Submitted on Thursday 29th March 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude caused unnecessary, nation-wide panic by suggesting people fill up Jerry cans with Fuel. We demand he resign.
On Tuesday 20th March, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude suggested, on the National news, that drivers should fill up their cars to 2/3rd's tank plus any spare Jerry cans, with petrol and keep them in garages.
These irresponsible comments have caused uneccesary panic-buying and have been widely criticised by petrol retailers and fire safety experts.
Conveniently, according to the AA, fuel sales in just 24 hours could have earned the Treasury an extra £32m in excise duty.
Transport minister Mike Penning said Mr Maude's comments had been a "mistake"; "He didn't understand the size of a jerrycan, he has apologised since," he told the BBC. The cans can hold 20 litres of fuel.
It's absolutely unacceptable that a Cabinet Office Minister speaks so irresponsibly on National Television.
Mr Maude should be asked to resign. Or, is it quite feasible that the government condones his 'advice', at a time when fuel prices are at their peak, in-order to maximise fuel duty revenues.
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