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Reply | Cardiff Airport
at 10:16 21 Sep 2024
FYI, my comment in the Bristol airport thread. How much would that 250 million be reduced by if things were to change.
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FYI.
'At £13, APD is the highest aviation tax in Europe and represents a large part of the air fare, particularly since low cost airlines account for most capacity at Cardiff. As a consequence, the airport has failed to prosper and has lost out to other, cheaper airports in competition for new capacity.'
'Here are some of the concerns Bristol Airport has raised:
Job and investment losses
Bristol Airport has warned that devolution of APD powers to Wales could negatively impact jobs and investment in the south-west of England.
Passenger diversion
Bristol Airport has claimed that if APD is scrapped in Wales, more than a million passengers a year could fly from Cardiff Airport instead.
The UK Government has resisted calls to reduce APD in Wales, saying that it would negatively impact Bristol Airport.'
Part of the wording of the Lib dems election manifesto.
'Devolving Air Passenger Duty to put Wales on a fair playing field with Scotland and Northern Ireland and put Cardiff Airport on a fair playing field with regional airports in England'
Logically, if a million more people flew from Cardiff then any subsidy could be massively reduced.
You have to wonder why the success of the only real International Airport in Wales is being deliberately held back by the Westminster Government. |
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Reply | Bristol airport - only if you really have to.
at 10:28 20 Sep 2024
FYI.
'At £13, APD is the highest aviation tax in Europe and represents a large part of the air fare, particularly since low cost airlines account for most capacity at Cardiff. As a consequence, the airport has failed to prosper and has lost out to other, cheaper airports in competition for new capacity.'
'Here are some of the concerns Bristol Airport has raised:
Job and investment losses
Bristol Airport has warned that devolution of APD powers to Wales could negatively impact jobs and investment in the south-west of England.
Passenger diversion
Bristol Airport has claimed that if APD is scrapped in Wales, more than a million passengers a year could fly from Cardiff Airport instead.
The UK Government has resisted calls to reduce APD in Wales, saying that it would negatively impact Bristol Airport.'
Part of the wording of the Lib dems election manifesto.
'Devolving Air Passenger Duty to put Wales on a fair playing field with Scotland and Northern Ireland and put Cardiff Airport on a fair playing field with regional airports in England'
Logically, if a million more people flew from Cardiff then any subsidy could be massively reduced.
You have to wonder why the success of the only real International Airport in Wales is being deliberately held back by the Westminster Government. |
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Reply | Cardiff Airport
at 10:13 20 Sep 2024
Flew to Majorca on 30/08 and back on 13/09. Excellent both ways.
Flights may have been cheaper from Bristol or elsewhere but I didn't check. The ease of use (parked up in an hour) is worth the extra cost, to me at least. |
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Reply | More good news for the City of Swansea
at 12:30 15 Sep 2024
Footfall will get another huge extra boost when the Hub (old BHS) is opened along with 71/72 The Kingsway and the redevelopment of the old Woolies in Oxford Street. |
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Reply | Stay safe out there
at 16:43 11 Sep 2024
How do you know if they are going to go after the offshore accounts and big business profits ?
The answer is you don't. Why not wait and see what they do in the budget. |
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Reply | Labour voters
at 07:15 9 Sep 2024
That is just normal. If you have a pay rise you pay more tax.
Who is in government is irrelevant. |
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Reply | Labour voters
at 17:47 4 Sep 2024
Correct Gwyn. Right choice ? After what the Tories did ? No question.
As you say, let's see what happens in year or two. Then judge |
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Thread | East Stand safety
at 18:49 26 Aug 2024
I suppose it's a bit late to be talking about this 19 years after the stadium was opened but yesterday's crowd reminded me of what it was like when we were in the PL.
If Cardiff supporters want to complain about the concourse in the North Stand they ought to try the East. At half time yesterday it was like being in a sardine can. The queue for the men's toilets was twenty yards long outside and inside it was absolutely rammed.
It made me think whether the stadium (at least the East concourse) was built to the correct safety standards.
There was a posh new camera fixed to the wall above that area. I wonder if any of the stadium management looked at the chaos there and even considered the question of fans safety. |
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Reply | Prince Andrew .Incredible
at 10:56 20 Aug 2024
You forgot to mention ohl his personal income of £4 million a year from Charles (us).
Why not look at it as him being on benefits. He has his rent paid plus has some cash for beer and fags. I wonder if he does any 'cash in hand' jobs like your average Joe. An interesting thought. No tax of course.
The difference of course is that his rent would be about £1 million a year. And his 'cash' is £4 million as I said earlier. And I daresay all his other 'benefits' (security etc) would be another couple of million.
So what we have is one utterly useless person who has absolutely no intention of ever doing a job, which might inject some tax into the running of essential public services, claiming benefits of £7/8 million a year
But then again why should he. He and his family have no need for the NHS. Or state education do they.
But of course this sort of comparison is never made because of who they are. |
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Reply | Winter fuel allowance
at 18:28 10 Aug 2024
Very sorry to hear of your loss raynor but what a great post.
100% true. |
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Reply | Next general election.
at 18:24 5 Aug 2024
Very well said Gwyn.
I've often wondered why it's okay for firms to pay their workers such a low wage that they have to claim benefits while the firm is making large profits which go into shareholders and overpaid execs wage packets. In other words the Government, with our taxes, subsidise those firms profits. And when the workers say give us more the firm says we can't afford it and the Government says it will fuel inflation. And perish the thought that those workers may go on strike. How very unpatriotic of them. In other words know your place.
Another gem is that people say British people are lazy, that they won't do certain jobs. Working on farms picking fruit and veg is very often an example used. And the media, not to mention so many other 'normal' working people, join in the chorus.
A lady from Norfolk rang a radio phone in a couple of weeks ago about the fruit and veg question. She said who on earth do you think did all those jobs before farmers (and the same applies in many industries) dumped their British workers because they could get migrant workers to do the jobs for less. The British workers weren't lazy, the employers were greedy.
An example of the very rich people you mention Gwyn. Since 2012 workers wages have been reduced across the board substantially due to the financial problems in the UK, austerity and all that. Meanwhile one family have seen their wealth grow from £9 billion to £37 billion during the same period. And that family have recently been found guilty (in a Swiss court I believe) of maltreating their servants. Servants probably paid minimum wage i've no doubt.
I can't really think of a more corrupt system that allows this sort of situation to continue. |
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Reply | Next general election.
at 22:41 2 Aug 2024
We certainly wouldn't have if we had another five years of Tory rule. |
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Reply | Next general election.
at 22:38 2 Aug 2024
A bit over the top. That means less than 18 seats.
Last time they got 50% (30 seats). Next time they'll get maybe 25, if they're lucky. |
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Reply | Major incident in Southport
at 17:44 31 Jul 2024
According to the locals in Southport they are not locals. Many accents heard but not local ones.
If they were asked why they did it they would say the usual we want our country back. And they'd claim to be patriots. What they actually are is thugs, criminals. They are certainly not patriots.
A huge number of them will have been caught on camera and will hopefully be rounded up and jailed. |
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