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Rightly or wrongly it's world events which have pushed the price of crude up so much, thus impacting upon fuel prices. Relating current world events to the price of oil is newsworthy but not in the sensationalist way that some newspapers like to adopt.

 

The previous fuel protests were about the Government planning on raising fuel duty and therein lies the crucial difference.

 

Which headline sells more papers and makes the reader feel less guilty?:

 

New Orleans disaster pushes up the cost of your fuel by 5p a litre

 

or

 

Greedy Chancellor steals more of your money through stealth petrol tax.

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