Will There Be A Fuel Protest This Week?
| Published: 10th December 2007 23:26 |
Petrol price protests planned for this wednesday
Published by petrolprices.com on 9th December 2007
A group called Transaction 2007 is planning on "legal protest action" this Wednesday.
You might remember the fuel protest of 2000 which initially gathered strong support from motorists. However, that support quickly turned when many motorists were prevented from filling up because of lorry blockades.
PetrolPrices.com expressed to the organisers that they may find public support for another fuel protest if it was planned properly to be legal and orderly. So far, the Transaction 2007 organisers has been unwilling to confirm to us specifically what action they have planned for this week. When we pressed the groups' spokesman, Chris Hunter, he said "This will be a numbers game levied against legislation. I can comment no further."
With fuel breaking well beyond the £1 barrier PetrolPrices.com has had a huge rise in the number of emails from concerned motorists. People were especially angry following the last fuel duty hike, imposed by the Government in October. Despite being made aware of the huge resistance from motorists, the Government ploughed ahead with a fuel duty hike and left the public frustrated and angry. Over 80,000 people had voted against the tax hike on our blog post.
The protests of 2000 achieved some success in that the fuel duty escalator was frozen. However, it has now resumed and with the rising price of oil motorists are becoming increasingly concerned with VAT on fuel. VAT rises in line with the price of the fuel rather than staying fixed like the duty element of the pump price.
We'd love to hear your comments. What do you think? Have the tax and oil price rises hit you hard? Will you be forced to tighten your belt this Christmas as a result?
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