Paulg (or anyone else from the other side of the pond):

Has the UK (and rest of the word) seen the same percentage gas price increases as the USA?
I know you've always paid more, but the media here in the US only seems to report the trends in this country.

I'm assuming this is a global issue, and the media here doesn't bother to report it that way since most of us americans are too self-centered to care anyway.