They reckon they could go to £7 a gallon:)
What was all this from Cameron that he was going to be a friend of the motorist:)

Where did he say that then?

You blame the tories for world oil prices now?

I didn't but I've heard a few people on tv recently state that Cameron said this just before he was elected.
Of course they all could be lying.

Were these people called Milliband, Balls, Kinnock or Marx?

It's £1.31 a gallon at Gillens in Wynyard road the other day before the vat increase surely the dearest in the north east!!

£1.31 a gallon will do nicely

Oops ha ha a litre!!!

Bloody hell!!! When I left the UK 4 years ago, it was 81p a litre (diesel)

£1.05 a litre in Jurrzeh.

It wasn't that long ago they were talking fuel blockades, now with the prices considerably higher all seems to be very quiet.

But then the police arrest everybody for causing an obstruction.


It's always the same when the conservetives get into power, they care only about the rich and the majority of the population can go and get f***ed.

Cos that's what your nana told you?

lets all boycott BP and Shell and all the big guns and only buy our petrol from Tesco's !!

Well to be fair, seems Gordon got the blame for a global currency fook up, so its only right that the Etonians cop for the global oil fook up.

I mean - share and share about.

It is getting foooking ridiculous though, and talk of £7 a gallon is just obscene.

I'm a bit to old and wise for that.

But you must be one of the rich are you.

I wish.

£82 to fill my VERY average Saloon with diesel today. £82. Disgusting.

We need to take a leaf out of the French and go on another public strike. Its the only thing I admire about Jonny Frog the people ralley around when they think things are not right, we adopt a moaning stratergy grumble and then just get on with it.

If i had a diesel car I would fill it with veg oil

Yep, nothing good here except for the strikes.

A friend's kid is paying €4.50 a year in university fees, there is a place at a local university guaranteed for everybody who passes the A levels equivalent, government support has kept manufacturing going, people mostly actually work a 35 hour week so they see their families, the economy never actually went into recession this time round, the food, the wine, more bank holidays, the birth-place of modern democracy, literature, philosophy, the weather and petrol at about £1 a litre on current exchange rates.

All shyte compared to Britain,Jonny Frog does offer little to admire.

PS on a serious point- veg oil stinks like a rancid chip shop that sells botulism butties and shags your engine very quickly unless you mix it very carefully.

I am off to France

You dont really believe petrol is expensive here because of world oil prices do you?

Come aboard the Charles Aznavour Express!!!

Your welcome to join me and bt at Le Stadium for a Toulouse game. Not quite as atmospheric as the Vic, like

That said, the Beer and the grub is far superior

Enthusiastic Toulousains prepare to greet Compo-

Of course not. Its obviously a ploy by the bourgeois to keep the proleteriat on foot. Nothing this government want more than to drive industry down by increasing fuel prices.

Try to understand this: WITHOUT EXCEPTION - every outgoing Labour government has left the country in a financial disaster zone which the incoming Conservative government has to find ways to sort out. Its the reason that the stupid blame Margaret Thatcher for what had to be done in the eighties and conveniently forget the mess that she inherited..

I don't know many people who have a good word to say about Thatcher but maybe that's just up here.
It's obviously impossible to please all the people all of the time and a politicians job is not one I'd envy, although the salary which comes with it would be nice.
It just seems that every time a Tory government gets in people get upset and generally riot and cause other acts against the government.

And they've only been in 5 minutes and a coalition at that.

That because the droves of thick as shit people listen to the old stories of brave miners who blame her for closing the pits. Lets get a few facts straight on that score:

The mines were losing millions ever day, Maggie wasn't the reason for that it was the miners, the mine owners and the unions.

1) They held the country to ransom regularly demanding 25% wage increases irrespective of whether the money was there or not and they striked for it. This is why the country was on a three day week in the seventies. The power stations were coal fired so without coal there was no electricity. Eventually they got their way and wages got out of control. Ultimate result was that the costs of producing coal exceeded the income.

2) The miners were thieves to a man. Including my father, grandfather and a rake of uncles. Nothing that was needed at home was bought if it could be stolen from the pits. Every house has a tool box, a first aid kit, no end of hardware for use when 'it'll come in handy'. All of this was stolen from the pits and had to be replaced.

They followed a lunatic into hell. Scargill who has a stated agenda of bringing down the government led them into oblivion. He failed because Maggie has watched the strikes at close quarters in the seventies and one of her first acts as PM was to make sure that the power stations had a years supply of coal stockpiled to protect the country from another miners strike.

Mining was a dirty and dangerous job but the reason they aren't there any more is for the above reasons.

Cue all the lefties spouting cliches about class and keeping the rich wealthy. Its bollocks. ALL parties want to win the middle ground, middle England as its known because that is where the mass of the voters are.

FFS they've had the keys for a few months and some are trying to re write history - again! The party of the workers left this country in a hell of a state and it has to be sorted out. How the brainless can blame the incoming government is beyond comprehension.

A lad from work has just got back from Florida and he said it was only $3.90 per gallon which is around 2 and a half quid

There is a cheaper alternative, bike and bus!

Since being out of work the Jeep has gone and used buses and bike to get around, starting new job next week and bus drops me off outside so no need for a motor, although will get 1 as soon as afford because the trips to relatives are a ball ache on the bus

...mind, her flag's the wrong colour!

It's funny really, but when petrol went through the pound a litre barrier we had protests, questions about the role of government and quite a few on here describing Labour as (Clarkson like) anti-motorist. Now we have the Condems, there's nowt. Where are the protests now? As I suspected at the time, it was a bunch of right wing reactionaries. Strange to find you Mr I defending the Condems. I don't remember you criticising the fuel protests last time around? And it's not just world oil prices; how much tax has been added to fuel this last week? Don't feed me the deficit bollix; there are other ways to deal with that so called problem.

He (Dangerous Dave) said it this week (when announcing that councils would not be forced to charge high parking charges, while failing to mention that as budgets would be slashed, no Authority would reduce a valuable funding stream). Tis a funny old world.

Given what you and the wife do for a living, you'll be in the top 20 per cent (if not higher). It doesn't feel like that as we live in a very unequal society with the top 10 per cent so far ahead. Remember Ripper, the average salary is just over 20 grand. If there's 2 in your house earning more than that, you're seriously wealthy compared to the average.

More like Karl Mutters!

Get rid of "Litres" and bring back the gallon !. Think then that people might realise what they are paying.
Just had a 7p hike in 4 weeks....ooops sorry 26p ....get it !

Why would anyone choose to go on a bike or a bus unless they wernt forced to do so?

No, in recent memory Labour took over a thriving economy from the previous government in 1997. Its where 'New Liebour' got all their money to waste on their mirage of alleged success.

If your travelling local and not having to lug back loads of shopping then I would now take the bus, no parking hassle and within walking of home for bus stop.
Prior to being made redundant I would have said the same but even though I am now employed, I am gonna take the bus to work, will work out cheaper than petrol and parking costs.

PS. Still want a car though so I can start going to away games

We have a tram system in Nottingham which is superb. Suberb that is as long as you live in Radford, Basford, Bulwell or Hucknall. It only has one line at the moment but is being extended to the South of the city. My ex lives in Hucknall and I've used it a few times to get up there. Its regular, quick, clean and cheap and safe.

To get from the city centre to Hucknall is £1.60, thats roughly the same distance as Hartlepool to Easington.

Once again, more blinkered right-wing claptrap from our esteemed leader

Thriving economy in 1997? Have you secretly deleted Boom and Bust from your memory? If so, kindly explain Labour's subsequent re-elections if it was all merely a protest vote...

Boom and bust? are you seriously taking the Gordon Brown line? Oh look how prudence brought long term stability.

Yes the economy was thriving in 97, it was the basis for most of Labour's alleged successes. The Tories weren't ousted because of the economy they were replaced because of the infighting (remember Major calling his cabinet bastards) and after 18 years the country wanted a change.

Tony Blair came along and promised the Earth. He delivered a feel good factor and growth built on sand. Once the inheritance from the Tories was spent they got a club out. The borrowings went out of control but it felt nice. The people didn't mind because they were getting their 'jam today' and 99% of the population were in hock too. The housing boom gave people equity that they could spend and spend they did. It felt good but it wasn't real.

Labour (what happened to their CND badges) then took us into two illegal and unwinnable wars costing hundreds of billions. Had they not happened the countries debt today would be nowhere near as severe as it is.

As I mentioned when those EDL trolls came spouting their $hite on here recently, I don't go on to football messageboards looking for political instruction, but for what it's worth, a lot of that reply would have made sense to the voting public because after a long spell in power, as you rightly say, people crave a change in approach. Combine that with an economic downturn which did for far bigger and uglier powers than the UK, and add in Gordon Brown's clear unsuitability for party leadership, and you might be getting somewhere nearer an answer.

Interesting to note, however, that the Tories still fell short of an overall majority, and have had to cobble together the most ridiculous political alliance since the SDP. I must say that I feel no regrets in leaving the North East, as I fear the worst for the area under this government. Fin.

It's just his fascination with all things Thatcher.
He'll be ok a few weeks after she's popped her clogs.

You two need to take out the mantra memory card and reboot your brains.

Is that true though....lowest crime levels for thirty years, hospital waiting lists (on average) down from 18 months in 1997 to 18 weeks in 2010, massive improvements to hospitals, schools, kids playgrounds, etc. Winter fuel payments, minimum wage, working tax credits. Relative peace in Northern Ireland......On the downside two futile illegal wars and a complacency after nine years of continued growth that meant we weren't as well prepared for the global recession as we should have been.

He's just after a bite or two...........nobody could seriously believe the nonsense our young leader is coming out with.
What with Liebour and conmen is this the new age of the soundbite??

My overriding point is this: this government took over a disaster zone, surely we can agree that?
It has to be sorted out and its going to be painful irrespective of whoever is in power - agreed?
They've been in power a few months - give them a bit of time at least!!