It’s been rubbish for years. But it’s not been Greek, Italian or Spanish levels of disaster. And that’s because the thankless policy of trying to get close to book balancing got done. And much as I hate to say it, Gideon Osborne did manage to do that.
It would be much more use to find a way to charge Foreign HGV tractor units to be in the UK. They use our roads, battering them, cause a disproportionate amount of accidents, arrive with fuel tanks loaded up so don’t contribute to the Treasury and and keep wages down and prevent a fair deal for our trucks and truck companies. And break so many of the ta go and other rules with relative impunity. Arrive, get an electronic tracking box fitted when on boat/waiting to load train), get charged per mile and fine for outrageous tacho breaches . Big deposit and refund when you leave UK). Raise money off them first! (But won’t be popular with the Left as will be seen as anti-EU and the Right sees it as standing up for workers and pushes wages up).
It would be much more use to find a way to charge Foreign HGV tractor units to be in the UK. They use our roads, battering them, cause a disproportionate amount of accidents, arrive with fuel tanks loaded up so don’t contribute to the Treasury and and keep wages down and prevent a fair deal for our trucks and truck companies. And break so many of the ta go and other rules with relative impunity. Arrive, get an electronic tracking box fitted when on boat/waiting to load train), get charged per mile and fine for outrageous tacho breaches . Big deposit and refund when you leave UK). Raise money off them first! (But won’t be popular with the Left as will be seen as anti-EU and the Right sees it as standing up for workers and pushes wages up).