Rip Off Britain

[terenceandphilip]

A bloke on Question Time last night said it was cheaper to fly his own aircraft to places in Britain than use the train.

 

Most expensive petrol in the world nearly despite being a producer. Houses off the insanity scale in price. Taxed to death on everything.

 

 

 

Any trip abroad, anywhere, highlights how crap and over priced this country is. And uncultured. And drunk.

[Stoney]

Aye you got to germany and wonder who won the war.

[BrianFaePerth]

A bloke on Question Time last night said it was cheaper to fly his own aircraft to places in Britain than use the train.

 

Most expensive petrol in the world nearly despite being a producer. Houses off the insanity scale in price. Taxed to death on everything.

 

 

 

Any trip abroad, anywhere, highlights how crap and over priced this country is. And uncultured. And drunk.

 

Incorrect.

[BrianFaePerth]

A bloke on Question Time last night said it was cheaper to fly his own aircraft to places in Britain than use the train

 

It is cheaper to fly to London from Bergen than it is to take a taxi from the town centre to the airport.

[daytripping]

50 quid for the train to Dingwall, that is shocking!

[Bluto10]

A bloke on Question Time last night said it was cheaper to fly his own aircraft to places in Britain than use the train.

 

Most expensive petrol in the world nearly despite being a producer. Houses off the insanity scale in price. Taxed to death on everything.

 

 

 

Any trip abroad, anywhere, highlights how crap and over priced this country is. And uncultured. And drunk.

 

i think uk is nae bad to live in costs wise

[Bluto10]

50 quid for the train to Dingwall, that is shocking!

 

first class though.

a man of your distinction never travells with the underclass

[jassb]

I got to Glasgow and back for 12 quid. Suspect that was for the back. Nobody would pay to go there would they?

[dave_min]

A bloke on Question Time last night said it was cheaper to fly his own aircraft to places in Britain than use the train.

 

What kind of plane has he got?

[daytripping]

first class though.

a man of your distinction never travells with the underclass

 

Goes without saying mate, sitting with the riff raff, perish the thought,

[Bluto10]

Goes without saying mate, sitting with the riff raff, perish the thought,

 

i used to get tanked up on the east coast mainline abdn-edinburgh all the time.

i know all about boozin on trains; its ace fun

[BrianFaePerth]

i used to get tanked up on the east coast mainline abdn-edinburgh all the time.

i know all about boozin on trains; its ace fun

 

As does Gazza. Sure you are no an alkie?

 

[Bluto10]

As does Gazza. Sure you are no an alkie?

 

nah min; i juggle having a life, prospects, dreams and ambitions with an enviable social life.

some of us just have it, ken.

[Henry]

nah min; i juggle having a life, prospects, dreams and ambitions with an enviable social life.

some of us just have it, ken.

 

No wife to juggle though.

[daytripping]

Harcus!

 

Enough of that!!!

[The Boofon]

 

What kind of plane has he got?

Woodworker.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

Its cheaper to travel in a vehicle with a 4.0 litre V8 engine, which if lucky gets 20 mpg, than it is to use public transport in Scotland.

 

I am going to buy a 4.0 litre V8 as a 2nd car / toy, to piss folk off, especially the global warming brigade.

[spamspamspam]

i think uk is nae bad to live in costs wise

 

 

Not compared to Holland, its just they are more open about taxing you in there min and you actually get real services for your tax buck. Here everything is privatised and we're still taxed through the nose.

 

Do you have any roads that are completely falling apart around where you live?

Are your bins picked up more than once a fortnight

Is your street clean, well maintained and nice to look at

Is Delft town centre well maintained, clean and nice to shop in

Do your buses, trams and trains run on time and when you get on them are they clean and well maintained?

 

Aberdeen - Montrose by train, next train down and return tonight = £34

Delft - Amsterdam return, any train you want there and back today = 24.40, - euro (£20)

 

About the same journey, 2/3 of the cost

 

20 bensons - £8 v 6 euro

pint of beer £3.50-4 v 4 euro

 

food is expensive here now as well. Meal for 2 in a shitey chain that boils everything in a bag, £50 with a drink no problem at all. same in Den Haag, 40 euro...

 

Get more for your rental buck in Den Haag. 1 bedroom, pokey wee hole in tilly - £550-600. For that money you get a nice sized 1 bedroom in Scheveningen. If you're buying you get almost twice as much for your money there than here in Aberdeen atm.

 

 

So aye, you're taxed heavily up front in Holland but you get the services, you get a clean environment and you spend less on lifes essentials.

[Bluto10]

maybe changed since i was back in the old country

 

i cewrtainly find material objects cheaper in the UK.

 

take cars over here for example.

enourmous mark up on a dutch motor, lots of it tax but nae all of it.

e.g

i saw a fully specd audi rs6 for 180k.

thats mental.

 

even down to bog standard clothes, foods etc. more expensive. maybe its teh lack of giant out of town supermarkets/shoppin malls or whatever.

 

i think the dutch governemnet keep a tight control on imports, protecting many local brands and that affects prices.

im nae sure.

[Bluto10]

but i do agree with you regarding value like rail fares (although, nae dirt cheap); local markets and city events etc.

 

was rental in schevingininininen that cheap spam?

i always thought the hague was very expensive; even london esque in places.

[terenceandphilip]

What kind of plane has he got?

 

 

think it was an aeroplane.