Saw this headline today and thought "That could be good - a petrol-head in the Cabinet" but then I read on and realised it is Conservative MP Philip Hammond - someone about whom I know absolutely zero. It could be worse - it could be a Liberal in that post. I am much more so a fan of the Liberals than the Tories and I think this new Coalition business might just work because because the Libs can temper the worst of the Tory evils like fox-hunting and tax-breaks for the obscenely rich and not giving a stuff about unemployment. But when it comes to cars, their manifesto states that they are in favour of road-pricing. They claim it will be "revenue neutral" but I am cynical and I also think that they are also more likely to clobber those of us who do not drive cars with small engines. Labour were bad for this too. Maybe I do have more in common with the Tories after all - they are the ones in the 4x4s and big Mercs and Porsches. Did you see Teresa May's new Jag? Very nice. The car not Teresa. I wonder if she's any relation to James - or Brian.
Anyway, only time will tell what this new Government will do for us motorists and for the Country as a whole. If it works out, then great - if it doesn't then I'm sure Prime Minister Miliband will be happy to take over. (It's surprising just how many different pictures there are of him with that banana.)
Saw this headline today and thought "That could be good - a petrol-head in the Cabinet" but then I read on and realised it is Conservative MP Philip Hammond - someone about whom I know absolutely zero. It could be worse - it could be a Liberal in that post. I am much more so a fan of the Liberals than the Tories and I think this new Coalition business might just work because because the Libs can temper the worst of the Tory evils like fox-hunting and tax-breaks for the obscenely rich and not giving a stuff about unemployment. But when it comes to cars, their manifesto states that they are in favour of road-pricing. They claim it will be "revenue neutral" but I am cynical and I also think that they are also more likely to clobber those of us who do not drive cars with small engines. Labour were bad for this too. Maybe I do have more in common with the Tories after all - they are the ones in the 4x4s and big Mercs and Porsches. Did you see Teresa May's new Jag? Very nice. The car not Teresa. I wonder if she's any relation to James - or Brian.
Anyway, only time will tell what this new Government will do for us motorists and for the Country as a whole. If it works out, then great - if it doesn't then I'm sure Prime Minister Miliband will be happy to take over. (It's surprising just how many different pictures there are of him with that banana.)
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