Its about time the government and oil suppliers realised that it is the consumer that sets the price of oil and commodities not the big oil companies. Once a good plan was put in place to 'go slow' on the motorway or picket oil refineries it was made illegal because of the problems it caused so the government put a stop to it. I think we should all just buy our petrol from every garage forecourt other than BP and Shell. I wonder how long they would last before they felt the lack of money in their pockets? I think after a few days they would, maybe a week they may but a few weeks they definitely would. This could create a price war which is what the consumer would benefit from.

Alternatively maybe the government who is not so popular right now would find a vote winner if they SIGNIFICANTLY reduced the VAT on petrol.