Must be Mad wrote: 07 Oct 2026, 08:20
........but seems the EU reserves are makes no effect over here, maybe the rumours that we would not benefit from EU reserves as not EU members was not a far fetched as first thought
Why should we, if there's money to be made by the fuel importers, and pass the blame to someone/thing (Brexit), why not make it?
The funniest thing about this whole mess is the greedy UKG who decided years ago on set rate for fuel duty to keep the coffers high and protect against lowering costs, now its went crazy high and they still get same amount no increase! I bet the treasury are fuming they could had reamed us even more if they had not gone down that route.
Of course good old VAT still gets them a very healthy cut of the pie, does make you wonder is this the intention remove VAT on electricity but retain on fossil fuels, but then reclaim the lost VAT by pay per mile oh I am sinical I know lol
Whilst useful, these comparison sites can help petrol stations make sure their prices are not too low without having to drive around them. Another way of having a monopoly so they can all charge similar amounts. A bit like supermarkets price matching with Aldi, why not have lower prices so Aldi can price match them.
The PM keeps being asked if they will do something about high fuel prices and his answer is always to wait until the budget - in other words we want to enjoy the extra tax being taken through the VAT on the price rises. There is another rubbish argument they have made that as people pay more for fuel and its VAT, they then have less to spend on other things so VAT is lost there so no net gain.
My Mrs used to work as a 'petrol petroleum engineer', posh for being the person who you pay after you fill up because they push the go button for the pump to start. And yes, part of the job included ringing local stations for prices so they were competitive. So Google isn't really going to change much.
Drove from Scotland to Surrey on Sunday - very little evidence high fuel prices are putting drivers off! Busy (almost all cars) from the Lakes south. Tebay was packed out, several hold ups due to heavy traffic.
confused I mentioned no political party or no individual?
You stated this was to discuss radical fuel prices and differences across the world, this is what i was pointing out I did not name any political party or individual or make any statements showing political bias?
Anyway my morning commute, the 2 main filling stations on the A82 still 204.99p per litre no change
I watch this closely for work, as I run a small van fleet out of Leeds, and the UK average has hardly moved since the start of October. Diesel peaked at about 199.8p a litre around 3 to 5 October and is about 198.7p today, so roughly a penny off. Unleaded went from 174.5p to 173.5p. So Must be Mad is right that nothing much has come down. It has just stopped going up.
On Glasgow, the gap inside the city is far bigger than the change over the month. Of 75 stations that have posted a diesel price in the last month, the middle one is at 199.9p. A third are at 201p or more, with several BPs and Essos at 202.9p and two at 203.9p in Bearsden and Newton Mearns. At the other end, Route 74 is at 192.9p and the Asdas at Toryglen and Parkhead are at 193.7p. That is about 10p a litre across one city, or £7 on a 70 litre van tank. Costco is cheaper again, but members only.
One catch: the two Asda prices haven't changed for three weeks, so I'd check before driving across town for them.
What surprises me the most is how unpredictable the prices are. You would think that any station near a motorway junction would be more expensive than anywhere else. Yet, Sainsbury's at junction 8 A1(M) is 192.9 for diesel. It's literally just off the slip road, yet the stations in town are 200.9 plus
