Election quandry
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With this edition, Commercial Motor's last before the general election [the next issue comes out on polling dE itself], we are left in the usual quandary of who the indu should throw its weight behind.
From ourcoverage of the main pates policies (see it would seem that there's no one party that offers a gre deal for the road transport sector. Sure, all three main parties touch on it, but there are precious few details at the actual substance behind the promises.
Of course, for many of our readers there may well be countless other issues. both local and national. that may seem more important than whether foreign tr pay for using the UK's roads, for example.
However, as we stumblingly emerge from recession, perhaps the most impo [ssue is that of the economy and tackling the national debt. Whatever other poli are proposed, the economic prosperity of the country is paramount.
If the party that is elected does not get this right, then the road to recovery wi a rocky one, with all the pain that implies for hauliers. In effect, all other policies are just tinkering at the edges. That's not to say they are not important, bu with the Treasury calling the tune, we can only a that the next government does not make thin harder for honest, hard-working hauliers. The transport industry is the backbon€ this country's economy — we only ask th the next leader recognises it as such.
For all our coverage of the elector to: www.roadtransport.com/election201( Dominic Perry