tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post114715495289132321..comments2023-10-18T15:43:21.360+01:00Comments on Fair Deal Phil: Do we want fuel duty to go up...?fairdealphilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07246131944479743426noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-62652200164870898172006-12-08T12:05:00.000+00:002006-12-08T12:05:00.000+00:00On Thursday morning, just before the "pre budget" ...On Thursday morning, just before the "pre budget" speech diesel in Rainbow was 90.9p/ltr.<br />This morning it is 92.9p/ltr. <br />I am sure Mr. Brown increased fuel duty by 1.25p/ltr.......Strange......the forecourt price went up by 2p/ltr. So who has got the other .75p? Yes, I know, .75p is not much in these "expensive" times we live in but if the average driver put 40 litres in his tank that is 30p a fill. How many motorists pass through the pumps per day?<br />I am a pensioner and it has just taken half of one week's pension to fill my car. Mr. Brown would love it if I was no longer able to afford to run a car. Perhaps I will soon not be able to since I am also, through taxes, paying for the fuel for "two jags" and all the other MP's vehicles.<br />What has happened to the regulatory bodies who are supposed to keep a check on prices and dare I say theft? Why do fuel prices always have to end in .9p?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-38030272508613530642006-12-07T10:36:00.000+00:002006-12-07T10:36:00.000+00:00Blackpool is lovely and bracing for this time of t...Blackpool is lovely and bracing for this time of the year Phil.<br /><br />Got my "Livewire" article published in the Blackpool Evening Gazette last night in full to the tune of over 400 words.<br /><br />Back in Skeggy tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-59312588882607663052006-12-06T19:08:00.000+00:002006-12-06T19:08:00.000+00:00brynley:
certainly, Ken Livingston has been vindi...brynley:<br /><br />certainly, Ken Livingston has been vindicated (again) over the congestion charge in London.<br /><br />He's made the first positive difference to traffic flows in the capital for generations.fairdealphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246131944479743426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-20711173195066367262006-12-06T15:31:00.000+00:002006-12-06T15:31:00.000+00:00The real cost of running a car has been falling in...The real cost of running a car has been falling in recent years, even the motoring organisations (who publish their own statistics) admit it.<br /><br />The fuel duty rises were stopped, but now that the cost of petrol has fallen back a bit, that's the time to pluck the feathers from the very fat goose.<br /><br />Eddington's report on our transport future came out last week. The congestion charge is going to cover the country. Interesting fact: no political party is opposed to it (although no doubt there will be a theatrical bun-fight over some of the detail when we get to it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-85863873863098041822006-12-06T14:59:00.000+00:002006-12-06T14:59:00.000+00:00You are right Geoffrey: I bought my ten year old x...You are right Geoffrey: I bought my ten year old xj6 a couple of years ago for a song.<br /><br />It's a beautiful motor-car, but sadly been stuck in the garage for months with a serious water leak due to a blown core-plug...<br /><br />Still nice to look at!<br /><br />Hope Blackpool is bracing.fairdealphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246131944479743426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-25528840113581749712006-12-06T10:42:00.000+00:002006-12-06T10:42:00.000+00:00What is also amazing is the fact that secondhand 4...What is also amazing is the fact that secondhand 4x4 vehicles are slumping in value a bit like the old Jaguars used to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com