In a speech in London, Mr Brown said "wild fluctuations" in prices in recent years had damaged the global economy.
But Abdalla Salem El-Badri of oil producers body Opec said the PM should focus more on cutting UK petrol taxes.
Mr El-Badri, Opec's secretary general, told the BBC the UK had benefited more than most countries from high oil prices because its taxes on petrol and oil extraction were the "highest in Europe".
"Instead of looking at Opec he should look at his policies and try to reduce taxes," he told the World at One. "Then he can talk to us."
And this is front page on Al-Jabeeba. That's gotta hurt.
Update: Window Licker wants to send Abdalla a Christmas card.
2 comments:
El Badri knows a conman when he sees one!
I hope it does hurt. Our petrol prices are the cheaperst in the EU until vat and duty are factored in, then we are nearly the most expensive. As for diesel......So well said that man. I always despised OPEC as a price-fixing cartel, but this chap is right on the button.
Also nearly a third of the price of a pint in a pub is tax. Also outrageous. Raising taxes is one thing, but robbing us blind is excessive.
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