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MSE News: Petrol prices hit new high

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"After a brief halt following weeks of increases, the average cost of petrol has gone up to 142.48p a litre, says the AA"
"After a brief halt following weeks of increases, the average cost of petrol has gone up to 142.48p a litre, says the AA"
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As the roads seem just as busy we have two possibilities:
1) People can still easily afford petrol.
2) During the last 20 years a hell of a lot more people have arranged their lives so that they have to keep using their cars, no matter what the cost.
Decision day today as their mandate to call a strike runs out... :eek:
Not right, they're continuing discussions with ACAS next week. No decision until Tuesday at the earliest, and even then they have to give 6 days notice of a strike.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.
You might want to use it before then. Fuel goes off and starts to turn to jelly, clogging the fuel lines and injectors.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17753488
Do you have a more reliable source please?
Edit: Ah looks like they've since got a further extension
Kind of makes sense as alternatively I understand they could have called a strike for as little as 15 minutes in 7 days time, allowing them to get an extension for a longer one later if necessary.
I thought that it was usually fine for several months, even more if the tank is mostly full?
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.