Does the recent rise in fuel tax give you another reason to leave Britain?
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I mostly lived in rural locations in the UK, partly through choice, and partly through the unaffordable cost of urban property. The closest I ever lived to my job was 25 miles. Shopping always required a car, and public transport wasn't an option or available.
Raising taxes on fuel just puts a disproportionate burden on rural dwellers from my experience.
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Just a quick thought
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While more fuel efficient cars are an admirable goal, your other suggestions just aren't feasible for many people.
I mostly lived in rural locations in the UK, partly through choice, and partly through the unaffordable cost of urban property. The closest I ever lived to my job was 25 miles. Shopping always required a car, and public transport wasn't an option or available.
Raising taxes on fuel just puts a disproportionate burden on rural dwellers from my experience.
I mostly lived in rural locations in the UK, partly through choice, and partly through the unaffordable cost of urban property. The closest I ever lived to my job was 25 miles. Shopping always required a car, and public transport wasn't an option or available.
Raising taxes on fuel just puts a disproportionate burden on rural dwellers from my experience.
People who live in the sticks get other advantages - you are paying the same road and fuel tax but getting a lot more tarmac miles usage for it, you pay the same post rates but it costs more to deliver in the boonies than in the cities, there are a whole range of services that cost more in the spread-out low population density country than they do in the cities.
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Re: Does the recent rise in fuel tax give you another reason to leave Britain?
mmmmm, there is a reason people dont bother voting. Its not rocket science.
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Dont think so. Since we are starting to see 95% mortgages coming back and all those flashy new cars bought on financing coming out to the roads etc etc. The list will soon start to grow again with other 'amenities' being made available on loans to the general public whose incomes just simply cant support the paybacks. It was the free flow of credit that brought us here so I wonder what are the banks and government doing anything different this time that they didnt do before?
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Then of course there are plenty of towns not accesible by road at all....
Its different in Alaska especially in small towns/citys.
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But then the politicians do nothing but whine about how much it costs to remove snow, duh its kinda essential.
My winter in Edmonton was the same, they didn't really know how to plow either.
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That surprises me. Out here in the sticks I know if there's been a heavy snowfall overnight because I hear the plough at 4:00am. They do a very good job on the roads even if they do dump it all in the driveway.
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I fail to see how not voting helps the situation if one is sick to death with the incumbent.
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Im not inspired at present, I really hope there is not an election.
Maybe we can organise a boycot They could call an election and then find that no one but the candidates casts a vote
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In general I agree with you, but it really depends if the alternative is any more inspiring.
Im not inspired at present, I really hope there is not an election.
Maybe we can organise a boycot They could call an election and then find that no one but the candidates casts a vote
Im not inspired at present, I really hope there is not an election.
Maybe we can organise a boycot They could call an election and then find that no one but the candidates casts a vote
If it's the UK, I really don't care.
If Canada, there will not be an election. Can anybody really tell me what, other than the stupid EI fiasco, separates Liberals from PCs on issues that people will be concerned enough about to actually vote. If Iggy forces an election, it will be the end of him.
I don't know how accurate this is but it caught my attention earlier this week: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/th...761/story.html
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Are you talking Canada or the UK here?
If it's the UK, I really don't care.
If Canada, there will not be an election. Can anybody really tell me what, other than the stupid EI fiasco, separates Liberals from PCs on issues that people will be concerned enough about to actually vote. If Iggy forces an election, it will be the end of him.
I don't know how accurate this is but it caught my attention earlier this week: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/th...761/story.html
If it's the UK, I really don't care.
If Canada, there will not be an election. Can anybody really tell me what, other than the stupid EI fiasco, separates Liberals from PCs on issues that people will be concerned enough about to actually vote. If Iggy forces an election, it will be the end of him.
I don't know how accurate this is but it caught my attention earlier this week: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/th...761/story.html
Never mind that the rebate is the tax on $10k, never mind that the Tories have delayed putting the Bill before parliament just so that they can manouevre themselves into this position, never mind that the Liberals have already said they support the measure: if the government falls over a confidence motion on the budget, Harper will be returned with more MPs, possibly even a majority.
Ignatieff can't be that stupid, can he?
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Canada..was it not obvious. I could not care less about the UK to be honest.
I hope you are right, to me it makes no sense either. I doubt the liberals have the necessary funds to fight an effective election anyway, and with the polls even neither side is likely to win a majority, which would be a poor showing and threaten the political future of both Ignatief and Harper, so I dont understand all the sabre rattling and brinksmanship.
Why would either of them want to be seen as the leader that triggers what appears to be a universally unwanted election? Puts you in the hole right from day one.
I think there is much truth in the article Make the NDP and BQ prop up the conservatives so the liberals can distance themselves from current policy, and then be in a better position to fight an election when the numbers are more in their favour.
I hope you are right, to me it makes no sense either. I doubt the liberals have the necessary funds to fight an effective election anyway, and with the polls even neither side is likely to win a majority, which would be a poor showing and threaten the political future of both Ignatief and Harper, so I dont understand all the sabre rattling and brinksmanship.
Why would either of them want to be seen as the leader that triggers what appears to be a universally unwanted election? Puts you in the hole right from day one.
I think there is much truth in the article Make the NDP and BQ prop up the conservatives so the liberals can distance themselves from current policy, and then be in a better position to fight an election when the numbers are more in their favour.
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