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Prime Ministers response email on road pricing

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Bulli:
Yes , yes there is a problem but hang on are we discussing the solution, which i think is another post, or the blairtant lies in the reply.

What would we get instead of NEW labour? Im not sure but maybe a little stir up would help give some of the elected officials food for though.

On a different note there is only 1 prime minister i have any respect for and sad to say that was Thatcher. Flame me if you want i dont really care. She was unpopular for more reasons than i care to list but she did 1 thing that Blair is incapable of....telling the truth. No matter how unpalatable it was she said it and then followed through.

Blair just tries to sugar coat a turd and bow down to whatever pressure group he thinks will win him votes!

i dont think another government would carry out this barmy plan, you never know it may be a vote winner but somehow i think not!

SimonHarwood:
There is only one real solution... railways and buses.

Renationalise all of the railways, reopen all of the freight lines and reinstate a large proportion of the routes that Beeching(sp?) closed. Get all medium and long distance freight off the roads and make it viable for commuting by railway.
Buses should be improved as well. Only in the cities is there a decent bus service.
That way most of the traffic is local area only.
And the fuel for the buses should be bio-diesel.

If you could get there in a sensible time at a sensible cost by train and/or buses would you use them?

Unfortunately the government is too short-sighted and doesn't like to spend money on anything worthwhile.

Bulli:
Simon, not according to the prime ministers reply.
they have spent billions of our money on rail infrastructure...to benefit private companies??
Why not run buses on Hydrogen like they do in Iceland? polution...water! thats a move forward that is worthy of investment.
Buses are not a move forward for pollution as they stand, major improvements would be required to gain any environmental benefit.

I live in Rotherham (a major town) and work in Sheffield (a large city) the bus service connecting the part of rotherham i live in with sheffield is laughable. 1 bus an hour that goes via a meadowhall and so takes twice as long as it needs to. I can make the journey in 20 mins in heavy traffic it takes up to 45 mins.
By bus its an hour and a half...sorry its just not an option. i would need to catch the 650 am out and cant get home till the 1750 bus so i wouldnt get home till arounf half past 7.
life i want one thanks not and endless round of work and buses!

Range Rover Blues:

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--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---I don't see why more people can't work from home other than the bums on seats mentallity of many employers
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Be a bit difficult for me as I can't see people bringing their central heating boilers to my house for repair & servicing  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

(Sorry I'm just being silly, I know!)
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But if all the people who sat in traffic hams just to go sit in offices weren't there, you could get on with your job.

I know the arguaments against working from home, Julie keeps hearing them every time she gets approached for a job she is not prepared to travel to.

If you are employing someone you can't trust to do the work you are paying them for, you have a more serious problem than just being able to talk to them.  When Julie was contracting in Croyden, the first thing she had to do on a Monday morning was call her supervisor, who worked from home.  Now tell me she has to be there so people can talk to her!


Bottom line is, for a job in Leeds an employer will have to pay at least £10k more for a good programmer, that reflects the cost of either commuting or running a second dwelling.

The same programmer in lundon, before the millenium, could earn over £100 an hour as a contractor.

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