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ARE WE BEING RIPPED OFF OVER FUEL COSTS?

PRICEY: Diesel prices have soared but are we being ripped off?

Tuesday April 29,2008

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BRITISH motorists are being ripped off by “profiteering” oil companies – and the Government.

Together they are making millions of pounds from the soaring price of petrol and diesel.

While drivers are struggling to meet the rocketing costs of filling their cars each week, BP and Shell are set to announce staggering profit increases of up to 45 per cent.

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At the same time, the Government is raking in an extra £123million a month in VAT compared to this time last year from drivers stung by petrol and diesel increases.

How much do you pay for a tank of petrol and do you think it's a fair price?

What SHOULD the Government be doing to bring fuel costs down for motorists?

Are we being RIPPED OFF?

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ARE WE BEING RIPPED OFF OVER FUEL COSTS?

15.05.08, 4:36am

of course we are we are ripped off over everything,look all this crap about how good brown was just think if you ran your house like it but hey no problem if we short we just more cash from employer say another £200 a week this is just what gordan the great does he does not manage anything he just taxes more any fool can do that borrow and tax now a good one manages what he has but he has a problem there as all mp do not live in the real world they ripping off us to buy second homes and all the rest of the fiddles so a tax rise does not affect them just us and lets face it all this crap about representing us just what is a mp who supports us against party called yes a rebel a rebel if they support the public so as i say its party first country second after all we need three line whips and threats in this democracy come of it lets face it they know they con the public they just getting more contempt as they know therse a vast amount of fools out there who vote party no matter what we get what the majority of morons vote on us and they know it so we keep getting ripped off

• Posted by: notasucker • Report Comment

AND ANOTHER THING...

09.05.08, 2:32pm

If four of you share a taxi, you can travel anywhere in the country far cheaper than any public transport.

• Posted by: Zeigfreid • Report Comment

I AGREE WITH PART OF WHAT VINCE SAID...

09.05.08, 2:30pm

Yes, why do people own cars that have 3 litres and larger engines? Why do people drive cars that do over 150 MPH when the national speed limit is 70?

However, let us spare a thought for folk who do not live in the centre of London which, is the vast majority of people of whom, a car is a necessity rather than a luxury. We simply cannot afford to travel by public transport and if fuel doubles in price, it will still be cheaper by car. If you have one passenger, the price is halved and with a full car, your price is quartered. Four people travelling from London to Cornwall by train will cost £400 but by car, it works out to about £30 to £40 and the car makes door to door service. There is no contest, you cannot uninvent the car or people's freedom.

• Posted by: Zeigfreid • Report Comment

CORRECTION TO OH YES!

05.05.08, 12:50pm

I should have written $10 not £10 a gallon in the South of England

• Posted by: RichardDeCorve • Report Comment

OH YES!

05.05.08, 12:46pm

I have just come back fro Panama a country unlike us that has to import 100% of its fuel and it cost $3.80 or £2 a gallon including State tax unlike the equivalent price of £10 per gallon in the South of England.
With Brown taking some 80% of the price here in tax just shows how horiffic the cost is to us long suffering tax payers to fund Browns wasteful policies
He is a disaster as was Blair a disgrace to competence and common sense.
But why should he apply commonsense when he has used a chaffeur driven limo for the past 11 years paying not one penny for his fuel, so why should he give a fig for what we pay?

• Posted by: RichardDeCorve • Report Comment

GREAT OIL ROBEERY!

02.05.08, 9:14am

The government is a major partner in this great oil robbery and looting the motorist with every conceivable stealth taxes including use of old, rusty dodgy vans with speed/traffic cameras.

The local councils have been given draconian powers to raise money so that the central government can keep the part of the money that has to be given to the councils.

The multinational organisations, which now have most of those retired, corrupt politicians on their board of directors are "legally" looting the public and causing the inflation.

There is now a desparate need to form a ANTI-CORRUPTION PARTY to expose these thieves and mafia gangsters.

• Posted by: Nalin • Report Comment