UK Petrol Prices

The price of fuel in the UK whether it be petrol or diesel is disgustingly high. I'm paying nearly £1.48p per litre, and it still seems to be going up!

Recently the government released their latest budget, in it they had the chance of delaying the planned 3p a litre rise later in the year, but they chose not to help the vast majority of families and people in this country who use their cars regular. Many of us cannot rely on public transport, often its unreliable or not in plentiful supply so have to rely on our own vehicles

The coalition government have decided to go ahead with the planned fuel duty rise later in the years. They tried to wash over the fact by going on and on about raising the tax threshold, but in reality what they were doing was giving with one hand and taking back with the other.

With a large percentage of fuel prices going to fuel duty, this government has the power to help the people who need the fuel but chose not to. I hope this year we see the return of blockades and protests all over their country, its the only way the David Cameron will have to confront the issue and do something about it.

George Washington Chicken Nugget fetches $8,100!

Yes, that title is correct, a chicken nugget resembling the former president of the US George Washington sold for over $8,000.

Why would anyone want to buy the nugget is beyond me, what are they going to do with it?

Talk about more money then sense, I just shook my head when I read about it. I wonder how many more celebrity resembling nuggets and food items will appear on auction sites now. I'm sure a charity would have benefited from the money more than this person needed an oddly shaped chicken nugget

There are some strange people in the world, this is the proof!

Another Stricken Cruise liner!

Only weeks after that terrible disaster with the sunken cruise liner the Costa Concordia, this week another ship in that fleet of Costa cruises caught fire and was stuck in the middle of the Indian Ocean. There were over 600 passengers on board the Costa Allegra who had to cope with no lights, air conditioning and only basic provisions to eat.

Who would now seriously want to take a cruise with this company? I dare say that these two incidents will have a knock on effect on the cruise industry as a whole, as many people will think twice before booking a cruise.

I never really liked the idea of a cruise, never appealed to me being restricted to a ship for hours on end. That idea would be even worse if I was stuck on the ship because there had been a fire on board.