scrappage scheme
Finally figured out what the scrappage scheme is/was for: an attempt to win support from those who might otherwise have voted conservative (yes, Labour Brown became Tory Blair for a moment). Conservative voters would normally be the types who would buy their darling son/daughter a new car when they came of age, but this year (and last) it's been ever so slightly more difficult to stump up that cash. So, labour being genius' that they are (ha ha) decided to make it a little bit easier for them - take the cheap, intermediate step of an older car (with bonus of cheaper first year insurance) and then make less of a payment than before to get them that brand new car.
It doesn't help the people Labour say they're trying to help one iota: yes, buying a new car is clearly worth it, but if you only just managed to find a grand for a heap-o-junk (these are the people Labour are claiming to look after), where the hell is the other 5(minimum) gonna come from to scrap it and get a new car?? Most people don't have random sources of that kind of cash - but those who've always had it seem incapable of believing that some people simply do not have it to hand - no matter how 'worth it' it is...
I've said most of that before, but didn't twig that it's there to gain a little bit of warmth from otherwise conservative voters...
Good enough procrastination for ye?
It doesn't help the people Labour say they're trying to help one iota: yes, buying a new car is clearly worth it, but if you only just managed to find a grand for a heap-o-junk (these are the people Labour are claiming to look after), where the hell is the other 5(minimum) gonna come from to scrap it and get a new car?? Most people don't have random sources of that kind of cash - but those who've always had it seem incapable of believing that some people simply do not have it to hand - no matter how 'worth it' it is...
I've said most of that before, but didn't twig that it's there to gain a little bit of warmth from otherwise conservative voters...
Good enough procrastination for ye?