Possible Legal Restrictions On Flights.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/45363...

Lord Turner said:

"We will have to constrain demand in an absolute sense, with people not allowed to make as many journeys as they could in an unconstrained manner,"

[randomman]

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[Tycho]

randomman said:

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+1

[Blib]

randomman said:

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They're saving us from Gluble Wombling.

[Puggit]

Doesn't matter what they say, they'll be out of power for 2 decades soon.

[spikeyhead]

First they came for the hunters
then they came for the smokers
Now they come for those that want holidays.

How did the UK ever become so fascist?

[anonymous-user]

Never going to happen.

Look at labour's support for Heathrow expansion, they're never going to limit flights.

[Swilly]

Direct attack on one's liberty and should be opposed and defended against by all means available...

...in the case of a labour peer, getting a lobbyist to pay them to change the legislation

[Getragdogleg]

spikeyhead said:

First they came for the hunters
then they came for the smokers,
then those who shoot for sport,
then they came for the overweight
and the drinkers of alcohol,
then those who carry a swiss army knife,
and then the people who drive cars
Now they come for those that want holidays.
When they come for you no-one will be left to hear you ask for help.

How did the UK ever become so fascist?

Sorry edited that a bit. It really is getting silly now.

[speedchick]

Well I am taking my first ever flight this month, I am flying from Manchester to Heathrow, so do I get 39 years worth of flights to use up before I hit my rationed limit?

Also, the comment about taxing domestic flights out of the sky, can we remind them of that comment when they all start flying to their constituencies at election time?

Just read the article to the other half, and he wants to know if we can start one of those petitions up, one calling for the gubberment to keep their noses out of peoples' lives!

[Semi hemi]

To be fair, It was a Conservative that came up with the harebrained idea in the first place...;)

Edited by Semi hemi on Friday 6th February 22:21

[tegwin]

Its just talk... restricting flights would make the global economy go totaly haywire...


I do agree though, that something needs to be done... eventually we will run out of oil... and although small roads have been made towards synthetic av-gas... they are a long way off!

[Nadyenka]

speedchick said:

Well I am taking my first ever flight this month, I am flying from Manchester to Heathrow, so do I get 39 years worth of flights to use up before I hit my rationed limit?

Also, the comment about taxing domestic flights out of the sky, can we remind them of that comment when they all start flying to their constituencies at election time?

Just read the article to the other half, and he wants to know if we can start one of those petitions up, one calling for the gubberment to keep their noses out of peoples' lives!

I think this is very stupid idea.But I do not think there is much need for flights with in the UK because is so small.But it does not mean they should have more tax.

Edited by Nadyenka on Friday 6th February 23:03

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For me the issue is that a 'reasonably' sane person who is charged with being the head of the government's Climate doodah committee can come up with this stuff in the first place.

He is not challenged for his assertion and the ramifications invoked, his comments are just accepted as something that the Great & The Good should consider imposing on the rest of us for our own 'safety'.

fk him, fk the lot of them.

[Neil_H]

All they have to do is make train travel cheaper, but I guess that wouldn't involve enough banning and restriction for this government.

[Hedders]

It won't affect me at all, I am hoping the next flight I take will be one way.

[andy_s]

The mind boggles, it really does - have these people no sense of proportion? I'd love to see the result of no domestic flights on traffic - oh, that's right, then you'd have to either fork out cash for 'environment tolls' charges or rely on unreliable, non-existant, inconvenient, under-invested public transport.

[RemaL]

tipical ship we keep hearing

[Scraggles]

guess labour better stop the third runway, seems it will prevent all the other hub airports from expanding and they might have to cut back on flights to save the planet from global warming

maybe everyone gets an allowance and can sell their "right" to have a flight.

Guess this will not apply to nu labia and other ministers on fact finding tours

[Simpo Two]

UK plc is sufficiently fked up at the moment with imposing extra burdens. Why desn't this twit go and fix Russia, China and India before picking on his own people? Because it's a bit harder and they'd tell him to fk off, that's why.