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"Reforms" says the Daily Telegraph that could give private investors control over Britain's biggest roads will be included in the new policy agenda for the second half of the Coalition due next month. Private "managers" of these roads would then be allowed to levy tolls on any new capacity they provide, such as new lanes or bypasses. Existing roads that are "improved beyond recognition" by private management could also be considered for charging. And so the net closes. It started in 1926 when Churchill, as chancellor of the exchequer first raided the Road Fund - intended to maintain the road network - then making provision for one third of revenue from motor vehicle duty to be paid to the Exchequer. View full article here
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Any excuse, to enforce motor vehicle recognition kit in all cars - whats not to like for those shady powers that are Brussels - ulterior motive - yes you ferkin bet.
Once all the smart meters are on line and everybody has to use a credit card + cars are monitored 24/7.
All that remains to be done, is for the plebs to be chipped - they'll start with the newborn [and top the elderly - a vaporizer in every shopping mall] and bob's your uncle and - 1984 new improved version is here and you know it will come to pass and that: it is true ain't it - the end game.
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sinister mission creep of the highest order: there is a way to fight back, The Harrogate Agenda and until we have such, there is a way to control TPTB i.e. the magistrates, judges, bailiffs et al and its not the Roger Hayes way.....
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Originally Posted by: Ravenscar  All that remains to be done, is for the plebs to be chipped - they'll start with the newborn [and top the elderly - a vaporizer in every shopping mall] and bob's your uncle and - 1984 new improved version is here and you know it will come to pass and that: it is true ain't it - the end game.
No, not chipping, what you do instead is encourage everyone to have their own tracking device, which they carry at all times. The system works so that they volunteer to take part and pay for it themselves. But you don't call it a tracking device you call it something which is more useful...a mobile phone. Edited by user 22 December 2012 08:32:37(UTC)
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When they have taken all our money. Have been refused loans from the international finance market. And reduced our credit rating to junk.
What happens next ?
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Road tolling is one issue that will have voters turning out and to against it is . This hits at personal freedom. Politicians are already sensitive to increases in fuel duty and combined with tolls this could be explosive. If this could be tacked on to the hatred of all things coming from the EU then you could possibly start a revolt.
They are also trying to soften the public up for an increase in VAT to 25%.
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If at first you don't succeed try try again. The M6 toll brought to you by that brilliant Major government. http://www.guardian.co.u.../m6-toll-road-cuts-valueAnother genius strategy from the Tory Party. Maybe they could try privatising the forests again?
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The art of taxation was once described as plucking geese in such a way that you ensure the maximum amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing. We must face up to the fact that the state is too big for the tax base. Politicians have managed to confuse the public about the difference between deficit and debt because to put it in simple terms---that the state is living off a credit card, where it fails to pay the minimum payment each month would result in questions about the need for the state to interfere as much as it does. The political class will not reduce the size of the state and the electorate are not prepared to pay more in direct taxation so other plucking methods are required. Watch inflation go up in order to reduce the real value of the national debt.
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More 'demand management'? Or rationing as it used to be known.
Seems to be the plan with water and energy so why not transport?
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Originally Posted by: AndyBaxter  sinister mission creep of the highest order: there is a way to fight back, The Harrogate Agenda and until we have such, there is a way to control TPTB i.e. the magistrates, judges, bailiffs et al and its not the Roger Hayes way.....
I think you will find that Judges are paid from the Consolidated Fund over which Parliament has no control for precisely the reason of ensuring their independence from political interfeence. |
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Originally Posted by: Flashman  It's funny how the grand etat French manage to have their autoroutes owned and managed by Sanef. Any complaints there? Perhaps our CEOs and Chairmen are "No bloody good" like our world-leading battleships at Jutland. Quality control of the private sector is needed just as much as the public sector. Perhaps customers should have the casting vote on remuneration instead of it being left to the short-sighted and in the same bubble institutional shareholders. |
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Originally Posted by: Brian  Originally Posted by: AndyBaxter  sinister mission creep of the highest order: there is a way to fight back, The Harrogate Agenda and until we have such, there is a way to control TPTB i.e. the magistrates, judges, bailiffs et al and its not the Roger Hayes way.....
I think you will find that Judges are paid from the Consolidated Fund over which Parliament has no control for precisely the reason of ensuring their independence from political interfeence. They may be paid and appointed independently and cannot be removed at political whim; granted, but alas they are still creatures of the Status Quo who singularily and collectively enforce the whim of TPTB despite legislation, especially the type geared to extract as much profit as possible from us, being the antithesis of their oath of office.....
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Originally Posted by: AndyBaxter  Originally Posted by: Brian  Originally Posted by: AndyBaxter  sinister mission creep of the highest order: there is a way to fight back, The Harrogate Agenda and until we have such, there is a way to control TPTB i.e. the magistrates, judges, bailiffs et al and its not the Roger Hayes way.....
I think you will find that Judges are paid from the Consolidated Fund over which Parliament has no control for precisely the reason of ensuring their independence from political interfeence. They may be paid and appointed independently and cannot be removed at political whim; granted, but alas they are still creatures of the Status Quo who singularily and collectively enforce the whim of TPTB despite legislation, especially the type geared to extract as much profit as possible from us, being the antithesis of their oath of office..... And their oath or affirmation of office and alleigence is here. If the judiciary were truly creatures of the executive, would they allow 14% of tax avoidance cases prosecuted by HMRC to fail? Blaming the Judiciary for the laws and regulations enacted by Parliament is rather downstream. |
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