woodster
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| posted on 29/4/08 at 09:12 AM |
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a tale of 2 cities
Fuel protests both sides of the pond
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7372532.stm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042800787.html?hpid=sec-education
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 29/4/08 at 09:44 AM |
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their going to give them what?! -
Organisers will present a coffin to the Houses of Parliament to represent hundreds of haulage firms that they say have gone bankrupt as a result.
what nutters 
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smart51
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| posted on 29/4/08 at 10:12 AM |
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Their diesel costs them 62.9p per litre, just over half our costs.
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 29/4/08 at 10:14 AM |
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I'm amazed they have been allowed to protest, I was under the impression that any active protesting was now banned in the UK - under the broad
term "terrorism". 
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 29/4/08 at 10:15 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
Their diesel costs them 62.9p per litre, just over half our costs.
Not so, some large derv tanks may have fuel in at that cost, but the majority of our tanks have long since been filled up at near £1 mark - and with
one of the biggest fleets in the UK I imagine we have one of the better pricing deals - wouldnt want to be a small ind haulier these days!
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907
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| posted on 29/4/08 at 10:29 AM |
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Well, good for them I say.
Somebody has got to get it across to the shower in Whitehall that fuel is a necessity to the economy,
and not just an infinitely taxable luxury.
If the price of fuel was reverse linked to their expense accounts it would plummet.
Err, I'll get down off my soapbox now.
Paul G
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MikeR
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| posted on 29/4/08 at 11:53 AM |
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you have the right to protest in this country except for ....
if you're within 1 mile exclusion zone of parliament (and then you need permission from the police to protest - google Mark Thomas (he's a
political comedian), he's been leading protests about this for a while, he's now submitted a case to the CPS asking for Brown to be
charged under the act he helped get through court for breaking the rules - he unlawfully lead a protest against racism by publicly unveiling a statue
to Nelson Mandela! Technically wearing a red nose in the 1 mile zone is illegal.)
Outside of that, you can protest anywhere that is public property except - if you stand stationary you can be done for causing an obstruction or if
you're in a group of more than (i think) three. (again learnt this from Mark Thomas when he did a protest outside the American Embassy - the
police came to ask him to stop and he listed the rules he wasn't breaking, the police looked at him and said the imortal lines
"you've done this before haven't you sir", he replied "oh yes", they then asked him to carry on not breaking any
rules otherwise they'd have to arrest him).
don't you love living in the uk? Oh don't forget (i believe) driving in a convoy of more than 4 cars is also illegal if you haven't
got permission from the police telling them your exact route & who's going.
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