tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146278836891082902.post874030839357999332..comments2023-07-25T16:47:45.388+01:00Comments on Bob the Black Country Brummie: Dear Gordon 7Bob the Black Country Brummiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854624203714692383noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146278836891082902.post-39377549012458066632008-07-07T13:43:00.000+01:002008-07-07T13:43:00.000+01:00Bob, I would fire 100%of the Lords, but I can not ...Bob, I would fire 100%of the Lords, but I can not see much of an argument for making our MPs more remote. It would save hardly anything and just make it more difficult for people to contact their MP.<BR/><BR/>I'm not talking about cycling all the way across town. There is a junior and an infant school at the bottom of my road and the parents descend on it in their cars every morning, mostly from within the Ward.<BR/><BR/>Together with a small group of mothers I helped to set up a walking bus (see me, pictured on the right here: http://tiny.cc/cyyMA<BR/><BR/>With so many obese kids (and parents) it has beneficial health aspects too, and all it would do for most of them is take out half-an-hour of their day.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146278836891082902.post-85403927441793522012008-07-07T13:28:00.000+01:002008-07-07T13:28:00.000+01:00Quite so Bob but it is not good enough that Gordon...Quite so Bob but it is not good enough that Gordon and co sit back blame the world and do nothing. Some form of price stabilisation would start to put things right. Businesses could plan properly and subsequently deal with the crisis in an orderly way. It’s a great opportunity for business. I’m not going back to the good old days when I cycled half way across Brum every day to school and my grandkids are not going to either. This country needs real leadership at this time. Do I take it you like the idea of firing 10% of the commons and 15% of Lords that’s not going to win me any friends in high places is it? Better forget the gong for this year then.<BR/><BR/>Gerry you show me yours and I'll show you mine. you know what happened to my beans last year.Bob the Black Country Brummiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854624203714692383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146278836891082902.post-21925998624559648702008-07-07T11:15:00.000+01:002008-07-07T11:15:00.000+01:00i,m all for growing our own food, so why are our f...i,m all for growing our own food, so why are our farmer not incouraged to grow food by being<BR/>payed a better return on months of hard work?<BR/>Why is there not a place to store our own oil instead of selling it of cheap and buying it back at a high price?<BR/> GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146278836891082902.post-7293171754934942662008-07-07T09:11:00.000+01:002008-07-07T09:11:00.000+01:00A 5p per litre cut in fuel duty would leave a hole...A 5p per litre cut in fuel duty would leave a hole in our public spending of £3 billion. The 20p reduction you suggest would lead to a need to find an extra £12 billion pound in taxes. <BR/><BR/>Unless, that is, you make reductions elsewhere. The NHS? Education? Provision for our armed forces?<BR/><BR/>In any event, reducing fuel prices will lead to greater consumption. The current price boom is being caused by the increased consumption by the Chinese and Indians. The more we consume, the less fuel on the market, the more the oil companies will use price to regulate the flow... and that = greater fuel price rises. The only thing we achieve is to reduce the taxation and have to find more taxation elsewhere in the economy.<BR/><BR/>I am in favour of a reduction in fuel duty, or at least some form of fuel rebate system, for commercial and road haulage users, but for the rest of us, we will have to get used to life in the slow lane again. <BR/><BR/>The likes of you and me Bob can recall a time when we got to school without a car, and when people didn't trawl off to hypermarkets for a 'big weekly shop'. Instead of reducing fuel prices and encouraging even more unnecessary road journeys we need to start to adapt to the days when the oil runs out. <BR/><BR/>We need to learn all over again to shop local, increase sustainability by growing our own food, get more exercise by walking, improve public transport.<BR/><BR/>Back to the Future. Cameron's crew will make easy promises to win votes. Your mate Gordon has to make the really tough decisions.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.com