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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by russellhq,Jul 1 2008, 02:52 PM
That didn't stop the sheeple before. So why now? Becasue people are generally too lazy to work things out for themselves and hence get branded idiots.
Maybe they've also realised that modern cars are too fat, ugly, expensive, over-complicated, unreliable and boring to drive.

Like they finally worked out the politiciunts are self-serving robbers (with very few honourable exceptions).

"You can't fool all of the people all of the time."

It could be that the banks have farked up their business model and won't lend them the wonga.

But like you say, they're so stupid, they are probably moaning about squirt. The amount that will panic-buy single litres of the stuff is amazing.
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Jul 1 2008, 03:48 PM
Uther Pendragon can fall on his far king sword. Does he sell Excaliburs?


Conclusive proof that Mr Graves has finally flipped his lid.

All the years of railing at sundry idiocy has caused him to fall into a random stream-of-consciousness word association type of posting!

Nick, you're something of a fruit cake but your posts genuinely make me smile at times - even if only for their sheer off-the-walledness!
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 07:23 AM
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No, Nick's just found the "tw@t-o-tron" ™
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 07:49 AM
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[QUOTE=russellhq,Jul 1 2008, 04:01 PM] When the tory's left power in '95 tax accounted for 77p in the pound.
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by russellhq,Jul 1 2008, 03:01 PM
When the tory's left power in '95 tax accounted for 77p in the pound. Now it's around 67p in the pound.

So obviously it's the rising cost of oil that is pushing up prices rather than tax.
Hmm... 77p in pound against a gallon fuel at
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by lower,Jul 1 2008, 03:49 PM
where'd you get that from?
Do I sense a difference of opinion?

The current duty rate is 50.35p per litre of petrol.
HMRC

The current average cost of petrol is 116p
Any petrol station.

17.5% or 17.3p is VAT

Hence tax per litre is 67.6p or tax per
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Lurking Lawyer,Jul 1 2008, 03:15 PM


Conclusive proof that Mr Graves has finally flipped his lid.

All the years of railing at sundry idiocy has caused him to fall into a random stream-of-consciousness word association type of posting!

Nick, you're something of a fruit cake but your posts genuinely make me smile at times - even if only for their sheer off-the-walledness!


I've had all I can take of this far king knutry and its definition of sanity.

You could say I've thrown in the sanity towel.

I'll see you all again...

...on the dark side of the moon.
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 08:28 AM
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I thought it was 17.5% on the
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by russellhq,Jul 1 2008, 04:17 PM
tax has only risen 93%.
During a period when, according to the government's own inlflation figures, cumulative inlflation has only risen 39%

Maybe they switched the figures around in the hope that nobody would notice, or that BLiar could talk his way out of it, but the mask has fallen off now and everyone can see these f**=wits for what they really are.
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 08:30 AM
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It's 17.5% before the
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