This is democracy! (UK Petrol Prices)

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Product:	UK Petrol Prices
Date:	14/09/00 (0 review reads)
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Advantages: Stick it to Blair the ultimate hypocrite.

Disadvantages: the economy is going to struggle a bit during the blockades, but its a price worth paying.

"We will not bow to terrorists" said Tony Blair. And now the Maze prison stands empty....

Yet the people of Britain, the ordinary heads-down average Joes are raising a collective shout for attention, and no body listens.

I have never been fond of the over use of the word democracy in relation to our form of government, often I feel that the will of the people counts for little to the overfed, overpaid, elected Members of Parliament.

The general population grumble into their beer, including myself. All the time feeling resigned to the fact that the only say we get is a vote now and again.

But then something like this happens. And the situation becomes so large, it begins to feel like the government will have to listen and act.

Then we are gravely reminded on the News that government cannot be seen to back down. So that is our elected government cannot be seen to uphold democracy and serve the will of the people? They refuse to bullied into change by their own electorate, while they allow us to be bullied by Europe, dragged into wars by America, and beaten into submission by the murderous terrorists of Northern Ireland.

What has amazed me is the level of support given to the Blockades. I'm taking driving lessons at the moment, and my instructor is facing an inability to earn his wage, yet he was deeply enthusiastic in his support for the protests.

Taxi drivers, Local business, I have yet to meet one person who disagrees.

My Dad is building housing developments on 4 sites, work has ground to a halt, and yet he still backs the protest.

Petrol prices are ridiculous. The governments plan to increase prices as they have each year in an attempt to force people to use their cars less is unfair. They know full well that increasing prices will not change that.

As they increase prices, they offer no viable alternative for travel. There are no usable schemes to encourage pe
ople to abandon cars.

So instead the people, businesses, the emergency services, everyone, are all financially penalised for the governments dismal efforts at providing a solution.

Shame on the Health Secretary for scaremongering. Statements were issued that the Blood services were endangered, that supplies were running out and so forth. This was swiftly followed by representatives of the blood service, and the hospitals stating this to be untrue.

The oil companies are not to blame, they are not the ones artificially inflating the price. This one is straight from number 10.

Maybe the government will listen, or maybe they will quell this mini uprising like the dictators that they love to condemn.

This could be a time for real democracy. But then again....

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