The Alliance on Winter Tyres has been formed to look in to the issue of winter tyres in the UK. What a waste of money. Just advise everyone to fit them. We’ve banged on about Winter tyres to anyone who’ll listen – and those that won’t – for longer than we care to remember. And […]
Philip Hammond: Winter Tyres are no good in the UK. Wrong.
Philip Hammond – Secretary of State for Transport – tells the Commons that winter tyres are not suitable for the UK. Oh, dear. Throughout all of last year’s snow we lost count of the number of times we were asked if winter tyres were a good idea. You see, winter tyres are not something the Brits know much about. […]
The Guardian calls Cars UK “The Petrolheads’ favourite web site”
Cars UK has been called the petrolheads’ favourite website by the Guardian, in a piece condemning new Transport Minister Philip Hammond’s views as ‘Saloon Bar Ignorance’. Oh, dear. Being proclaimed the Petrolheads’ favourite website by the Guardian – not a newspaper renowned for its love of cars – we’ll take as a compliment. Although it […]
“War on Motorists over” – Philip Hammond
New Secretary of State for Transport Philip Hammond has vowed to end the ‘War on Motorists’. Now there’s a damn fine start to Philip Hammond’s stint as Secretary of State for Transport – the end of the Government war on motorists. It’s also a good headline for the Tories, but what’s the meat? Actually, quite promising. Philip has […]
Philip Hammond is Secretary of State for Transport
Philip Hammond has been appointed the new Secretary of State for Transport. Will the Tories be more of a friend to the motorist than Labour? We hope so. The Tories claimed in their election campaigning that motorists have had a raw deal under Labour. Do you know, we’d not noticed. We’d not noticed the inexorable […]