what do you think about fuel costs in the uk?

Question

I THINK ITS ABOUT TIME WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS TO TRAVEL CHEAPLY

Answer 1

F####NG RIDICULOUS!
but then again we're taxed to the hilt on every bloody thing in britain.sod it i've had enough i'm buggering off abroad to find a nice little tax haven and live happily ever after!!

Answer 2

Please allow a dissenting opinion. For those of you reading these answers that do not live or drive in the UK, gasoline in London is the equivalent of about $6.00 a gallon US.

As you all know the price of gasoline is that high not because of crude oil prices but due to taxes. These taxes fund your (by US standards) generous social benefits such as your National Health Service. Frankly, based upon what I have seen in the UK, Australia and the US, people are going to drive their cars regardless of the fuel cost - if it is available. They will incessantly complain about the cost but will drive anyway, especially once they become acclimated to the new price.

I also think there is no real option but the congestion tax in London. People do need to be discouraged from driving in a place that was never designed for the motor car. If you do not think so, go see how Mexico City looks at rush hour.

Answer 3

Well,it is high(expensive). Europe and the UK decided that gasoline would be heavily taxed. They are not likely to change as oil gets more scarce. It is also a very good source of government revenue and applies to all that travel by auto,rich or poor. Of course,it impacts the poor more. However,the UK and European governments are not sympathetic to the poor plight with fuel costs.

Answer 4

The Car Party, the world’s first pro-car political party, has been created to support the cause of the beleaguered motorist in the UK.


Ever increasing transport costs are forcing the less well off motorists off the road. The low paid and those on fixed incomes are the first to be hit, with some even being forced to give up work. These workers include nurses, shop assistants and other key workers.
Families have to make hard choices in this anti-car environment so Stephen and Maureen Harrison have formed a political party to give motorists a voice.

The Car Party hope to attract enough interest to be able to fight seats in the areas of black box charging trials. We are also hoping to field candidates against the London Congestion Charge and Congestion Charges and Tolls in general. We wish to make this into a social cause for justice for the less well off who are being taxed off our roads. We are against a society where only the wealthy have access to motorcars, hobbies, work, shopping etc. With all political parties aiming to get the low paid, fixed income motorist (disabled or disadvantaged driver) off the road by taxation alone we feel now is the time to give voters a choice at the ballot box.



No political party is interested in social justice for the majority of motorists in the UK. The Car Party will fight for: more parking places for cars abolish wheel clamping, more park and ride schemes, reductions in Fuel Tax, 24/7 working on road works and harsher penalties for serious car crime.

We are a very new party and even getting this far has cost a lot of money. We feel strongly about this as a family with a disabled driver. The motor car only contributes 20% of UK co2 emissions and is being unfairly targeted. We believe that the anti car sentimentality has gone too far; this is set to cause unemployment and hardship and to ruin the UK's competitiveness in the world.

The Car Party.

www.thecarparty.org.uk

The next paragraph has been posted on our website due to the fact that the UK media is keeping secret the existence of a new political party that supports the views of the majority of UK motorists. We doubt that free press exists as keeping this story from the British public is against the majority of motorists wishes who do not want to see road charging introduced into the UK. Suppressing news of a new political party that seeks to represent so many people is a scandal.

The Latest NEWS is that the National Newspapers and Television News Services in the UK are boycotting any News to do with The Car Party they refuse to give voice to the 32 Million motorists of whom 98% are against Road Charging, who are fed up with over taxation, the media is one-sided and guilty of suppressing news of an official Political Party in the UK.

Visible at www.thecarparty.org.uk visited by 21000 hits per day.

We will shortly be naming and shaming all those who are boycotting our story. We seek to represent the 98% of uk motorists who are against road charging. The media wish to keep our existence a secret.

Answer 5

Blo*dy outrageous. We are being plundered in the name of a noble cause - Saving The World. What Mickey Mouse bu*lsh*t they are handing down to us!!
Firstly, I believe it is arrogant beyond description to suppose that what we do on this comparatively minute island can affect the environment of the whole world; and it is despicable to hide naked greed and lust for power (oddly enough, the trademarks of control freaks) behind a purportedly noble cause. And then there is the issue of what they do with the "green windfall" - spend it planting trees to sop up greenhouse gases, haven't heard of any such plans, has anyone out there. Sorry for the rant - that's me all done saying. - Good question.

Answer 6

The cost of fuel in England is perfectly reasonable, it's the tax on top of it that I think is ridiculous!

Answer 7

I spend over £100 a week on fuel...its criminal

Answer 8

Too high/yes,you do the fighting and i will hold your coat,and keep my eyes open for the police

Answer 9

Anarchy!

Answer 10

They are a frickin joke. What you pay at the pump is mostly tax