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Taking issue
Iam, all intents, an educated, peace loving, law t
abiding semi-retired haulier, but I must take issue with Steven Norris. Does he really think his "softly softly" behind-the-scenes approach is going to cut any ice with Gordon Brown? Absolutely no chance!
The Chancellor, like his Conservative predecessors, has latched on to the easiest way to raise billions for the Exchequer; eg, highway robbery.
No one (apart from hauliers) likes lorries. Give the public false information on the damage they cause to the roads (the notoriously incorrect and outdated fourth-power rule) and the environment (incorrect facts on toxic emissions), throw in global warming issues and hey presto we have an enemy to mug— The Evil Haulier.
The only way to dispel the myth that we can survive without trucks and should tax them out of existence is to take positive action, just as the American truckers did years ago (and look at the healthy state of their haulage industry and the level of their fuel duty, as evidence of their success).
I congratulate Brian Weatherley, whom I greatly respect as a sensible, intelligent realist who has the guts to speak his mind. Yes, Brian, you are right in suggesting we take to the streets—the point has to be hammered home.
If you crucify the haulage industry, Gordon, you crucify the economy, F William Ellis,
Ex-RHA member, Worksop, Notts.