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2017-07-27 Britain

Britain to ban sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 This is gonna drive the price of unicorn farts through the roof. Stock up now.

Posted by Hupaith Bucket3695 2017-07-27 01:16|| 2017-07-27 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 I tried to stock up. Learned the hard way that unicorns do not like having a hose shoved up their arse!

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-07-27 05:37|| 2017-07-27 05:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Translation: by 2040 we all be retired if not dead.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-07-27 07:56|| 2017-07-27 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Will non-halal food be banned by 2035?

Posted by magpie 2017-07-27 10:19|| 2017-07-27 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Wonder how many times the ban will be pushed back before being quietly shelved....

Posted by DarthVader 2017-07-27 11:39|| 2017-07-27 11:39|| Front Page Top

#6 The commitment, which follows a similar pledge in France, is part of the government’s much-anticipated clean air plan

Uh huh. What Darth said.

Posted by JHH 2017-07-27 12:37|| 2017-07-27 12:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Decent people won't have any interest in visiting there by then anyway. There will be mosques on every corner.

Posted by Crusader 2017-07-27 12:45|| 2017-07-27 12:45|| Front Page Top

#8 Ministers have been urged to introduce charges for vehicles to enter a series of "clean air zones" (CAZ)

Taxes

Posted by Frank G 2017-07-27 14:27|| 2017-07-27 14:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Decent people won't have any interest in visiting there by then anyway. There will be mosques on every corner.

And it will end up looking like the surface of Mars anyway. Ever notice, everywhere Muslims go, the land dies.

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-07-27 16:37|| 2017-07-27 16:37|| Front Page Top

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