news & politics:discussion

[Neil]

9 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

Well I have had a sat nav like that

i had a passenger like that.

[fred quimby]

21 minutes ago, Neil said:

i had a passenger like that.

Lol

[Skip997]

1 hour ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Before the Uxbridge by election that is exactly what was said about Ulez....................... you would be amazed how angry it makes all too many people here in Wales. Our local FB noticeboard is not  a happy place and people are talking about voting for anyone who is against it.

Doesn't surprise me.

Honestly, the bulk of the electrate are so small minded and unable to think long term. Something like this will win the Tories the election.

[Neil]

8 hours ago, gary1979666 said:

That's one way around it and I'm sure a few might, but most of them wouldn't risk it - it'd be a big old expense which would flag to any auditor or could get picked up at a VAT inspection.  

Could get picked up by a vat inspection, chance of that is once every two Hundred years or something. I didn't have one in twenty five years of vat registration. Guess my numbers fell within their " not dodgy" range. So they didn't feel the need to investigate. Not my problem now. Was nice to unload responsibilities with the sale of the company.

[Neil]

Laughing at the yanks investigating the business dealings of biden's son while not bothered by the trump crime family.

[steviewevie]

Watched How To Blow Up A Pipeline this evening, so now I know what to do.

[pink_triangle]

3 hours ago, Crazyfool01 said:

income generators for cash  strapped councils ? the money comes from somewhere or services get cut 

I don’t think trapping motorists is the way to pay for these services. I think some cameras are there to improve safety and fully support these, I don’t support cameras just there to generate money.

[steviewevie]

yay

 

[steviewevie]

So Manchester has been heading in direction of favouring public transport users and cyclists/pedestrians over the years...20mph limits, new cycle paths and bus lanes etc...and i know it f**ks many drivers off as I see it on social media and also I drive too. So..I guess it is these people that Sunak sees as potential way to get votes.

I also cycle and it's f**king dangerous in some places and I have been knocked off my bike a couple of times just in last few months, and I use public transport when need to but would take ages if I tried to get to work on it, my kid uses every day...and we we need to get more people out of their cars so f**koff rishi.

Edited September 29, 2023 by steviewevie

[steviewevie]

What should be banned are those bloody massive cars you get now, they're like tanks.

[Ozanne]

I find it hilarious that Sunak changed his whole strategy based on the Uxbridge by-election where they only beat Labour by a very narrow margin which wouldn’t help them elsewhere in the country. He is truly dreadful at politics. 

[Neil]

52 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

So Manchester has been heading in direction of favouring public transport users and cyclists/pedestrians over the years...20mph limits, new cycle paths and bus lanes etc...and i know it f**ks many drivers off as I see it on social media and also I drive too. So..I guess it is these people that Sunak sees as potential way to get votes.

I also cycle and it's f**king dangerous in some places and I have been knocked off my bike a couple of times just in last few months, and I use public transport when need to but would take ages if I tried to get to work on it, my kid uses every day...and we we need to get more people out of their cars so f**koff rishi.

Bristol is full of cyclists it's dreamland for bike thieves .

[steviewevie]

Tories going to be losing their sh*t over this tax news....but maybe they've just been too low for too long and there's nothing else to cut so now we have to have similar levels of tax as similar countries to us....

[steviewevie]

what she says

 

[Nobody Interesting]

13 hours ago, pink_triangle said:

I think some of the bus lane speed cameras (particularly when situated right at the end of lanes) are purely about income generation. I would support legislation to stop these, not sure how you would do it though.

They only generate income if you break the law.

Don't break the law.

Simple really.

[Nobody Interesting]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

So Manchester has been heading in direction of favouring public transport users and cyclists/pedestrians over the years...20mph limits, new cycle paths and bus lanes etc...and i know it f**ks many drivers off as I see it on social media and also I drive too. So..I guess it is these people that Sunak sees as potential way to get votes.

I also cycle and it's f**king dangerous in some places and I have been knocked off my bike a couple of times just in last few months, and I use public transport when need to but would take ages if I tried to get to work on it, my kid uses every day...and we we need to get more people out of their cars so f**koff rishi.

Wales is building  a network of cycle lanes and paths to encourage walking and cycling.......... in some places it means the roads are narrowed a bit and the biggest reduction was 8 inches.............. 4 inches each way.

The moaning about it and campaigns to have them all removed is beyond pathetic.

Add that to the whole minute longer  a journey through our town might take cos of the 20mph and it is as though you have taken their first born to be sacrificed.

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

Bristol is full of cyclists it's dreamland for bike thieves .

Loads of bike thefts in Manchester too. My bike got nicked a few years ago.

[Nobody Interesting]

44 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

what she says

 

Wise words.......................... and I noted those not clapping at the end.................. lots of grey hair on their heads.

[Nobody Interesting]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

Loads of bike thefts in Manchester too. My bike got nicked a few years ago.

Thieves will steal anything................ why should it stop progress towards a cleaner future?

[steviewevie]

GDP higher than expected...we're doing better than Germany and France. Go Rishi!

(although growth is bad etc)

[Nobody Interesting]

11 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

GDP higher than expected...we're doing better than Germany and France. Go Rishi!

(although growth is bad etc)

Annual growth (meaningless measure) is deemed to be good if running at 2.3% on average.

The UK is estimated to be at 0.2% for 2023 - so less than 10% of good.

 

If Hunt etc are pleased with that then they are easily pleased.

[Crazyfool01]

1 hour ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Wise words.......................... and I noted those not clapping at the end.................. lots of grey hair on their heads.

Very good speech and a really good response does give a little faith in humanity 

[Crazyfool01]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

Loads of bike thefts in Manchester too. My bike got nicked a few years ago.

Wonder what bike theft is like in Holland ? At some point a saturated market surely lowers the demand for stolen bikes ? 

[Nobody Interesting]

10 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Wonder what bike theft is like in Holland ? At some point a saturated market surely lowers the demand for stolen bikes ? 

700,000 stolen in 2021.

The more bikes, the more thefts.

The more of anything, the more thefts of that - cos humans can be utter twunts and think they deserve other peoples stuff.

[stuie]

2 hours ago, Nobody Interesting said:

They only generate income if you break the law.

Don't break the law.

Simple really.

 

Are you perfect? 

I've been driving for 26 years and have just had my first speeding offence.  

I didn't mean to break the law that day.