Reply to: The lunatics in charge of the asylum.

[Ruprect]

Why can't we build "little tin cans" here in the uk?

Prefrably ban all imports of overseas ones......

Yes! Protectionism has always served so well in the past

[ratewhore]

But who's going to take seriously any idea from someone who rides a motorbike?

I ride a motorbike...

[d000hg]

And, as the motorcyclists have been saying for years, HGV should be £150,000 per year, cars about £20 and motorbikes 1p.

But who's going to take seriously any idea from someone who rides a motorbike?

[NotAllThere]

Of their later stuff, that is definitely one of my favourite.

[suityou01]

Oddly, that's exactly the track I'm listening too...

Then I decided to listen to this

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-Nacm-pKc

No particular reason, just like it. I'm much more into their 70s stuff, but I have been checking out this album and this track stuck in my brain.

[Purple Dalek]

There is no economic reason but it is not lunacy it is vote buying in marginal areas.
Once you see this government as desperate for more money and more votes and nothing more than that, then their decisions become a lot more rational.

WHS

They are buying votes to stay in power using your money! Remember to keep paying them there taxes, your support keeps the government in power.

[ace00]

There is no economic reason but it is not lunacy it is vote buying in marginal areas.
Once you see this government as desperate for more money and more votes and nothing more than that, then their decisions become a lot more rational.

[TykeMerc]

I can see how this bailout might help them to carry on building cars, but I thought the problem was that no-one is buying them. How will this bailout help sales?

Or are we implementing Indian Leyland Mark II?

[Doggy Styles]

I can see how this bailout might help them to carry on building cars, but I thought the problem was that no-one is buying them. How will this bailout help sales?

Or are we implementing British Leyland Mark II?

[BrilloPad]

Well, the last 10 years our wonderful government has persecuted drivers who wanted a Jaguar, Range Rover etc... and did everything possible to discourage folk from buying them.

We happen to build those cars here in the UK employing 000's of workers, unlike the little tin cans they apparently want us to buy, made in East Europe, Korea etc...

Having now achieved their stated desire and nobody wants to buy a Jag/Landie, they now want to give £2.5 BILLION to the Indian owners of said companies.

Go figure?

Why can't we build "little tin cans" here in the uk?

Prefrably ban all imports of overseas ones......

[DS23]

I see a clinic full of cynics
Who want to twist the peoples' wrist
They're watching every move we make
We're all included on the list

The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum

No nuclear the cowboy told us
And who am i to disagree
'Cos when the madman flips the switch
The nuclear will go for me

The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum

I've seen the faces of starvation
But i just can not see the points
'Cos there's so much food here today
That no one wants to take away

The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my right to choose
The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my point of view
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my dignity,
Take these things away from me
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my family,
Take away the right to speak
The lunatics have taken over the asylum take away my point of view,
Take away my right to choose

[expat]

Sorry, I just don't agree. If you want to drive a lot, pay more fuel tax. We simply do not need yet another tax. Far better to abolish VED and put it onto fuel taxation, 10p a litre say?

Fewer taxes, and the taxation is then automatically proportional to the usage. Sounds good to me.

[suityou01]

The lunatics are in the hall
The lunatics are in the hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paperboy brings more

Ah, I love the sound of Pink Floyd in the morning.

[NotAllThere]

The lunatics are in the hall
The lunatics are in the hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paperboy brings more

[BrowneIssue]

Why the confusion?

Bigger car = more wear on the road surface.
More power/torque = more wear on the road surface.

And, as the motorcyclists have been saying for years, HGV should be £150,000 per year, cars about £20 and motorbikes 1p.