..., not me. As I recall, you simply stated it was going to happen, without giving a source, You recall wrong. Fod started the thread 'Oil will soar to $200 a barrol' and I merely commented: -------------------------- How much has it got to go to, before you get up and do something? My guess is only when it starts to severely restrict car journeys. Given the widespread ...

> Because the last time we tried to, the public were against it having bought the lies the government peddled in the 2000 strikes about ambulances running out of fuel and people dying. Yea, but 8 years of Labour lies they wouldn't fall for it this time, and Blair was good at spin, Browm would make a real mess of it and come off worse. If Boris can become mayor, then anything ...

On Fri, 2 May 2008 10:48:44 -0700 (PDT), googlegroups@trashmail.net wrote: The protesters should never have gave in when they did, they were wrong to trust the government when they said they would do something. If they had carried on, brought the country to its knees, then Browm & Blair would have taken them seriously and would have had to cut duty by a big ammount and would be ...

On Fri, 2 May 2008 22:11:04 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone520-ng02@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Then some people rioted and stuff and the government promised to make the bad nasty poll tax go away. And we got "Community Charge" which was, miraculously, about 800%% of the rates that I used to pay. Exactly the same as the poll tax for four people. What a crock. Yup, and ...

Steve Firth wrote: <googlegroups@trashmail.net> wrote: The Poll Tax protests worked, so it can be done. They didn't work in the slightest. Only a fool would claim that they worked. I used to pay a fairly reasonable amount in rates. I could afford to pay it in a single payment once a year and it was sufficient, in my estimation, to pay for the services I got. Then we...

In article <c72bedcd-0a3b-4ea1-9b8c-309493d05482 @k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, says... Well in that case I don't know why hauliers don't get organised to protest agian, it will be too late protesting after they've gone out of business. I know the onus is always on them, but thats because they did it before, but also because they are in groups. Because the last time we tried ...

In article <c72bedcd-0a3b-4ea1-9b8c-309493d05482 @k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, googlegroups@trashmail.net says... They're not the only ones. Trucknet and PDA websites have at least one a week going tits up now and it's not just small hauliers. Ramage went tits up a few weeks ago. Well in that case I don't know why hauliers don't get organised to protest agian, it ...

> They're not the only ones. Trucknet and PDA websites have at least one a week going tits up now and it's not just small hauliers. Ramage went tits up a few weeks ago. Well in that case I don't know why hauliers don't get organised to protest agian, it will be too late protesting after they've gone out of business. I know the onus is always on them, but thats because they did it ...

In article <28110f1b-8ace-4514-be76-37591ada1328 @w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>, says... The hauliers, yet again, had another the other day. The problem is the public are waiting for us to do it. Trouble is, most of us can't afford to. Can you afford not too? Fuel costs force haulier to close http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7346169.stm Fuel...

> The hauliers, yet again, had another the other day. The problem is the public are waiting for us to do it. Trouble is, most of us can't afford to. Can you afford not too? Fuel costs force haulier to close http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7346169.stm Fuel cost drives hauliers out of work http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=...