On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 22:42:44 +0000, Julian Tether wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adrian Stott ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>AIUI, it is intended that the revenue from road pricing will be >>matched by a decrease in road fuel duty, so the measure will be >>revenue neutral (i.e. not a tax increase).
>You are really naive if you believe that............ Even if they mean it - really really mean it - there's nothing to stop them putting the fuel tax up again in the future. I'm sure they really, really, meant to use the lottery income just as supplementary, and not to cut any existing funding and replace it with the lottery. But the temptation became to great. Bearing in mind that every Government needs more money than it has, and that no Government can bind it's successors (which include itself) promises like this can never be more - at best - than an indication of the intention of the current people in the current circumstances. -- On-line canal route planner: http://www.canalplan.org.uk (Waterways World site of the month, April 2001) My Reply-To address *is* valid, though likely to die soon
