unleaded is predicted to soar to 230p a litre

[Sweetpea]

Motorists were urged not to panic-buy last night as fuel tanker drivers prepared to launch a four-day strike from Friday - and unleaded petrol was predicted to soar to 230p a litre.

Gordon Brown's spokesman said emergency plans were in place to minimise disruption during a tanker strike and stressed: 'We want the public to buy as normal, to avoid creating problems.'

The Downing Street plea comes with diesel prices poised to soar past £6 a gallon.

Warnings that a litre of unleaded could hit 230p followed Russian energy giant Gazprom's prediction that crude oil was set to skyrocket to $250 a barrel 'in the forseeable future'. It peaked last week at a fraction under $140.

Meanwhile new figures show that the record fuel price rises are forcing more drivers out of their cars.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025495/Dont-panic-buy-petrol-No-10-urges-calm-truckers-strike-looms-unleaded-predicted-soar-230p-litre.html

I wonder what sort of 'allowance' MP's get for petrol/diesel. A lot i bet, while we struggle with astronomical price rises, and they tell US not to panic.

LOL Don't panic Mr. Mannering.

'We want the public to buy as normal, to avoid creating problems.'

To avoid you loosing out on the tax you mean, bastard.

But then people ARE thick.

Example. Last week we had the farmers go on strike to get more of the milk price from the retailers, which at the moment stands at around 3% of the price of a liter goes to the farmer, whilst 60+% goes to "Tesco" (Or REWE The German equivalent).

SO people were panic buying milk.

SOME with two and three shopping trolleys full.

NOW, there is something they REALLY should know about milk, even in a fridge it only lasts two days.

WHAT the FUCK were these IDIOTS thinking of?

Ah well, I see a LOT of Joghurt parties coming up.

Not to mention salmonella, and dysentery, and cholera, and....and....

You can freeze milk Von.

With three trollies of milk, you would need the freezer deck of the bloody Titanic!!!

We are talking here about people who's weeks shopping may, NORAMALLY, include 7 liters.

Roll on yoghurt parties......

I can't picture a German actually panicking about anything for some reason.

[Haqa]

Blatant stupidity, but absolutely typical of the Human Condition...

H.

Originally Posted by churchill

I can't picture a German actually panicking about anything for some reason.

You even SUGGEST his car MAY have a 1 mm scratch under the bumber, and stand back and watch.