Fuel going up again

[jontera]

Despite the price of oil dropping to about $80 per barrel fuel is going up......again and don't forget the 2.5% vat increase in january

http://financialadvice.co.uk/news/3/hou ... -2009.html

that's right by about 26%

talk about being mugged at the pumps.......

all it would take for BNP or such like to gain power would be to reduce the duty and vat on fuel and to reduce the ammount of tax us uk workers pay on overtime (which we do so we have a little extra cash in our pockets to enjoy and stay afloat)

at this rate it's going to get expensive to drive a 1.0 hatchback let alone a 4x4

[horses45]

cant agree more but i like the argument get public transport i would but it dont run at stupid time o clock when i go to work.so it's a case of christmas is coming petrols going up.easy targets for these that sit and get public to pay for there cars as they are classed as work vehicles bloody mps and counilors GGGGRRRR makes my blood boil

[Drift]

The reason you cant get buses at silly oclock is that since deregulation in 1986 the bus companies have been privatised, this means each route they run has to be commecially viable or it is stopped.
You cant run any route at a loss or they would go bankrupt as any shop that sell stuff know one wants would go bankrupt, basically not enough people get the buses at those times to make it viable to run.

Contrary to public belief bus companies outside London do not get subsidies from the Local or central Government for 90% of the routes they run.
The routes that do get subsidised are constantly being cut in local council budget cuts as its those travel authorities that give out the tenders for the subsidised routes.
The national Government have very little to do with bus companies outside London and nothing to do with local bus service subsidies.

So all this get out of your car and get the bus is a load of tosh as Central Government are doing sod all to help bus companies and the general public to build on less profitable routes and times.

So there you have it from the horsed mouth, as its my job

[fogman]

[Drift]

Yes

[horses45]

well drift can take the blame for the buses and i will take the blame for the trains as thats my job