"Dash for Diesel"

[1959_60]

The Government back then ran a "consultation exercise" on vehicle tax and related environmental issues.

They were aware of the findings but chose not to act on them or make them public. The results of this have only just been made available under a FOI request which proved very difficult to obtain.

As for Trident, get rid. Waste of money, and one we will never use.

There are just 7 countries with nuclear weapons (eight if you include N Korea). Do you think that people of Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia etc etc feel vulnerable because they haven't got one?

[sinkov]

There are just 7 countries with nuclear weapons (eight if you include N Korea). Do you think that people of Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia etc etc feel vulnerable because they haven't got one?

Using that logic 59/60 I could name you over 160 countries where the people don't feel vulnerable because they're not in the EU, but you think the UK, the world's 5th largest economy, would be. Ah well.

[1959_60]

Big difference Sinkov.

We have spent the last 40 years working and trading together - and it has worked brilliantly for us.
Now we are tearing up all these agreements and going it alone -without identifying where our trade will come from after 11PM March 29th 2019. So yes, we ARE vulnerable.

Just as Germany or France would be should they decide to leave.

Have you heard of REACH for instance?

Basically, it is a EU wide agreement detailing which chemicals are safe/unsafe when used in various ways. (Did you know that over 10,000 different chemicals are used in making a car? Neither did I).

Now, after we leave the EU, our chemical industry, which is one of our biggest exporters, will be unable to export these chemicals because we will no longer be in the REACH and will have to re-classify every single one of them (to EU standards) before we can continue to trade with Europe.

To put this in context, this industry is worth £55 billion to our economy.

Understandably, our chemical companies are very concerned.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/reach/whatisreach.htm

A bit more background here (written last December, but this massive issue has not been addressed at all since then)

https://chemicalwatch.com/51624/brex...ion-on-its-way