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Investment in wind, wave and solar in the uk will invest in Jobs, energy security, energy cost management and a cleaner planet, with skills exportable to the whole world. Investment in oil wells in the North sea will invest in a few billionaires extra profits and a poisoned world -
The vast majority of threads on this part of the forum are from fare dodgers who were caught and are trying to avoid a criminal conviction. Your case is very different as there was no fare dodging whatsoever. As it's the weekend there's plenty of time to get opinions from regulars who have a lot more experience than me here. Plus as you came here immediately after receiving the letter so we have time to challenge the prosecution team. I would suggest something polite but assertive such as - Dear South West Railway, Ref. XXXXX I was most disappointed to receive your letter of 25 May regarding what happened in London Waterloo station on 22 March with your decision to offer me the choice of paying nearly £110 or of having to appear in a criminal court. I note you have done this without first asking for my side of the story, unlike other similar companies such as Transport for London. On that day I had taken the train from Walton-on-Thames to London Vauxhall, purchasing the correct ticket. I boarded the train to London Waterloo, intending to get off at Vauxhall. Unfortunately, although the majority of the Waterloo services stop at Vauxhall, the train I took did not. Now I obviously realise that fare dodging is a serious problem for SWR and presumably ticket inspectors hear all sorts of tall tales from fare dodgers. However, the ticket inspector who stopped me said I would be sent a fine for going to the wrong station and was incredibly rude suggesting it was stupid of me to not check where I was going, despite the fact that I was clearly distressed and crying by this point. I would like you to consider two things. Firstly, if you search for trains from Walton-on-Thames to Vauxhall on the SWR site, two of the three trains every hour to Waterloo on Sundays stop at Vauxhall, so mine was an easy mistake to make. Secondly, the cost of a ticket from Walton-on-Thames to Vauxhall is exactly the same as the cost of a ticket from Walton-on-Thames to Waterloo, so it is obvious I was not fare dodging. I had a ticket for the correct amount! Indeed, if you purchase a ticket from Walton-on-Thames to Vauxhall on the site at a certain point the ticket morphs into Walton-on-Thames > London Terminals showing SWR are not bothered which central London station you alight at. Does a banal mistake with no fare dodging involved which did not deprive SWR of a single penny in lost income really merit payment of nearly £110 or an appearance in criminal court? The words hammer, nut and crack spring to mind. I would respectfully ask you to reconsider such a drastic decision in my case. Yours, -
I've been wondering whether to comment on this, as the 400 quid (or 1200 quid if you are a rich tory with three homes) is a bag of crap really even without the sting in the tail. 1. Its less than a third of the extra they are taking off an average household 2. Its short term 3. The extras thrown in (tax relief if they start drilling for oil in the north sea) 1+2. Speaks for itself even without all the cuts elsewhere. You get just a third back of what they have already been charging you and will be charging you. The prices still go up astronomically What should have been done is exactly what France has done and limit the increase via the cap, with the costs born by the oil/gas companies 3 IS The big sting. The companies to now have been throttled in drilling for more oil in the North sea as a) Its destroying the climate b) Its doubling down on a resource we can LITERALLY no longer afford in ANY way rather than forcing investment in renewables. c) Look at the target of that investment - it wont help the UK soon or ever - its just sold abroad with profits mainly going abroad - sod all to help the UK energy supply. NOW - Sunak is incentivizing the investment that everyone with a clue knows will do nothing at all positive for anyone but a fews profits. He SHOULD be giving windfall tax relief on renewable energy project investments in the UK
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By honeybee13 · Posted
The former climate chief (who was involved in Indie Sage early on) has spoken about Sunak's new measures. Rishi Sunak’s Stealth Subsidy for Fossil Fuel Firms is ‘Disastrous’ says UK’s Former Climate Chief – Byline Times BYLINETIMES.COM Sir David King told Adam Bienkov that the stealth tax cut would damage the fight for 'a manageable future for humanity' -
Thanks very much. That's exactly what I wanted to know
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