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Yes, I'd be the first to argue that current fuel duty + VAT is way too high, anything that's retail price consists of over 50% in total tax is morally corrupt IMO :bawl:

Well,... at-least the Chancellor has scrapped the 3p fuel duty rise planned for the new year, not delayed but scrapped - finally some sense and sensibility prevails, now stop snowing so I can have a blast in the M :lol:
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Would one of those new BMW 60 MPG diesel engines go into my Z3 :D
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What are you guys paying for fuel...we're on about 85p / liter (2,2pints aprox)
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I've just paid £1.39

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£1.31 down here on the South Coast, for those near an Asda it is £1.29
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This was at BP, tesco worcester its £1.36

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Think how much more he could have cut it if he didn't shell out £8bn a year of our money in foreign aid & £18bn a year to the EU.
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Is that the price per gallon or liter ??
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Ha litre mate ..,£6.12 per gallon

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Robin wrote:Think how much more he could have cut it if he didn't shell out £8bn a year of our money in foreign aid & £18bn a year to the EU.
Vote UKIP
Aye,.. we have no cash surplus of our own but yet we can borrow money to give to others :? No matter how laudable our intentions it's like me taking out a loan from the bank and declaring I'm going to use it to feed the homeless guy down the road :head:

On the subject of the Euro,... why would leaving the political project stop us being good friends and neighbours to the economic area as a whole or on any bilateral arrangement two parties see fit to put in place. Don't the Swiss and Fins operate that way quite successfully :rtm:

UKIP (read Nigel Farage) have been the most impressive entity in the political debates I've seen for a fair few years now - even where you don't agree with certain views you can take some comfort in the fact he isn't trying to placate all the time in the snide manner of most politicians.

A couple of interesting sites I bumped into a few years back :arrow:

http://www.brugesgroup.com/
http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/

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It's funny (not funny-ha-ha you understand) - our local garage reduced the price to £1.29 a litre the other day and I found myself thinking "oh, that's cheap" for a second, just because it was under £1.30! Cheap? What was I thinking?? How quickly we become acclimatised!
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Robin wrote:Think how much more he could have cut it if he didn't shell out £8bn a year of our money in foreign aid & £18bn a year to the EU.
Vote UKIP
What? and get your kids taken away?
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That's about double what we pay for 98 octane premium fuel here !!! I think I'll drive twice as fast...just so I can feel your pain.... :D :D
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gookah wrote:
Robin wrote:Think how much more he could have cut it if he didn't shell out £8bn a year of our money in foreign aid & £18bn a year to the EU.
Vote UKIP
What? and get your kids taken away?
OK ....I'm in :D
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Southernboy wrote:That's about double what we pay for 98 octane premium fuel here !!! I think I'll drive twice as fast...just so I can feel your pain.... :D :D
that's not 98 prices here thats the weak soup prices . 98 octane in my location is £1.43 per ltr
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Our price includes a walloping tax by the govt too, so I reckon your Govt is really screwing you...and without vaseline!!
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Southernboy wrote:Our price includes a walloping tax by the govt too, so I reckon your Govt is really screwing you...and without vaseline!!
correct they are screwing us with Swarfega with broken glass in it :shock:
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chrisp_1 wrote:....it's like me taking out a loan from the bank and declaring I'm going to use it to feed the homeless guy down the road :head:
Not quite...
It's more like the homeless guy down the road taking out a loan and giving it to you..... :roll:

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Southernboy wrote:What are you guys paying for fuel...we're on about 85p / liter (2,2pints aprox)
1 liter = 1.75975326 Imperial pints (roughly :wink: )
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gookah wrote:
Robin wrote:Think how much more he could have cut it if he didn't shell out £8bn a year of our money in foreign aid & £18bn a year to the EU.
Vote UKIP
What? and get your kids taken away?
OK ....I'm in :D
Excuse me, you do realise that one of your kids is actually on here and can read everything you say?! :head:

Actually if I get taken away then you won't get any presents off me for your new zed for xmas :D

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We need more of a tax contribution from electric car owners. When you take into account efficiencies from generating electricity, losses from power lines, charging the batteries, and efficiency of the electric motor itself, the petrol engine is only slightly worse than an electric one (about 20% as apposed to about 25%). And, of course, there's the cost to the envionment of battery replacement after a few years. All those adverts of 'emission free' electric cars should be banned for being misleading (and that includes hydrogen cars).
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Alfie wrote:
chrisp_1 wrote:....it's like me taking out a loan from the bank and declaring I'm going to use it to feed the homeless guy down the road :head:
Not quite...
It's more like the homeless guy down the road taking out a loan and giving it to you..... :roll:

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g8jka wrote:
gookah wrote:
Robin wrote: Vote UKIP
What? and get your kids taken away?
OK ....I'm in :D
Excuse me, you do realise that one of your kids is actually on here and can read everything you say?! :head:
you've learnt to read now?

I'm so proud... :D

Ps get me those M-seats for xmas.

You kids are just getting an apple and an orange for christmas.
and by that I didn't mean an iPhone and a Pay Monthly contract either...... :D
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