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Essex truckers join London protest
7:09am Thursday 3rd July 2008
ESSEX truckers rumbled in to London to join protests over rising fuel costs.
Lorry drivers from across the county joined hundreds of hauliers in the capital to call for a freeze on fuel duty.
Some Essex hauliers headed to Westminster to press for an essential-user fuel tax rebate.
Kevin Read, of Colchester firm B & E Hamblion, warned: "If we cannot get a rebate, our costs will be passed on to customers. There will not be an industry unless we can."
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Feisty CBC, Colchester says...
11:10pm Thu 3 Jul 08
No! I'm Spartacus, Colchester says...
8:05am Fri 4 Jul 08
If only there was a viable alternative to the current Government....
Joe Blogger, Soapbox says...
9:45am Fri 4 Jul 08
Go to France and find out the drawbacks: High Insurance
High road tolls
Forcedonto motorways on many routes
Banned from roads at weekends
Police always on your back
On spot fines
Etc,etc
No! I'm Spartacus, Colchester says...
9:53am Fri 4 Jul 08
Joe Blogger wrote:And the French... don't forget them...
We are always being told how cheap diesel is on the Continent and that their truckers have an unfair advantage. Go to France and find out the drawbacks: High Insurance High road tolls Forcedonto motorways on many routes Banned from roads at weekends Police always on your back On spot fines Etc,etc
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