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When VAT was temporarily reduced to 15%, the Chancellor added 2% duty to fuel to offset the reduction in tax collected from motorists. Now that VAT has been increased to 17.5% again this hidden tax has not been removed - hence recent rises in your fuel costs. Sign the petition at the link below to h...

Got to admire his delivery, support the BHPA, or your a tw$t.

Apparently there are NO legal requirements, at all, to fly a PPG PG PHG HG or any other foot launched craft! NO legal requirements to start a school teaching these activities either. I could start a school in the same way I could start a hairdresser's and start cutting hair.

Interesting stuff.

'taking off without permission' Is such a thing obtainable, who has any letter of consent from a land owner? and verbal means little, if the shit hits the fan, so to speek. Permission? no, not from me. Using commonsense and good manners will go a long way. Is this not what should be practiced and pr...

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This is another one of those, "I am not responsible for my actions" again. Wings are sold over the internet by dealers, do they see any proof of qualifications before sending out? Is it there responsibility, I don't think so. Same as the car dealer who does not ask to see any proof of lice...

I think there's been a bit of a struggle before the vid starts and he's nearly finished by the time filming and help arrives, he may not have had an ounce of strength left. Never mind remove gloves, unbuckle completely and jump out before you hit the water so you are clear of the wing, see the lines...

EMAIL READS This is the coolest thing I have ever received. All you have to do is send it to 7 people and watch your screen, it is the funniest clip. I can't tell you what it is but I was laughing so hard I almost fell off my chair!!! So, send it to those 7 people and watch. If you forward it to 7 p...

Do you know what is the funniest thing Steve? I am sure if you had a road traffic accident where someone ran in to the back of you, then you would be first in the queue for compensation. If I ever do so, you can be first in line to rub my nose in it. As is so often the case, people have black and w...

I thought I said; no, people should not be cajoled, persuaded or pitched too, to sue for anything they can to make a quick buck. Your not going to change my mind, nor am I interested in changing yours. Nor do we need to or be interested or waste our time trying to do so. I am however quite intereste...

If nothing has changed then whats this about, posted some time ago now.? Until the late 1990s, anyone who wanted to make a claim relating to personal injury law in the UK either had to pay expensive legal fees or seek help through the means-tested Legal Aid (now Public Funding) system. The funding o...

Who is the someone else? Ok; Heres an eg; This case of the school boy who fell on a little piece of glass whilst playing on the school field, and he had a little cut on his knee. (bare in mind this is used as an eg) The school was sued by the parents, because there should be no glass on the school f...

To full clarify so nothing can be spun, I agree with this; IT people are the equivalent of the little old man in The day of the Jackal, who designs the gun, makes it fit into the crutch, and then makes the mercury filled bullets. This does not give the right for someone to point it and kill someone,...

Progress?! I am getting the impression you really think that, lets hope this Lord can make a difference other wise we are truly f%$ked. I agree about the IT guys, but your argument is childish. Your saying that because the technology exists then that is perfectly moral to use it. To follow your line...

Ranting and raving? Lets face it John unless the topic is anything other than what you feel comfy with it seems to upset you. The conversation has just turned this way, I have learned that a Lord seems to not only feel the same way as I, and possibly the rest of the UK. But he is actually trying to ...

Oh I see! its all my fault, here I am blaming the poor old lawyer and all along it is me that is to blame............. ..Then I will have to be spanked then, wont I.... Naughty, naughty Steve, Seriously. That's a little like blaming the inventor of the gun for the murder committed with it. Just as t...

I don't know the correct terms Alastair, in fact I know little about the full system. I have just come to know this practice as "no win no fee". What I do know is that this "claim blame" industry is crippling a great deal many of things to do with every aspect of your life and if...

Wow this is very good to read Glenn..... very heart warming to know there is someone who has power who also appears to have common sense. Change is most definitely on the way.! I had no idea this fella was working his nuts off, trying to change things. http://timesonline.typepad.com/law/2010/01/lord...

Re law change to allow no win no fee Until the late 1990s, anyone who wanted to make a claim relating to personal injury law in the UK either had to pay expensive legal fees or seek help through the means-tested Legal Aid (now Public Funding) system. The funding of Legal Aid, in turn, proved expensi...

Very interesting indeed Alastair, I guess your saying that I can setup business and have a team of people that go out and knock on doors looking for people to make claims. I then pass these onto a lawyer who will give me a "finders" fee? Yes it is up to the individual to actually make the ...

We are back to the same problem, fear of getting sued!!; Gaz mentioned to me something he heard from an American before the government changed the laws to allow these money grabbing lawyers to sue anyone for anything at all, and make big money doing it. "allow the no win no fee ambulance chasin...

compassion?. According to your train of thought here the uk should all stay at home unless the conditions outside are perfect. If that happened there would be no tax to pay your wages Brian. The world is a harsh and frightening place at times, its about time schools employed more people who have bee...

I think I'll look into getting first aid certified too. A little while back I looked into a group course for the club which worked out quite cheep. It ran into the sand however which was a little bit of a shame. One point I remember was that apparently if you help someone there could be a no win no...

As this has been posted by the guy himself for the purpouse of education/warning of others, I feel ok to inject here. I can see the sense that he should not have been in the air with those conditions and this was the error. As for "not correcting it" not having flown one and I am talking f...

Poor fella, making sounds like some wild beast, I know all too well what thats like...... getting a flash back ...... Burrrrrr. He tells the tail in the info. If it wasn't for the paramedic's and Wales Air Ambulance i'd be dead,i spent 5 months in hospital and my injuries in total were. Brain haemor...

Struggling to get the full facts from your text Gaz, but if it were me I would not rest till I had justice, however that may be dealt out. A good dose of mental torcher spread over 6 months or so would fit the bill I think.

Booking tickets now, if the 3d is half as good as last years boxing day panto at the Theater Royal it should be unreal

The Swiss are making a great announcement Ron, there are revealing the most important, trusted, influential person on the planet.

So if H&S is to blame, this however does not explain two schools one mile from each other one open and one not, different H&S rules? But clearly this H&S is a massive crippling load of nonsense. Lets for a moment pretend that this cold snap lasts for another week, a fortnight, a month.! ...

Bit of a long load but worth it

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