Is the Chancellor About to Scrap the 40-Year Classic Car Exemption?

Are They Coming for Our Classics? – The Chancellor’s Bonkers Plan to Tax Heritage!

Rumour has it the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is preparing to scrap the 40-year tax exemption for classic cars – and if true, it could be one of the daftest economic moves in decades. Because make no mistake – if this goes ahead, you won’t just be taxing old motors. You’ll be taxing passion, history, and an £18-billion-a-year industry that already contributes around £3 billion in taxes annually to the Treasury.

That’s right. The same government that loves to preach about “protecting heritage” might soon be taxing it to death.

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11/10/2025 1

It’s all about stories – but will there be a happy ending?

From AI to EVs to Apathy: The Stories Shaping (and Breaking) Our World

We live in a world of stories. Always have, always will. True stories, serious stories, funny stories, unbelievable stories, make-believe stories and fake stories.

We’re bombarded with stories from every side: the friend on the phone, the gossip on the grapevine, the bestseller on your Kindle, the news at 10 and the politician on the podium.

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24/06/2025 0

Trump’s Tariffs and How Every Major Carmaker is Responding

The global car industry is in absolute chaos – here’s the response and actions taken by every major manufacturer

In just his first 100 days back in the White House, Trump has managed to detonate a 25% tariff bomb on all foreign-built cars entering the United States – and the shockwaves are being felt from Crewe to Kyoto.

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01/05/2025 0

ULEZ Expansion 2023: Air Quality Report Fact-Checked!

ULEZ Expansion Results Are In… But Do They Even Matter?

Have you heard the news? London’s air pollution has plummeted since the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) expansion in 2023. A victory for public health? A triumph for the Mayor of London? That’s what they’d have you believe. But let’s take a closer look—because once we break it down, things aren’t quite as they seem.

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08/03/2025 0

Pay-Per-Mile Tax: What Torsten Bell’s Treasury Role Could Mean for UK Drivers

Torsten Bell’s Treasury appointment sparks fears over a pay-per-mile tax, threatening motorists, EV adoption, and the £70 billion UK car industry

The recent resignation of Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq, amid corruption allegations linked to Bangladesh, has led to significant changes within the UK Treasury. Siddiq’s departure has paved the way for Torsten Bell, a prominent economist and co-author of the Ending Stagnation Report, to assume a key role in shaping the nation’s economic policies.

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15/01/2025 0

It’s Khan or Your Car – You Choose, You Decide!

The London Mayoral Election is on Thursday 2nd May 2024 – your freedom to own and drive a car is at stake! The Choice is Stark, but Clear

It’s crunch time; make or break; the final countdown; zero hour; D-Day; moment of truth; the last stand… make no mistake, hold no illusions, be in no doubt – this is it.

The elections for the London Mayor happen this week on Thursday 2nd May 2024. And incumbent, Sadiq Khan is vying for an unprecedented third term in office as the most powerful man in London – some would argue, the most powerful person in the nation – he who controls the capital, controls the country?

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02/05/2024 3

ULEZ Summit Orpington 2023

Plus ULEZ Van Incidents Detailed Accounts

I was invited to the ULEZ Summit at Orpington Conservative Club, where I was also involved in one of the panels, and took the opportunity to get first-hand reports on some recent incidents involving the mobile ULEZ camera vans. It makes for shocking listening.

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20/11/2023 0

‘Anti-Motorist Policies Will Lose Elections!’ Simon Fawthrop, Councillor

Conservative councillor on why politicians need to heed the needs of motorists

In this podcast video, I speak to Simon Fawthrop, Conservative Councillor for Petts Wood & Knoll, Orpington, about where the situation with ULEZ currently stands, how anti-motorists and anit-car policies will lose elections, crime in London, why protests should be about policy not personality and the revelation that TFL is sending our data to Argentina, India and Israel! Fascinating discussion in the back of a famous Pink London Taxi which you can hire – just go to this Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076632528620

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24/09/2023 3

ULEZ Mayoral Election

YouGov Poll Prediction Dire!

With those opposing the ULEZ Expansion pinning their hopes on the next Mayoral election – this latest YouGov poll doesn’t bode well and sends out a dire warning that not enough has been done to alert and educate Londoners about the harmful socio-economic effects of the ULEZ Expansion.

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04/09/2023 0

Taking a Moment to Celebrate Britain’s First Brown PM!

Whatever the politics or the outcome, this is a massive milestone

At the rate at which we in Britain are going through our Prime Ministers, it’ll be a miracle if new PM, Rishi Sunak, lasts the week, never mind the month, or till Christmas and it’ll be an absolute shocker if he’s still there to fight the next election.

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25/10/2022 1