So has Blair convinced you that pay-as-you-drive is the best solution to congestion?
2007-02-21 03:25:00 · 19 answers · asked by ? 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
i did'nt even bother to read it, just deleted it. i will never be convinced of this sinister ploy.
2007-02-21 03:36:25 · update #1
Yeah, right
2007-02-21 03:28:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not yet. No.10 are playing with the people. They are treating us like we're children. They're playing a dangerous game. Tony Blair will ignore the wishes of the people because he's on his way out and does not give a damn. Likewise politicians of all parties. They're just looking for more tax money to steal from the people. We already pay a huge road fund license fee. As the late Alan Clark MP once said, "if we used all of the money collected in road fund license fee payments and actually used them on the roads, our roads would be covered in gold leaf." He was right, but governments use our road fund license fee money for other things and this is why our roads are inadequate.
On an historic note, the Romans built twice the mileage of roads 2000 years ago as we have motorways today. They understood the importance of road transport. Britain today has a third world road network and a rail network which is falling apart.
Neither Labour, Tory nor LibDems have any kind of seriously worthy transportation policy. The cheapest way of transporting goods is by sea from port to port as we used to in the past. Instead, governments have seen road transport as a way of stealth taxing the people and ripping off road hauliage companies by upping the tax on their fuels.
2007-02-21 19:07:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a joke i read my email and was amazed to hear tony had decided our objections didn't mean we didn't like the idea at all, rather we just want less congestion.
If i wanted to avoid congestion i already would, making me pay more for the privilege of arriving at work on time is taking the piss. So tony if you ever read this then go F**K yourself.
2007-02-22 00:00:52 · answer #3 · answered by jb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did, and it has not convinced me at all and I am against it - the moment I started to read the lines about how much he had supposedly improved transport: when in reality the train system is fit to burst and in an appalling state I switched off. Bliar Blair.
It's about time the government realised that you cannot get people to reduce/stop car use until you provide an adequate public transport system and they haven't. It makes me even more angry that he does not listen to the public - hopefully that will convince more people not to vote Labour. Bye bye Bliar
2007-02-21 20:07:32 · answer #4 · answered by Boo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got a different email about ID cards, and he didn't give a compelling argument on that either.
On the subject of transport, I believe that even better than road charging, even better than public transport, would be better land use. Wouldn't it be better if we could all work somewhere locally, that we could walk to? Wouldn't it be better if jobs were spread around the country rather than concentrated in the SE??
If land was planned around people and not around money then there would be a real change in the amount of travelling done = less fuel used = less tax paid = less frustration = less carbon emitted = nicer climate = more time for us = happier lives.
2007-02-21 03:47:16 · answer #5 · answered by Iain Speed 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read his reply and to be fair he makes some sense.
There is nothing wrong, to my mind anyway, with the idea that the user should pay. So if they bring in road charging and SCRAP THE EXISTING TAX then I would say ok.
However, given this regime's tax record I would not trust them not to use it as a method for increasing tax on the motorist. And I understand that only a small portion of the existing road tax is actually spent on improving roads and public transportation
I think we all need to think seriously about this though. There is a large and growing problem with congestion in UK and the car is part of that problem.
Perhaps a restriction on the number of people allowed to enter Britain.......?
2007-02-21 03:40:04 · answer #6 · answered by George 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Could defra convince me that Bernard Mathews turkeys are safe to eat? It was a 4 page spin that seems to be echoed by his transport geek, Scottish one at that.
Are they cloning these idiots in Downing Street? Do they have special courses on how to attempt to confuse the 1.8 million drivers that presumably are compus mentus enough to hold driving licenses?
It was nice to get the e-mail from him, but I wouldn't say it was entirely cognitive. How can he ever be trusted again, I think his reply was an insult, like saying piss off in short sharp jerky movements because reading between the lines road charging is here to stay. Would you let this ***hole back in at the next election? Or Gandhi Gordon for that matter, I wouldn't use the e-mail for toilet paper. Have his departments got nothing better to do, only another 1000 square miles of Brazilian rain forest annihilated at tax payers expense. the guys insane.
2007-02-21 03:41:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No he hasn't! It would probably help congestion if he got the cars off the road that aren't meant to be there (I last read that there were about 2 million cars being driven that are either uninsured, untaxed, un-MOTd etc). Start with those Tony, before you start messing around with us! He fully accepts that he doesn't have all the answers - who's he kidding, he doesn't have any of the answers because he doesn't listen to anybody!
2007-02-21 03:42:51 · answer #8 · answered by Lynda S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is just another tax on the people. It's a way for them to line their pockets to pay for rockets, new houses, and spare holiday homes. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of the taxes on everything. Soon it'll be a tax to take a walk in the park. What's the Road Tax for if it isn't for the roads?? Where's all that money gone?
It's all a massive con if you ask me.
2007-02-21 04:12:53 · answer #9 · answered by 2dog 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i got the email first thing this morning and to be honest it was just more spin. Talking a lot without really saying anything.
I don't even drive, so I'm not that fussed anyway, just don't like the idea of people being 'taxed' in these sneaky ways.
2007-02-21 03:30:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did and no he hasn't!!!
It is not the solution - better public transport is what is required. I would happily use public transport if it went where I want to go and when I want to go!! If other countries can do it then so can we!
Just another Labour taxation ploy - bah humbug!!
2007-02-21 03:30:23 · answer #11 · answered by kaznaid 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋