Now that petrol and diesel are through the roof at over £5 a gallon I've noticed that as more and more car drivers are unable to afford to keep their tanks filled, more of them are driving everywhere at 40 mph or less in an attempt to conserve fuel. We are all becoming "trumblies".
This is increasing both journey times and the level of frustration. It is to be hoped that the Government will get the message being driven home through the current on-road protest by truck drivers that something needs to be done about the huge percentage of the fuel price at the pumps being taken in tax. We are, I think, the most heavily fuel taxed country in Europe.
Haulage companies are going out of business, and the cost of moving foodstuffs and other goods around the country is pushing up the price of everything.
On the subject of taxes I am sure we are all now wondering why our hard-earned cash is being used to fund the outrageous expense demands of Members of Parliament. Thanks to pressure exerted under the Freedom of Information Act we now know for the first time that our money is being used to fund (apparently legitimately) the most ridiculous things, such as installation of pergolas in gardens, mortgage interest payments on second homes that don't even have a mortgage, painting of second homes, maintenance of lawns and hedges, Sky TV subscriptions, and the employment of partners and relatives as Parliamentary Assistants. I'm not saying MPs don't do any work, but they do get paid handsomely for the privilege of representing us and I don't see why we should also be subsidising their additional luxuries. Next time some candidate or other canvasses me on my doorstep I shall demand to know what specific lifestyle extras he or she expects me to be funding if he or she is elected.
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When light crude when up to over 130 dollars a barrel,pump prices were 134 per litre.The prices went up like lighting. Now light crude as gone down to just over 100 dollars per barrel, yet the pump prices have only gone down to 124 per litre. It very one sided is it not,all speed a head to put the price up but when its time to bring it down no one once to know. There are barrels by the million, millions of heavey crude ,but thats not wanted.Oh it costs far to much to refine the companies say,we will use that when we find a cheaper way to refine it.Why is it that Wilkinson's shops last year were selling white spirit and turpintine for 150p a litre now its 240p.This is only subject to VAT not what they put on road fuel,do you get the feeling that this is just one big CON.
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