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In lugnet.lego.direct, Ian Bishop writes:
> The folk of Shetland pay the same rate of VAT on heating fuel as those
> on the Isle of Wight, despite a huge climatic difference (they're closer
> to Norway than Britain).
>
> Up here we pay the same rate of duty on fuel despite the transport
> infrastructure being totally crap after Maggie deregulated the buses and
> flogged off the trains (even here in Ayrshire, just below the central
> belt - its not the highlands I'm talking about. A two mile walk to the
> bus stop, and two bus journeys to get to work, which is only 8 miles
> away!)
>
> £1 billion of taxpayers money (including some of mine, and some from
> those same people on Shetland) wasted on an attraction built at one end
> of the country for the Southerners to celebrate the new year (Lord
> Falconer even had the front to say that it benefited a run-down area of
> London. Yeah right. All 200 square yards of it). Ask the man on Shetland
> how much it costs him to get there, and compare it with the man from
> Dartford. Then you'll begin to realise why visitor numbers are so low.
>
> Build a bridge to Skye, charge the highest tolls in Europe, then
> withdraw the ferry operators licence so there's no choice but use the
> bridge. Try that at Dartford and see how long it lasts.
Yes, but you forget you could buy Scotland for the price of a studio flat down
here.
And that prices in many shops and for many services are much higher (I only
have to compare what I pay in the same shop as my family in the west country
or the midlands do to see how much more I pay for things like food or a hair
cut).
I doubt you would get anyone agreeing that so called 'london allowances' make
up for the much higher cost of living down south.
Thruth is we are ALL fed up with high prices, but Labour think we have never
had it so good and seems unlikely to do anything about it.
I think we should picket Legoland Windsor until they reduce the price of lego
in shops.
regards
lawrence
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| (...) No worse than the Governments (of all persuasions) who consider that whatever policies are good for the South-East of England will be appropriate for the whole country. Some examples; <Ben Elton mode> The folk of Shetland pay the same rate of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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