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From: GeoffC on 2 May 2010 07:17 Conor wrote: > On 02/05/2010 06:33, Derek C wrote: >> Over the last 13 years motorists and air travellers have been >> persecuted and taxed to death by Gordon Brown and Co. Remember the >> fuel duty escalator, attacks on 4x4 SUVs, special VED on new large >> engined cars, Congestion Charges, Airport Passenger Duty, poorly >> maintained potholed roads despite all the motoring taxes, etc, etc. >> Many of these based on unproven Man Made Climate Change science. >> >> I trust that you will remember all these when voting on Thursday. >> > > The potholes are down to the councils spending the money they're given > elsewhere. > > Fuel, as a percentage of income (thanks to the NMW brought in by > Labour) is cheaper than it was when I started driving 20 years ago, > likewise road tax. Yup, UK is one of the cheapest places in W.Europe to run a car and the cheaper countries have road tolls, (lots of 'em). So stop whingeing. -- Geoff
From: Derek C on 2 May 2010 07:38 On May 2, 12:17 pm, "GeoffC" <m...(a)home.invalid.com> wrote: > > Yup, UK is one of the cheapest places in W.Europe to run a car and the > cheaper countries have road tolls, (lots of 'em). > So stop whingeing. > > -- The UK is one of the most expensive countries in Europe to buy new cars and to buy fuel for them. France has a lot of toll roads, but you don't have to use them, as the national (toll free) roads are quite good anyway. Derek C
From: FrengaX on 2 May 2010 08:07 On May 2, 6:33 am, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > Over the last 13 years motorists and air travellers have been > persecuted and taxed to death by Gordon Brown and Co. Remember the > fuel duty escalator, attacks on 4x4 SUVs, special VED on new large > engined cars, Congestion Charges, Airport Passenger Duty, poorly > maintained potholed roads despite all the motoring taxes, etc, etc. > Many of these based on unproven Man Made Climate Change science. > > I trust that you will remember all these when voting on Thursday. You think that somehow the Tories, if they get in, will reverse any of these? I think not.
From: Derek C on 2 May 2010 08:56 On May 2, 1:07 pm, FrengaX <hnkjqr...(a)sneakemail.com> wrote: > On May 2, 6:33 am, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > > Over the last 13 years motorists and air travellers have been > > persecuted and taxed to death by Gordon Brown and Co. Remember the > > fuel duty escalator, attacks on 4x4 SUVs, special VED on new large > > engined cars, Congestion Charges, Airport Passenger Duty, poorly > > maintained potholed roads despite all the motoring taxes, etc, etc. > > Many of these based on unproven Man Made Climate Change science. > > > I trust that you will remember all these when voting on Thursday. > > You think that somehow the Tories, if they get in, will reverse any of > these? I think not. The Tories are more likely than (Nu) Labour to be motorist friendly. No idea what the Lib-Dems would be like. Derek C
From: FrengaX on 2 May 2010 09:45
On May 2, 1:56 pm, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > On May 2, 1:07 pm, FrengaX <hnkjqr...(a)sneakemail.com> wrote: > > > On May 2, 6:33 am, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Over the last 13 years motorists and air travellers have been > > > persecuted and taxed to death by Gordon Brown and Co. Remember the > > > fuel duty escalator, attacks on 4x4 SUVs, special VED on new large > > > engined cars, Congestion Charges, Airport Passenger Duty, poorly > > > maintained potholed roads despite all the motoring taxes, etc, etc. > > > Many of these based on unproven Man Made Climate Change science. > > > > I trust that you will remember all these when voting on Thursday. > > > You think that somehow the Tories, if they get in, will reverse any of > > these? I think not. > > The Tories are more likely than (Nu) Labour to be motorist friendly. Yes, but considering the need to squeeze every penny of tax they can, it's not likely that fuel duty would be reduced to relieve the high petrol prices. Hell, they were even off on the toll-road debate again not long ago. > No idea what the Lib-Dems would be like. Considering they like to see themselves as the Greenest of them all, increases in travel-related taxation would be pretty likely. |