Fuel being that high means the economies I worked out when I bought the Yaris increase. I still drive the Vehicross at weekends and sometimes just for the hell of it, but I'm not doing 27k miles a year in it any more!

Our Prime Minister doesn't have a driving licence, doesn't seem to "get" motoring and seems so removed from the actual act of purchasing anything that I'd be surprised if he can tell you the price of most day-to-day necessities.

My father has a haulage company. 2p/litre in the cost of diesel for him is a significant added overhead each month (I believe his company uses 30 - 40,000 litres a month) when you have 8 articulated lorries on the road, a couple of smaller ones and miscellaneous vans, cars, plant and heavy equipment too. He has a whole special vocabulary for when there's a stab-in-the-back taxation like this.

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