{"id":12017,"date":"2026-04-12T02:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/12017\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:26:30","slug":"fuel-protests-now-set-to-hit-britain-as-farmers-plan-irish-style-nationwide-blockades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/12017\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel protests now set to hit Britain as farmers plan Irish-style nationwide blockades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Massive fuel protests are now being planned across Britain as diesel prices surge beyond \u00a32 per litre.<\/p>\n

Farmers are planning to stage demonstrations similar to those which have paralysed Irish roads over the past week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Farming groups which have mobilised tens of thousands of demonstrators against Labour’s inheritance tax raids<\/a> are set to meet next week to discuss nationwide fuel price protests, it was revealed last night.<\/p>\n

A source involved with the discussions said: “We’ve hit the \u00a32 mark on a litre of diesel. That’s a scary place to be. <\/p>\n

“It will be a matter of time before people in this country start to go out and protest,” they told The Telegraph.<\/p>\n

“Farmers are the last people who want to go out and protest. You have to remember this is a very busy time of the year for us. <\/p>\n

“But with the inheritance tax protests, you’ve got the groups that have been set up. The infrastructure is there to mobilise.<\/p>\n

“Discussions have been had, and there will be a few people coming together at the beginning of next week to see what can be done.”<\/p>\n

The Iran war – which appeared not to have moved closer to peace by Sunday morning<\/a> – has disrupted global supplies, driving up costs and prices.<\/p>\n

\"Farmers'<\/p>\n

Farming groups which have mobilised tens of thousands of demonstrators against Labour’s inheritance tax raids are set to meet next week<\/p>\n

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Diesel is now selling above \u00a32 per litre at more than 50 filling stations nationwide – and while average prices have not yet reached this threshold, the most expensive forecourts are charging up to \u00a31.99 for petrol and even more for diesel.<\/p>\n

Frustration among farmers and hauliers over diesel availability and prices has grown significantly in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Some red diesel suppliers have started rationing deliveries to farmers, with prices now roughly double their pre-war levels.<\/p>\n

Red diesel is chemically identical to the normal fuel, but is dyed and taxed at a lower rate so it can be ring-fenced for certain applications like farm machinery.<\/p>\n

Ministers were preparing on Friday for mass protests across Britain<\/a> over the cost-of-living crisis triggered by the Iran war.<\/p>\n

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Ministers were preparing on Friday for mass protests across Britain<\/p>\n

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While across the Irish Sea, protests have escalated dramatically, with farmers and truckers blocking major roads over high fuel costs.<\/p>\n

The Irish Government was forced to deployed the army to help clear blockades.<\/p>\n

While on Saturday, police used pepper spray to remove demonstrators outside the Whitegate refinery in County Cork, which supplies all of Ireland’s petrol and diesel.<\/p>\n

Industry sources say roughly half of Ireland’s 1,200 petrol stations have run dry, with approximately one day left before a complete shutdown hits.<\/p>\n

Police said they intervened due to threats to fuel supplies for emergency services, including ambulances and fire services.<\/p>\n

Last night, the Irish Government was close to agreeing on a fuel support package following talks with farmer and haulier representatives.<\/p>\n

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Protests in Ireland reached their fifth day on Sunday – with mass rallies in Dublin and blockades across the country breaking out over fuel prices<\/p>\n

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Mainland Britain has not yet seen demonstrations, but Northern Ireland is set to become the first part of the UK to protest, with Tuesday already circled as a “day of action”.<\/p>\n

The Police Service of Northern Ireland said it was “maintaining an ongoing assessment” over the prospect of fuel protests next week.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, 54 UK filling stations were selling diesel above \u00a32 per litre.<\/p>\n

The highest price recorded was \u00a32.28 at Mackenzie Stores on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.<\/p>\n

Crossapol Filling Station on the Isle of Tiree charged \u00a32.25 per litre, while Cuxton Auto Services in Kent reached \u00a32.18.<\/p>\n

The largest price increase since the war began was at Grade Filling Station in Redcar, North Yorkshire, where diesel rose 74p to \u00a31.80 since February 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Massive fuel protests are now being planned across Britain as diesel prices surge beyond \u00a32 per litre. Farmers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,453,971,424,18,250,16],"class_list":{"0":"post-12017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cars","10":"tag-diesel","11":"tag-lifestyle","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-protests","14":"tag-sgg"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116389372429952275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}