Discussion
Everyone should read this.
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget/budget_05/bud_bud05_speech.cfm
Just some snippets of stupidity below.....
"And with child benefit up from £11 in 1997 to £17 this April, every family in Britain is better off."
Well those with children are......
"Second, starting with nine pilots across the country we will build new private homes in council estates. Where once all were tenants we will offer new opportunities to own your own home."
Or Chav target practise as it is better known....
"To build upon that fiscal discipline, I can report that following the Lyons Report on public sector assets £14 billion of asset disposals have already been identified, £4 billions to be sold this year."
Er, what public assets is this moron selling off now?
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget/budget_05/bud_bud05_speech.cfm
Just some snippets of stupidity below.....
"And with child benefit up from £11 in 1997 to £17 this April, every family in Britain is better off."
Well those with children are......
"Second, starting with nine pilots across the country we will build new private homes in council estates. Where once all were tenants we will offer new opportunities to own your own home."
Or Chav target practise as it is better known....
"To build upon that fiscal discipline, I can report that following the Lyons Report on public sector assets £14 billion of asset disposals have already been identified, £4 billions to be sold this year."
Er, what public assets is this moron selling off now?
you need to go to Chapter 7 Protecting the Environment
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget/budget_05/budget_report/bud_bud05_report.cfm
There's some great "spin" in here.
[bullshit on]
7.35 The cost of motoring has remained broadly constant over the past decade
Over the same period, household disposable income has steadily increased, with average motoring costs therefore accounting for a smaller share of disposable income.
7.36 Since 2000, duty on main road fuels used in the UK has fallen in real terms by nearly 12 per cent, a saving equivalent to nearly 6 pence per litre for motorists, while the cost of motoring overall has also fallen to below 1990 levels, in part owing to increasing fuel efficiency. It is the Government’s policy that fuel duty should rise at least in line with inflation as the Government seeks to meet its targets of reducing polluting emissions and funding
public services.
7.53 Congestion is a serious and growing problem in the UK. Unpredictable and rising journey times raise costs for individuals and businesses, and have an adverse effect on UK productivity and economic growth. Congestion also creates localised air-quality hotspots,
often in highly populated urban areas. While there is a case for increased investment and better management of the road network, it will not be possible to build a way out of congestion and the problems that it will cause. The feasibility study into road pricing,
published by DfT in July 2004, concluded that a carefully-designed national road pricing scheme could reduce congestion by up to a half, as well as delivering environmental benefits.
In the Future of Transport White Paper, the Government welcomed the feasibility study and committed to taking a number of actions in response to its recommendations.
It also recognised that establishing a number of congestion charging schemes at the local level
would be an important part of any trajectory towards a national road pricing system.
[/bullshit off]
Following the freeze in VED in Budget 2004, and to underline VED’s environmental focus, VED rates will be frozen for the four least polluting carbon dioxide bands and increased by the standard £5 for the two most polluting bands, as well as for cars and light
goods vehicles of over 1549cc registered before 1 March 2001. Changes take effect for
licences commencing 1 April.
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget/budget_05/budget_report/bud_bud05_report.cfm
There's some great "spin" in here.
[bullshit on]
7.35 The cost of motoring has remained broadly constant over the past decade
Over the same period, household disposable income has steadily increased, with average motoring costs therefore accounting for a smaller share of disposable income.
7.36 Since 2000, duty on main road fuels used in the UK has fallen in real terms by nearly 12 per cent, a saving equivalent to nearly 6 pence per litre for motorists, while the cost of motoring overall has also fallen to below 1990 levels, in part owing to increasing fuel efficiency. It is the Government’s policy that fuel duty should rise at least in line with inflation as the Government seeks to meet its targets of reducing polluting emissions and funding
public services.
7.53 Congestion is a serious and growing problem in the UK. Unpredictable and rising journey times raise costs for individuals and businesses, and have an adverse effect on UK productivity and economic growth. Congestion also creates localised air-quality hotspots,
often in highly populated urban areas. While there is a case for increased investment and better management of the road network, it will not be possible to build a way out of congestion and the problems that it will cause. The feasibility study into road pricing,
published by DfT in July 2004, concluded that a carefully-designed national road pricing scheme could reduce congestion by up to a half, as well as delivering environmental benefits.
In the Future of Transport White Paper, the Government welcomed the feasibility study and committed to taking a number of actions in response to its recommendations.
It also recognised that establishing a number of congestion charging schemes at the local level
would be an important part of any trajectory towards a national road pricing system.
[/bullshit off]
Following the freeze in VED in Budget 2004, and to underline VED’s environmental focus, VED rates will be frozen for the four least polluting carbon dioxide bands and increased by the standard £5 for the two most polluting bands, as well as for cars and light
goods vehicles of over 1549cc registered before 1 March 2001. Changes take effect for
licences commencing 1 April.
get this lot out please, an appeal to all who are not claiming a "subsidy" of one kind or another, from this give you a "lift" government....the section of society funding Gordon's experiments can take little more.
there is no such thing as a free lunch...i pray for a change of government.
there is no such thing as a free lunch...i pray for a change of government.
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