If the 24 February fiasco is such a big deal to you people, fix the broken link to it on your home page.

I thought to myself, "shall I wave a flag for the wimmin in Warwickshire on 24 February?" I clicked the link to see what we were supposed to do and I got "page not found." It confirmed my worst fears, so I went and wrote another thousand words on the Bogushboard instead.

Fix the link, then delete this message, or get Mercedes to write a rude reply to me. I prefer the latter.

I shall put my CUT FUEL TAX sticker back on the Voyager on 24 February and stick some A3 printed posters round Coventry to support you, because you are such a nice bunch of people. But I shall take them down again on 25 February because I think that reducing fuel tax, other than by a token amount, is not a good idea right now.

What do you people make of this news? Is it separate from your action or connected? Are you friends with the PFL again? Is there such a thing as the PFL anymore? Is Fuel Protest 2000 in favour of blockades? Surely not? Are the farmers involved in your day of action?

Source Ananova:

A fuel protester is to stand against Peter Mandelson in the General Election.

Andrew Spence, 33, is to fight for the former Northern Ireland secretary's seat in Hartlepool.

Mr Spence, who runs a haulage business from his farm in Consett, County Durham, would not name the party he will represent but said other fuel protesters would
stand elsewhere.

He says farmers and truckers aim to cause "maximum disruption".

Mr Spence said: "We will be taking a political stance. We will blockade Mr Mandelson everywhere he goes.

"If he thinks he has problems with Tony Blair, he hasn't seen anything yet."

He said protesters plan to put tractors and trucks outside polling stations to remind voters of their campaign.

He said: "Unless prices come down soon then the People's Fuel Lobby are going to launch the heavy stuff again with blockades.

"It's going to be sooner rather than later. We will cause maximum disruption."

He added: "We are feeling very confident. We still have public support, there's no doubt about that judging from the number of phone calls I have received."
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A fuel protest leader has warned of another wave of "direct action" if the Government fails to act over the price of fuel.

North Wales farmer Brynle Williams said 40 "key figures" behind September's action gathered in St Asaph, Clwyd, last Thursday to discuss their plans.

Mr Williams is to travel to London for talks with transport minister Lord Macdonald on February 14.

Speaking from his farm in Cilcain, near Mold, Mr Williams said: "We will wait for the outcome of that meeting but if the Government does not change its line
on unjustifiably high tax on fuel, then we are talking about the possibility of direct action.

"The fuel protest is still on. We have not gone away."

Mr Williams was not involved in a series of token protests at oil refineries across the country before Christmas.

He added: "We are talking about a return to direct action. That is all I can say."