Manifestos- Where are we mentioned then?

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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I’ve just been through the varying political parties manifestos. Can I find more than a few lines on The Road Haulage Industry in any of them? Can I hell as like :unamused:. With the amount of people this affects, then I thought it might be worth sticking a paragraph or two in their. Might get them a few votes :unamused: . I’ve decided how I’m voting come election day anyway (subject to change :laughing:).

Time for a shuftie through The Insider :wink:.

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more votes in banning big, smelly, dangerous trucks :wink:

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Did anyone send off the letters (to the party candidates) that were pre-printed in some of the truck press??

More to the point, did anyone get a reply■■?

And even more unlikely, was it a favourable one■■?

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Ok folks…after a brief trip to the Storage Shed and a bit of tactful trimming, the thread’s back…the four of you who have lost posts should have an explanatory PM. :grimacing:

For the rest of you…I’ve just snipped out the bits which talk about another website, for the usual reasons - keeping the peace, not sending Lucy into premature labour or Rikki into deep alcohol-induced debt, etc. etc. :open_mouth: :unamused: :wink: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Any other questions on the above, PM me. :grimacing:

Right…all yours…I’m off to bed… :sunglasses:

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it’s a sad day when drivers can’t be united simply because one uses one forum and another uses a different one! i thought we were all doing the same job?

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This is an edited re-post, so I hope it makes sense.
I was under the impression that I am a member of an orgaisation representing the intesrests of the British haulage industy, namely the RHA. Maybe I’m mistaken.
With the exception of Lawplan, unless I am interested in attending a very expensive seminar on how this or that affects my business (like I’ve got the time!) I can’t really see how the RHA does anything for the Owner driver/ small haulier.

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paul b:
it’s a sad day when drivers can’t be united simply because one uses one forum and another uses a different one! i thought we were all doing the same job?

Drivers can be united regardless of which forum they use.

This forum un-like some others do not insist you drive a certain way or even behave a certain way, you are free to use all the transport forums, even the ones that charge! :smiley:

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Why would you expect the haulage industry to be mentioned in any manifesto?, there are far more important things to be considered such as the council tax, student loans and the economy.

Face the facts nobody likes lorries on the road but they are a vital part of keeping the country running just dont expect anything special for doing the job.

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paul b:
it’s a sad day when drivers can’t be united simply because one uses one forum and another uses a different one! i thought we were all doing the same job?

Yep we are all doing the same job and there is a good way to show unitiy at the moment if you wish;

truckersworld.co.uk/campaign.htm

and that is on a different forum so no need to be sad. :wink: :smiley:

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the way i see it this, the goverment, who ever they end up being have the same perception of the haulage industry as a large percentage of the general public i.e as long as everythings on the shelf when they go shopping everything’s hunky dory! we all know thats not the case, overnight parking needs drastically improving, uk fuel prices against mainland europe etc etc the list goes on and on, up to now the only association i’ve seen that is actually run by drivers for drivers to improve the above problems is the one i mentioned. apparently theres been some personal differences in the past but surely the only way to improve things is to have one voice to put across an argument for change in a proffesional manner and i don’t mean some well off bloke who used to drive a wagon twenty years ago and now drives a roller, i mean people who actually know whats required for the joe who puts his back seat in a wagon five days a week to have a reasonble working enviroment.
can anyone who actually tries to earn a living out of the job disagree?

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paul b:
by drivers for drivers

The very slogan this site operates under and has done for years (see top of page). :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Looks like you are in the right place then. :wink: :smiley: :smiley:

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Coffeeholic:

paul b:
it’s a sad day when drivers can’t be united simply because one uses one forum and another uses a different one! i thought we were all doing the same job?

Yep we are all doing the same job and there is a good way to show unitiy at the moment if you wish;

truckersworld.co.uk/campaign.htm

and that is on a different forum so no need to be sad. :wink: :smiley:

I can’t jion that campaign as 1. i’m an owner driver who may well be an employer so that would be hypercritical and 2. as i understand it, the vast majority of drivers didn’t want to take a pay cut which is what most would be doing if it wasn’t for the p.o.a’s so why campaign to get rid of them?

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Coffeeholic:

paul b:
by drivers for drivers

The very slogan this site operates under and has done for years (see top of page). :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Looks like you are in the right place then. :wink: :smiley: :smiley:

as good as this site is, it’s only a chat forum and not an organised association which is what the industry needs.

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paul b:
as good as this site is, it’s only a chat forum and not an organised association which is what the industry needs.

You are probably correct; a campaigning organisation might do the industry some good. The problem, as I see it, is there has been many of these organisations come and go over the years, some have lasted a matter of months some longer but none have achieved much and they have mostly been ego driven and have ended up imploding. This means that each new organisation is viewed as another ‘2 minute wonder’ and have little credibility within the industry. An organisation would need to be established for years before they had enough credibility to be taken seriously and to have their voice make a difference and I don’t think the support is out there for the long haul, sadly. Plenty of enthusiasm at the start with everybody being heard and keen to make a difference but a few months down the line that has all changed and people decide they have better things to do with their time.

It’s a sad fact but I don’t think that will change. Look at some of the threads we have had on here regarding strikes, campaigns and other types of action. In most cases the polls on those threads ran pretty evenly between those for and against and although the threads attract an initial flurry of posts that soon ceases and they slip down the list.

People are full of promises of support until it come to getting of their arses and actually doing something, I’m as guilty of that as the next person.

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well, credibility comes from numbers unfortunately your right about peoples ego’s, someone always wants to be calling the shots and if they’re not then they want to jack it in and go it alone, i suppose thirty or fourty years ago people would’ve looked to their union to sort things, but them days are long gone.

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I read a few bits about what each Party is proposing,

I cant vote for Charles Kennedy, because he is Ginger :stuck_out_tongue:

But because I have applied for a postal vote, I will probably be unwittingly voting for Labour :smiling_imp:

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Wheel Nut:
I cant vote for Charles Kennedy, because he is Ginger :stuck_out_tongue:

Malc,

The above comment is highly offensive to those it may concern and can be viewed as ginerist, another in the long line of ‘ists’ i.e. ■■■, race, age, fat - ist etc etc.

Maybe Charles kennedy has got a secret advantage if all the victims of ginerism vote for him.

I really do think you should choose your words more carefully…

… :wink: :laughing: :wink: :laughing: :wink: :laughing: :wink: :laughing:

OTTP!!

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i too have noticed that not a single british party is offering us (the transport industry) anything to make us want to vote for them.
snp are offering a essential user rebate to both truck and coach operators.
the only other party in the country offering to address issues for the industry and it’s workforce is THIS ONE

i have sent out letters to my local party representative for the following

labour = no response
lib dems = no response
veritas = no response
conservative = a reply by email saying that they would look into the transport issues i have enquired about, i was also invited along to the local candidates offices and treated to a cup of tea and a 45 minute chat reference the industry i work in and the problems it faces.
i also supplied the candidate with the latest copy of truck and driver which i feature in and questioned him on asylum and immigration.

i know who i am voting for but it’s a shame you have to live in scotland to benefit from the snp.

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Wheel Nut:
I cant vote for Charles Kennedy, because he is Ginger :stuck_out_tongue:

I’ve heard they call him biscuit balls
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Because he’s got gingernuts :unamused: :unamused: :unamused:

Sorry i’ll get me coat :blush:
simon

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The BNP are proposing compulsory National Service and everyone who is conscripted will be given an AK 47 assault rifle to keep at home :open_mouth: