bobbya:
Harry, you do realise you will not be able to change these people’s minds, they are so used to being led by the usual two that they are scared of change, I know you are spot on don’t give up trying, good luck.
Peoples minds are easy to change. But not by ranting at them or belittling them. Maybe people aren’t so much scared of change but that rather they can see that in so many ways UKIP are the same old same old. If you think a party comprising of mostly disgruntled and reject Tories is the answer then I admire your hope and imagination, and I most definitely respect your right to support and vote for UKIP. I desperately want change. Our politics is seriously broken. Alas UKIP isnt the answer in my opinion.
chester1:
Harry you usually talk a bit of sense but to generalise anyone that does not vote the way you do are lead by the red tops is daft and quite insulting .
Well, certainly the red tops themselves believe that they have the power to influence the results of elections.
And its not only car drivers…i was travelling down from wakefield to thurrock on friday, i had 2 instances of large HGV`s who were overtaking me, knowing they wanted the slip road, why do they do this ? the first one i slowed down for and let him in, the second one i never, so he had to travel to the next turn off, but i did get the usual 1 finger salute, and the coffee bean shake, and it wasnt my fault he was overtaking whilst not concentrating on his turn off.
chester1:
Harry you usually talk a bit of sense but to generalise anyone that does not vote the way you do are lead by the red tops is daft and quite insulting .
Well, certainly the red tops themselves believe that they have the power to influence the results of elections.
The red tops do have their party affiliations and will use pictures to show a candidate in a good or bad way the same as articles, but I also think they are influenced by their readership (I use the term reader loosely) after all they don’t want to appear out of touch.
dozy:
Lot of scaremongering on this thread,my mrs car was reversed into by a foreign truck and the car was wrote off ,we got paid out for car,no different to any accident we’ve had over here
Also got hit by one in truck and again no issues
Really dozy? Your Mrs managed to recover the cost of her excess, and had her no claims bonus left intact?
Of course you are going to get paid out old son - that’s what insurance is for. But those two caveats can turn it from inconvenient, to [zb] pain in the arse.
Once you get your excess back you insurance will reinstate your NCB. Ive done it and got the t-shirt. You have to do it yourself as the mib do not deal with the insurance company.
This is the specific link for accidents with foreign vehicles in the UK, it lists the UK representative of the Insurer.
Alternatively ring the foreign haulier, when they answer the phone ask if they have anyone who speaks English (Most will) and make a claim from the haulier direct. The driver tends not to report the accident until he returns home
switchlogic:
You’re starting to challenge Carryfast as Trucknets resident ranter. There, three more for good measure.
I’m sorry you didn’t feel able to answer the points I raised in my post, although I do understand why.
If me not taking you or anything you say seriously is your understanding of why then I’d say you’re pretty much on the money me ole mucker. That and the fact your premodded posts often take a while to turn up. and thrice
switchlogic:
If me not taking you or anything you say seriously is your understanding of why then I’d say you’re pretty much on the money me ole mucker. That and the fact your premodded posts often take a while to turn up. and thrice
Feel free to re-visit this thread if ever you do feel able to debate the point at any time in the future. Failing that, in twenty years time, maybe my children will be able to debate the way the job has gone with your children.
yoyo5:
Fortunately for us Harry, its only people with two Brain cells that will vote for the phony party called UKIP.
Well, I’ll tell you what, if you want all remaining cabotage restrictions to be removed, and for the British domestic haulage industry to go the same way as the British continental haulage industry, you just get yourself down to that ballot box on 5th May and vote Labour or Conservative, they’ll see you right. You carry on voting for this.
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Then you tell me Harry, What policies have UKIP given us that will prevent it, NO I will tell you ZILCH absolutely ZILCH. And that’s because they haven’t got any just that emotive word IMMIGRATION.
And please do not go on about the Rich having more than everybody else, well matey that’s life, as no doubt you have more than somebody else and that’s because you work for it, you don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
Ironically it is you who seems to be suggesting that a regime based on the importation and resulting exploitation of cheap labour.Or export of jobs regards same.
In alliance with the socialist agenda based on the reverse racist idea of ethnic integration and the soviet style ideology of federalism.
That rips off savers to subsidise the resulting effects on the economy.
Aren’t actually the ‘real’ bunch of workshy rip off artists masquerading under the idea of Socialism.That in expected LabLibdemCon style you seem to be accusing UKIP supporters of being.
yoyo5:
Fortunately for us Harry, its only people with two Brain cells that will vote for the phony party called UKIP.
Well, I’ll tell you what, if you want all remaining cabotage restrictions to be removed, and for the British domestic haulage industry to go the same way as the British continental haulage industry, you just get yourself down to that ballot box on 5th May and vote Labour or Conservative, they’ll see you right. You carry on voting for this.
have ukip said they will keep the cabotage rules have they actually thought that far
Assuming we’re out of the EU,how could any EU ruling,concerning the lifting of cabotage restrictions,throughout the EU,possibly be imposed or justified in a non EU country in that case.UKIP obviously doesn’t think that it needs to spell out the bleedin obvious concerning all the implications of dumping the EU to its,obviously brighter than LabLibdemCon,supporters.
chester1:
Harry you usually talk a bit of sense but to generalise anyone that does not vote the way you do are lead by the red tops is daft and quite insulting .
Well, certainly the red tops themselves believe that they have the power to influence the results of elections.
And I believe I can fly …but we all know how that wud end. The truth is people just ain’t reading papers any more. And those that do read the red tops only a minority will let them infuance them about 80% of colum inches is sport and celeberity news.
switchlogic:
If me not taking you or anything you say seriously is your understanding of why then I’d say you’re pretty much on the money me ole mucker. That and the fact your premodded posts often take a while to turn up. and thrice
Feel free to re-visit this thread if ever you do feel able to debate the point at any time in the future. Failing that, in twenty years time, maybe my children will be able to debate the way the job has gone with your children.
Oh, wait!
I did give someone else on this thread my opinion of UKIP. You could always read that and pretend I wrote it to you my love X
Plambert:
. I drive LHD trucks here in the uk an the amount of numpties who will just sit there right by the door in the blind spot astounds me. Either move forward or back but just don’t sit there.
In my days driving LHDs I found the same. The standard of motorway driving in the UK is pretty dire.
It’s not just the standard of motorway driving though is it, it seems like drivers have given up on basic driving skills completely.
True enough. Its got to the point when the UK is becoming one of my least favourite places to drive thanks to the standard of other drivers. You cant even rely on half decent driving from other UK truck drivers these days, more and more of them do what they want and sod you.
^ +1 went to Newcastle the other weekend and the amount of trucks I move over to let out without a single thank you etc was unbelievable, not to mention one where I pointed out to my other half that he was going to pull into our lane miles back he left it until I was almost level before indicating.moving at exactly the same time luckily I had read this and slowed down quite a bit, however a normal car driver wouldn’t have imo.
Harry Monk:
Happens on the M25 a dozen times a day, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year. An eastern European truck and a British registered car on the hard shoulder, exchanging details, And you just know that the British driver is going to lose their no-claims-bonus because the insurance company will never be able to follow the paper trail to Lithuania or wherever.
We’ve lost the British international haulage industry, when cabotage restrictions are removed we will lose the domestic transport industry too.
For any truck driver with two brain cells to rub together, I’ve got two words for you to consider between now and May 5th.
Vote UKIP.
By voting UKIP you gonna get a bunch of xenophobic racist homophobic bigots into power. Also you gonna be left without NHS, worker’s rights, including paid holidays and instant dismissal. and a long etcetera.
Votin UKIP is not a solution, is a bigger mistake. UKIP say they stand for you but they only follow big man orders.
If you really love your country don’t vote for NAZIS
if an Englishman wants to move to any country outside the EU they need to have a skill set or something to bring to the table. what happened due to Labour’s underestimation of how many polish would come to these shores is we now have a society where we have lots and lots of warehouse/carrot pickers/car washers with the vast majority being from Europe. that to me isn’t what we need and an open door policy is going to cost this country in so many ways (the NHS is already overstretched) housing is in short supply. personally I don’t think UKIP is anywhere near an answer as they are too vague with policies as mentioned, however what they can be useful for is to give the whole country a huge shake up. the EU cant keep going like it is.
just because someone has the guts to say what a vast majority are thinking doesn’t mean they are Nazis, they are not like the BNP.
if an Englishman wants to move to any country outside the EU they need to have a skill set or something to bring to the table. what happened due to Labour’s underestimation of how many polish would come to these shores is we now have a society where we have lots and lots of warehouse/carrot pickers/car washers with the vast majority being from Europe. that to me isn’t what we need and an open door policy is going to cost this country in so many ways (the NHS is already overstretched) housing is in short supply. personally I don’t think UKIP is anywhere near an answer as they are too vague with policies as mentioned, however what they can be useful for is to give the whole country a huge shake up. the EU cant keep going like it is.
just because someone has the guts to say what a vast majority are thinking doesn’t mean they are Nazis, they are not like the BNP.
There is plenty of money for both NHS and public housing but our lovely politicians ( tory and labour) are giving OUR money to the banks through what they call Rescue Plan ( the biggest robbery in history) and their mega rich greedy friends to make more money still.
Loads of British people live abroad nowadays, don’t they use health services wherever they are?
UKIP is NOT what the majority of us think; I have got the guts to say what I think without insulting anyone o targeting minorities INSTEAD of targeting the real enemies; GREEDY CAPITALISTS
how can it be classed as having the guts to call people Nazis, agree with the bankers etc. caused a lot and got away pretty scot free however I stick by my point of immigration needs to be for people who have a skill set not unskilled labour who are doing jobs the workshy members of this society should be forced to do.
a contract near to where I live is 99% polish and all they do is pick/pack all day every day, this isn’t skilled or anything that could not have been done without mass immigration from the EU.
this is why the EU is such an issue not the banks Labour ■■■■■■ up with their estimates blame the conservatives for it and stupid people forget this and will then go and revote Labour in. UKIP have jumped on a major issue in the UK and will happily ride it for as long as they can.
and for the record I have no issue with immigration if its of benefit to the country and firmly believe we should have similar schemes such as Canada etc.
Calling them Nazis is rather extreme but so is saying they speak for a vast majority. No party enjoys the support of a majority, just as it should be. Depending on the latest polls around 85% of people don’t support UKIP.
