Are they listening???

[Xtractorfan]

http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=8383448

Is it possible that it may be getting thru to them that the motoring lobby may just be worth listening to

 

[rf065]

http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=8383448

Is it possible that it may be getting thru to them that the motoring lobby may just be worth listening to

It will be a first if they do, but lets hope they see some sense.
Labour got a good kicking & lost Scotland in the last election, results in England have been very poor since, if they want to stay in power, drastic action is called for, so maybe they are listening?

Russ

 

[ecol]

Fuel Duty

I,ve just watched on BBC News 24 a Piece of Minisiterial Excrement tell the Nation that Fuel Tax is 11% lower than it was in 1999 we are all f.cking idiots if they think we will fall for that

 

[Silver Arrow]

I just put this elsewhere here on a different thread:

Just listening to radio 4, It appears that bus companies get 41p rebate on their diesel. Truckers want a 25p rebate.

What about us?

They now have the cheek to put up the spurious argument that the percentage of tax has dropped due to the increase in the oil price !!!!! and so the tax should be increased accordingly to maintain parity!!!!.
(VAT, the tax on tax?).

I'm particularly p'd off by the standing charge (VED) being pushed up to the top bands!!!

As a management policy, the proposers must have IQ's which struggle to reach double figures.

 

[JEZ.S320L]

I,ve just watched on BBC News 24 a Piece of Minisiterial Excrement tell the Nation that Fuel Tax is 11% lower than it was in 1999 we are all f.cking idiots if they think we will fall for that

MP's think that Joe Public is as thick as they are.

What about all the 'spin' regarding their so-called 'expenses'? A big brew-ah-ah amongst the Public - and this shower of sh!te just ignores the protests. The same will go for fuel. Don't you believe for one second, that ANY concession will result in a Public 'win' - for as sure as night follows day, 'they' will simply find another way of extracting your cash.

 

[hairyg]

Why does everyone assume that the current goverment wants to win the next election?

Its bad now and its going to get worse before it gets better so they are quite happy for another party to take the blame while the problems are sorted out.

What really annoys me about "Green Taxes" is that there is no sign of any of the tax revenue being used to alleviate traffic congestion and pollution.

In Europe vast amounts of freight travels by rail in standard sized shipping containers but this is not possible in the UK because of a lack of investment in railways!

We are told to leave our cars at home but there is no investment in public transport in rural areas so we don't have a choice. I have a pensioners bus pass which is great when I come to London but not a lot of use in most of rural Worcestershire where buses are almost as rare as police patrols.

 

[ecol]

blown it

Conservatives have held power for about two thirds of the last 100 years or so, but when the Labour Party have had chance of power in the intervening years they have blown it.

Let's start in 1945, when they conned the returning troops from Europe by the promise of a new Jerusalem resulting in a landslide victory at the polls. Three months later, after the Japanese surrender, the Americans withdrew all financial support so they had no money to afford their promises - this country was bankrupt.The consequence was to go cap in hand to the USA for money to fulfil their promises and save their bacon - the welfare state was built on the foundation of American money.

Through the years in power, the Labour Government has thrown money at anything that 'ails' the nation, leaving any Conservative Government to pick up the pieces, as with Margaret Thatcher in 1979, taking over the failed regime of Callaghan where it was better to be paid dole money because it was more than strike pay.



This brings us to the present. Yes, there has been some improvements in living standards but that would have happened any way. It's the law of averages, but when there are questions to be asked of this present regime the answer once again is to throw money at it and to use this now famous phrase: We are listening. Well, if they are, they should put Noddy in No 10 he's got bigger ears

 

[Xtractorfan]

Your pensioners bus pass can it be hired...no seriously I think we should strike whilst the iron is hot and start a campaign to write to each labour MP telling him that we wont vote for him next time round ..they may want to lose the election .. but not their seats

 

[JEZ.S320L]

........ I think we should strike whilst the iron is hot and start a campaign to write to each labour MP telling him that we wont vote for him next time round .....

I never voted for the idiotic, thieving, lying, corrupt tosser, in the first place.

 

[Splatt]

I never voted for the idiotic, thieving, lying, corrupt tosser, in the first place.

The heat is starting to build up under our PM`s (prehensile monster`s ) rump.

38 of his own party members have now signed the early day motion :-



Early Day Motion
EDM 1464 VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY30.04.2008


Campbell, Ronnie
That this House is concerned at the retrospective effect of the vehicle excise duty changes announced in Budget 2008 to take effect from 2009; and asks the Government to reconsider.
Signatures( 42)
Standard Order Party Groups Alphabetical Order Party Totals
Status
Open signatures All signatures

Campbell, Ronnie
Cummings, John
Murphy, Denis
Burgon, Colin
George, Andrew
Taylor, David
Holmes, Paul
Etherington, Bill
MacNeil, Angus
Jones, Lynne
Cook, Frank
Cryer, Ann
Hancock, Mike
Bottomley, Peter
Williams, Betty
Knight, Greg
Illsley, Eric
Wareing, Robert N
Salter, Martin
Hoey, Kate
Jenkins, Brian
Kilfoyle, Peter
Olner, Bill
Gibson, Ian
Borrow, David S
Mudie, George
Crausby, David
Trickett, Jon
Sarwar, Mohammad
Meale, Alan
Riordan, Linda
Pope, Greg
Prosser, Gwyn
Humble, Joan
Dean, Janet
Benton, Joe
Leech, John
Prentice, Gordon
Sheridan, Jim
Mitchell, Austin
Singh, Marsha
Stringer, Graham



IF YOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENTS NAME IS NOT ON THE LIST< E_MAIL HIM AND ASK HIM TO SIGN IT ¬

 

[coxyhog]

MP's think that Joe Public is as thick as they are.

What about all the 'spin' regarding their so-called 'expenses'? A big brew-ah-ah amongst the Public - and this shower of sh!te just ignores the protests. The same will go for fuel. Don't you believe for one second, that ANY concession will result in a Public 'win' - for as sure as night follows day, 'they' will simply find another way of extracting your cash.

They have to find other ways of extracting our cash,due to the previously mentioned habit of throwing cash at everything.
In short they're brassic.

 

[JEZ.S320L]

They have to find other ways of extracting our cash,due to the previously mentioned habit of throwing cash at everything.
In short they're brassic.

But not TOO 'brassic' to demand a £38K pay rise - and guess who votes for the proposals - correct, the thieving MP's themselves.!

Oh, and don't forget the £23k annual TAX FREE, Expenses Allowance - again, voted for by themselves.

I wonder if it's too late for the public to propose that MP's are subject to Performance-related pay - applicable AFTER they have been voted in?

 

[JEZ.S320L]

The heat is starting to build up under our PM`s (prehensile monster`s ) rump..........

No, No, No - leave the jaw-sucking, thistle-chewing idiot where he is. The longer he squats at No 10, the more likely he is to lead his Party to a Glorious Defeat at the Ballot Box.

 

[coxyhog]

http://motoring.aol.co.uk/brown-high-oil-prices-here-to/article/20080528090909990005

"Of course we understand the concerns consumers face, but we also need to take into account the need to ensure economic stability, to fund public services and to promote energy efficiency," the Prime Minister's spokesman said.


In other words we need the money because we've wasted so much of it already.

 

[JEZ.S320L]

http://motoring.aol.co.uk/brown-high-oil-prices-here-to/article/20080528090909990005

"Of course we understand the concerns consumers face, but we also need to take into account the need to ensure economic stability, to fund public services and to promote energy efficiency," the Prime Minister's spokesman said.


In other words we need the money because we've wasted so much of it already.

Such as:

Paying farmers NOT to grow crops - under the 'set-aside' agreement

Paying for homes, clothes, food etc for ILLEGALS

Scraping the 10p Tax Band

Paying MPs their so-called 'expenses'

etc etc etc etc etc

 

[100%Bitch]

Such as:

Paying farmers NOT to grow crops - under the 'set-aside' agreement

Paying for homes, clothes, food etc for ILLEGALS

Scraping the 10p Tax Band

Paying MPs their so-called 'expenses'

etc etc etc etc etc

Get off your soap box! You'll be on that program next - Grumpy Old Men.

 

[television]

Get off your soap box! You'll be on that program next - Grumpy Old Men.

Thats on place that I will never be

 

[100%Bitch]

Thats on place that I will never be

That's good.

 

[JEZ.S320L]

Get off your soap box! You'll be on that program next - Grumpy Old Men.

OK - It's just that I get wound up by incompetent, thieving, arrogant individuals in high office - SEE you got me going again. Where's me Horlicks?

 

[television]

OK - It's just that I get wound up by incompetent, thieving, arrogant individuals in high office - SEE you got me going again. Where's me Horlicks?

I would not want a whore licking me :twisted: