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It's not every day...
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 04:25:26 +0100, 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. Perhaps they had wrongly assumed that something promised by the Nasty party had been put in place. However, there are so many U-turns it is difficult to keep track of what promises the Nasties have kept - and which they have broken Two years ago: Chancellor George Osborne pledged to create a new national roads fund, using Vehicle Excise Duty to pay for the upkeep of strategic highways in England. Unless of course there really is something known as the National Roads Fund. I agree it is difficult to keep up as Nasty promises are being broken every day. |
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 09:39:31 +0100, Judith wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 04:25:26 +0100, 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. Perhaps they had wrongly assumed that something promised by the Nasty party had been put in place. However, there are so many U-turns it is difficult to keep track of what promises the Nasties have kept - and which they have broken Two years ago: Chancellor George Osborne pledged to create a new national roads fund, using Vehicle Excise Duty to pay for the upkeep of strategic highways in England. Unless of course there really is something known as the National Roads Fund. I agree it is difficult to keep up as Nasty promises are being broken every day. Are you assuming that most cyclists vote Tory? Extraordinary. -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug |
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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? |
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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. |
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On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 2:07:59 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 11/07/2017 17:14, wrote: On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 2:41:20 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 10/07/2017 22:23, TMS320 wrote: On 10/07/17 17:27, JNugent wrote: On 10/07/2017 08:21, TMS320 wrote: On 10/07/17 02:32, 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) and fund is not a budget. 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. It was abolished. This is a different one promised by George Osborne two years ago. http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/wra/news/i...nal-roads-fund "Unveiling his Budget this lunchtime Mr Osborne said that every penny raised through the duty would, by the end of the decade, be used to improve the highways network." Doesn't that demolish (once and for all) the futile attacks on Road Tax as a concept? Not really. The fund (if it comes about) will go to roads yet to be built, not existing ones. Where does it say that? Despite the announcement that has just been made, I am not aware of any new A-routes or motorways planned. Are you? ...end of decade, hmmm. Thirty months away. One hundred and twenty nine weeks. Plenty of time for a new regime to change its mind. It'll take that long to spend the money aleady committed. What the UK needs, though (and you hint at it above), is a couple of new long-disctance motorways which steer clear of existing urban areas, have only a limited number of interchanges and do not, in practice, cater for journeys of much less than a hundred miles. So long as it's not built in your back yard? Au contraire. I want one of the (few) junctions to be within a few miles of this very spot. How close to your property line would be acceptable to you? |
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On 13/07/2017 19:02, 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. Not at all. But I have bought the odd one between the early 1990s and today. And always with my on money. 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? It doesn't matter and no-one sensible has ever said it does. Road users are well in credit with the Exchequer as a result of the billions of pounds paid in other taxes paid in connection with road use. 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? Are you seriously claiming never to have seen a post in which it was asserted that the road fund was abolished a long, long, time ago? |
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On 13/07/2017 22:11, wrote:
On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 2:07:59 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 11/07/2017 17:14, wrote: On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 2:41:20 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 10/07/2017 22:23, TMS320 wrote: On 10/07/17 17:27, JNugent wrote: On 10/07/2017 08:21, TMS320 wrote: On 10/07/17 02:32, 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) and fund is not a budget. 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. It was abolished. This is a different one promised by George Osborne two years ago. http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/wra/news/i...nal-roads-fund "Unveiling his Budget this lunchtime Mr Osborne said that every penny raised through the duty would, by the end of the decade, be used to improve the highways network." Doesn't that demolish (once and for all) the futile attacks on Road Tax as a concept? Not really. The fund (if it comes about) will go to roads yet to be built, not existing ones. Where does it say that? Despite the announcement that has just been made, I am not aware of any new A-routes or motorways planned. Are you? ...end of decade, hmmm. Thirty months away. One hundred and twenty nine weeks. Plenty of time for a new regime to change its mind. It'll take that long to spend the money aleady committed. What the UK needs, though (and you hint at it above), is a couple of new long-disctance motorways which steer clear of existing urban areas, have only a limited number of interchanges and do not, in practice, cater for journeys of much less than a hundred miles. So long as it's not built in your back yard? Au contraire. I want one of the (few) junctions to be within a few miles of this very spot. How close to your property line would be acceptable to you? The closer, the better, so a few miles is ideal. But take my word for it: motorways are built to bypass towns and villages, not to run through the centres of them. |
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On 14/07/2017 01:53, JNugent wrote:
On 13/07/2017 19:02, 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. Not at all. But I have bought the odd one between the early 1990s and today. And always with my on money. 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? It doesn't matter and no-one sensible has ever said it does. Road users are well in credit with the Exchequer as a result of the billions of pounds paid in other taxes paid in connection with road use. 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? Are you seriously claiming never to have seen a post in which it was asserted that the road fund was abolished a long, long, time ago? Reading the average paper will bring it up in the comments section, from some slavering psycholist. |
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:11:16 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
[] You just got shat on, again. As always. You quoted all that just to add abuse. Sad. -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug |
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