everybody is just accepting it and it just costs too much to travel to work and by the end of the month there is no money to play with because its all been taken in tax and travel to work costs - they say the economy is good but surely only the management is really making money the workers in shops and factories are just existing and not living
2006-08-06 23:57:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
What people SHOULD do is not buy BP fuel...
These back the government with ££'s
Once THEY the petroleum company see we wont buy their product.. THEY will force the TAX on fuel to drop,
ELSE THEY WILL NOT BACK LABOUR etc etc...
2006-08-07 00:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by Banderes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember anyone that went on 'strike' but I do remember some kind of 'boycott' of petrol stations.
We have a system at work called 'Car Share'. You team up with a work buddy who lives in the same area as you and you travel into work together. Instant saving of 50% in your petrol bills, you drive one week, they drive the next. Pick up another colleague along the way and your travel to work cost has reduced to 33.333% of what it used to be. Simple really!!
OK it may take a bit more 'organising' in the first instance but once you get it sorted then there's no problem. Try it for a month and let us know how you get on/how much money you saved.
2006-08-07 07:13:51 · answer #2 · answered by Pete Sweet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason for strikes in 2000 was that it was a popular protest set up by the Farmers for Action group backed by the UK Conservative Party, but following the 2005 general election and the new leadership of David Cameron, it has been decided not to pursue the issue this far out from a general election (2009/10)
2006-08-08 12:49:48 · answer #3 · answered by Harry Hayfield 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody went on strike. What happened was some lorry drivers blockaded petrol terminals to prevent deliveries of pertol to petrol stations. It wasn't very effective, all it achieved was it freaked people out and made them panic buy. That's why they won't be doing it again. The government needs to reduce the tax on it. We pay more than any other country in Europe for Diesel, and we are second most expensive for Unleaded, most of it is tax.
2006-08-07 07:05:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get used to it because the top 20% are going through a gilded age while the other 80% are becoming poor
2006-08-07 10:11:47 · answer #5 · answered by Igor Jivatofski 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't do a lot of good last time so there may not be the will to do it again.
2006-08-07 07:01:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the people who organised the blockade, said they wont do it again as its pointless, government will not change its position on the amount of tax it puts on fuel.
2006-08-07 07:02:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody has had a quiet word.
2006-08-07 10:41:59 · answer #8 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-07 07:15:15 · answer #9 · answered by Raman K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋