Motorists are being taken for a ride, even if they cannot afford to fill their cars.
The wholesale cost of petrol has started to fall but you would not think so at the pumps.
Suppliers are paying 5p less per litre than at the beginning of June, a saving not being passed on to customers.
AA president Edmund King was spot on when he called fuel prices “ pump fiction ” for failing to reflect wholesale costs.
So why, drivers will ask, is the Government not doing more to stop what looks like blatant profiteering by retailers?
With unleaded at 191.1p a litre and diesel nudging £2, running a car has never cost so much. Rishi Sunak’s 5p a litre cut in fuel duty was not enough. The German government cut 25p a litre and the Spanish 17p.
No wonder motorists are being driven round the bend.
Scots solo plot
After the 2014 referendum the Scottish National Party said the issue of independence had been settled for a generation.
Yet just eight years later First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is planning a second vote on her country’s future. She needs to keep the flame of independence alive to maintain the support of party members.
So she has asked the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of holding the vote, expecting it will rule in favour of Westminster. This will set up a clash with the authorities in London and fuel the sense of grievance in Edinburgh.
In fact, the best recruiting sergeant for Scottish independence is Boris Johnson.
He is even more unpopular north of the border than in the rest of Britain. Remove him and you will also remove the SNP’s most persuasive argument for going it alone.
Jailhouse block
Elvis Presley’s lifelong dream was to perform at Wembley Stadium.
Sadly, his plans were dashed by his manager Colonel Tom Parker and he was forever to be the King over the water.
