London road charging - how come no PH thread??

[Bing o]

For those who love BoJo...

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-237...

[Euro Spec]

Economy has already gone to st, they won't stop until you are dead.

[Bing o]

Euro Spec said:

Economy has already gone to st, they won't stop until you are dead.

And then they take your inheritance tax...

[Teppic]

Bing o said:

For those who love BoJo...

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-237...

It doesn't matter if you vote red, yellow, blue or green. Politicians always end up the same shade of brown.

[Shoot Blair]

Teppic said:

Bing o said:

For those who love BoJo...

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-237...

It doesn't matter if you vote red, yellow, blue or green. Politicians always end up the same shade of brown.

Added quote to my repetoir.

[T89 Callan]

Only idiots go to central London anyway.

It'll never happen anyway "tracking vehicle with satelites" yeah right, either they make every car in the country have a GPS thingymabob or someone has to sit sifting through millions of satelite images.

[Baby Huey]

Bing o said:

For those who love BoJo...

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-237...

The BoJo fans are a little quiet. Strange.

[Disco_Dale]

Baby Huey said:

Bing o said:

For those who love BoJo...

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-237...

The BoJo fans are a little quiet. Strange.

They are a little quiet, but I already knew they were strange...

[tubbystu]

Evening Standard said:

The busiest areas in London would be targeted. These include Edgware Road, Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner, Embankment and busy suburban areas such as Croydon and Greenwich.

C'mon, nobody wants to go to Croydon unless they have to. The road capacities are shocking, that is Croydon's traffic problem.

The best view of Croydon ? In your review mirror.

[Disco_Dale]

What happened to Boris the motorists champion?
Eh? He was a figment of your imagination?

Hate to say I told you so. Actually, no I don't. I love to say I told you so...

:P

[Baby Huey]

[Bill]

I think the conclusion to be drawn here is that BoJo's fans have a life and don't go home after work to log straight back on to PH...

ETA or they've read the article and have realised it's all conjecture.

Edited by Bill on Tuesday 13th October 07:30

[TheCarpetCleaner]

tubbystu said:

Evening Standard said:

The busiest areas in London would be targeted. These include Edgware Road, Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner, Embankment and busy suburban areas such as Croydon and Greenwich.

C'mon, nobody wants to go to Croydon unless they have to. The road capacities are shocking, that is Croydon's traffic problem.

The best view of Croydon ? In your review mirror.

In my days as a field engineer, I had to go there quite a lot.

Even some of the worst places in UK have some redeeming features. Croydon does not.

[JagLover]

The same paper that stated Boris Johnson was going back on his promise to scrap the western extension of the CC zone, which has been denied by BoJo?

Read the article and it is all conjecture.

[Parrot of Doom]

JagLover said:

The same paper that stated Boris Johnson was going back on his promise to scrap the western extension of the CC zone, which has been denied by BoJo?

Read the article and it is all conjecture.

My thoughts exactly.

[turbobloke]

The big picture in the federal european socialist state requires lots and lots more tax first to pay for the EU's own USA-independent fleet of GPS satellites which will track motorists to collect more tax.


http://ec.europa.eu/transport/galileo/index_en.htm

[HD Adam]

turbobloke said:

The big picture in the federal european socialist state requires lots and lots more tax first to pay for the EU's own USA-independent fleet of GPS satellites which will track motorists to collect more tax.


http://ec.europa.eu/transport/galileo/index_en.htm

Nail. Head.

As the lentil knitters push towards more alternative fuel cars especially electric powered ones, how will they raise revenue from them?
The Govt. won't know if you've got your Tesla or G-Whizz plugged in for an overnight charge as they won't be able to discern that from your fridge freezer.
Their only option, to raise revenue is to charge per mile.

If you don't think that road pricing in the guise of saving the planet or paying for Galileo will come into force, you are being naive.

Edited by HD Adam on Tuesday 13th October 09:40

Edited by HD Adam on Tuesday 13th October 09:41

[Fittster]

Boris and Dave are just as keen on Big Government as Gordon. When it comes to the crunch they will raise taxes rather than cut back the size of the state.

Red, Blue all the same.

[sa_20v]

Another step closer to the end then...

[Groober]

sa_20v said:

Another step closer to the end then...

Sucks dosen't it.