Very Annoyed
Member Since: 19 Nov 2005
Location: Up there, past the strange people and the sheep.
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It's all crap - looking forward to seeing hem and giving him the facts, but like a true politician he will ignore the facts and reel of bull. Loving the power of the TDV8!
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Mossy
Member Since: 01 Jul 2005
Location: Hollyoaks, UK
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Surely the congestion charges and other so called “green taxes†have a hidden inflationary influence on the economy?
Indirectly it puts the cost of living up, which means the masses put in for bigger pay rises to pay for it, which means rises in consumer spend (more cars???), which means interest rate rises to slow down inflation and spend...and so on a so forth.
Not that good for the environment is it?
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| 14th Nov 2006 2:59 pm |
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nobbyclark
Member Since: 03 May 2005
Location: Perth, Scotland
Posts: 1268
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When this shower came into office they kept wobbling on about how inflation was so low. They still do.
If so, how come a parking permit for my MINI has gone up by more than 100% since 2000? Water bills up by 50% since 1997. Gas and electric cost 3x as much as 1997. Home insurance up by 50%. Council Tax has doubled.
Inflation is 2%. My ar$e, it is. Unless you get Golden Gordon to work it out, in which case a science like mathematics can be bent to give the desired answer. No longer a D3 owner but still subscribed to multiple threads!
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:17 pm |
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Very Annoyed
Member Since: 19 Nov 2005
Location: Up there, past the strange people and the sheep.
Posts: 3698
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Livingston keeps using the 4x4 as the vehicle which is going to be taxed - why cann't reporters etc see that it will affect the majority of family cars. This is a tax on the family. I will still drive my RRS in London! Loving the power of the TDV8!
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:20 pm |
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DG
Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50956
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My afternoon of depression has resulted in me posting a comment
Quote:
Do I tell you what size your house should be?
Do I tell you when to switch on your lights?
Do I tell you when to turn on your heating?
Do I tell you which washing machine to buy?
Do I tell you when you can use your tumble dryer?
Do I tell you how often you can boil your kettle?
Do I specify the bicycle you own?
Do I tell you which foods you can eat?
Do I tell you where you can go on holiday?
Do I tell you which laptop to own?
Do I tell you.....anything?
No ...so don't tell me what car I can drive !
21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:21 pm |
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nobbyclark
Member Since: 03 May 2005
Location: Perth, Scotland
Posts: 1268
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Oh, I forgot the CC itself. £5 to £8 in one go! 60% increase. No longer a D3 owner but still subscribed to multiple threads!
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:22 pm |
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Very Annoyed
Member Since: 19 Nov 2005
Location: Up there, past the strange people and the sheep.
Posts: 3698
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Livingston is unlikely to get booted out because he appeals to the social benefit class - those who rely on the state to provide for their every need and they dislike people who are better off simply because we work and succeed. Get used to being the minority and paying for the majority because that is what has happened in this democracy. Some people are too stupid to be given a vote! Loving the power of the TDV8!
Last edited by Very Annoyed on 14th Nov 2006 3:29 pm. Edited 1 time in total
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:23 pm |
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Mike Groves
Member Since: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Aberdeen UK
Posts: 14
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All I can say is I'm glad I don't live anywhere near London. It's bad enough having to pay "road tax" (now THERE'S a misnomer if ever there was one!). And I don't suppose there's much we can do about these greenie envy taxes 
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:24 pm |
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Mossy
Member Since: 01 Jul 2005
Location: Hollyoaks, UK
Posts: 2682
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Very Annoyed wrote:.... Some people are too stupid to be given a vote!
VA, I couldnt have put it better myself. D3 HSE V8...
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:24 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
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The only things they do well is breed and hold their hand out! DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:29 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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DG, maybe we could get some window stickers made up with that list on!  .... or maybe for the sake of brevity, shorten it to 'F  K off, you sponging, underachieving, thick tw*ts!
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:30 pm |
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nobbyclark
Member Since: 03 May 2005
Location: Perth, Scotland
Posts: 1268
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Interesting stats in here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4296968.stm
Despite overwhelming 'public' opinion, Ken listened to a couple of advisors who suggested that saving 5 minutes off of a journey was worth persecuting the 100,000 residents of K&C and the almost 1m in the boroughs surrounding the zone that will feel the brunt of additional traffic.
Git. No longer a D3 owner but still subscribed to multiple threads!
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:35 pm |
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nobbyclark
Member Since: 03 May 2005
Location: Perth, Scotland
Posts: 1268
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And another thing... notice how there are no plans to move the CC boundaries North (to where he used to be an MP) or East (where most of his support comes from). Only West and South.
Double Git. No longer a D3 owner but still subscribed to multiple threads!
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:38 pm |
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DG
Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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10forcash wrote: shorten it to 'F K off, you sponging, underachieving, thick tw*ts!
Damn....thats just what I was trying to say  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 14th Nov 2006 3:43 pm |
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blaiseh
Member Since: 01 May 2006
Location: Surrey
Posts: 49
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 so now my new XS has been enrolled in the CO2 offset programme and is in affect carbon neutral over the first 45000 miles i shouldnt have to pay the congestion charge.....  2007 TDV6 XS Cairns Blue
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| 14th Nov 2006 4:00 pm |
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