I received this e-mail today. I have already signed the petition. I have been asked to forward it on. apologies if it is inappropriate to post it here. If anyone has any objections then I am happy to delete it. Alternatively if you wish to sign the petition I am sure it would be help - thank you.
Dear FairFuelUK Supporter,
It appears that the Government and institutions like the International Monetary Fund are finally accepting that more needs to be done to increase growth in the economy. There are substantial rumours that the Government might be trying to bring forward spending on major infrastructure projects to boost growth.
This may be a good idea. However, in all of these discussions, the politicians are not even discussing that CUTTING FUEL DUTY NOW could actually be a major part of the answer! A fuel duty cut now would boost growth, reduce inflation and create jobs. Additionally, we believe that the Government itself would gain, as the greater economic activity would yield more tax.
To get the politicians talking about this as an option, we now only need 8,000 extra signatures at bit.ly/FFUK-Gov
When we hit the 100,000 target we will force a full Parliamentary debate on this issue. FairFuelUK, the RAC, FTA and RHA will then have your mandate to make them see sense.
Additionally, over coming weeks, we will be asking our supporters to write and email their MPs to put our case.
For now, our main priority is getting the 100,000 signatures on bit.ly/FFUK-Gov
Our economic case for a cut in fuel duty now can be downloaded from bit.ly/FFUKprospectus
We ask your understanding if you have already signed. This ePetition is different than any that we have done before as it is on the Governments own servers and we have no way of knowing which of our supporters has signed. Forwarding this email to friends and colleagues would be a great help in getting those last few thousand vital signatures.
With enormous thanks for your support to date,
Kind regards,
Peter Carroll
The FairFuelUK team : www.fairfueluk.com
PS: If you use Twitter, please follow us at www.twitter.com/FairFuelUK . The @FairFuelUK account has over 100 MPs and Politicians already following our campaign for lower fuel prices. This means that your tweets will be seen by these decision makers if your follow us.
PPS: If you have any problems signing up to the Government's ePetition website, please go to www.fairfueluk.com/epetitionproblems.html
The FairFuelUK campaign is supported by the RAC (7 million members) and the two bodies that represent the UK road freight industry, the RHA and the FTA. Between them the RHA and FTA have over 20,000 members. The campaign also enjoys the support of approaching 200,000 members of the public. We are aiming to get 1 million on board as soon as possible. Please follow FairFuelUK on Twitter and Facebook
Gransnet forums
News & politics
Signed. 
Thanks nanny1 - I don't know how a new forum is set up or how you can actually communicate with GN staff. perhaps other gransnetters know?
I have seen replies from GN staff in other forums so perhaps someone is reading this and will respond?
Meanwhile keep signing both petitions folks - I feel it would be great to have a forum specifically for e-petitions as then we could all sign or not depending upon how we feel but would all be aware of what petitions are available.
I had no idea that there was a petition re the fair fuel campaign until you started the thread and I am sure not many knew of the coastguard one until mine.
Thanks on behalf of the coastguards!
Join the conversation
Registering is free, easy, and means you can join the discussion, watch threads and lots more.
Register now »Already registered? Log in with:
Gransnet »