LIAR!!! LIAR!!!
And the Prius is in the same top fee tier along with the Rolls Phantom? LMAO!!
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It's this endless nickel-and diming of people that eventually makes a seething population explode....these Socialist bureaucrats who continually push this idiocy may find one day that they have pushed a bit too far....and their heads will end up on pikes on Tower Bridge.
They sure would nail my Towncar.
Another concrete manifestation of the British slide toward socialism.
Of course, once the muslims take over, this will go away, since dhimmi’s won’t have need of automobiles. They’ll all have goats and donkeys.
Sad. Just sad.
Is the term “ring-fenced” the British equivalent of “lock box’?
Just to add some cultural context to this:
This refers to what is known as ‘on-street’ parking. i.e. you are parking on a public road that is outside your house, not your own land or garage. We are much, much more densley populated than the US, so many city and suburban houses litterally have their front door onto what you would call the ‘sidewalk’. These houses have no parking so people just park in the street.
The residents in this scheme are actually quite lucky. For five of the last six years I lived in a city centre apartment with one carpark bay in the basement but a two car family. There was extensive parking available on the street outside but it was all on meters. They wouldn’t let residents buy permits to park outside their own homes as per this scheme described, as there was more revenue to be had from visitors to the city centre who were willing to pay for the space by the hour. We got a lot of tickets!
‘ring fenced’ in English English (as opposed to the American English that y’all speak) means a protected revenue stream allocated for a specific purpose.
I suspect that one thing that is identical on both sides of the pond is that when a public official utters that revenue is ring fenced he is lying! Peter will be robbed to pay Paul somewhere down the line.
An interesting alternative contribution to the debate on the subject of birth control.
Would it then jutify a more friendly immigration policy, preferably towards mu...?
"Seething" population? Insult the local football team and you might see some seething, but other than that, where's the "seething"?
Can't say we're very far behind though.
Mr. John Q British Citizen is asked to bend over and take a long shaft in the rear from Mr. British Government, and when the long arduous reaming is over, Mr. British Citizen looks over his shoulder at Mr. British Government and says, in a meek and silky voice, “Please, sir. May I have another?”
I’m not sure this is as crazy as it sounds...
If they are going to charge for on street parking - which they do in some cities here in the U.S. - it does make a certain sense to consider how much on street parking space a person uses. Now it seems like regulatory overkill but its not completely crazy.
Atlas Puked...
...a move which will raise millions of pounds in extra revenue...
Congestion charges? Road duties? Parking fees? Emissions tax? Length tax? What the heck are congestion charges and road duties anyway?
damn, my Pontiac coupe is 16' longIf you are parking out in front of your house it is likely on public property. Pay!