Utter **********!!!

[BR14]

Well it was Gordon Brown's lot, so not really a government as such, more a clustershag of idiocy interspersed with some hideous gurning...

they were voted in by the UK electorate,and, therefore, the government.
<krap as they may have been>
IMMHO it's a disgrace that people are now being penalised for doing what was suggested to be the right thing by their elected rulers.

 

[Mordac]

they were voted in by the UK electorate,and, therefore, the government.
<krap as they may have been>
IMMHO it's a disgrace that people are now being penalised for doing what was suggested to be the right thing by their elected rulers.

He wasn't the leader when they were voted in <modsnip>. The one thing one can never expect of governments is consistency, unless you have a strong desire to be consistently screwed over...

 

[BR14]

He wasn't the leader when they were voted in (<modsnip>). The one thing one can never expect of governments is consistency, unless you have a strong desire to be consistently screwed over...

and there i was, thinking this thread was about diesels

 

[NotAllThere]

He wasn't the leader when they were voted in..

What's that got to do with anything? Do you not understand how the British political system works?

 

[MarillionFan]

This is going to backfire big time.

Most cars are on finance with a guaranteed buy back after a few years. By doing this they’ll impact the value of diesel cars which will be less than the guaranteed buyback, leaving the car companies with shed loads of cars / bad loans.

Result financial crash 2.

 

[Lance]

quit the moaning.
If they get another few billion from diesel that's a few billion less they need from elsewhere.
I think they should scrap car tax and put it all on fuel as that taxes the use of roads better/fairer.

It also means that big **** off V8s will plummet in price and then I can buy one.

 

[xoggoth]

If they get another few billion from diesel that's a few more billion they can waste somewhere

FTFY

 

[Mordac]

What's that got to do with anything? Do you not understand how the British political system works?

Nothing, but as you deleted my explanation and gave me a yellow card (sorry ref, I was going for the ball, honest) it doesn't really matter.

 

[Mordac]

quit the moaning.
If they get another few billion from diesel that's a few billion less they need from elsewhere.
I think they should scrap car tax and put it all on fuel as that taxes the use of roads better/fairer.

It also means that big **** off V8s will plummet in price and then I can buy one.

Well, they're going to get nothing from electric cars, so it makes sense to make hay now.

 

[Lance]

Well, they're going to get nothing from electric cars, so it makes sense to make hay now.

how long do you think that will last?
5 years I reckon. They just need a way to differentiate between electric use for travel and keeping warm.