Adrian Stott wrote: >> Neil Arlidge wrote: >>> Adrian Stott wrote: >>>> Almost everybody. Just look at all those clowns driving their >>>> kids to school, for example. >>> >>> Certainly around this part of West London, the clowns driving >>> their kids to school, is beacuse of the "choice" given to parents >>> and is therefore part of government policy. >> >> And not because some parents choose to send their children to >> fee-paying schools further afield to avoid them having to be >> educated alongside chavs? > > The real reason is that the cost to them of driving is too low. One > of the big flaws in the congestion charge is the huge discount given > to those who live within the charge zone. > > If they had to pay more to drive, they would be much more interested > in paying sensible fares for school buses to carry the little > darlings. > > Or distance learning. > > Adrian
Adrian, Please do not use selective snipping them reply to them all in one message. It is against protocol for this group and p's everybody off. We know it is not your software and you do it to wind people up. ...anyway back to your reply. I state the fact in the London Borough Of Hillingdon, what I said applies. If childern went to their nearest primary and seondary school, they could all walk to school. The migration of children has been bought upon by the "choice" given to parents and the (percieved) ratings of schools. Congestion Charges do not apply here and of course under a Tory Govt will never reach out to this Tory outpost, the terrible north/south bus links in this borough will not be improved under a Tory Govt, in fact I should imagine many bus services will be cut. Private, or local authority school busses do not exist here. Most parents we still have contact with that have children of school age do infact car share the movement of kids about...of course under the new CRB rules this is now illegal. It does now look like this "choice" given to English and Welsh citizens of the UK in many state run services cannot be afforded, so soon this could be stopping. -- Neil Arlidge Barge Maurice A TNC http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
