Old Skier
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Back fishing
Urgent Statement from PM today
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Back fishing
Doon frae Troon
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Going back a tad further.
Remember the North Sea Oil and Loadsamoney boom.
If I recall correctly the Tory's failed in there desire to 'mend the roof when the sun is shining'.
ScienceBoy
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Just heard today Labour are going to offer free parking at hospitals... I can see this going one of 2 ways
1. Broken promise
2. Backlash on where all the money would come from.
If you are going to put money into hospitals then visitor parking is bottom of the list! I really hope this does not happen, we need the money to go into the hospitals first, at the top of the parking list is free parking for staff and regular patients (if they don't get it already).
I am more than happy to pay to park or for a short visit (4-6 hours) at the hospital.
When I had to visit daily for just over a week I asked for and got a discount pass that lasted up to 2 weeks. Cost under £10 IIRC and I got to park for as long as I wanted and come and go as much as I needed.
It seems to me visitor parking is mostly sorted out, as long as you ask if you are going to be frequent for a short period of time.
Labour, please spend the money elsewhere in hospitals if you get in!
1. Broken promise
2. Backlash on where all the money would come from.
If you are going to put money into hospitals then visitor parking is bottom of the list! I really hope this does not happen, we need the money to go into the hospitals first, at the top of the parking list is free parking for staff and regular patients (if they don't get it already).
I am more than happy to pay to park or for a short visit (4-6 hours) at the hospital.
When I had to visit daily for just over a week I asked for and got a discount pass that lasted up to 2 weeks. Cost under £10 IIRC and I got to park for as long as I wanted and come and go as much as I needed.
It seems to me visitor parking is mostly sorted out, as long as you ask if you are going to be frequent for a short period of time.
Labour, please spend the money elsewhere in hospitals if you get in!
Couldn't disagree more. High hospital charging for parking is a disgrace and a punishment to ill people and their families. This needs managing so that nearby workers don't use the car park for free parking but that shouldn't be beyond people to sort that out.
SocketRocket
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Don't need to go back to the 1950's, 15 years would be enough.
There you go again with your exaggeration/sarcasm. My comments are not racist even though you would prefer that. My concerns are population growth getting out of control and the inability of us to meet the demands it creates. You may be content with a population so big that it creates an increasing stress on living standards but I'm not.
Answer me this: Are you content with the current levels of population growth in the UK? Would you like it to be larger, if so how large? Do you believe there should be no restriction on immigration into the UK?
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We already have free hospital parking up here so its not a vote winner for Labour here. I know it will sound abhorrent to your average Tory but penalising people to go to hospital was seen as unfair, it's hardly a day out!
SocketRocket
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A release token from the Hospital would take care of that.
Old Skier
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Could be part of the reason Scotland's finances are in such a mess. To many freebies going around. At least make staff pay for parking as per the normal for other workers.
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I have just paid £63 in parking over the past 5 days - I nearly got a ticket because I was 5 mins over the "drop off" zone when i dropped off my wife who was in a lot of pain.
I saw the slimy ticket guy smile like mad as he watched an elderly couple park in a slot that wasn't actually a slot so he then slapped a parking fine on them !
I'm sure with the £350 mil a week that is coming to the NHS they can use that to fund better parking
Agreed. Not hard to resolve.
FairwayDodger
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Depends on the hospital, not all free.
SocketRocket
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I agree that parking charges in Hospitals is too expensive and inappropriate for people in stressful situations.
It's a shame you have to use Brexit in this as it's not really anything to do with it, is it?
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"Don't let the rich elite hijack Brexit" claims Jeremy Corbyn today. When it was a "rich elite" lawyer who didn't like the result and started the legal campaign to overturn the result.
Region3
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Can't speak for anywhere else, but my wife pays for parking where she works.
Its hilarious! Only 5% of the population are considered the rich elite yet Brexit is being stolen... the guy must be on drugs!
Hacker Khan
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Hold on, I'm a bit confused here, are we stepping back to the bad old days or are the Tories sticking up against the nasty energy company. Are the tories now stealing Labour's as well as UKIP's polices? It's a confusing world The Daily Mail lives in.
Old Skier
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You realy shouldn't read such a naughty paper.
SocketRocket
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The richest 1% of the population are paying almost 30% of Income Tax and almost 50% of the working population dont pay any.
And those on £20k pay less than £2k, whilst those on £80k already pay over £20k. But let's hit a small percentage of the voters as it won't affect who votes for us. Rip off Britain starts with legalised robbery by a (potential) Labour govt.
Doon frae Troon
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£80K is a lot of money when average wages are £23k.
Pretty sure those on less than £23k would be happy to pay more tax if they were on £80k
A farer tax system might just be enough to stop the nurses and retired service folk from using food banks.
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