Do the Tories want to lose the next election?

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[stinkwheel]

We need to get over the need to actually own a car. There's a car pool scheme in Edinburgh and mates who live in town are finding it great. No overheads, just book a car when you need one (even for just an hour to go to the shops). Works out cheaper for them and none of the hassle dealing with parking permits, breakdowns, theft etc.

Harder to do in a rural environment but most people live in towns.

A lot of the market has moved to PDP anyway but it's still kind of like an ownership model, it needs to go further.

I can see my household moving to having a shittly little EV for buzzing about locally, using the company pool van for work and picking up a bigger pay as you use "car club" vehicle on the occasions I need to go further/carry more.
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[stinkwheel]

[doggone]

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Communally owned items are treated with less respect than the least respectful member of said community.

When the Soviets collectivised the farms, converting the serfs into slave labour, private property was abolished. At the end of a shift, tools were left in the fields to rust. No one looked after anything and if a tool broke they waited until the State provided another.
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[stinkwheel]

[that_impulse_guy]

a used EV being sold off the forecourt in a few years time may well remove a new EV sale required to hit quota, hence the dealers dont/wont want used EV as trade-in. Its the new diamond, expensive to buy and almost nobody wants it back fir even a reasonable haircut.
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Now: Suzuki GSX400X, Suzuki RF900R, NS400R

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[stinkwheel]

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As a guide to success we can look at the rental eBike/eScooter schemes.
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Back to the thread topic, not giving the money back to the donor has to be a calculated move, as every decision made by Tory Head Office is. Someone will have decided that bringing Ms Abbott back into the spotlight causes Labour more harm than good irrespective of how it is done, and they may well have a point...
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Something is rotten in the State of the UK, that is for sure....
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Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

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Angela Rayner branded today Rishi Sunak a pint-sized loser in reply to Oliver Dowden at PMQ

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You and Rayner supporting Boris. Never thought it would happen. I like it.

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I still can't get over CameronDroid Mk2 rebooting and installing CameronDroid Mk1
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