Last day to sign fuel duty petition

Drax · Scooby Slapper Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Karma :

Don't know if this has already been posted but today is the last day to sign up to reverse the 2p duty imposed in January.

It's gone up to 115.9p a litre today!!!!! Evil or Very Mad

https://petitions.number10.gov.uk/DutyReduction/

DrDonnyBrago · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Karma :

just signed!

Nulabia fuckwits

ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Karma :

Petrol prices go up. Deal with it.

BanditJeff · Trackday Trickster Joined: 24 Jul 2009 Karma :

I signed it a while ago... not that it'll do fuck all.
In fact, i'd like to know if any online petition in the history of the internet has ever changed government policy or made any difference to anything.
I'm betting it hasn't.

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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

There was a huge petition recently by the RSPB to stop the illegal killing of birds of prey.

The killing of birds of prey is illegal (said so in the petition) so just what was the thing for?
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T0MMY · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Karma :

Looks like I chose the wrong week to buy a car with a 2.8 litre petrol engine Laughing

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Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

Shit I didnt sign it! I hope it will all be ok?

When will people learn that the wheels will turn until something real happens, a few squiggles on a piece of A4 will never do anything as long as I have a hole in my arse!

We are the desperate consumers and they are the mega rich suppliers, as if they give a shit about anyones autograph!
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Ad_87 · Nova Slayer Joined: 18 Mar 2008 Karma :

Ignoring the issues with this country and it's government won't change anything. Too many people just roll over.

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

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st3v3 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

Ironic.

Petitions are so they can read, and then simply 'laugh' how many people are willing to sign a redundant form, and roll over under the illusion they are sticking it to the man. Laughing

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cyclops12 · Traffic Copper Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Karma :

It wont do a thing as they are putting it up 2.5p on the 1st april
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BanditJeff · Trackday Trickster Joined: 24 Jul 2009 Karma :

Gawd..... i didn't know the leg protectors fiasco was being brought up again. I remember that unbelievably stupid proposed legislation back in the 80's.
It is a fact though, that MAG are actively involved in lobbying goverment against any legislation that would be detrimemtal to our lifestyle.

Mr Hammers · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Karma :

The problem is that although most of you are right in saying that an online petition won't change anything, the reason is there's never enough people signing them.

The current one is the highest number of signatories to it, 153 thou or something, which is a lot of people, but still a relatively small percentage of the UK. If everyone who is pissed off with paying through the nose for fuel signed it - which is going to be a lot more than 153k - then it does two things; one is to let the government know that a serious amount of people are getting pissed, which *does* make a difference, and two it lets the protestors know that they have a lot of backing, which might then be mobilised in future, such as blockades and boycotts, etc.

I think Britain has pretty much lost its spine nowadays. We're losing our liberties every day in the name of the bogus war on terror, we're treated like imbeciles in the name of health and safety, the banks are taking our money and funneling to the elites, and we're taxed left right and centre through more and more dubious revenues like fuel tax.

And what do we do? Sigh, and say nothing can be done. And unfortunately that's exactly what happens. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

As BanditJeff points out, at least the French still have the balls to actually do stuff when their government gets out of line, whereas here we're all too apathetic to do fuck all about anything important.

Just for the record, I signed it, whatever good it does or doesn't do. I also email my local MP at least once a week asking why the cost of fuel isn't reduced, not just in the interests of the motorist, but for the economy as well, as almost everything you buy is more and more expensive because it's had to travel to get to you.

It's not much, but there's at least one MP in the commons who knows how much this is grinding the average guy in the street (car/bike) down, and that's better than none.

tl:dr; We getting shafted more and more, and it's our fault because we're a nation of apolitical wimps.
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ncrn · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 May 2006 Karma :

What if say 40 million people signed it though?
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