Reply to: Brown's plan for the cost of petrol

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I'm not sure how this works, but what i don't understand is that surely if the petrol prices go up so does the tax, so why the need of increasing it by 2p when in fact you're getting the 2p, if not more, already?

Only the VAT bit automatically rises as it's a percentage - the other bit is a fixed value per litre.

[zathras]

He's going to ask the oil companies to do something to reduce the price, get the kudos for that, and then add the 2p in fuel duty afterwards. I reckon.

Linky

Brown's real plan

1. find sandpit

2. Dig hole

3. Bend over (no not for that!)

4. Lower head into hole

5. Cover with sand

Meanwhile Alaistair Darling is still digging his hole

[Churchill]

I'm not sure how this works, but what i don't understand is that surely if the petrol prices go up so does the tax, so why the need of increasing it by 2p when in fact you're getting the 2p, if not more, already?

They want more!!!!!!!!

[Sockpuppet]

I hate to have to say this, but under New Liebour the percentage of tax is 66%. Under the Tories it was 76%. Thank God for New Liebour is all I can say.

I really hope that is saccasm or you just don't understand percentage over base calculations.

[Jammy B*st*rd]

I'm not sure how this works, but what i don't understand is that surely if the petrol prices go up so does the tax, so why the need of increasing it by 2p when in fact you're getting the 2p, if not more, already?

[Moscow Mule]

When I was last in the USA you had to pay before filling - or use the card thing in the pump - would that be so difficult to do?

Local Tesco has pay at pump. You have to press a button telling them you want to pay inside, at which point I assume it takes a lovely high-res mug-shot.

[Ardesco]

So, that's the first 90p accounted for. What about the other 30p?

That's an image from 2005 (bottom right corner)

[Peoplesoft bloke]

There is a new stinger device. Installed at 10 petrol forecourts in the UK. Including one half a mile from me. Guess which one has had the only attempted drive off since the system was installed?

When I was last in the USA you had to pay before filling - or use the card thing in the pump - would that be so difficult to do?

[BrilloPad]

Here's an idea, why don't we all buy a banger, drive them all down to London, dump them and gridlock the city?

I organized that in Feb 2005. I had a list of 100 committed activists who would do "anything". In the end only 12 went ahead with it!

What amazed me is how easy it is - loads of garages have cars they want to sell for a few quid. Wear driving gloves (no finger prints). Park car, remove key, add steering lock, bit of oil on the road. Lovely jubly.

[BrilloPad]

There's an article in today's Mail (a copy of which I flick through in reception in the lunch hour) that garages are seeing a sudden surge in the number of people filling with small amounts of petrol and driving off forecourts without paying. Needless to say the police don't give a toss.

But as more and more garages in London have closed down anyway, to make way for new office blocks, it can't be long before running out of petrol while driving becomes more frequent too, which will lead to more traffic jams (and thus more irate motorists, also driving on empty half the time, running out of petrol and so on .. ).

There is a new stinger device. Installed at 10 petrol forecourts in the UK. Including one half a mile from me. Guess which one has had the only attempted drive off since the system was installed?

[Marina]

There's an article in today's Mail (a copy of which I flick through in reception in the lunch hour) that garages are seeing a sudden surge in the number of people filling with small amounts of petrol and driving off forecourts without paying. Needless to say the police don't give a toss.

But as more and more garages in London have closed down anyway, to make way for new office blocks, it can't be long before running out of petrol while driving becomes more frequent too, which will lead to more traffic jams (and thus more irate motorists, also driving on empty half the time, running out of petrol and so on .. ).

[Churchill]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl...cing/img/1.jpg

It's for the environment!!!
Think of the Children!!!
Oh the humanity!

Here's an idea, why don't we all buy a banger, drive them all down to London, dump them and gridlock the city?

They want to tax us out of our cars, let's show them.

[Cheshire Cat]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl...cing/img/1.jpg

So, that's the first 90p accounted for. What about the other 30p?

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl...cing/img/1.jpg

[Cheshire Cat]

I'm joining the "poodling along in the slow lane in front of lorries" movement. I'll start next time I hit the M40.