You usually find that the more affluent an area the higher the petrol price.

Yep thats a given. But as I do not drive and slightly off topic I wonder why free range large eggs are so expensive at Tescos.

It makes you think what are they feeding the hens on doesn't it ?

The garage on Leigh road added 2p on fuel at 10.30pm on new years eve well before any other garage.
Fuel has risen from about 95p ( diesel ) in 2007 a litre to todays ave £1.32.
Funny thats a rise of 12p per litre before the general election whenBy Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor 11

So for all the people that voted for the Tories and Lib Dems yet another manifesto lie .

We had fuel protests then so why are we putting up with it now ?

2011 Fuel Tax Figures
A 0.76p increase on the 1st January 2011 brought the duty rate for the main road fuels up to 58.95p per litre. This coincided with the 2.5% increase in VAT rate, which is now at record high of 20%

Oh by the way. Duty on fuel goes up again in April.

This email is doing the rounds again seems a good idea to me although I’d say boycott all the major companies.

The Watcher knows that if HMRC did not get the money from petrol tax then it would get it from somewhere else. The Government requires X amount of £`s to run the country, that figure will not alter if petrol tax is reduced. It will be time to worry when petrol becomes the same price as lager per gallon.

With inflation rising rapidly and economic growth in reverse the next step is a rise in interest rate to make the rich richer.

Something must be done to protect the working class people that drive this country.
Immigration is bleeding this country dry and none of the political parties have the bottle to address it.

Fuel will be £1.50 a gallon to compensate for the above before the summer.

The Watcher for one hopes it is £1:50 a gallon in summer.

Curb immigration and petrol prices will plummet ?


Surprised thats not been tried before.

Not often I'll agree with our 3rd person poster , but he is right , if we all bought electric cars tomorrow , they would put up road tax to £ 1,500 the day after , they need the same amount of money to run the country

If we all fitted windmills and solar panels overnight , they would have to find another way to bring in all the tax they get from the sale of Electricity

That's just the way it is

Do they make a merc vito van that runs on leccy yet.

I love the way people complain about the gov't "robbing us blind with taxes" (on pertol or whatever else) but never moan about central funding provided for free health care, free education or the social welfare system?!

As far as I am aware there's no law forcing anyone who is here to stay in the country ... you're always welcome to go live somewhere that has lower fuel prices?

theres a bit more than fuel prices that keeps people here,