DO NOT PANIC, there is plenty of fuel, the Adver is just tring to make a story out of nothing.

keep It Real wrote:
Well done the adver. The predicted panic buying has occured because your good selves said that deisal was drying up yesterday.

One other thing strikes me about this artical. Why are all the petrol station workers indian? Why should they be controlling all the fuel in Swindon ay? Still at least they arnt polish I suppose - yet!

No Panic at Sainsbury's Bridgemead store yesterday.
No-one really believes what the thinking mans Beano says do they?
Because they are prepared to work the hours the indigenous population will not. Better still why don't you put you money where your mouth is and open up a petrol station yourself?
I suggest that ASDA, Sainsbuy and Tesco control the fuel market in Swindon.
When you pop into said fuel station, pub, shop, burger joint etc you'll not give a jot where they come from as long as you get what you want when you want it.
Last point, "they" who ever "they" may be are here to stay whether you vote red, blue, orange green or any other political colour. In short Keep It Real....Get Real!
Happy Christmas to you.

Removed his/her post i notice. Good job too.

keep It Real wrote:
One other thing strikes me about this artical. Why are all the petrol station workers indian?

There is every chance that Suran Subimamaan, Mohammed Sabesraran and Ravi Kanapathy were born here and are actually British.

What does it matter who sells you your petrol?

It's the government that are ripping us off to the tune of c.70p per litre in taxation, not the petrol companies and individual petrol stations.

What's the point in fuel protesters demanding a cut in fuel prices from the oil companies when the government just slapped yet another 2p tax (a 2% increase) on a litre of petrol when it's currently at its highest ever price?

And they won't award the police their agreed pay rise because it might cause 'inflation'? The sum they're holding back from the police is £30 million per annum.

A 2p per litre tax increase on the 73 million litres of fuel sold per year in the UK generates additional revenues of over £500 million per annum for the government to squander.

And, of course, it's one of the most guaranteed inflationary factors there is.

Big Mac wrote:

keep It Real wrote: One other thing strikes me about this artical. Why are all the petrol station workers indian?

There is every chance that Suran Subimamaan, Mohammed Sabesraran and Ravi Kanapathy were born here and are actually British. What does it matter who sells you your petrol? It's the government that are ripping us off to the tune of c.70p per litre in taxation, not the petrol companies and individual petrol stations. What's the point in fuel protesters demanding a cut in fuel prices from the oil companies when the government just slapped yet another 2p tax (a 2% increase) on a litre of petrol when it's currently at its highest ever price? And they won't award the police their agreed pay rise because it might cause 'inflation'? The sum they're holding back from the police is £30 million per annum. A 2p per litre tax increase on the 73 million litres of fuel sold per year in the UK generates additional revenues of over £500 million per annum for the government to squander. And, of course, it's one of the most guaranteed inflationary factors there is.

Oh dear, I actually agree. The goverment can afford to drop duty due to the fact that VAT has increased with the rise in basic price? This would also help to control inflation. Also, I agree, what the hell has asians running petrol stations got to do with anything? As for this story in general.. what is the Adver thinking of?!? Stupid sensationalist journalism over a couple of late fuel deliveries. It is preying on human nature and is totally irresponsible. Go on Adver, print that in your web comments column.

I think the second part of Keep It Real's post was suposed to be humerous

Well it wasn't.

What a stupid, stupid story. There is no shortage and irresponsible reporting such as this only makes a problem!! I can't believe that these reporters are such numpty's!!!

trend wrote:
What a stupid, stupid story. There is no shortage and irresponsible reporting such as this only makes a problem!! I can't believe that these reporters are such numpty's!!!

Get used to it this is the local paper for Swindon.

No problem at Shell this morning. It's a non-story.

Shouldn't this article be titled 'Adver scaremongering causes panic at the pumps' ?

Steve, how about:-
'Adver scaremongering causes WOULD HAVE panic at the pumps IF WE BELEIVED THEM' ?

Anyone would think I worked at the Adver with the standard of typing in my last post lets try agian.

Steve, how about:-
'Adver scaremongering WOULD HAVE causeD panic at the pumps IF WE BELEIVED THEM' ?

Strange that Thamesdown buses seem to keep on running. Where do they get all the diesel to allow them to maintain their "service"?

Anyway look on the bright side chaps, no fuel, no work.....(fingers crossed)

Captain T wrote:
Strange that Thamesdown buses seem to keep on running. Where do they get all the diesel to allow them to maintain their "service"? Anyway look on the bright side chaps, no fuel, no work.....(fingers crossed)

Because Thamesdown don't buy their diesel from a petrol station...they would have their own pumps and storage at their depot. Shortages at a petrol station would not necessarily mean a shortage of overall diesel.

john c wrote:
I think the second part of Keep It Real's post was suposed to be humerous

Im afraid racist remarks are not taken lightly
hence the removal.

Keep it real should have read the TERMS OF USE

What we need are more taxes to stop people using there cars, eating food, buying clothes, heating their houses, working, taking holidays, eating burgers, drinking, smoking, eating sweets, not excercising, excercising, taxes to stop global warming, taxes to stop climate change, more taxes to stop people buying and selling houses and more VAT and Income tax. There that should solve all our problems. Still Incapability Brown has already done this, and oh dear the worlds still in a mess.

BWB wrote:

john c wrote: I think the second part of Keep It Real's post was suposed to be humerous

Im afraid racist remarks are not taken lightly hence the removal. Keep it real should have read the TERMS OF USE

All you idiot moaners out there - you are wrong. I didn't mention anything rasist whatsoever, I was just observing the fact that most, if not all, of the comentators on behalf of the petrol stations, in the article, appeared to have Indian sounding names. From experience I would say that most of the petrol stations I have been in, around Swindon, have had Indian looking people serving behind the till. It is also true to say that there has been a big influx of Polish migrants into Swindon, and I have noticed that there has been an increase in the number of Polish people working in shops and restaurants. I was not insinuating that the people of Indian descent were not British or that I didn't like them because of their ethnic origin.

So shut the **** up, fools.

Oh does that mean I'm being racist if the person reading this is not a white causican? No - grow up fools.

Thanks

keep It Real wrote:

BWB wrote:

john c wrote: I think the second part of Keep It Real's post was suposed to be humerous

Im afraid racist remarks are not taken lightly hence the removal. Keep it real should have read the TERMS OF USE

All you idiot moaners out there - you are wrong. I didn't mention anything rasist whatsoever, I was just observing the fact that most, if not all, of the comentators on behalf of the petrol stations, in the article, appeared to have Indian sounding names. From experience I would say that most of the petrol stations I have been in, around Swindon, have had Indian looking people serving behind the till. It is also true to say that there has been a big influx of Polish migrants into Swindon, and I have noticed that there has been an increase in the number of Polish people working in shops and restaurants. I was not insinuating that the people of Indian descent were not British or that I didn't like them because of their ethnic origin. So shut the **** up, fools. Oh does that mean I'm being racist if the person reading this is not a white causican? No - grow up fools.

Thanks

That does not detract from the fact that it appears to have very little to do with a "fuel shortage". Therefore, you comment appears to be a dig at asians for no real reason. Hence, people will take your comment (innocent or not) in the context which I did.

keep It Real wrote:

BWB wrote:

john c wrote: I think the second part of Keep It Real's post was suposed to be humerous

Im afraid racist remarks are not taken lightly hence the removal. Keep it real should have read the TERMS OF USE

All you idiot moaners out there - you are wrong. I didn't mention anything rasist whatsoever, I was just observing the fact that most, if not all, of the comentators on behalf of the petrol stations, in the article, appeared to have Indian sounding names. From experience I would say that most of the petrol stations I have been in, around Swindon, have had Indian looking people serving behind the till. It is also true to say that there has been a big influx of Polish migrants into Swindon, and I have noticed that there has been an increase in the number of Polish people working in shops and restaurants. I was not insinuating that the people of Indian descent were not British or that I didn't like them because of their ethnic origin. So shut the **** up, fools. Oh does that mean I'm being racist if the person reading this is not a white causican? No - grow up fools.

Thanks

NOT A VERY NICE PERSON ARE YOU K I P.

TO EXPRESS OUR OPINION OF YOU DOES NOT MAKE US IDIOTS OR FOOLS.
SOME PEOPLE CANNOT STRING A SENTANCE TOGETHER WITHOUT USING EXPLETIVES.

NOT A VERY NICE PERSON ARE YOU K I P.

TO EXPRESS OUR OPINION OF YOU DOES NOT MAKE US IDIOTS OR FOOLS.
SOME PEOPLE CANNOT STRING A SENTANCE TOGETHER WITHOUT USING EXPLETIVES.

Well said.

John C if you want to be pedantict lets spell BELIEVED correctly

john martin wrote:
John C if you want to be pedantict lets spell BELIEVED correctly

Did it realy take you over 26 hours to think of that.