Petition

[dennisthemenace]

I do apologize, if it's already posted and well known; but maybe somebody did not yet signed it, so feel free, to share it with friends, relatives..

 

http://www.change.org/petitions/the-treasury-re-introduce-the-uk-rolling-classic-car-tax-exemption-scheme?share_id=fiJhgEPVtr&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition

[HillmanImp]

How many of these petitions are there? The government are doing moving to 40yr (maybe rolling with any luck) so i would prefer there to be a petition for that.

 

Unless we are playing the government game of offering something ridiculous and then backing down to a more reasonable alternative?

[Alfamale]

The green lobby (bless them*) would have us believe that older gars guzzle more gas and therefore kill more ickle baby polar bears. This is a great excuse to tax them and so therefore the government with its global responsibility hat on (I'm told it looks like a sombrero) tries to discourage us from driving older cars.

 

However, cars that do not have a cat converter produce carbon MONOXIDE which is a very very weak greenhouse gas and therefore is polar bear friendly.

 

Perhaps applying CO2-based excise duty on all cars would be fairer, catalytic converter or not.

[dollywobbler]

I'm going to start a petition that they ban petition sites.

[Cavcraft]

Ignoring the (usual) social networking mentality/hysterics, have any of these petitions ever actually worked? I just don't believe it tbh, otherwise you'd only need to decide that people in your line of work needed a £10,000 a year payrise, petrol should be free and beer should be 20p a pint, then start a petition, go on FaceAche and all your dreams will come true.

It's pointless trying to start a revolution from your bedroom, the only way things are going to change is by direct action I.e protests etc.

[dennisthemenace]

Ignoring the (usual) social networking mentality/hysterics, have any of these petitions ever actually worked? I just don't believe it tbh, otherwise you'd only need to decide that people in your line of work needed a £10,000 a year payrise, petrol should be free and beer should be 20p a pint, then start a petition, go on FaceAche and all your dreams will come true.

It's pointless trying to start a revolution from your bedroom, the only way things are going to change is by direct action I.e protests etc.

Ok, I'm in.

[CortinaDave]

The only one of these petitions that actually worked was the one against Road Pricing a few years back. Blair's government was actively pursuing it as a possibility, but quickly shelved it after a million plus signature petition gave them squeaky bums.

 

To get actual results you need a MONSTER amount of signatures.

[londonm]

^ that's because that left wing front bottom Ken Livingstone got away with imposing CONgestion charging even though 75% of people were against it. Being the hero of the working classes the c##t merely freed up the streets of Central London for Arabs in Dubai registered super cars. Vote Labour, and you'll get this in Birmingham, Manchester and so on.

[RoadworkUK]

I'm obviously a thousand percent behind the ethos of the petition, but unfortunately an e-petition is about as effective as hoping that Jim'll Fix It.

[Justin Case]

I would sooner have the money spent on keeping the local DVLA offices open.

[mercrocker]

Do you know what?  We are less than a week into another New Year and I have decided I just dont bloody care any more about shit like this.  Tax the fuckers, dont tax the fuckers, take the money that X generates and cut Y by the same amount....Its all bollocks and I am not wasting any more of my time ticking boxes, saying what I think/don't think or putting meaningless crosses on bits of paper just so some self-inflated cunt gets even more money.   Fuck Em All....red yellow green or blue

[brickwall]

Protests rarely work now anyway. The country is divided into two camps on most issuesand that's the way they like it. It has to be about losing/gaining votes.