Budget tomorrow

[janner]

If the duty goes up 3p on the first then the pump price won't go up for about a week after that since the petrol stations will all be filling their tanks this week at the cheaper price.
They wouldn't rip us off by charging the full 3p extra from the first, would they?

 

[Lugy]

If we all really gave a huge flying f**k about fuel going up 3p, we'd all be driving Smart cars and mopeds!!!

Of course we moan, we're British, we do it because we can and because we are bloody good at it!! lol

I actually enjoy trying to get my 3.2 litre diesel to do 50mpg!!! Up to 46mpg so far...

I'm driving an Astra to save pennies these days, I will get a toy which is undecided as yet.

I'm not driving an S class which will potentially cost £120/week in fuel and almost £100/month on insurance. With road tax added in I'd be paying over £600 at worst . The Astra costs half that amount!

 

[renault12ts]

I only put in £20 at a time...so doesn't effect me.

 

[wemorgan]

For the moment at least, my mpg inflation is rising faster than fuel inflation. But when that stops I may have to take drastic action, like slip-streaming lorries.

 

[Druk]

Anybody giving odds on VAT going to 20%?

 

[renault12ts]

Not this side of the election.

 

[wemorgan]

Anybody giving odds on VAT going to 20%?

Personally I doubt it, as it's too much of a vote loser.
Higher rate NI and corporation tax is my bet

 

[renault12ts]

NI is going up. It was in the pre-budget report.

 

[m99]

We should all boycott Shell and Bp for a week,use another brand.Our Bp garage as put its price up 3 times this week.Typical get in first before the bugget again.

 

[wemorgan]

more more more higher higher higher, the end is nigh, we're all doomed!

 

[abecketts]

more more more higher higher higher, the end is nigh, we're all doomed!

you sound like Frazer from Dad's Army

 

[corned]

Has anyone got a steer on VED?

Mine's up at the end of the month, so I want to know if I need to make a hasty purchase tomorrow morning or whether I can leave it until the end of the month.

 

[st4]

The smart ones will refuse to give assent to this pantomime plutocracy, and stay at home.

How does this work.

Surely by not voting you are faciliting the masses that vote for the "pantomime plutocracy" to have their way.

Stand up, and be counted.

 

[KC's Mercedes]

If the duty goes up 3p on the first then the pump price won't go up for about a week after that since the petrol stations will all be filling their tanks this week at the cheaper price.
They wouldn't rip us off by charging the full 3p extra from the first, would they?

Ive worked for 2 major oil companies, tanks are filled at the cheap rate then price increased straight away to get an even bigger margin on it, in them days we were up the pole at the strike of midnight changing the price !!, some managers put cheap stuff in the tanks, same as supermarket petrol when they could, deliveries in the middle of the night in pitch darkness, only a few caught, you dont know the half of it....

 

[renault12ts]

If, in an election, there are 2 candidates, both idiots, how do you stand up and be counted. There should be a third "none of the above" box to tick, rather than a spoilt vote or not voting.

 

[Gridlock]

How does this work.

Surely by not voting you are faciliting the masses that vote for the "pantomime plutocracy" to have their way.

Stand up, and be counted.

And vote for what? Side A of the coin, or side B? What if I reject the coin, where do I vote then? Which box do I tick?

There is no option to disapprove of power other than to not give their system the assent that participating in it provides. Whether you vote for the winner or the loser you have stamped your approval on the system that produces them and of the actions of the system thereafter.

Quoth:

Authority is coercion. The reason that people hate and distrust it is that it fails to enrich their lives. It circumscribes choice in the name of all kinds of security, but life feels no less precarious because of it. It's opaque and incomprehensible. Its institutions are of a deliberately inhuman scale. There is no social compact. For all the still-mouthed platitudes about participatory politics, people understand that they have no choice in the matter. We don't get to negotiate this contract. There's no mutuality.

 

[renault12ts]

^ Snap.

 

[corned]

I have always thought that you should be able to vote a candidate off, as well as vote one on. That way, you avoid the 'lesser of two evils' issue prevalent in today's elections. If an MP is rubbish, vote him/her off, without having to vote a potential numpty in just to oust them. Then the hole left can then be filled at a time when someone capable comes along.

 

[renault12ts]

That would be nice. Though I suspect the Palace of Westminster would be empty in late May this year.

 

[janner]

Whether you vote for the winner or the loser you have stamped your approval on the system that produces them and of the actions of the system thereafter.

Democracy isn't perfect but historically the alternatives have never been too successful. I'm sure we've all got relatives that gave their lives 60 years ago to give you that option.