tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post8100725192653071595..comments2023-10-18T15:43:21.360+01:00Comments on Fair Deal Phil: UPDATED: Tory plan for tax on supermarket shopping...fairdealphilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07246131944479743426noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-59784592018688169482007-09-14T08:34:00.000+01:002007-09-14T08:34:00.000+01:00It suits the British Retail Consortium to forget t...It suits the British Retail Consortium to forget that the Gummer-Goldsmith proposals were for out-of-town shopping, not for shopping in general.<BR/><BR/>As to why Phil is going along with their distortion of the Gummer-Goldsmith proposals.....?<BR/><BR/>Phil knows perfectly well that Dave Cameron's staff are saying they will run with the aviation taxes, but dump the Gummer-Goldsmith proposal on charging at out-of-town retail.<BR/><BR/>The Gummer-Goldsmith proposals are a mixed bag, but should be grudgingly supported against the Roger Helmer Thatcherism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-61476104141461222972007-09-13T17:16:00.000+01:002007-09-13T17:16:00.000+01:00pete:thanks for your comment and information.i'd m...pete:<BR/><BR/>thanks for your comment and information.<BR/><BR/>i'd missed cameron scrapping proposals to insist on parking charges at supermarkets.<BR/><BR/>i'm no friend of roger helmer (surprise, surprise), but i suspect that you or cameron telling him and others to shut his mouth - and keep his beliefs to himself - just won't work...fairdealphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246131944479743426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-57566920266273626202007-09-13T16:46:00.000+01:002007-09-13T16:46:00.000+01:00British Retail Consortium slams Tory proposals to ...British Retail Consortium slams Tory proposals to charge customers for out of town supermarket shopping:<BR/><BR/>http://www.talkingretail.com/news/6564/BRC-slams-Tory-retail-proposal.ehtml<BR/><BR/>The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said many of the recommendations for retail contained in the Conservatives’ Quality of Life Policy Group report, published today, were “based on ill-informed anti-supermarket myths and would cost customers more”.<BR/><BR/>BRC director general Kevin Hawkins said: “Many of these proposals for retail are ill thought out and based on tired anti-supermarket prejudices.<BR/><BR/>“David Cameron should accept that our modern, highly competitive, retail environment benefits customers who will not thank him for adopting market-stifling measures.” <BR/><BR/>The BRC also attacked the Tories’ proposals on retail planning restrictions.<BR/><BR/>Has the British Retail Consortium got it wrong too??fairdealphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246131944479743426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-51789724664094345462007-09-13T16:44:00.000+01:002007-09-13T16:44:00.000+01:00Phil you know as well as I do that Cameron scrappe...Phil you know as well as I do that Cameron scrapped the proposal to give local councils the right to insist on parking charges at out of town supermarkets. <BR/><BR/>Helmer is one of those Tories that just does not know when to keep his mouth shut. These are not all "assaults on Tory values". I would love to ask him whether he has a smuch as browsed the report or just looked at the Daily 'moan' Mail version! <BR/><BR/>In my opinion (as a Tory) the report has many intresting proposals that I believe Cameron would do well to adopt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-55551010886505809932007-09-13T16:38:00.000+01:002007-09-13T16:38:00.000+01:00"there is much of it we will include in our manife..."there is much of it we will include in our manifesto"<BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6992299.stmfairdealphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246131944479743426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-4465320978892515892007-09-13T16:36:00.000+01:002007-09-13T16:36:00.000+01:00in fact...??sorry if i got it wrong...but:It's a f...in fact...??<BR/><BR/>sorry if i got it wrong...but:<BR/><BR/>It's a fact that I heard Helmer (Tory) say on national radio that Goldsmith (Tory) and Gummer (Tory) are proposing charges at out of town supermarkets, that the Goldsmith/Gummer report is a full frontal assault on Tory values and that most Tories he's spoken to were horrified at the half baked proposals they've come up with...<BR/><BR/>I haven't heard Cameron (Tory)rubbishing the report as you suggest, but i have heard him saying most of it will be in the Tory manifesto.<BR/><BR/>still it's only the bbc i'm listening to...fairdealphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246131944479743426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-54564759713489356312007-09-13T15:18:00.000+01:002007-09-13T15:18:00.000+01:00In fact, Dave Cameron is saying that the charges a...In fact, Dave Cameron is saying that the charges at out-of-town supermarkets are not going to happen.<BR/><BR/>The way to deal with out-of-town shopping is through the planning system.<BR/><BR/>Zac Goldsmith and John Selwyn Gummer may make unlikely messengers, but they are absolutely right to insist on no more Bluewaters.<BR/><BR/>As for Roger Helmer, his version of freebooting no-constrants capitalism should be getting the stick in this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20661330.post-33569573862219067252007-09-13T15:17:00.000+01:002007-09-13T15:17:00.000+01:00In fact, Dave Cameron is saying that the charges a...In fact, Dave Cameron is saying that the charges at out-of-town supermarkets are not going to happen.<BR/><BR/>The way to deal with out-of-town shopping is through the planning system.<BR/><BR/>Zac Goldsmith and John Selwyn Gummer may make unlikely messengers, but they are absolutely right to insist on no more Bluewaters.<BR/><BR/>As for Roger Helmer, his version of freebooting no-constrants capitalism should be getting the stick in this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com