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That's it mate isn't it, I don't know weather you remember the TSR2 aircraft contract (English Electric) that was cancelled years ago, they called it the plane that never flew (other than a few test flights):thumbup1: That was another contract that cost millions and got cancelled, it's a crime.......... I'm giving my age away here....lol.....:thumbup:

Add to that, that we have just taken our last aircraft carrier out of commission, along with the Harrier, and what sort of defense do we have in this country now? Our brave men and women fighting in Afghanistan and the likes with sub standard equipment, and the government waste money like it's going out of fashion. We have very little left of a country now.

:cowboy: Barstewards, string them up by the b****. No on second thoughts, put them in a locked room with all the people they have ripped off, see if they come out unrecogniseable, I'm so sure they would........:cowboy:....very apt Jeff

Cheers sir, that's nice of you to say......:clap:...:thumbup1:

Yeah, very mate....lol....:clap:

Brilliant, how do you spell that......lol.......:lol:

lol, what would we call you then mate?.....:surrender:

znut, what's the name of your flat roof company? If I hear of anyone needing flat roof repairs, I'll give them your details if you like......:thumbup1:

lol......sorry about that mate....:lol:

So with the fuel rises, the VAT rise, the price of the bitumen going up, you have to adjust your prices accordingly, so then nobody can afford to have their roof done or repaired because they have to pay all the things mentioned, so everyone finds it hard to manage. Bloody MP's mate.....:oops:

Yeah, but others getting away scott free, one of my mates dad didn't pay a penny of the poll tax, and in the end he got a letter to say forget it, we have changed the system. So while some got jail, some got bailiffs, others got away, again so unfair. :thumbdown:

Too right, that would work. :clap: :thumbup1:

Don't forget though, the oil company's profits aren't only from the sale of petrol. It is from the sale of the oil that is needed in lots of different products such as shampoo, washing powder, soap, most house cleaning products, car wash products, machine oils.....the list is endless, it's not just profit from petrol....:no:

That's it mate, if nothing is done, there will be no petrol stations for us to fill up in, so the government will be out of pocket!!! Why not make the profit on petrol fairer for the petrol stations, and reduce the tax taken, everybody happy, job done......:lol:

You will probably find it's going on a war that we can't ever win.....:surrender:

We used to have within a 2 mile radius of our house, 5 petrol stations, we now have 2, the rest have become other things, sheltred accomodation for the elderly, house, and car sales unit.

Quite right..... The petrol stations do not make much at all, that's why if a big cat offers to buy the land it is sitting on, most sell it because it is more profit than they will ever make selling petrol. How many petrol stations have shut down near you all, it was on TV a little while ago, I can't remember where it was now,but, there was a place that had a fair few petrol stations, and they all sold to property developers, while the people of the town had to travel some distance to find a petrol station in the next town, it's crazy,,,,,just like the 60% tax taken by the government......:wink:

I agree, I have a Tesco express just up the road from me, the next petrol station is then around 2 miles away, couldn't see myself driving another couple of miles to the Asda just because Tesco sell Esso, and the Asda petrol might be Esso anyhow. I think most people will be the same, I don't really think about what brand petrol is going into my car, more over, I just put petrol in when the car needs it, could be anywhere or any petrol. I am so against how much the government takes as their cut in tax from petrol, but as I say, we need to find a way to hit the government in the pocket and not the oil producers. What the government bank on, although they say to stop using cars and use public transport, is that people will continue to use their cars because they would lose a fortune in tax if people didn't, and the public transport system would never cope with the increase in demand put on it. Unfortunately due to public transport not being up to the job and the sheer inconvienience of using public transport is the exact reason why people won't stop using their cars. That's why, in the last fuel protests, they made it ilegal to stop a fuel tanker or block the gates of a petrol distribution centre, it wasn't because the whole country almost came to a standstill, it was because they were losing millions per day in fuel duty..........:2guns:......all the government.......lol

The year 2008 saw the American economy topple over like a towering stack of light weight cards with the financial and market crash. The recession changed the economy of the country and left many people without jobs and means to sustain their families. More houses were put on foreclosure than ever before, leaving an even larger number of families homeless and destitute with no one to bank on. The initial contention was that the primary reasons for the recession that hit the country in 2008 was the downfall of the financial services market and the housing market. More and more financial experts came forward with another, more accurate reason for the financial crash. The reason put forward and accepted widely was that the market financial crash was caused by the high oil price rise which shot to an all time high of $147 per barrel in the year 2008. If oil goes past $147 per barrel, it will then be expensive, I was mearly stating that compared with the all time high of oil prices, that the price is still quite low. As I stated in my reply, it's not really the price of the fuel that is an issue, it is the tax the government throws on top, and it's even more now that VAT has risen from 17.5% to 20%. Sorry if I offended you.........:confused1:

I don't think this would work, as all of the large supermarket chains purchase their petrol from whoever is the cheapest at the time of purchase, so one could still be buying B.P. or Esso and wouldn't know it. It isn't so much the issue of petrol prices, it is the amount of tax that our governments add on that hikes up the price of petrol in the UK, it is not the petrol producers we need to hurt in their pockets, it is the governmet and the amount of revenue the government makes out of their taxation on fuel that needs to be looked at, and then find a way to boycott this taxation impossed by the government. It is a misconception that it is the petrol companies that need to reduce their prices, as oil prices at the moment are quite low..........:detective:

Cheers Daves_Zed......:lol:

Wow, spacey man..........lol.....:wacko:

Are you all SURE you are spelling sure right?.......lol.....:tt2:

Sean Connery mate.....lol....emphasis on the SHAWN......lol:lol:

:lol: lol, yeah, never thought of that........ :lol: