For the same reason that food and other essentials are zero-rated. Transportation is an essential, getting to work is not a luxury. As it happens, I have said it would be reasonable for drivers to pa… (View Post)

That is an obscene tax that should not exist. Driving should not be taxed, beyond the cost of building and maintaining roads. (View Post)

Prices have gone up to rationalise supply and demand. That is the oil price. Fuel duty is not supply and demand, it is excessive taxation levied by the Government. It also needs to be eliminated, lon… (View Post)

Because as @Richard_Tyndall has explained, patiently and repeatedly, plugging the wells is not leaving them accessible for the future. And the whole x years left thing is a fallacy that we should hav… (View Post)

Stupid idea. If the suppliers go bust they should go bust. Assets and shareholders wiped out and continuity of operations via bankruptcy proceedings, including a newco if need be that could be privat… (View Post)