Fiona Thompson

Traveller. Yugophile. Writer. Reader. Living in Slovenia, exercising FoM

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@lbc @IanpayneLBC Caller says e-scooters should pay to use the roads. Then cars should too. When will people understand that "road tax" is not a tax for using the roads. Roads are paid for from general taxation.

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@AlanStephen @OldRoberts953 @hellothisisivan

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@LBC What a lovely woman Brenda is. I'm willing to bet she's never met an asylum seeker.

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@LBC Pls remind @IanpayneLBC that Labour didn't "send over" people to campaign for Harris. Those people went on their own initiative.

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@katealex4700 @sharrond62 @Pater_Richmond @KemiBadenoch It's definitely "an MP". Which Gove is not.

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@We_Had_Dreams @jock_rob @laura_woodsy @DONeill90 And you are a woman-hating pig.

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@LBC @OliDugmore The availability of single-sex spaces does matter. Your contributor may not care but that doesn't give him the right to speak for women.

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@HelenaHandcart0 @Socialist_north @pa40556213 @coldgnu @StanislawBits @MimiJ9 It's legal but it doesn't make it morally right. Public services don't fund themselves. My accountant has stopped asking me if there is anything else I've spent that I can use to offset my taxes. I could probably pay less but I'm happy to pay more.

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@ragnorakishere @PeterRoffey5 @sharrond62 @herrbartlett1 We know the cases in which it wouldn't work. But for lots of people it would work. It would allow some people who can't afford to always have a car the opportunity to use one when needed.

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@HelenaHandcart0 @Socialist_north @pa40556213 @coldgnu @StanislawBits @MimiJ9 It's the done thing, not the right thing.

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@DavidDavisMP What about parents who work hard but could never scrimp & save enough to afford private ed?

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@deanboultwood @custardcross @legalclaret It's not taxed again. I keep hearing how it has been passed down through generations. It has simply increased in value. It's only taxed over 2 mil & can be 3 mil if there's a farmhouse. 20% opposed to 40% for everyone else.

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@NaomiRipon1111 @legalclaret You've heard of society, right?

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@girasoles_lady @sharrond62 @herrbartlett1 I said where it exists. And I feel your pain. I live in a village in Slovenia which is not far from the second city but we have no transport at weekends. I have a 3.5 km walk to pick up a bus at weekends. Part of that is unlit.

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@PeterRoffey5 @sharrond62 @herrbartlett1 Aren't there short-term hire services in the UK? I live in Slovenia & our city has a scheme where you can hire electric cars for very short-term use.

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@sharrond62 @herrbartlett1 Not everyone can drive and learning to drive is very costly. Public transport (where it exists) can be used by most people.

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@sharrond62 It's not about having everything within 15 mins. It's about having the key things we need within easy reach - a GP, shops, somewhere for recreation.

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@DrJoMoor1 @latsot I can't bring myself to explain it to her. I don't like the thought of her spending her last years upset and worried about what could happen. Just an example - osteoporosis already runs in our family. My mum has no idea that the drugs my niece is now committed to will worsen it.

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@DrJoMoor1 @latsot The others are all supportive of the transition. My mother said she was surprised because she thought I was "broad-minded". I think she thinks being supportive is the right thing to do. However, I know that she is not aware of the reality of what my niece is doing, and ...