Chris, do not forget that,
1. The government with backing from the RYA applied to the EU to keep the fuel derogation at the end of 2006, i.e., 6 PPL on red diesel.
2. The road fuel tax contributes to the upkeep of the road infrastructure.
3. The ‘fuel escalator’, which is due to increase the tax on road fuels again in October, is justified by Gov. because of the need to deter road use.
4. Leisure pilots achieved an increase of just 2 PPL to bring them to the EU minimum.
5. I believe that most people would see an increase in tax of 15 PPL to bring marine users to the EU minimum as a significant increase.
6. Governments do not always respond to popular public opinion, after all 4000 city traders are reputed to have received bonuses averaging 1 million+ in the current economic climate.
Go on write to your MP, write to the Chancellor; write to the RYA, from the size of your wake and fuel likely to cost £6.30 a gallon you have nothing to lose and certainly, nothing will change unless we make it..