Having taken its foot off the petrol-price accelerator in the March budget, Mr Blair was entitled to think that he had struck a defensible enough balance between the demands of the environment, the economy and the motorist.He was wrong.
Parents felt hammered at the till, ripped off at the petrol pump, robbed by the tax man.
This is where oil tankers are most vulnerable to an Iranian attempt to turn off the global petrol pump.
That took care of the petrol money.
pic.twitter.com/k88Ij2TSpV The RAC predicted this fall in price could take 3p and 5p off the price of petrol and diesel respectively.
It is so much like the handling of a horse, the way the plane changes over a long journey, the shift in her weight from the burn-off of petrol, the gallop of her engines, her rein-touch at the controls.
And they took us to a place where there were all these lorries and they would creep up to the lorries, take the petrol cap off, get a hose and suck it out and start stealing the diesel.
Electrifying heating and personal mobility requires moving them off the gas grid and petrol pump and onto the electricity system, which in turn may have implications for the profound peak in electricity use that takes place in the early evening.
How much can you smell the petrol off dad's car when you listen to this?
