@GaryLineker I like direct taxation argument, take from the better off and give directly to the genuinely needy, totally bypassing the government who just seem to piss it away, writing off fraud and a such...
@PaulWhitewick@theHREgroup@theJeremyVine@GraemBickerdike So shortsighted and still can't get over how such an ugly solution could have been allowed, listed to BBC sounds to replay and nobody agrees with the procedure, highways england not available to defend.
Just had the delight of listening to Graeme Bickerdike on behalf of @theHREgroup campaigning to stop Pic 1 being turned into Pic 2, on @theJeremyVine's BBC2 Show.
As articulate as ever. The world needs people like @GraemBickerdike!
In this afternoons video (5pm - link in bio) we take a look at how picture A, now looks like picture B. At a cost of:
£ 124,000
It would have cost £5,000 to repoint increasing it from 17t to up to 40t capacity. All @HighwaysEngland own figures.
@RalfLittle The UK has numerous entrenched groups that are regarded as the establishment: The Royal family, the aristocracy, landed gentry, privy council, senior civil servants, lawyers, academics, Church of England clergy, financiers, industrialists...just need to have the special 🤝