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Av yer seen wots in the paper this morning?

What?

A raspberry to all the "Remoaners"!

Eh?

Yeah. The shortage of those nasty foreign workers who break their backs doing tedious demanding jobs, have forced a bloke in York to give away his fruit for free!:

www.newsbreak.com

UK worker shortage: Farmers give fruit and veg away for free - NewsBreak

Farmers hit by a shortage of seasonal workers have resorted to giving produce away for free rather than seeing it left to rot. York-based raspberry grower Richard Morritt threw his gates open to the public after failing to attract staff. Others have done the same, and the National Farmers Union...
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UK worker shortage: Farmers give fruit and veg away for free​

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Farmers hit by a shortage of seasonal workers have resorted to giving produce away for free rather than seeing it left to rot. York-based raspberry grower Richard Morritt threw his gates open to the public after failing to attract staff. Others have done the same, and the National Farmers Union...


Hes just a "remoaner" trying to con us anti-vaxer, pro-Tommy tanker, anti-refugee, lets-bomb-everywhere, Brexiteers!

You know.

Fancy another one of those Belgian beers?

Its your round anyway.

Av no change - only euro`s. I came back from Spain Yesterday an avent been to the Santander Bank.
 
As has no doubt already been stated why not ignore the posts you're not interested in and read the ones you are?

Why not start more football related posts of your own instead of a non football one like this one.

It's not hard to do is it?
 
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Would you support Blair's pay-by-mile road tax proposal?​

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Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair has claimed that Britons’ dependence on cars comes with “real downsides to our environment and quality of life”, and that “transportation policy needs to acknowledge the central role of the car, both now and in coming decades”. Mr Blair has proposed four new road tax options for government consideration.

The first suggests drivers should be charged a flat-rate per mile, after a ‘free allowance’ of miles. The flat rate could vary by vehicle weight and fuel consumption to reflect the trip and vehicle’s greenhouse-gas and air-pollution impact.

His second idea was to introduce more congestion area charges, like the one currently in operation in London. Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen and Gothenburg also use systems that charge vehicles each time they enter different zones. Mr Blair suggested that the charges should depend on the time of day and could be capped at a daily maximum.

Another suggestion proposed a ‘time-based system’ where drivers are charged based on the amount of time spent driving. He argued that it would incentivise people to avoid congested roads, but he acknowledged that it could incentivise speeding.

Mr Blair’s final idea is based on a charge-per-journey model, whereby drivers log their journey into an app on their phone or through a built-in device, and a real-time cost is taken from a prepaid account. Similar to how people use Uber services today. Though, he said this option would have “the biggest privacy impacts”.
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Experts at FairFuelUK have attacked the proposals warning the updates would “hit the economy hard”.

They said: “Road pricing will go down like a lead balloon with the world’s already highest taxed drivers unless the Treasury and the Department for Transport substantiate we’ll not be paying any more tax than now.

“Plus, big brother must never track our vehicle’s every move.”

Do you agree that a charge-per-journey app-based model would invade citizens’ privacy too much?
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New road tax: Tony Blair Institute wants motorists charged PER MILE

THE Tony Blair Institute is urging the Government to charge motorists per mile amid growing fears a transition to electric vehicles will more than triple the amount of time people spend in traffic on Britain's roads.
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FairFuelUK experts added: “Controversially as Fuel Duty revenue plummets, all road users will have to contribute fairly to the Exchequer, which means electric vehicles and cyclists paying tax too.”
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The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change believes it is essential to act now and change the road tax system for the benefit of the local and global environment, and because of the ban on the production of petrol and diesel cars, that will come into force in 2030.

He argues that car usage exacerbates societal inequalities, because “the poorest people in our society are much less likely to own cars but are more exposed to the associated problems, such as air pollution”.

Mr Blair also points out that the growing popularity of electric vehicles is making the road tax system unfair on drivers.

Firstly, those who own electric vehicles only pay a nominal amount of tax compared to petrol and diesel drivers, and those who can afford to buy new electric cars are most likely to come from wealthier backgrounds.
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He says that this is because “our system of taxing car usage is based around taxing fossil fuels” and makes “running a Battery Electric Vehicle is almost tax-free, and as a result much cheaper to drive.”

When taking into consideration the cost of petrol, fuel duty and Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), the overall cost of running an electric car is 71 percent lower, and the amount paid in tax is 98 percent lower.

It is around £1,100 per year to run the average petrol or diesel car, whilst the total comes to just £320 for an electric vehicle.

Mr Blair argues that the rise in electric cars will increase congestion because “a collapse in the marginal cost of driving” will make “the amount of time we waste in traffic to rise by up to 50 per cent”.

He also predicts that taxes will rise across the board as fuel duty tax will be lost due to the transfer to electric cars.

The Department for Transport said changes to the tax system are currently being considered by the Chancellor but are yet to be confirmed.
 
Big Rich is a long-term poster. I have zero in common with him politically but I am a little uncomfortable with the cumulative tone of some of these responses. His OP isn't abusive and doesn't deserve this. His spelling and grammar are poor, yes, but I'd guess he's dyslexic, in which case why is anyone taking the p*** out of someone who suffers from a recognised condition?

Sorry about my own hectoring tone, been a long day!
 
HarryVegas said:
Big Rich is a long-term poster. I have zero in common with him politically but I am a little uncomfortable with the cumulative tone of some of these responses. His OP isn't abusive and doesn't deserve this. His spelling and grammar are poor, yes, but I'd guess he's dyslexic, in which case why is anyone taking the p*** out of someone who suffers from a recognised condition?

Sorry about my own hectoring tone, been a long day!
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Bottom line, who is perfect in life to laugh at others
 
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