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Originally Posted by terry.sc
Remember the highest fuel duty we have ever paid was when the tories were in power, they are all as bad as each other. Duty has been dropping as a percentage ever since, most of the fuel costs is due to the oil companies, and they are all struggling to survive aren't they.  |
you can still buy fuel cheaper than water.... and considering what it goes through before it gets to the pumps, it isn't bad.... it is the fact that the government still has you over the barrel and are due to stick another 2p tax on it (plus the added VAT that the 2p induces).
As for fuel, the Labour party weren't exactly keen to drop the Fuel Escelator that the Conservatives brought in..... and as a fact, when I started riding a motorbike, it was £1.65 a gallon. I also think that if they went back to measuring payment in gallons, it would shock more people, as a 2p tax hike would stick up petrol by 9p a gallon....
Just remember, as an owner of a vehicle, you are an easy cash cow for the chancellor.