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    • Thanks for this! I'm still not clear if I'm facing more than 6 points on my license though. Can you explain any further please? When I accept the 2nd speeding ticket, will they just charge me £100 and 3 points, or will they be more severe concenquences since that offense took place the following day of the 1st offense? Similarly, when I accept the 3rd offense, will they look at my record or just charge me with the £100 fine and 3 points?
    • Yes of course. That's why it says cc:: BIg Motoring World at the bottom. Don't imagine that this solves the issue. It doesn't. He not have to force the finance company and big motoring world to accept the rejection to give your money back. I suggest that you get the letter off tomorrow. And let us know what you hear but on Friday you should then send a threat to the finance company.   Have a look what I have said here about your options and read the whole thread as well.  
    • Been perusing the actual figures on the polls above wondering where the '16% claimed for deform comes from? I understand that there are 'weighted' end results based on secret calculations ...   Probably going to repeat this later, but remember that the ukip/brexit/reform/deform party has ALWAYS had poll speculation FAR better than their actual  performance at elections - by large margins. SO: The labor and Tory votes come largely from simply the people who say they will vote for them - sorted Lab 43% Tory 20%, with maybe another small 1-2% coming from the weightings of the 'not sures' Greens largely get what is declared from 'other' , although with another declared green bit from the 'pressed' question   So as the share of the voting displayed in 'other' granted to reform/deform is around 11%, where does the '16% too often being reported come from? Seems that reform has been granted as beneficiary of effectively ALL the don't knows and wont says, who when pressed didn't actually declare for someone else ... effectively adding 40%+ to their reported polling % - rather strange given their consistent under-performance compared to polling - or perhaps that is the cause of the higher rating eh?   Now I admit the possibility (probability?) of wingers being ashamed of declaring their support for the yuckey lemon end of the spectrum ... but surely  that should affect the 'Torys as well? Maybe the statisticians have simply weighted in that deform wingers are simply more likely to lie?   But - without 'weightings' and assumptions that faragits will get everything that isnt declared as a definite and unequivocal 'not that Piers Morgan' - reform is on around 11% it seems.   Add to that the history of polling a lot less than the hype - and the simple fact that faragit wingers seem to be spread across the country (presumably skulking in their moms spare room despite being 45+) and greens and lib dems seem to be community minded - I think two seats will be an epic result for farage. Hardly the opposition - far more raving wingnut party.   and importantly - Has farage got a home in clacton yet?
    • "as I have no tools available to merge documents, unless you can suggest any free ones that will perform offline merges without watermarking" (which you don't) ... but ok please upload the documents and we'll go from there
    • Please go back and read my message posted at 10:27 this morning @jk2054. I didn't say that I wasn't going to provide documents, only that I will upload them to an online repo that I am in control of, and that I would share links to these. You shall still be able to read and download them no different from if they were hosted here. And, the issue I have is not so much with hosting, but using an online pdf editor to create a multi-page pdf, again I have discussed this that same message.
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    • Hello,

      On 15/1/24 booked appointment with Big Motoring World (BMW) to view a mini on 17/1/24 at 8pm at their Enfield dealership.  

      Car was dirty and test drive was two circuits of roundabout on entry to the showroom.  Was p/x my car and rushed by sales exec and a manager into buying the mini and a 3yr warranty that night, sale all wrapped up by 10pm.  They strongly advised me taking warranty out on car that age (2017) and confirmed it was honoured at over 500 UK registered garages.

      The next day, 18/1/24 noticed amber engine warning light on dashboard , immediately phoned BMW aftercare team to ask for it to be investigated asap at nearest garage to me. After 15 mins on hold was told only their 5 service centres across the UK can deal with car issues with earliest date for inspection in March ! Said I’m not happy with that given what sales team advised or driving car. Told an amber warning light only advisory so to drive with caution and call back when light goes red.

      I’m not happy to do this, drive the car or with the after care experience (a sign of further stresses to come) so want a refund and to return the car asap.

      Please can you advise what I need to do today to get this done. 
       

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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

      Please note that a recent case against UPS failed on exactly the same issue with the judge held that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 did not apply.

      We will be getting that transcript very soon. We will look at it and we will understand how the judge made such catastrophic mistakes. It was a very poor judgement.
      We will be recommending that people do include this adverse judgement in their bundle so that when they go to county court the judge will see both sides and see the arguments against this adverse judgement.
      Also, we will be to demonstrate to the judge that we are fair-minded and that we don't mind bringing everything to the attention of the judge even if it is against our own interests.
      This is good ethical practice.

      It would be very nice if the parcel delivery companies – including EVRi – practised this kind of thing as well.

       

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The Paper presented to Parliament 12 months ago says:-

 

"As the UK leaves the European Union (EU) and we bring free movement to an end, different rules to the current ones must apply to migration here by EU citizens. We will take full control of migration by bringing all of it under UK law and institute a new border and immigration system, to serve the UK public and the economy, and to enable those who come to the UK to integrate and make a positive contribution. Everyone will be required to obtain a permission if they want to come to the UK and to work or study here. This does not mean there will be no immigration – as we take full control, we will continue to welcome law-abiding people from around the world who help make the UK a diverse society and dynamic economy. But the end of free movement gives us an opportunity to reset the conversation on migration." 

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It wasn't what was in that post - I deleted the stuff that it 'remembered' as i had re-typed it

Seems to happen when you are trying to quote from other pages - why Idon't normally bother anymore.

 

The Tory Legacy

Record high: Taxes, Immigration, Excrement in waterways, energy company/crony profits

Crumbling: Hospitals, Schools, council services, businesses and roads

If only the Govt had thrown a protective ring around care homes

with the same gusto they do around their crooked MPs

 

 “Do I want to spend every Friday for the next five years in Clacton?”

Farage, Feb 2024 talking smack about the Peninsula town

.. before he decided he wanted their votes

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2 minutes ago, Maharg1 said:

Most EU railways are part owned or subsidised heavily by their governments, but in 2023 the Forth rail package comes into force which will force those governments to replace some of the routes with private ones.

 

The fourth package is intended to reduce state subsidies and empower state regulators and universal quality standards

 and open up the market

.. a process which given the lack of proper regulation has failed miserably in the UK

The Tory Legacy

Record high: Taxes, Immigration, Excrement in waterways, energy company/crony profits

Crumbling: Hospitals, Schools, council services, businesses and roads

If only the Govt had thrown a protective ring around care homes

with the same gusto they do around their crooked MPs

 

 “Do I want to spend every Friday for the next five years in Clacton?”

Farage, Feb 2024 talking smack about the Peninsula town

.. before he decided he wanted their votes

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Hopefully the fourth will make it better for them ...

We'll be stuck with the same old ... s...ame old

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Time for family

 

Happy new year to everyone ....

The Tory Legacy

Record high: Taxes, Immigration, Excrement in waterways, energy company/crony profits

Crumbling: Hospitals, Schools, council services, businesses and roads

If only the Govt had thrown a protective ring around care homes

with the same gusto they do around their crooked MPs

 

 “Do I want to spend every Friday for the next five years in Clacton?”

Farage, Feb 2024 talking smack about the Peninsula town

.. before he decided he wanted their votes

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18 minutes ago, Maharg1 said:

The present franchise system in the UK has definitely failed.

I guess that depends on where you live and which franchise you used. Living in the midlands, Cross country (DB) we’re generally good, Virgin West coat was good while London Midland was beset with problems on its cross city route in Birmingham with lack of capacity and cancelled services. The new operators have fared little better. 
 

Northern (Arriva)  seem ok around Manchesterbut further north and in Yorkshire are dire. 
 

All these companies make profit which goes to shareholders while the state picks up the cost of network rail. Seems wrong to me

Any opinion I give is from personal experience .

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I said or because for example , you might be in the position of have a skill a particular firm wants but can not fill the vacancy but it is not enough to score you the required number of points. 
 

 

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The start of a new decade outside Europe with a determined government and real power, so here's to you all a happy and prosperous new year.

 

Britain can do this, you'll see.

 

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I wish I shared your optimism. The £ is still struggling and foreign holidays are going to be expensive.

 

I think negotiations are going to go very badly with Europe and they're already talking about an extension. If we go in with the same attitude as last time, it's going to be very slow or we crash out with a disastrous no deal Brexit and wreck the economy.

Illegitimi non carborundum

 

 

 

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Lets hope some common sense comes in, EEA/EFTA is best way to exit,  but Johnson talks of Brexit as an Event not the long process it is.   Johnson seems fixated on stitching stuff up with Trumpster rather  than being serious about EU links.

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1 hour ago, Maharg1 said:

The start of a new decade outside Europe with a determined government and real power, so here's to you all a happy and prosperous new year.

 

Britain can do this, you'll see.

 

I hope you are right I truly do but not only do I share HB’s concerns I also fear for the many. Post 1979 Conservative governments do not have a good record on Social Policy such as education, the NHS . One by one they will knock down the protections against the five giants 

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Daniel Hannan hit the nail on the head  -

 

Freedom includes the freedom to fail. We could become a Singapore, or we could become a Venezuela – or we could become somewhere in between the two, and that will be our decision. That’s the great thing about responsibility as an electorate, that I would rather live in a country where people are free to make mistakes than live in a country where officials who are immune to public opinion tell me what I’m allowed to choose.

 

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I’ve a good feeling about this decade, we have a good Prime Minister and a new Government one that has the strength to get things done and not have to argue the point with the very left wing Labour party.

 

Of course we won’t always agree with what they do but we will be free to make our choices and can now forget the continual arguments about remain or leave which has ripped this country apart, we will at last obey the voice of the people, all pull together and make this country great again.

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This country has been great for many years. It is thanks to the EU we got out of the mess of the early 80’s. In the north and midlands there are countless projects funded in part by the EU.  We didn’t need to leave the EU which only makes ya stronger imho. 
 

I am not sure about a good PM. Being a proven liar and buffoon are not great qualities for a man to lead the country. 

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The EU aren't funding anything except their own pockets, that is just pennies of the £billions we pay into them being returned.

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12 minutes ago, fletch70 said:

I am not sure about a good PM. Being a proven liar and buffoon are not great qualities for a man to lead the country. 

Ok, lets list these lie accustions  that are continually bandied around ????

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9 minutes ago, Maharg1 said:

Ok, lets list these lie accustions  that are continually bandied around ????

 

Well, he was sacked once from the cabinet for lying?  Just last year the telegraph had to print a retraction because he made something up...

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40 new hospitals

350 million a week

Regulation in shape of bananas

I don’t comment on other people’s children 

Labour would immediately have the highest rate of corporation tax in Europe 

 

All the above have been shown to be lies and there are so many more

 

Oh and I forgot about being dead in a ditch but we can’t have everything 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Maharg1 said:

That's general talk, lets actually list the lies he has told ??

Mate, it's new years day.  Do I have to go through the news articles and link them here for you.

 

A recent one - 350 million per week for the NHS, which wasn't true.

 

Saying there would be no customs checks in Northern Ireland with his deal, even though there would have to be.

 

What about the lie he told his wife?

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