As someone who lived there for 23 years, I must point out that Balham was already well gentrified in 1994.

Make a Bond movie casual:

On Her Majesty’s Civil Service

Mine, as you probably remember, is:

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“Did I just hear that the animal turned inside out and then it exploded?”

May God keep you happy, guys!

Nonsense! Sprouts are delicious at any time of year. Furthermore, if you ban sprouts you’d also have to ban cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli as they are cultivars of the same plant.

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We do tax on taxes all the time. VAT on petrol is an excellent example as it is charged on the petrol duty element too. A tax in a tax is just a higher rate of tax.

I almost switched to an EV last year but I live in a leasehold, terraced property so installing a charging point is currently a no-no. I drive a hybrid and do under 2,500 miles p.a. I’m lucky to live within a 20 min walk of the city centre.

From a climate perspective, we should be encouraging people to use public transport, cycle or walk. Yes, EVs are better than petrol but subsidising trains is better than subsidising EVs.

We tax petrol/diesel vehicles by a combination of flat rate (road tax) and mileage-based (petrol duty). Charging explicitly per mile, i.e. road use charges, is an idea that’s been floated for a while to replace both of these.

EVs are electricly fuelled. They currently don’t pay duty on that fuel but they could. It would just be taxed at the charging point. It’s not rocket science.

P.S. for comparison, petrol duty works out at just under 7p per mile according to Google