93 a barrel
- 2007.12.10: Fuel Protests called for Saturday 15th December 2007 at 10:00am
- 2007.11.12: Talk of "go slow" convoy protests against the fuel tax duty increase, again
- 2007.10.01: Fuel Duty up by 2p per litre
- 2007.09.13: Crude Oil price exceeds $80 a barrel
- 2007.07.22: The Independent: Energy firms threaten legal action over fuel poverty
- 2007.07.08: Who is meant to be in charge of Energy Policy now ?
- 2006.09.25: Oil prices fall to below $60 a barrel, again
- 2006.07.13: DTI Energy review now published
- 2006.07.13: Guess what - record oil prices - again
- 2006.04.19: Oil at over $71 a barrel
- 2006.02.18: BBC: British Gas raises prices by 22%
- 2006.01.23: Is the DTI Energy consultation genuine, or just for the sake of appearances ?
- 2005.12.31: What is the UK Government doing about the Russian / Ukrainian gas pipeline crisis ?
- 2005.11.18: Wholesale Gas prices double in a week
- 2005.11.12: Npower gas and electricity prices up by 15%
- 2005.09.20: Gordon Brown's naive pleading to OPEC
- 2005.09.17: BBC: Branson hopes to build refinery
- 2005.09.16: BBC: 'Huge support' for M4 fuel action
- 2005.09.14: BBC: Low turnout for fuel tax protests
- 2005.09.14: Fuel Protests start today - is the UK Treasury listening ?
- 2005.09.12: The Times: Protest hauliers warned that they may lose licences
- 2005.09.12: BBC :'Extra days' of fuel tax protests
- 2005.09.11: Independent on Sunday: Secret plan to ration fuel on the forecourt - will this spark off panic buying ?
- 2005.09.10: BBC: British Gas prices to rise 14%
- 2005.09.07: BBC: Further fuel protests threatened
- 2005.08.25: The Guardian: Oil prices top $68 a barrel
- 2005.08.22: Tim Worstall: Should We Have a Petrol Boycott?
- 2005.08.12: The Guardian: Oil prices hit new heights
- 2005.07.05: BBC: " Fuel duty increase delayed again"
- 2005.07.03: Carbon Units - fuel rationing and privacy invasion all in one new tax ?
- 2005.06.24: BBC: Oil price hits $60 for second day
- 2005.06.05: Alistair Darling's satellite mass surveillance road toll plans - allegedly "revenue neutral"
- 2005.06.04: Are Fuel Protests now feared to be illegal ?
- 2005.05.09: Sellafield THORP reprocessing plant leak destroys nuclear cleanup budget
- 2005.04.29: Road Haulage Association protest at BP Grangemouth refinery
- 2005.04.26: Fuel protests at oil refineries in Stanlow, Milford Haven and Fawley
- 2005.04.25: Farmers for Action picket oil refinery in Cheshire
- 2005.04.22: Fuel protests at the G8 summit ?
- 2005.04.22: Fuel tax protests before Polling Day
- 2005.04.15: "Stay at home Sunday" Fuel Protest ?
- 2005.04.08: BBC: " UK petrol prices hit record high" - surely there should be some protests during the General Election period ?
- 2005.04.08: New restrictions on protests and demonstrations around Parliament are now law
- 2005.04.04: Record oil prices, again
- 2005.03.17: Brent crude oil price now over $53 a barrel
- 2005.03.14: Pre-Budget leak - Chancellor Gordon Brown to freeze excise duty on petrol
- 2005.02.04: £9.4 billion profits for Shell
- 2005.01.30: OPEC approves $50 per barrel - weak US currency
- 2004.11.02: Powergen raises gas and electricity prices yet again
- 2004.10.11: US light sweet crude $53.67, Brent crude £50 a barrel
- 2004.10.07: New York crude oil $53 , Brent $49.20 a barrel
- 2004.10.06: Oil price hits $51 a barrel
- 2004.09.25: Record oil prices - yet again
- 2004.08.21: People's Fuel Lobby considering protest action
- 2004.08.19: US light crude $48.20 a barrel, London Brent $43.80 a barrel
- 2004.08.09: Record crude oil prices - again
- 2004.08.03: Record oil prices: NewYork $44.24 Brent crude $40.25
- 2004.07.31: Will new laws against animal extremists actually be used against Fuel Tax Protestors ?
- 2004.07.28: Oil price $43 dollars a barrel
- 2004.07.20: Fuel Tax rise scrapped ?
- 2004.06.30: Why is unleaded petrol or diesel still 82p a litre ?
- 2004.06.29: Oil price down slightly to $36 per barrel
- 2004.06.15: Edinburgh fuel protest
- 2004.06.15: Terrorist attacks stop Iraqui oil exports
- 2004.06.15: Oil price rises increase UK inflation rate
- 2004.06.10: Supermarket fuel price reductions
- 2004.06.06: ICM Opinion Poll in the Sunday Telegraph claims majority of the UK people support Fuel Tax protests
- 2004.06.05: Fuel Tax protest on 15th June in Edinburgh still to go ahead.
- 2004.06.05: Fuel Tax Protest groups versus Environment Minister Elliot Morley
- 2004.06.05: Environment lobby reiterate support for high fuel taxes
- 2004.06.04: Fuel tax protests postponed but not cancelled
- 2004.06.04: Farmers for Action give Gordon Brown a bit more time to act on Fuel Tax
- 2004.06.02: Michael Howard support for "peaceful fuel protests" ?
- 2004.06.01: $42 dollars a barrel
- 2004.06.01: Oil price speculation - cause or effect of terrorism ?
- 2004.05.30: How is the price of oil linked to terrorist attacks ?
- 2004.05.29: Fuel Protests on June 9th ?
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