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Last I heard camera wise, most of them had been switched off as the local authorities couldn't afford to maintain them. I know the one I see on the way home from work got blown up by the Warwickshire Militia over 6 months a go and never got repaired. 

Meanwhile the death trap road outside our kids school doesn't even warrant a lollipop lady, but that's a different rant 

Saw on the news this morning some serious headline stuff, the clangers are back!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33105760

Sat down with my girls all excited to watch the new Thunderbirds, I loved it, they thought it was rubbish and not a patch on My Little Pony  

I logged on to it once, years ago and get occasional spam, that someone local to me 35 miles aways is moaning about broadband, and appears to be a conversation between 2 people. 

So doesn't seem to be very busy in the Stratford area, plus it is an archaic system last time I saw it 

looks like someone's been shouting at the Norton engineers 

Government IT projects? Nahhhhhhh

Maybe they could roll out a Costacoffe type card, and it has 12 stamps. When you get to 12, you send it off and wait a few years for a new one. Or combine it with your Tescos card, they seem to work all right 

Never had any points, you've said it now.... 

Reading the article, it looks like it's more of a case of politics and red tape rather than a black and white decision:

However Dave Sowden of the Sustainable Energy Association, which represents companies that install and manufacture energy-saving products, said he believed HMRC could preserve most of the reduced rates if it simply justified them on different grounds.

The current reduced rate that has been ruled illegal had been justified by the UK government as fulfilling a social policy objective. HMRC could instead apply to offer the reduced rate through an exemption allowed for home renovation or refurbishment, he said.

So it's the way the current reduced VAT has been classed in EU land. A wrong tick box on the red tape EU form which looks like it can be amended. No doubt this will happen behind the scenes, and they could have discussed this and resolved it privately, but no doubt it wouldn't sell as many headlines or give any political cross party sabre rattling.

Interesting take though looking at the total cost, using the scaffolding analogy, which is charged at 20%. Guess it's going to be harder to police if rebates are only given for renewable work. If you need scaffolding for to fix a chimney, but claim that a solar panel needs a clean while they up are there, would that then save 15% if they brought in for related subbies and services?

Make all house building/maintenance 5%. Then I suppose where does that stop? paint, wall paper, toilet roll? 

All very confusing 

Ladies please, I'm hurt 

DVLA has had some flak recently over it's plans to scrap the paper portion of your driving license. The problem is, although it seems daft to have a photo ID card and a paper portion, the paper bit is the important bit as it shows any convictions.

The DVLA plan is to move this information online and scrap the paper part, which sounds great  Until you want to hire a car in outer Mongolia or the rest of Europe who won't have access to the DVLA database, so will need proof that you haven't got any convictions.

But there's a typically British solution, if you go to the DVLA website before you go on holiday, they will give you a code, which may or may not be asked for  Oh, and it's only valid for 3 days..

DVLA CEO has hit back with criticism, "they could save their driving records from the DVLA website as a PDF file and store them on their mobile phone, and show any rental company if needed."

Or we could just keep the paper portion of our driving license.. 

Great quote.. "The government has defended the new system, saying it will save millions of pounds, and reduce red tape."

But confuse half the population, as well as foreign car rental companies.

Just to finish the story off, "The new arrangements are valid in Britain only. Northern Ireland has a separate licence scheme."  'nuff said... 

Story source: BBC - Car hire industry says DVLA is 'rushing in' new rules