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Reading a letter from Clive Hoyland (CM18-24 Oct) I must say I could not agree more with his comments. I feel particularly that the FTA has jumped on the bandwagon that the fuel protest brought about. Let's not forget that if haulers had not given up their time to take to the streets over fuel tax then former transport minister John Reid would have never been put into an embarrassing situation and forced to form a hauliers' forum.
The FTA risks offending hauliers by condemning the fuel protests because without that action they would never have had the opportunity to be part of a Road Haulage Forum and had their voices heard. These days of action which were not supported by the FTA, and reluctantly by the RHA, were a great success for the whole industry bringing road tax reductions at first—and hopefully fuel tax decreases in the future. But for those who talk within the walls of Parliament, if hauliers do not get a fuel tax cut they will be forced to take to the streets again.
But why does the government take so long? The 11 September terrorist attacks struck New York at 9:00hrs. By l8;00hrs the same day Tony Blair offered millions of pounds' worth of support to the USA.
Meanwhile, the British road haulage industry goes on struggling with the burden of high fuel tax.
Paul Fox, Nr March, Cambs.