tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post7887409605738257578..comments2024-03-03T19:52:17.901+00:00Comments on ReARM ~ RedNev's Blog: Post-AGM thoughtsNeville Grundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-66074522930636002342016-04-06T22:34:57.355+01:002016-04-06T22:34:57.355+01:00I take your point entirely, Paul. While I do like ...I take your point entirely, Paul. While I do like having my pass, I consider it extreme cowardice for the UK government to make savings in the UK budget by penalising English residents only. It is extremely unfair, and I bet many English residents don't realise it. Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-40362791780959141792016-04-06T20:42:09.032+01:002016-04-06T20:42:09.032+01:00I am jealous, Nev, and also slightly miffed as to ...I am jealous, Nev, and also slightly miffed as to why the majority of over-60’s, in England should be discriminated against, compared to residents in the rest of the United Kingdom.<br /><br />When English taxes are being used to subsidise the residents of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, I am double miffed!<br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-40730527690508246502016-04-06T17:44:03.803+01:002016-04-06T17:44:03.803+01:00You're right, and thanks for mentioning that. ...You're right, and thanks for mentioning that. I was simply wondering into how much detail I should go, but that is a highly significant point. I agree entirely with your last sentence.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-83206869757998000112016-04-06T15:18:56.421+01:002016-04-06T15:18:56.421+01:00I admit to jealousy! As for the AGM, you missed t...I admit to jealousy! As for the AGM, you missed the vital point that there was a chance to vote this down, following a proposal to adjourn the AGM, which, oddly, as the attendees had overwhelmingly rejected the proposals in the special resolutions, they promptly reversed that decision by voting against adjouirnment later on. It seems that very few in attendance actually understood what was going on.<br /><br />Sadly.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-26300482496246969312016-04-06T11:38:42.640+01:002016-04-06T11:38:42.640+01:00And here was I thinking I was a local resident, in...And here was I thinking I was a local resident, income tax payer and council tax payer - so it's my money too. Do I detect a whiff of jealousy here?<br /><br />Under the last Labour government, national passes were issued to everyone over 60. They were valid in whichever country you lived in - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales - but not across the whole UK. The Coalition government raised the age of the national pass to state pension age <i>in England only</i>, but everywhere else in the UK, people over 60 still have a free bus pass for their respective nation to this day. <br /><br />All Merseyside councils decided to continuing issuing a local pass at 60. It is the rest England that is out of step with Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Merseyside.<br /><br />For info: Hatton was on Liverpool City Council; this is an initiative by Merseyside which comprises Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-41440854699535811582016-04-05T19:06:59.215+01:002016-04-05T19:06:59.215+01:00Perhaps we should term them the “Merseyside Mooche...Perhaps we should term them the “Merseyside Moochers”, or the “Merseyside Mumpers”? <br /><br />A free-spending local authority using other people’s hard earned council tax to subsidise free public transport for the over-60’s? And I thought Derek Hatton had disappeared from local politics years ago.<br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-59180845617340039532016-04-05T08:19:42.211+01:002016-04-05T08:19:42.211+01:00This is a very sore point. Not the bust up, but th...This is a very sore point. Not the bust up, but the free loading Merseysiders.<br /><br />Yours Jealously.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-11117692141341551042016-04-04T20:22:55.178+01:002016-04-04T20:22:55.178+01:00Who subsidises free public transport travel in Mer...Who subsidises free public transport travel in Merseyside, for the over 60’s? Here in Kent, we now have to wait until we reach 66 before we qualify for free, off-peak travel; and that’s buses only and NOT trains.<br /><br />ps. It’s quite amusing to learn that us arm-chair voters managed to upset the apple-cart, so how about giving us some details of the bust-up.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-15076098021937690492016-04-04T18:17:20.775+01:002016-04-04T18:17:20.775+01:00Okay, CL: in the unlikely event that CAMRA still e...Okay, CL: in the unlikely event that CAMRA still exists next year after your lot have plucked the carcase clean, I'll be there. Probably.<br /><br />In Merseyside, Curmudgeon, when you reach 60, you get a travel pass valid off-peak on buses, trains and ferries throughout Merseyside, plus trains only to Chester, Ormskirk and Ellesmere Port. It's a significant (but not the only) reason why I don't want Southport to be transferred into Lancashire.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-25511805674387946972016-04-04T17:31:15.884+01:002016-04-04T17:31:15.884+01:00How come you get free rail travel?
I hadn't r...How come you get free rail travel?<br /><br />I hadn't realised there had been such a bust-up, but that's inevitable if you open up the franchise.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-64674688039696391462016-04-04T16:17:43.591+01:002016-04-04T16:17:43.591+01:00Whadya mean next year?
Us retail CAMRA members ar...Whadya mean next year?<br /><br />Us retail CAMRA members are voting via "revitalization" to wind CAMRA up, sell off assets and pay out a one off final dividend.<br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com