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How many other European countries have the same sort of state burden we have with our welfare system, etc? Re: diesel, the number of cars using diesel has dramatically increased, pushing up the price due to supply and demand pressures

Why would I have mentioned the other sources of Government income if I was suggesting it all came from fuel duty. Since when has owning a car been deemed a necessity and not a luxury? We have public transport instead or should we all have cars and scrap it to save money (but not the environment)

Yet it goes up straight away as prices of crude oil goes up when the stock they already have cost them the lower price

Thats right, lets scrap the NHS, Police, Fire service and everything else they provide us with so we can cut the cost of petrol. Where do you think the money to start to pay that comes from (Income tax, rates, Vat, duty, extra Government borrowing, etc)

So why hasdn't the price come down then as the price of oil has dropped? If the price of crude oil had gone up 28% instead of down by 28%, do you think that the price of petrol would go up by only 6% at the pumps? We are told that it's a price war at the pumps by supermarkets that has led to...