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[STEMO]

It looks like Rishi is going to increase the timeline for the ban on diesel and petrol cars...from 2030 to 2035. I don't think this will make any difference to me personally, but I do like a bit of schadenfreude. I will be smiling as the lentil munchers call foul and cry into their tofu salads 

[Rangie]

Didn't we just know this would be the case..😂

[STEMO]

Didn't we just know this would be the case..😂

We certainly did, Mick. He's received a dose of reality, no doubt given to him during one of many cabinet meetings held recently. This absolutely no way the infrastructure can be in place in time, and no way the national grid would cope. These 'green' idiots have no idea how such a strategy could work for ordinary people. I know a postman who lives locally in a terraced house.  He has to be at the sorting office by 4:30 am, and drives his diesel Passat there every morning. There is no public transport at that time. How is he supposed to be able to spend c.£30K on an EV and, just as important, where would he charge it?
These policies cannot be foisted on ordinary folk until the cost and inconvenience have been addressed.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Vegan sandal wearing eco loons will want the head of the pint-size PM.....if true.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Anyone with two brain cells to rub together always knew this couldnt happen.
The thing that surprises me is that he hasnt kicked it down the road and let Starmer face the reality in the next five years.
Politically he may have made a mistake, unless he is trying to start coming across as a brave, hard nosed, right wing Tory.
If so , its a bit late for that. The people thats supposed to appeal to wont believe him.

[STEMO]

Extinction Rebellion will block every road in the country over this 


But, seriously, I think what Sunak said was a move in the right direction. If only we lived in a democracy where the will of the majority was implemented by the government, he might have a chance. But we don't, we live in a country where those who shout the loudest and take to the streets usually get their own way. We'll see.

This, of course, puts Starmer in a very difficult position. Most of us don't shout the loudest and take to the streets, but we do vote 

[Sir Tigger KC]

This is what the Labour party think....     Total muppets!



And it's a tad ironic when it's emerged that Blair arranged Sir Starmer's meeting with Macron the other day. 

[STEMO]

The dividing lines are finally starting to show, and about time too.

[Raeturbo]

Don’t be surprised.. none of them are living in the real world… they don’t have to👍

[Sir Tigger KC]

I've seen a suggestion on X that the real reason for Rishi extending the deadline for banning the sale new diesel and petrol cars to 2035 is to align with the EU who  extended to 2035 a few months ago.

Why align with the EU? Well because of his Windsor Framework, you will be able to buy a new petrol or diesel car in Northern Ireland (which is under EU rule) until 2035 anyway and it would be absurd to be able to buy a new ICE car in Northern Ireland, but not Great Britain. Also, the WF guarantees free access from NI to GB (not the other way round.) so we'd all be able to buy our new cars in Northern Ireland. 

Hoisted by his own petard?   

[Doctor Gollum]

Skipper on my last flight has lived in the UK for last 20 odd years and always voted Tory commented that he was going to vote Labour next time and he might even return home because the UK is going to shit. Much younger FO countered that this was entirely due to Brexit. Skipper, to his credit, pointed out that it was going to shut before that. Indeed Brexit is a symptom of the issue, not the cause. Equally, rejoining the EU as desired by the Treasonous Chunt B. Liar and his knighted goons will change, and therefore,solve nothing.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Skipper on my last flight has lived in the UK for last 20 odd years and always voted Tory commented that he was going to vote Labour next time and he might even return home because the UK is going to shit. Much younger FO countered that this was entirely due to Brexit. Skipper, to his credit, pointed out that it was going to shut before that. Indeed Brexit is a symptom of the issue, not the cause. Equally, rejoining the EU as desired by the Treasonous Chunt B. Liar and his knighted goons will change, and therefore,solve nothing.

Hope you advised him not to let the door slap him on his arse on the way out! 

[Varche]

But folk will still be able to buy s/h  none ev cars after 2035 and use them ( always assuming that ulez hasnt extended to even small towns. Malaga has just announced, despite being 80% complete, that the ULEZ due Jan 24 will now be Jan 25. Thank god.

Tigger. I think you have something there about Europe. I think it makes sense to align Britain with Germany and France.anyway car industry wise.

[Nick W]

But folk will still be able to buy s/h  none ev cars after 2035 and use them ( always assuming that ulez hasnt extended to even small towns. Malaga has just announced, despite being 80% complete, that the ULEZ due Jan 24 will now be Jan 25. Thank god.

Tigger. I think you have something there about Europe. I think it makes sense to align Britain with Germany and France.anyway car industry wise.

Now that Opel and Peugeot/Citroen are part of Stellantis, you have to include Italy. The British market isn't different enough to have different standards to Europe. That's true for everything, not just cars. It's so true, there ought to be an organisation that exists to make this easier

[Doctor Gollum]

Skipper on my last flight has lived in the UK for last 20 odd years and always voted Tory commented that he was going to vote Labour next time and he might even return home because the UK is going to shit. Much younger FO countered that this was entirely due to Brexit. Skipper, to his credit, pointed out that it was going to shut before that. Indeed Brexit is a symptom of the issue, not the cause. Equally, rejoining the EU as desired by the Treasonous Chunt B. Liar and his knighted goons will change, and therefore,solve nothing.

Hope you advised him not to let the door slap him on his arse on the way out! 

To be fair he did suggest that Canada was ideally suited to mass migration due to the amount of open space, although he did concede that Vancouver and Toronto were already full albeit with room to expand (in the case of Toronto).