If we pay the same as the Americans, and the Chinese, then maybe that would be fair. As it is, Gordon Brown resembles a Highwayman more than a generous and listening leader of a so-called civilised society.
We have great problems in this country, and all he does is insist that we can solve the worlds ills. If we only account for 0.008% of the world’s surface cover, why do we have to live withy many in poverty while the rich parade their wares. We in the UK need a tolerant and fair ruling government, instead of this charade mockery of a communist party. The pigs with snouts deeply embedded in the troughs were referred to many years ago in a book by George Orwell entitled ‘Animal Farm’. Well, Napoleon, when will the people get what they put you there for. If the kitchen is getting a bit hot, it is because you burnt all the cakes.

The governement is disinsentivised to do anything given the tax take from oil. As Mike T points out, the higher oil goes, the more revenue that is automatically collected. For a seriously cash strapped government this is simply financial manna from heaven.

Remember, if Gordon’s fnancial ineptitude is not paid for
with one form of tax, it will be paid for through some other tax.

The Government Can do something about it…. They should turn from this suicidal alignment with the Dollar and fully align with our European neighbours with an adjusted value of sterling to enter the Euro mechanism.
Oil is priced in Dollars, and the weakness of the dollar aligned to Sterling, is crippling our economy. Inflation is just a symptom of this. If GB uses imported electricals, white goods furnishings, cars etc to offset his inflation figure to attain a ridiculous 3% or less, will he then re-align the wage and salary claims next year when those figures are readjusted for the devalued price of sterling? It is highly likely that unadjusted figures before the end of this year will exceed double figures by no mean sum, so where they get their long-term figures is anyones guess. Perhaps they should forecast the weather. There is more chance they will get it right. We have suffered this fools anomaly of accounting for over ten years now, and like sheep, the BoE does what it is told. It cannot be blamed for the bad instructions. Those instructions need amending…. Fast. Has nobody there ever heard of ‘management from below’?

Motorists in Britain are amongst the most heavily taxed groups in the world. We pay vehicle tax on a new vehicle, VAT is then added, we then pay road tax (which was initially brought in to maintain our roads, but since 1962 is but another mechanism by which the exchequer can raise revenue; and on top of that we pay tax on the fuel we put into our vehicles.
Governments - past and present - have seen the motorist as an easy target, but this cannot continue.
The Government put the mechanisms in place to tax us, and, by their whim, have the tools by which to relax these measures.
Governments stand or fall on the decisions they make - let us hope that common sense prevails and we see a fall in these crippling taxes on bus companies, haulers and the common man.

Why do we tolerate this and every other set of greedy self indulging set of government representatives when we know they truly DO NOT reflect the country they claim to or the long suffering of this once great country.Fuel is only a small part of the reason that we are losing the young families to other fairer nations.Thugs who cannot be reprimanded for fear of having to complete endless paper work and illegal immigrants that fill our prisons and stop us commiting our home grown criminals to prison.No fuel prices can be tolerated but Not every other injustice inflicted on this ex leading country. Disgusted doesn’t come close.

I think the government revenues are not benefiting that much from increase oil prices and taxes due to the fact that oil production from the North Sea peaked in 1999 and since 2006 the UK has actually been a net importer. The UK’s oil production is decreasing at around 10% a year. So this is going to put a massive hole in the country’s revenue. If anything the tax on fuels will rise due to this situation.

Nothing can or should be done.

1) There is a moral hazard here, to use a fashionable phrase. The only hauliers who are in trouble are, a priori, the ones who tried to undercut their competitors by offering contracts whose price did not depend on energy costs. To bale them out at the expense of both the taxpayer and the more responsible hauliers (generally the bigger firms) would merely reward their bad behaviour.

If there weren’t oversupply in the part of the haulage market served by the smaller companies, then they wouldn’t feel the need for such desperate measures. One feels sorry for them of course, but the taxpayer should never be asked to subsidise the oversupply of anything.

2) As the hauliers spokesmen themselves have been pointing out on TV all day, if the motted duty cut is not funded by consumers through the tax system, it will be funded by them through higher prices in the shops. Even a haulier should be smart enough to figure out that the second of these is the more efficient mechanism, and the one which during a slowdown will do less damage to the economy overall.

With oil prices so high we are led to believe there is little Gordon Brown can do to control prices at the pump. Why on earth do we believe this, approx £1.00 in ever litre is tax straight in to the exchequer. Brown and Labour do have a solution they could cut fuel tax until production increases as an emergency measure. A reduction of 10% in duty would give the motorist and the truckers a little help in difficult times. Once oil prices get back to somewhere near $100 a barrel in the next 18 months he can start to increase the tax again. At what point will her and Labour understand that the oil price isn\’t the issue here it’s the tax at the pumps that is driving the economy in to a state of panic. I drive over 60,000 miles a year for my job and my disposable income has evaporated so I will be putting little or nothing extra in to the high street. If he gave a little at the pumps he might see a return plus a little more on the high street, reducing consumer fear and widespread panic. That said when have labour ever listened, this protest is about keeping tax at its current level not cutting it so its futile to say the least. Well Gordon the choice is yours make major changes or watch the real workers of the UK shut up shop or leave for pastures new. Barring the Swiss we pay more per litre than anyone so it can be done Spain pay 30% less!!!

My company is a mail order company,we have in the past absorbed the fuel surcharges from our couriers but these have now reached the point that we must increase our carriage charges. This fuel tax is nothing more than another Brown/Darling stealth tax…the tax on booze is a definite value,the tax on cigarettes is a definite value but the tax on fuel is a percentage,the higher the fuel cost,the more the tax take…I am sure Gordon Brown rejoices with every increase in the crude price….the solution is obvious make the duty on fuel a definite amount,based on the tax take prior to these latest extreme increases and then Brown could not be accused of benefiting from price hikes….he will do nothing of course this is his way of taking back the 10p tax abolition costs and he seems to find many ways to waste the monies he collects. If I were the lorry drivers I WOULD PARK THEIR LORRIES ON EVERY MAJOR JUNCTION IN THE COUNTRYHE MIGHT GET IT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
If we were in France we would all be out on National Strike and the government would listen….THIS MAYBE THE END OF GORDON BROWN<GOOD RIDDANCE.

the truckers are doing a good job
it’s time the motorist took part in the protest
labour are doing nothing but scewing us
with fuel tax and green tax

Its time the goverment took note of the needs of rural people who need their own transport it is not a luxurey but a need for every day life. With the loss of local Post Offices and other aminates - fuel prices increas is another nail in the coffin for the low waged and those on their pension. Lets face it the goverment should remember that the next election is coming closer…

On a more serious note: Forget this and any other issue. Labour has left this country in such a mess - it has no intention of addressing issues or winning another election - it will just be glad for someone else to pick up the pieces. Doesn’t history have a habit of repeating itself!

REDUCE THE LEVEL OF TAX.

Due to the rising price of fuel, this greedy and pernicious government has raked in an EXTRA £4+ Billion in tax.

That is OUR money. Give it back, please, or get out of office.

Obviously most people whom have left there thoughts on this page simply dont get it. We use 4 barrels of oil for every 1 barrel we find. most of the worlds largest and most prolific oil fields are in permanent decline, cantarell in mexico declining at 7% a year, burgen in kuwait a similair amount, north sea 10% a year, russia has peaked now and the one we really rely on is ghawar in suaida arabia discovered more than half a century ago, also in terminal decline, we have netered the last oil shock, it will take a few more years for most of you to wake up to the fact, but wake up you will do!

Even our debt based money system is destined to fail in the near future, since it is exnoarably linked to infinite growth on a finite planet.

That should say it all, infinate grwoth on a finite Planet.

Just at least try and think about it wont you?

just google peak oil and get reading.