I'm with Eric on this one. There comes a time when you just have to say ebough is enough and for the small haulage companies (often one man businesses ) and farmers,particularly livestock farmers the current rate of tax on fuel is putting them straight into the bankruptcy courts. If they are using their small ammount of remaining fuel to protest it's because they need to reduce the price in order to survive. Personally I would find the 13 mile journey to my work extremely difficult by public transport and will be very inconvenienced by this crisis but I still stand in support of the protesters and am horrified bythe Thatcherist statements issuing from a so called labour government about not being bullied by illegal blockades and pickets. Shades of the miner's strike here! Firstly many of the blockades are not illegal and the police have said they are powerless to do anything. Secondly since it has been widely reported that supplies destined for the emergency services and sanitation plants have been allowed through then the protesters are not putting lives at risk. I also think I would prefer to have this happen now rather than wait for the budget which takes place at a much colder time and let's face it budgets are prepared months in advance so maybe now is just the right time. The people I am most angry with in this are those who are blatently profiteering by putting their petrol prices up to £2/litre. Such action in wartime would have had them shot but that may be a bit drastic!!! And yes I AM cross that I won't be able to come to the session at the Jug!!!!!