It's a good thing that road fuel is taxed; even with tax at its present rate, the real cost of road transport has fallen rapidly over the last 40 years. The result is that numbers and weight of vehicles has rocketed, with disastrous consequences for town and country alike. We actually need a lot more restrictions on the use of motor vehicles.

The recent rise has been almost entirely due to rises in the prices charged by the fuel suppliers; the fuel tax has remained unchanged, and the VAT 17.5% of the lot, so even removing it entirely would not get us back to where we were a few weeks ago.

Taxes have to be raised from somewhere; what cuts in services or increases in other taxes are you poroposing to compensate? Would you accept per-mile road charging, with all the surveillance that would entail?