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Offline lemoneye

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« on: October 06, 2005, 02:29:31 pm »
I see that as well as extending the financially unfeasible "congestion charge" it appears our mayor also intends to increase the costs of buses and tubes by a rate way way over that of inflation. Again. Its got to be a wind up, Jeremy Beadle will appear any minute... surely....
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« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2005, 03:12:07 pm »
It's no better in Cornwall lemoneye. The wages are very low and nobody local can afford to buy even a tiny flat to live in. The cost of water is the highest in the country. The bus fares recently increased by 60p per day despite a crap service. Now the council plans to charge us £6 to visit the beach!
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« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2005, 03:43:11 pm »
My season ticket has gone up by £79 this year.



In New York a single ride anywhere on the subway is $2.00 which is roughly £1.20


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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2005, 09:31:22 pm »
It doesn't seem to make sense to have a congestion charge and increase the cost of public transport.
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« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2005, 09:35:52 pm »
It does to your "socialist" nob of a mayor.http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/confused/confused0024.gif'" src="http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/confused/confused0024.gif" border="0"> 
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« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2005, 09:45:22 pm »

You know being a socialist gets me so much flack! Better things are said about kiddie fiddlers!


As a socialist I support the congestion charge on environmental grounds. Public transport should be efficient, cheap and pubically owned. All essential public services should be pubically owned.

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« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2005, 09:46:30 pm »

Quote from: Cherry_Ripe
It's no better in Cornwall lemoneye. The wages are very low and nobody local can afford to buy even a tiny flat to live in. The cost of water is the highest in the country. The bus fares recently increased by 60p per day despite a crap service. Now the council plans to charge us £6 to visit the beach!


Charging for the beach??!!!  I've always wondered how long it would take someone to come up with that one.

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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2005, 09:49:42 pm »

Apparently if you go straight into the sea they will "wave" the fee.


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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2005, 09:51:13 pm »
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« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2005, 09:55:47 pm »
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« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2005, 10:34:12 am »

to state teh poin teven when publice transport was in publice hand it was SO BAD, and the council made a hash brown of the service!


plus ttransport For london realy has to put money in to lost probaly with teh funnel ash, kichten sink, or that grandfather clock>


also note that from (very sooon ) all the kid can travel FREE on teh buses in TFL area so ther have to find the money from somehwere!

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« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2005, 10:46:01 am »
Exactly. By uping my season ticket by £80 and cutting the service to Victoria through Bexleyheath
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« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2005, 03:24:48 pm »

60p per day on my bus fare works out for me around £140 rise per year. My journey to work is approx 7 miles and takes nearly 2 hours by bus


Now I am driving and (even though I have to queue for the ferry) the journey is more like 45 minutes, plus I have not once been late or stuck in severe traffic. When I was catching the bus I was late 3 days in 5

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« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2005, 03:27:59 pm »
And you are sitting in the comfort of your own car, with the radio on and some sweets in the glove box. 
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« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2005, 03:51:01 pm »

thsi is the battle that we have to stop car usre !


to to nice in teh cars

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