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NEWS FLASH: Petrol Blockade Bites In Britain
A blockade over high petrol prices in Britain is starting to bite with panic buying as pumps run dry. Troops are on standby, the government is getting extra powers, and rogue petrol stations are selling petrol at 11 pounds a gallon.
Meanwhile OPEC says don't blame them as they have lifted production three times this year – rather, says OPEC, consumers should blame the high taxes taken by Western government's.
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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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