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Why our retired dont complain, dunno. May be some can't pay the electricity bill and are frozen to death, the other moved to Algarve or Morocco. A dirty version of "évasion fiscale"… |
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The results of the diesel-bashing are already visible, the less healthy can't use their car to go to work or as a working tool AND live as they did. In the meanwhile, Peugeot and Renault heads are not prosecuted.
As a gran son of farmers breeders (see zat Bob, migrants coming from Flanders!) I'm seriously shocked by the number of suicides in this socio-professional category. And it started before Brexit… Crazy planet. |
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Just been reading up on BBC news, and very sad to see that one protester died yesterday. My light hearted comment perhaps a bit misplaced in the circumstances.
Talking of fuel prices, in Norwich yesterday the price at JS supermarket was down 4 pence from mid week. The price here (same supermarket) was only down 1 pence and 7 pence more, so no wonder discrimination against those in rural areas gets a lot of press! |
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With my wife either we dont speak at all in public when abroad or speak in English. And say we are Belgians… No worry Mike, what is important is that the contestants are ready to take risks to make the point. You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs, can you? Our government states that it won't go backwards in any case but they are ready to "offer" primes to help people using their car as a working tool. Were is the spirit which led to 1789 or May 68, I wonder? No guts, no glory! |
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It could get more interesting in France if this Reuter's report is accurate.
https://af.reuters.com/article/commo.../idAFL8N1XQ2E9 Mid winter with insufficient supply to match the electricity demand might not be good. Heck, for the time being UK is still reliant on Nuclear France for its backup supplies! (After Brexit who knows what might happen - perhaps both countries will learn to love power cuts.) It might be a good time to consider joining Delta in Australia in the new year ... Meanwhile the European Court of (alleged) Justice has, apparently, forced the UK Government to cancel arrangements it has with Electricity suppliers using traditional fossil fuel generation that is mainly restricted to be used only when demand is very high. Like in winter. Absent the arrangement the economics of keeping a large plant operational on a "just in case" basis do not stack up. So either the operators close it or the cost are shifted to the direct consumer in some way rather than being shared more broadly through the tax regime as a "National good" form which all benefit. Fair enough - but I bet the tax burden will not be reduced as compensation. I note that the current "agreement" for Brexit does not seem to enable any form of escape from the insanity of the ECJ. Without that it is entirely meaningless. In my humble opinion. |
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Any time, Mike! In case you're running out of ideas, which a very much doubt, ask a migrant
May be you heard about "tweet man" criticizing French people and mainly our so called government? He only said the truth. Make France great again? Yop, man do you have any recommendation for this? Bring Louis the 14th back to live may be… He said that without the US help during WW2 (forgetting many other countries, like England, Canada, etc…) we would all be speaking German. Danke sehr, that's f...ing right, cow boy. |
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A comment I saw was that Trump was, of course, wrong....without US intervention you'd all have been speaking Russian |
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This one is good too, Lancs'! And may be Polish, who knows…
What seems weird to my eyes is that in a world of hyper communication we can say anything anytime to anyone, but not the truth! Our prime minister Gérard Colomb, mayor of Lyon, had to recently quit twice to be heard by his majesty. Too late, too bad! Before that, he had to explain why he said that "migrants make benchmarking before chosing an euro country to land". What do we think? Of course they do, they're not stupid. What is shocking is to say it. Crazy planet! |
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First count gives 290k contestants, 2000 blocking points, 409 accidents and 282 people caught by the police. Rather impressive, bearing in mind that France is supposed to be THE freedom country. Sorry?
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Liberty fraternity etc. Bit only if you toe the line. Sorry for the lack of accents.
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All this is pathetic. What do they think? President and Prime Minister both together say "we hear you" before adding "we won't change anything". All the difference between hear and listen.
What contestants will gain? After some accidents, insurances companies will raise the prices. Bad luck. People injured will cost to the community. Bad luck. They took some day off, less vacation or less salary. Bad luck. And now its cold. After three days max, they will run out of will, arguments, money, palettes and Ricard. Back home, frozen to the bones, they will think "at least we tried but ya no…". In fact they went to kick some asses, lost the battle and their pants too… That's why you see so many butts on TV channels. All the contrary of "veni, vidi, vici". Pathetic. Sad too. |
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And now a new law to be approved. The targets are Coyote -I dont care anymore- and Waze - which I use very much-. The reason, I guess, is that they can't make much money with Waze. The pretext is that Waze is used by terrorists and drug dealers. Police too
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Story here..... https://www.pcworld.com/article/3193...in-france.html
Wonder if other governments will take notice? |
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No worry, modern tools and citizens motivation will find an appropriate answer.
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Inflation - cost of parking at the NEC has recently gone up to £16 per day, think it was 'just' £12 in the summer. Only £12 pre-paid though .
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You know what? The way France is going I reckon it will soon be illegal to drive UNDER the speed limit because the driver will be seen to be avoiding prosecution.......
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Imagine a few years from now that all of this pestering and interference has driven all travellers to use fully autonomous EVs which are controlled by the State for reasons of safety and security. The rental charges for the service would have to be acceptable enough (at least in France) to stop the populace revolting regularly, so how would they use the service to generate enough revenue to be able to afford to run it since the rolling stock would, presumably, be mostly standardised? Perhaps they could find a way of fining their own business for breaches of speed control, parking, opening doors the wrong way, carrying too many or too few passengers at certain times of the day or night in designated areas, etc. Of course it would be entirely justified to roll these costs onto the charges for the service, right? It's a little like fining an NHS trust (or some other government operated entity) for some failure of their duty of care and then wondering why they need more money. But the key is that it provides the authorities with some control of income via taxation that is not thought of as taxation because it is an indirect supply and can be somewhat obscured for the purpose of public understanding. They will always find ways to expend cash that results in a need for tax income of one sort or another - taking with one hand and giving with the other. How much of that constant circulation can be retained by one means or another on each cycle without the populace becoming agitated is the key to the people wielding power being able to successfully complete their vanity projects and top up their pension prospects. Just like the commercial world of the City and the Banks in effect - only less risk to the "management". |
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Cant say better Max! On the highways you can spot many Gt's at 120kph instead of 130, probably because the driver lost his licence…
100 000 licences per year are voided… Around 1 million not insured cars on our roads. You can find some logic here, because without any licence you're not covered. So why Pay? |
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I used to go to the Photography show at the NEC.The last time I went parking was £8 and I thought that was enough. If one was planning to buy a few bits and pieces (in the days when there were a number of retailers taking stands) the savings possible covered the parking costs so on balance it made for a decent day out. Over £8 and absent any serious plans for buying new kit I'm not likely to be attracted to such an event. As I am certainly not planning to buy a motor sport vehicle my previous logic would suggest I am unlikely to be visiting the NEC for the Racing Car Show either. Or anything else for that matter. That said I suppose it is just the effect of some form of inflation. Food prices in our local CoOp seems to have headed in the same direction - especially if one takes smaller package contents into consideration. I think food takes precedence over NEC parking. |
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