Harvey Goldsmith Gripes
The Refuse Saga rambles on!!.
25.May.2007 16:08
HG GRIPES 25.0.07
The Refuse Saga rambles on!!
Do our local authorities and David Miliband’s department seriously think that we the long suffering public wake up every morning and think “Today is rubbish day; how much rubbish can we find today?!”
The consistency of the government and in turn Local Authorities in finding new ways to tax us is unbelievable!
Why do they not look at the cause rather than the result?
Clearly there is a problem with how to deal with waste.
However why don’t we start with excess?
Packaging is one simple area to look at. The government should lean on Supermarkets to buy more open goods. Many of the items we buy have superfluous packaging around them. Let’s stop all the unwanted junk mail that are distributed in newspapers and through the post.
They are unnecessary and indeed add to the cost.
I like most people bin them as soon as they arrive.
Yes we have a problem with landfill, yes we have a problem with separation for recycling, but the current proposals are not the answer!
If the Local Authorities have their way we will go back to pre Victorian times before rubbish collection was first instigated, when litter was just dumped into the streets.
How on earth can fortnightly collection be the answer?
What do they think happens to the rubbish when not collected? It lies in bins and on the street rotting and encouraging vermin and disease.
What exactly do we pay local taxes for anyway?!
David Miliband’s new taxes on rubbish which are due to start shortly must have had the approval of Gordon Brown. I wonder how often their rubbish is collected.
This surely is another pointer in what we are all going to look forward to under his future leadership.
We are constantly being taxed on the results rather than dealing with the cause?
Why not encourage people to buy goods without excessive packaging?
Why not give people benefits if they manage their rubbish properly using the recycling separation bins.
Why not create more rubbish collection points at the end of each road to make it easier to store refuse?
Why not supply everyone with eco-friendly bags to put the rubbish in?
Isn’t that what we pay council taxes for?
Why not build more eo-friendly recycling plants if landfills are full.
Lets not waste money putting chips in bins and the extra cost of monitoring.
Lets have more user friendly bins.
Let’s ban plastic bags.
Lets ban non bio-degradable plastic.
Dealing with waste is not about taxes, it is about helping us, the public become more responsible about waste.
Lets use lottery money to encourage inventors to design better ways of removing waste and making refuse more bio-useful.
We must stand up to this money grabbing government who have, yet again, got is so wrong!
As Mrs Doretta Cocks has said “should we be putting up with this in the 21st century? There must be a better way, because people will only put up with so much before they begin to fight back”.
Councils are there to provide a service to all tax payers.
Sign up to her website www.weeklywaste.com and let us show our strentin in resisting this madness.
The Government!!!.
09.Feb.2007 10:24
This government is hell bent on legislating everyone out of existence. I am filming a series of documentaries for Channel 4 about entertainment.
In this area alone there is so much legislation to deal with that most small entertainment companies can no longer cope. For example the new Public Entertainment Licensing laws:
WHAT IS THE POINT AND WHY ARE THEY THERE?!
Who do these laws help other than another ton of bureaucrats who have nothing else to do than make people fill out forms. Circuses, which are one of the oldest forms of family entertainment are suffering terribly because of these idiotic licensing laws. Isn’t it time, that this government let us get on with our lives instead of hindering those small businesses who are trying to give great entertainment.
Climate Change.
09.Feb.2007 10:22
What is the point taxing us on flights?
Other than Gordon Brown getting even more money for the exchequer, how does that help climate change?
Isn’t it time the grey people who govern us start to think out of the box with a positive menu of activities where we can help eachother? All they do is come up with another way of taxing us!
Did you know that the government are considering a car tax called ‘pay-as-you-go Road Tax’. There is a petition which you can get on the No10 website which I urge you to sign.
Yet another tax under the guise of dealing with climate change.
It’s about time that all these grey people who spend more time tripping over themselves because there are so many of them put some serious thought in to how we can all help ourselves other than finding a new way to tax us.
airports.
03.Jan.2007 16:53
When are the UK airports going to get back to normal and remember that we are the customers who are paying everyones wages.
Heathrow must currently rank as one of the worst airports on the planet.
BAA are more concerned with stuffing the place with shops than taking care of its customers.
Your comments please
PC.
12.Dec.2006 19:15
Christmas is a UK and a tradition that has been widely celebrated for centuries.
Why are there so many busybodies trying to stop it.
It interferes with no one, brings good cheer to many who have worked so hard all year round and has a deep religious meaning to believers.
So why are so many pc idiots trying to stop Christmas.
The best story so far is the community group who wanted to serve mince pies and hot chocolate at a kids party. By the time the local idiot pc authority had finished with the organisers it would have taken an army of health and safety experts to clear both the mince pies and the chocolate.
The best part was the insistance that the tempreature of the hot chocolate had to be constantly checked in case anyone burnt their tongues. Its time the pc brigade got a life!!!
