Comments on: Milk the motorist – again. http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/ Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today's issues and tomorrow's problems Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:18:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Robson http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3284 Jonathan Robson Wed, 14 May 2008 19:59:00 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3284 Well said John - No ifs, No buts, No excuses, No mitigating circumstances - thats Labour all over. Just like the BBC licence tax <a href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ee_1210010683&p=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ee_1210010683&amp...</a> Frightening stuff. Well said John – No ifs, No buts, No excuses, No mitigating circumstances – thats Labour all over. Just like the BBC licence tax
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ee_1210010683&amp…

Frightening stuff.

]]> By: David Morris http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3283 David Morris Wed, 14 May 2008 18:51:38 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3283 If Employers in Nottingham don't pass the parking charges on to their employees you can bet your life that HMRC will be applying a few "benefits in kind" deductions from their Tax Codes. "Hard working families we feel your pain." indeed. If Employers in Nottingham don't pass the parking charges on to their employees you can bet your life that HMRC will be applying a few "benefits in kind" deductions from their Tax Codes. "Hard working families we feel your pain." indeed.

]]> By: Travis Bickle http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3282 Travis Bickle Wed, 14 May 2008 18:48:53 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3282 Commercial Radio would grind to a halt without all the government advertising revenue they receive. Tax doesn't have to be taxing and all that garbage. It's all just like the hoops they make travellers jump through at airport security points, window dressing. Substance over spin my rrrrs. I suspect quite a bit of advertising revenue could be saved by an incoming administration. Commercial Radio would grind to a halt without all the government advertising revenue they receive. Tax doesn't have to be taxing and all that garbage. It's all just like the hoops they make travellers jump through at airport security points, window dressing. Substance over spin my rrrrs.

I suspect quite a bit of advertising revenue could be saved by an incoming administration.

]]> By: AlanofEngland http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3281 AlanofEngland Wed, 14 May 2008 17:08:20 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3281 The abolition of VED is a matter for future policy making. All I'm saying is the people who will cheat by not having the required cover, be it insurance, MOT or VED, would probably be driving unsafe vehicles that might kill someone, and they should be indentified and crushed forthwith. The abolition of VED is a matter for future policy making. All I'm saying is the people who will cheat by not having the required cover, be it insurance, MOT or VED, would probably be driving unsafe vehicles that might kill someone, and they should be indentified and crushed forthwith.

]]> By: [[NAME EDITED]] http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3280 [[NAME EDITED]] Wed, 14 May 2008 11:53:02 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3280 AlanofEngland, since the record-keeping is so brilliant the display of a disc (let alone three of them, as you suggest) should be unnecessary. Before a police car pulls you over the police already have all the information they need about you and your car, whether you have paid up, had the MOT, are insured, etc. Not displaying a disc, or discs, is yet another offence, which ought to be abolished. VED ought to be abolished in any case; they get all the money they need from fuel duty. AlanofEngland, since the record-keeping is so brilliant the display of a disc (let alone three of them, as you suggest) should be unnecessary. Before a police car pulls you over the police already have all the information they need about you and your car, whether you have paid up, had the MOT, are insured, etc. Not displaying a disc, or discs, is yet another offence, which ought to be abolished. VED ought to be abolished in any case; they get all the money they need from fuel duty.

]]> By: Stuart Fairney http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3279 Stuart Fairney Wed, 14 May 2008 07:32:26 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3279 For some reason I find all the adverts for the "People's" post office even more disturbing For some reason I find all the adverts for the "People's" post office even more disturbing

]]> By: Mr Ecks http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3278 Mr Ecks Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:22 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3278 If these clowns are so good and they have the "number" -so to speak -of all these offenders then why are they wasting millions on witless t v ads?. Why don't they just motor along and close in on the malefactors?. If these clowns are so good and they have the "number" -so to speak -of all these offenders then why are they wasting millions on witless t v ads?. Why don't they just motor along and close in on the malefactors?.

]]> By: Bexleyite http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3277 Bexleyite Tue, 13 May 2008 22:13:58 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3277 It doesn't work anyway. My car was untaxed for 6 months, kept on a private driveway without a SORN. Nothing happened. I used it only rarely, for a 2 mile trip to work, when it rained and I couldn't use the push bike. I was caught on a mobile ANPR camera. Nothing happened. I went to Yorkshire on the M1, went to the A1 through Nottinghamshire because of a tailback following an accident. Nottinghamshire is full of ANPR cameras. Nothing happened. Finally I went to the local DVLA office to tax the car and to pay the back tax. They re-taxed the car and said we don't take back tax. It's like the TV tax. If you don't pay, they send you computer-generated letters based on the fact that a previous occupant had a TV and a TV licence. Then they send someone round to knock on your door. Who opens the door to anyone who hasn't phoned and said we'll be round at such and such a time? There's a moral somewhere. Except for the bloke who sawed his car in half when it was SORNed but the council decided he was liable because the back bumper was over-hanging the pavement. Now, that's a political statement. It doesn't work anyway.

My car was untaxed for 6 months, kept on a private driveway without a SORN. Nothing happened.

I used it only rarely, for a 2 mile trip to work, when it rained and I couldn't use the push bike. I was caught on a mobile ANPR camera. Nothing happened.

I went to Yorkshire on the M1, went to the A1 through Nottinghamshire because of a tailback following an accident.

Nottinghamshire is full of ANPR cameras. Nothing happened.

Finally I went to the local DVLA office to tax the car and to pay the back tax.

They re-taxed the car and said we don't take back tax.

It's like the TV tax. If you don't pay, they send you computer-generated letters based on the fact that a previous occupant had a TV and a TV licence.

Then they send someone round to knock on your door.

Who opens the door to anyone who hasn't phoned and said we'll be round at such and such a time?

There's a moral somewhere.

Except for the bloke who sawed his car in half when it was SORNed but the council decided he was liable because the back bumper was over-hanging the pavement.

Now, that's a political statement.

]]> By: Adrian Peirson http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3276 Adrian Peirson Tue, 13 May 2008 21:45:09 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3276 They are trying to Intimidate, they are doing it at schools too, my children are now told they are not alowed to put their arms round each other, no Physical contact at all, they are not allowed to Play British Bulldog. Getting them used to being Pushed around by the state. These People are ( becoming a little like? ed)Communists, Reid Straw, Mandelson, Hariet Harmthem, Prescott, they want a cowed Populace. <a href="http://www.eutruth.org.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.eutruth.org.uk</a> They are trying to Intimidate, they are doing it at schools too, my children are now told they are not alowed to put their arms round each other, no Physical contact at all, they are not allowed to Play British Bulldog.
Getting them used to being Pushed around by the state.

These People are ( becoming a little like? ed)Communists, Reid Straw, Mandelson, Hariet Harmthem, Prescott, they want a cowed Populace.
http://www.eutruth.org.uk

]]> By: ROJ http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/13/milk-the-motorist-again/#comment-3275 ROJ Tue, 13 May 2008 18:31:31 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1071#comment-3275 I think that charging companies for providing parking spaces for employees is an outrageous idea, but then, what can we expect from a Labour controlled council. But it is not really in keeping with the spirit of localism to suggest that the central government veto the idea. If more power is passed from the centre to local organisations, as it should be, there are likely to be more decisions, locally, that we may disagree with. It is up to the voters of Nottingham to express their view on these parking charges the next time they get to vote for their local council. I think that charging companies for providing parking spaces for employees is an outrageous idea, but then, what can we expect from a Labour controlled council. But it is not really in keeping with the spirit of localism to suggest that the central government veto the idea. If more power is passed from the centre to local organisations, as it should be, there are likely to be more decisions, locally, that we may disagree with. It is up to the voters of Nottingham to express their view on these parking charges the next time they get to vote for their local council.

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