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pcernie
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ProfessorF
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Nice sentiment, fumbled in the implementation.
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Linux_User
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Whilst I can understand the frustration I think protectionism is the wrong route to go down.
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l3v1ck
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I'm not sure you could call it protectionism given that UK lorries wil pay too.
But I agree there is a need to balance things. Foreign lorries do have an advantage at the moment.
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paulzolo
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I wonder if UK haulage firms that registered their fleets abroad will start to bring them back to this country.
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jonbwfc
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Possibly. The protectionism such as it is is probably not in charging foreign hauliers to drive their vehicles in Britain, it's in giving a tax break to British haulage companies. However I don't know if that actually counts as protectionism in the international law sense of the term. Agreed, charging some sort of 'road usage fee' is a reasonable thing to do. Ideally it would be based on how many miles they are going to do, but I suspect a flat fee is much easier to administer. Jon
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Spreadie
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Why is it protectionism when we are, pretty much, levelling the playing field?
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JohnSheridan
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Linux_User
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We're artificially raising the cost for foreign lorries using British roads, that's a barrier to trade right there. By increasing the costs for foreign competitors (in a similar manner to import tariffs, for example), the British government is making British firms more competitive - ergo protectionism.
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Amnesia10
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Plus they are probably paying road fuel duty as well. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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belchingmatt
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Forgot you were a member here Amnesia?
Welcome back.
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Amnesia10
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Yes. With most things for me it is a case of out of sight out of mind. So once the notifications stopped there were no reminders for me. It was only when I was looking into signing up to Quidco that I remembered that ernie was a member and that if I got a referral from him that he could possibly earn from my joining up. So I contacted him. Memories are made up of bizarre linkages. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
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Or filling up before they get here where it's cheaper, then filling up again when they get back. What's the range of a lorry on a full tank of fuel anyway?
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Amnesia10
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It would be several hundred miles but they might still need a small top up, even just to get it back to the port. Nothing more expensive than a lorry out of commission because it ran out of fuel. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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bobbdobbs
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