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It has to come. Fuel duty is a large source of revenue. It should be gradually abolished, as we move to non-ICE vehicles, and replaced with pay per mile. The end effect should be revenue neutral (at least initially). Those opposed must come up with another way of raising the lost revenue.

Well said.

Would be good if true. Higher rates for the biggest cars too.

Would love to hear Starmer saying this about Farage.

He doesn’t need to know. Joy surely had farming experience when she was younger.

Were there 3? I can only think of one. In fairness, I quite liked it. But wordsmith? She's high on self-deception.

Erm, I thought "Are you just a little bit racist?" was the first question on the Reform application form.

It benefits the tech companies who provide them. Absolutely nobody else.

I'm not surprised. But he was recaptured fairly swiftly, at least a week ago, so why is this news now?

As is becoming clear in other parts of the country, Reform got a load of people elected to councils who had no idea what a council does. It was a bunch of people who comment on local Facebook groups that "they" should do something about whatever it is but won't because of political correctness.

As Labour refuses to do it, can you raise getting rid of the Tory/Reform stooges on the BBC Board of Governors in Parliament?

Doesn't this go back to when Reagan sacked all the air traffic controllers when they went on strike? The new hires are presumably banned from striking. But being expected to work without pay sounds like slavery to me. Another reason not to visit the USA at the moment.

Because he's the king. The rest of us are not worthy.

Who the fuck is Mollie May and why should I care about which laundry products she probably doesn't use?

One size fits all except the gargantuan Rosie.

He's not really high profile but I take your point. A Labour MP, no matter how useless or distant he is from the party, would be a major coup for Reform. Best just ignored for now.

Private Eye on the money.

Apart from the gambling (from which the Sun and its parent company make huge profits) I'm intrigued by the pubs claim. Labour has liberalised licensing laws. The previous Labour give banned smoking but that was 30 years ago. What are they on about?

I watched The Absence of War last night (and the introduction by David Hare). I well remember the crushing blow of Labour's defeat in the 1992 election. How different (in a good way) the UK would have been if Kinnock had won.

And in three years time, it will be different again. Pointless polls.

I dont doubt that some Labour MPs would like a different PM. I could probably name them. They won't like the next one either.

It's not illegal in UK but it is often cold.

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This is so on brand.

What nonsense is this? Asylum seekers don't turn up in It and Gr because of EU regulations. They turn up because it's the other side of the Med from Libya. Having interviewed about 100 of them (when seconded to Frontex for three months), I found only one whose aim was to come to the UK.

Italy or Greece, they should stay there. Do you think that's fair or would lead to stability in those countries, simply based on geographical adjacency to the Med? Incidentally, if someone claims asylum in one country, they cannot then claim in another.

Firstly, most refugees entering Europe do not seek to come to the UK. Those that do generally either have family here or come here because they speak English. Other European countries take a higher proportion of refugees than the UK. What you are saying is that, because asylum seekers land in (1/2)

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Kirsty's OK. Sod the rest of them.