wrote:
On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 11:54:36 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 12/07/2017 18:38, wrote:
On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 2:06:10 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 11/07/2017 18:14, wrote:

On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 2:32:54 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 05/07/2017 16:35, wrote:
On Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 4:25:25 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
...you get evidence of the existence of something that was
alleged to
have been extinct for 80+ years.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/05/local-roads-government-cash-councils-motorways

QUOTE:
English councils will be given access to a multibillion-pound
fund for local road improvements under plans unveiled by the
transport secretary, Chris Grayling.

It was initially envisaged that the cash, held in the national
roads
fund, would be spent on the motorways and major A-roads
managed by
Highways England. But Grayling announced a change of tack,
saying that
some of it should be diverted to be spent on roads run by
local authorities. ENDQUOTE

The national WHAT?

Someone needs to tell the Guardian PDQ that there is no
"national roads fund" and that it was all abolished long ago.

It was the road fund LICENCE that was replaced with VED.
Obviously national and local governments have a road budget
that comes from the general tax pot.
The only reference I can find for national roads fund is in
Zambia which I am fairly sure is not in the UK.

No, no... nothing to do with Zambia...

The story mentions the English national roads fund. And as you
know (but cannot bring yourself to admit) a fund is not a budget.

Then you should have no problem pointing to where I can find this
'National Road Fund' defined in some sort of official document.

Wash your mouth out.
The Guardian IS the *only* "official document" accepted by
trendies like yourself,

The last newspaper I remember buying was the first issue of The
European back in the early 90's. Actually that's not true, I used
to buy the Sunday Telegraph because of the Nonogram.

That a cyclist doesn't like spending his own money comes as no
surprise.

I assume you buy every newspaper in the world every day.
I am not interested in the news especially when the editor slants it
to cater to the prejudices of the 'readers.'

It is a defining characteristic of cyclists; other peoples' money and
efforts are always the ones to use.

Oh the hypocrisy.
How much of the £10 billion spend of motorways is covered by the £6
billion collected in VED?


shirley?

Not me and those wrestling matches were fake.

But you can imagine my surprise on reading it, because you and
others have been squealing for years that the road fund was
abolished back in the Middle Ages or something.

Where?

Here (of course).

Har! Har! Har! and indeed Har!.
Now cite the relevant post.

Don't be (even more) daft.

Asking someone to supply evidence to support their claim is daft in
Nugent World?

You just got shat on, again.
As always.