Mike McCarthy
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Either is more sensible than asking drivers to guess their mileage 12 months in advance.
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Either is more sensible than asking drivers to guess their mileage 12 months in advance.
New cars still get serviced every year. Check the mileage at the same time.
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New cars still get serviced every year. Check the mileage at the same time.
So why not just bring in the tax a year earlier and make every year afterwards much simpler? The yield in the early years is relatively small anyway.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
So why not just bring in the tax a year earlier and make every year afterwards much simpler? The yield in the early years is relatively small anyway.
What is the sense in asking drivers to guess how many miles they'll drive in the year ahead, then reconciling the difference between the estimate and reality a year later?
Why not just get an accurate mileage figure each year at an MOT, and levy the tax from that?
Am I missing something?
Why not just get an accurate mileage figure each year at an MOT, and levy the tax from that?
Am I missing something?
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What is the sense in asking drivers to guess how many miles they'll drive in the year ahead, then reconciling the difference between the estimate and reality a year later?
Why not just get an accurate mileage figure each year at an MOT, and levy the tax from that?
Am I missing something?
Why not just get an accurate mileage figure each year at an MOT, and levy the tax from that?
Am I missing something?
105 packets opened.
525 stickers sorted.
91 swaps.
Plenty of Ephron Mason-Clark to go around.
525 stickers sorted.
91 swaps.
Plenty of Ephron Mason-Clark to go around.
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
105 packets opened.
525 stickers sorted.
91 swaps.
Plenty of Ephron Mason-Clark to go around.
525 stickers sorted.
91 swaps.
Plenty of Ephron Mason-Clark to go around.
Many apologies, I’m not sure.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Many apologies, I’m not sure.
*Fully aware this is a high water mark and a slide down the table is surely around the corner.
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
*Fully aware this is a high water mark and a slide down the table is surely around the corner.
Goal A: Tony Yeboah
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Goal A: Tony Yeboah
It’s like the rules of an obscure pub drinking game.
October 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It’s like the rules of an obscure pub drinking game.