Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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Just recieved this via email
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Dear Steve,
Last week I was informed that a group called Transaction 2007 had plans this weekend to release a statement announcing some kind of protest action relating to the price of fuel in the UK. I have just read a statement published on their web site in which they have confirmed that they are going to organise legal protest action, and that it could begin as early as this Wednesday.
I have got more on the PetrolPrices.com blog about this:
http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/petrol-price-protests-planned-for-this-wednesday-86.html
We will of course be following the story as it unfolds next week to keep you informed. If you want to express your opinion about the plans you can do so on our blog, as always, by leaving your comments and voting in our polls.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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I'm all for it!
Will be filling up tomorrow though  I use a tank Monday to Friday and then a few quid over the weekends. Gonna cause me some problems but this needs to be done!
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Take some politician hostage, they will listen then 
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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I'm getting fuel tomorrow 
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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Think i'll fill the work vans up tomorrow too 
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Thinking about things 'outside the box' - Petrol doesnt really go up all that much more than other stuff you buy. Its the ammount of duty & tax that pisses folk off, thats the angle that should be pressurised into being reduced. Whats a road blockage actually going to achieve excent serious inconvinience for the general working class. Kind of pisses me off this, If you dont like the cost of petrol then stop buying it, move your businesses out of this country, stop paying your taxes. Te k'ents will listen then!
[Edited on 09-12-2007 by Colin]
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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It's to the point now where i wouldn't have a car if i didn't need one just because of the fuel costs. I need my car to get to work and back as there is no direct train link.
I hardly go out anywhere now because i refuse to pay fuel costs.
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: North London
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Point 1.
Id like to see this actually happening..... errr year right
Point 2.
Is it actually going to achieve anything if it does happen errr...... no
ohh btw bring it on, i actually dont mind as i work in a tesco fuel station and this would really come in handy for dosing about
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Fuck that id be lost without a car!! If it gets that bad i'll bin living in the UK before I bin my right to drive!!
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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If my local petrol station is blocked off by some fuckers in lorries, I'll be quite annoyed
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Nothing major will ever happen, the government wont budge, their full of shit & would be financially fucked if they couldnt screw the motorist.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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didn't they make it illegal to block fuel transporters from getting their fuel to the shops?
i just filled up today so i ain't bothered. if people are so bothered about it, don't pay it. no one's forcing you too.
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MikeD
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Registered: 18th Aug 02
Location: Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
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Even if it did happen it would acheive sweet FA, because people will panic buy so petrol stations will have a busy 1 day then a few quiet ones and probably still make the same amount of money.
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sam-smith
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Registered: 8th Jan 07
Location: plymouth, UK
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ill be glad of it in a way.
id just walk in with a gerry can haha. stop me doing that!
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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We have no control over the government. I've said it before and will continue to say it, i blaim all these on benefits screwing the system. They are lapping up our hard earned taxes. Then they take more and more taxes on our purchases and fuel.
If it wasn’t for my family i’d of left this country a few months back when i was offered a job at Barclays in the Isle of Man.
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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I filled up tonight, so im fine
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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oh ffs, hope they dont bother round here, my light came on tonight a few miles from home and i couldnt be arsed getting out in the cold to fill it up 
edit - so there doing it weds? be reet.
[Edited on 09-12-2007 by Adam_B]
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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Pay for the oil or stop using your fucking car,dont spoil it for the rest by denying us fuel.
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Ben ev
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: kingslynn / torquay
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Nothing major will ever happen, the government wont budge, their full of shit & would be financially fucked if they couldnt screw the motorist.
aye men to that
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Jenko_Sport
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Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Yes fuel prices are on the increase but come on people whats a couple of pence extra.
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
Location: Cambridgeshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
Yes fuel prices are on the increase but come on people whats a couple of pence extra.
It's made a tank for the Laguna go from £63 to £68.
If I was still running the 306, it'd 9 pence per litre more, which isn't a matter of a couple of pence.
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
Location: Kingston upon Hull
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quote:
Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
Yes fuel prices are on the increase but come on people whats a couple of pence extra.
well 4 yrs ago i could fill up my car up for £27, now its over £40, which is a weeks worth, so an extra £52 a mnth lol
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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i don't really notice a difference tbh.
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Jenko_Sport
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Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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If you cant afford to put fuel in your car dont drive, quite a simple one realy that
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Ben ev
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: kingslynn / torquay
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but were will the line be drawn? effectively fuel charges could reach £5/l and people will still pay because they need to drive end of. surely it cant get to those levels though??
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