Are you referrring to the proposal to make the use of red diesel in pleasure craft illegal? That's not a tax increase, just a harmonisation issue.
Why should someone with a **** off-sized boat with twin 5000 hp diesels be able to buy fuel at the same price as it is for use on farms and fishing craft? Like buying a Roller, as the expression goes, if you can afford the vehicle you can afford the fuel.
We don't have the option of buying tax-free fuel for our petrol-engined craft. Now if you concert to LPG, that's a different matter......
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Jeff
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