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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Sour Puss on December 16, 2007, 12:33:24 AM
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http://www.transaction-2007.com/
I checked with Barman and he says it is ok for me to post this link.
These guys tried to organise a Fuel Protest in several areas of the UK today. It did not go well. It was very cold and some of then had been told that they could not attend as they had to go Christmas Shopping. There was very little publicity.
If you, like me are outraged at the way fuel prices are going up, you could at least look in on their web page and give them a bit of support. (Where is Kim when you need her?) Perhaps you could even get along to one of the next protests they organise. I am going to try. whistle:
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http://www.transaction-2007.com/
I checked with Barman and he says it is ok for me to post this link.
These guys tried to organise a Fuel Protest in several areas of the UK today. It did not go well. It was very cold and some of then had been told that they could not attend as they had to go Christmas Shopping. There was very little publicity.
If you, like me are outraged at the way fuel prices are going up, you could at least look in on their web page and give them a bit of support. (Where is Kim when you need her?) Perhaps you could even get along to one of the next protests they organise. I am going to try. whistle:
Very little publicity? Google reveals 216 separate news articles on the subject.
Protestors have been gathering at oil refineries to demonstrate against the recent rises in fuel prices.
Made up of hauliers, farmers and motorists, the demonstrators say they will not be trying to blockade the refineries.
But the demonstrations have attracted criticism. The Freight Transport Association said: "Protests like this are not the answer. This is the busiest transport weekend of the year and it is not helpful to industry or consumers if deliveries are disrupted."
Source: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/fuel+protestors+target+refineries/1188647
You will all note that not every organisation agrees with this course of action and that may have a bearing on the alleged low turn out. IMHO You'd do better to lobby your MP and vote for a party that doesn't levy such high taxes on fuel next time round. Standing outside a refinery in the cold is only going to bring a rare smile to the face of the cause of this problem
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I agree with the hound…
The fuel protests only serve to divert attention away from the real cause of the misery – the tax. Gordon must be pissing himself with the attention being drawn away from his incompetent government.
Best thing the protesters could do is demand that the fuel companies put the price of their product on the pump and show the tax separately – that would open a few minds…
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Seconded!
It won't happen though, will it?
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Seconded!
It won't happen though, will it?
noooo:
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You'd think it would be in the oil companies' intersts to do this.....
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You'd think it would be in the oil companies' intersts to do this.....
Yes... evil:
My keyboard has packed-up, I am typing this with the on-screen keyboard. evil:
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Swop a keyboard from another machine?
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Swop a keyboard from another machine?
In use at the moment... noooo:
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cry:
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You'd think it would be in the oil companies' intersts to do this.....
Yes... evil:
My keyboard has packed-up, I am typing this with the on-screen keyboard. evil:
I have several you could borrow, but it's a bit far to bring them over. whistle:
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You'd think it would be in the oil companies' intersts to do this.....
Yes... evil:
My keyboard has packed-up, I am typing this with the on-screen keyboard. evil:
I have several you could borrow, but it's a bit far to bring them over. whistle:
Give them to Snoopy - he is coming over for Xmas... whistle:
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Personally I don't care about the rise in fuel prices. My mileage is low and my income high enough for it not to worry me. It is mainly a tax so I would prefer that tax to rise even further and income tax to drop. Same with the tax on cigarettes.
More indirect taxes I say.
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I always put in twenty Pounds worth so I’m not affected by rising fuel prices… whistle:
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I always put in twenty Pounds worth so I’m not affected by rising fuel prices… whistle:
doh:
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I always put in twenty Pounds worth so I’m not affected by rising fuel prices… whistle:
doh:
That's Maths as taught by the Bar Wench methinks
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I just recieved this over the wire....
Join the campaign.
See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it
We are hitting 106.9 p a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying £1 .10 a ltr. Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea:
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain
day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil
companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't
continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of >an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT,whoever
thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.
Please read it and join in!
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us
to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take
aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place
not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we
consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the
price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not
purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting
ourselves. Here's the idea:
For the rest of this year DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP.
If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's
really simple to do!!
Now, don't wimp out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I am sending this note to a lot of people. If each of you send i t to
at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at
least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the
message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached
over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and
pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have
been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it... ..
THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all You have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.(and
not buy at ESSO/BP) How long would all that take? If each of us
sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt,
all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the
next 8days!!! Acting together we can make a difference If this makes
sense to you, please pass this message on.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE
RANGE
It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your
petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons Jet etc. i.e.
boycott BP and Esso
I get my fuel from Tesco anyway....
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PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE
RANGE
Now where's that flying pig emoticon?