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Fuel Protest
Jas278:
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--- Quote from: "Jas278" ---Not just the FUEL Id support a total shut down of this hole ,of a country ,until we get somebody decent in charge to sort the hole bloody mess out which is ENGLAND. :wink:
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I agree with what you are saying, but please remember that SCOTLAND, WALES and IRELAND are not part of ENGLAND we are part of BRITAIN!
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I agree , but you guys have youre own bigwigs now , I did nt think the majority of Welsh Scots Or Irish wanted tobe with us anymore ?
gtomo2:
Well just to stick my thoughts in. I was with the last one yes i am a truck driver and yes we can get cheaper fuel when we bulk buy but its only about 10 per ltr cheaper but we use about 400 ltrs a DAY. So how can we compeete with forign trucks who are paying under half that price for fuel and come over here with full tanks (about 1500ltrs) so can and do undercut us for work in the uk. So yea bring it on its about time gorden brown had a wake up call That this united kingdom is getting fed up of been treated like morrons. As for the army running the fuel depots good in thiory but that are not trained in station delivery So it would be fun to watch them do that.
Thrasher:
Take look at this document :
http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/Petrol_Prices_1896_todate_gallons.pdf
Then take a look at this :
http://www.hbosplc.com/economy/includes/16-04-05GeneralElectionsandhouseprices.doc
Is fuel actually as expensive as we make out? 10 years ago we earned less. 2 years ago most of us, in jobs, earned less. Remember when £5 was a lot of money? The £20 note has replaced the fiver.....
I think it is a psychological thing ... just like we happily pay over £3 for a pint of 1664 now ... even tho down the road it might be £2.55.
Maybe I'm rambling, but I think if you compare prices of other things and then see where the petrol prices are going .... it's not THAT far from where you'd expect it to be. That or make it 5p again, and re-align all our wages... so we all earn £2 a week!!!
Thrasher:
--- Quote --- but you guys have youre own bigwigs now
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Wales don't. They have an assembly but it has no power (unless something has changed...)
Wireless:
--- Quote from: "Jas278" ---I agree , but you guys have youre own bigwigs now , I did nt think the majority of Welsh Scots Or Irish wanted tobe with us anymore ?
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I don't think the Welsh sheep farmers are happy with it, apparently it's estimated that they need £140m to ensure that there aren't masses of sheep farmers going to the wall over the recent F&M, and Blue Tongue restrictions.
The Welsh Assembly has decided that £7m will be sufficient, hence, the sheep farming community in Wales is upset.
I understand the money from Westminter for English sheep farmers is more realistic.
Swings and Roundabouts, BTW, the dogs names are Henry, George, and Harry, not Fluffy!
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