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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7509156.stm

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I wonder what other ideas the Government have in mind to help families and the low pay workers? Well he can't back track on this one as he did say he has other plans to help at PMQ's

gfloyd · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject:

Its only the increase that is halted. But he's making plenty from higher VAT returns on fuel as a result of the higher prices anyway.
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His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west.....

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/matt/

A drop in the ocean, or two fingers, more like, to the lorry drivers who feel they're hard done to.
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The Government are just panicking, allowing themselves to be driven by unfavourable media coverage. What they need is a bit of good old fashioned resolve. Honour what they stand for, and die by it, if that is to be the way of things.

This 2p thing is nonsense – fuel will have gone up by 40-50p a litre between Budgets. Welcome though it is for a tax rise to be postponed , it’s not really going to help anyone.

They’re trying to treat the symptoms rather than the underlying cause of the economic disaster that we are just at the beginning of. Get inflation under control. That’s gonna hurt but until we have that jab we aren’t gonna get better. Interest Rates up, Public Spending Down and a lengthy rehab….….. but of course, nobody would vote for that.

iwarburton · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland

And there's the rub, of course. The electoral system positively encourages short-termism. But I don't know what might constitute a better alternative.

Ian.

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

I think Fuel needs to be capped at £1. If Oil goes down in price then the fuel goes down, but if it doesn't it stays at a quid.

Briant · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject:

'I think Fuel needs to be caped.... 'Bat-Oil?

gfloyd · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:21 am Post subject:

Briant · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject: Oil be seeing you....

Good one, ernie! Now why didn't I think of that! Laughing

You must be The Joker!