Fuel Prices Debate

[Shirker]

Thanks for the update but it seemed a bit out of daet if you received it recently. If you have a Ford Focus you will be saving £1.07 a week. Hardly breathtaking.

Being a true cynic, the government's claims of 'saving' the motorist money are a bit false as the motorist hasn't saved anything, they've just not had to spend more. And our truly investigative media duly trotted out the 'saving the motorist money' line they were fed. It's enough to make one tut quietly to one's self.

 

[plotter]

I think I read somewhere that the amount of fuel bought in this country has dropped significantly over the past year or so, as a consequence the tax revenue to the treasury has also fallen.
I also recall hearing that another country (cant remember which) reduced their fuel duty by a significant amount and as a result sales rocketed producing more revenue than previous. So maybe our Government could consider the same as we appear to have passed the optimum trading point as far as the cost of fuel is concerned.

 

[plotter]

I think I read somewhere that the amount of fuel bought in this country has dropped significantly over the past year or so, as a consequence the tax revenue to the treasury has also fallen.
I also recall hearing that another country (cant remember which) reduced their fuel duty by a significant amount and as a result sales rocketed producing more revenue than previous. So maybe our Government could consider the same as we appear to have passed the optimum trading point as far as the cost of fuel is concerned.

 

[joeby]

I think I read somewhere that the amount of fuel bought in this country has dropped significantly over the past year or so, as a consequence the tax revenue to the treasury has also fallen.
I also recall hearing that another country (cant remember which) reduced their fuel duty by a significant amount and as a result sales rocketed producing more revenue than previous. So maybe our Government could consider the same as we appear to have passed the optimum trading point as far as the cost of fuel is concerned.,

Yes Plotter , that would be a business mans idea , but unfortunately we dont have business men running the country , they dont have to show profit , they dont use there own cash to start with its your money they use , if they need a bit more cash they just take more from joe public , when they built the Dome which cost billions which was a flop , and the wobbly bridge in London we all payed to put that right , any business would be bankrupt the way they carry on add the billions of overseas onto the bill

 

[xtrailman]

I think I read somewhere that the amount of fuel bought in this country has dropped significantly over the past year or so, as a consequence the tax revenue to the treasury has also fallen.
I also recall hearing that another country (cant remember which) reduced their fuel duty by a significant amount and as a result sales rocketed producing more revenue than previous. So maybe our Government could consider the same as we appear to have passed the optimum trading point as far as the cost of fuel is concerned.,

Yes Plotter , that would be a business mans idea , but unfortunately we dont have business men running the country , they dont have to show profit , they dont use there own cash to start with its your money they use , if they need a bit more cash they just take more from joe public , when they built the Dome which cost billions which was a flop , and the wobbly bridge in London we all payed to put that right , any business would be bankrupt the way they carry on add the billions of overseas onto the bill

Not to mention the total waste of money spent on the Olympic games.
I thought in hard times one cut back on unnecessary expenditure?
While our government has actually increased foreign aid, and to country's that have a active space program, a nuclear bomb.
And now owns much of our industry.
While at home we don't even get re tarmaced roads to drive on.
I don't get it.

 

[carper2]

What about all of our money they are going to spend on the High Speed Rail link, which most people won't be able to afford to use.

Les

 

[RogerL]

What about all of our money they are going to spend on the High Speed Rail link, which most people won't be able to afford to use.
Les

Because Government is London-centric, the HS2 scheme is designed to allow wealthy Londoners to get out into the space of Northern England - it'll do nothing for the economy and wreck big chunks of the countryside through Central England.
Birmingham doesn't need HS2 - it used to have an 80 minute service to London when the line was first electrified in the 1960s - just re-introduce those "old" trains as that would speed things up.

 

[xtrailman]

Or more buses on the motorway, much cheaper.
My wife has commuted by bus from Newcastle to Sheffield for £6.50, one way!!