Ahoy there, more taxes on the horizon
20 February 2014, 01:39 PM
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Ahoy there, more taxes on the horizon
EU launches legal action over UK air quality
Of course I am sure the government will find a way of taxing us to sort this out
Of course I am sure the government will find a way of taxing us to sort this out
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20 February 2014, 01:56 PM
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It's odd. The EU know there is a debate going on in this country as well as other members about the terms of membership of the EU and whether we should stay or go, and yet here they are launching legal proceedings and imposing fines on us? Do they think that will endear themselves to us? Do they actively want us to leave?
20 February 2014, 02:40 PM
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If we are causing cross border pollution then we have a case to answer. I believe Drax Power Station were fined in the 80s for pollution that occurred in Sweden.
20 February 2014, 02:41 PM
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I could believe the above IF our government had EVER taken them on, apart from over speed scameras.
EVERYTHING else, they impose it on us, then blame the EC.
whereas the other member states ignore stuff that doesn't suit them.
No wonder the other EC states mock us.
EVERYTHING else, they impose it on us, then blame the EC.
whereas the other member states ignore stuff that doesn't suit them.
No wonder the other EC states mock us.
20 February 2014, 02:49 PM
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I like the Stalin approach to threats from abroad. I seem to recall he was threatened with something by the Vatican during WW2. His response was reputedly "How many divisions do they have?"
Threatening a nuclear armed state (ie us) always seems a little silly to me. Cameron wants to grow a pair and tell them where to go.
But I gather most of the pollution is in London, so that doesn't matter anyway.
Threatening a nuclear armed state (ie us) always seems a little silly to me. Cameron wants to grow a pair and tell them where to go.
But I gather most of the pollution is in London, so that doesn't matter anyway.
20 February 2014, 02:49 PM
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I assume that you didn't actually read the article then. How you could possibly call protecting the quality of the air that we breath (SOMETHING OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY) 'lentil munching retards' once again reveals a staggering lack of insight on your behalf.
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20 February 2014, 02:51 PM
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I assume that you didn't actually read the article then. How you could possibly call protecting the quality of the air that we breath (SOMETHING OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY) 'lentil munching retards' once again reveals a staggering lack of insight on your behalf.
20 February 2014, 03:18 PM
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I assume that you didn't actually read the article then. How you could possibly call protecting the quality of the air that we breath (SOMETHING OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY) 'lentil munching retards' once again reveals a staggering lack of insight on your behalf.
What I do care about is the sh1tehole this country has become since we got involved with those EU lentil munching retards.
20 February 2014, 03:19 PM
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Even Jeremy Clarkson picked up on this and mentioned it on last weeks Top Gear.
20 February 2014, 03:26 PM
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I read the article in full and really don't give a proverbial **** about our air quality TBH. I give even less of a proverbial **** about you and anything you say TBH.
What I do care about is the sh1tehole this country has become since we got involved with those EU lentil munching retards.
What I do care about is the sh1tehole this country has become since we got involved with those EU lentil munching retards.
Damned by your own daft words
20 February 2014, 03:29 PM
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I read the article in full and really don't give a proverbial **** about our air quality TBH. I give even less of a proverbial **** about you and anything you say TBH.
What I do care about is the sh1tehole this country has become since we got involved with those EU lentil munching retards.
What I do care about is the sh1tehole this country has become since we got involved with those EU lentil munching retards.
20 February 2014, 03:36 PM
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20 February 2014, 04:51 PM
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20 February 2014, 06:07 PM
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The FIRST thing that wants doing is to spread some of the wealth from the capital: get some of the firms down there to move. THAT will increase air quality overnight.
The French made a concerted effort over Paris some forty years ago. As a result, head-offices are there, with a skeleton staff, but the actual manufacturing, jobs etc are all over the country.
Paris doesn't suffer from the SE overcrowding, poor transport and lack of water.
Why don't we do the same? And ask the EC for grants to help us.
The French made a concerted effort over Paris some forty years ago. As a result, head-offices are there, with a skeleton staff, but the actual manufacturing, jobs etc are all over the country.
Paris doesn't suffer from the SE overcrowding, poor transport and lack of water.
Why don't we do the same? And ask the EC for grants to help us.
20 February 2014, 06:35 PM
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The FIRST thing that wants doing is to spread some of the wealth from the capital: get some of the firms down there to move. THAT will increase air quality overnight.
The French made a concerted effort over Paris some forty years ago. As a result, head-offices are there, with a skeleton staff, but the actual manufacturing, jobs etc are all over the country.
Paris doesn't suffer from the SE overcrowding, poor transport and lack of water.
Why don't we do the same? And ask the EC for grants to help us.
The French made a concerted effort over Paris some forty years ago. As a result, head-offices are there, with a skeleton staff, but the actual manufacturing, jobs etc are all over the country.
Paris doesn't suffer from the SE overcrowding, poor transport and lack of water.
Why don't we do the same? And ask the EC for grants to help us.
20 February 2014, 07:16 PM
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Exactly, compared to some places we have **** all to worry about. This is just the lentil munching retards throwing a bit of weight about.
20 February 2014, 07:18 PM
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The latest is the tax on fat, all products that contain fat will be taxed an extra 3%.
That's because the inland revenue cares about your health
England has still got its national sovereignty so the EU is trying other ways to raise cash...
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20 February 2014, 07:21 PM
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20 February 2014, 08:00 PM
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Can you explain that, as I don't recall at any point in my life where this country has been threatened to the point that we'd consider the instant sunshine option, more so when put in context with our membership of the EU?
21 February 2014, 08:55 AM
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We've been killing our environment ever since the industrial revolution. Did you know that the honey bee provides 30% of our food crop in the UK through pollination. The retail value last year for this alone was valued at around £1 billion. Yet through the use of pesticides we are wiping bees out. I'd rather be a lentil muncher than stick my head in the sand believing we can carry on polluting the earth with no come back
21 February 2014, 09:08 AM
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21 February 2014, 01:11 PM
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Had the capture of the Falklands failed, I do wonder what the next option would have been, because as you say, I wouldn't have called her bluff. I wasn't aware than anything nuclear had been mentioned during the war?