RE: Back to School and Doing some Voluntary Work!

[shanibeer]

That's a great thing to be involved in. Their training course is very good, a really good grounding. I've worked with them a couple of times, in a previous job where we were looking at debt and another one where we were looking at anti-poverty policy. So many pluses from so many different perspectives for you!

Be interesting to find out more about the research side and the whole parliamentary influencing process is fascinating (not necessarily effective, but fascinating)!

Slightly off topic, I was so disappointed by Labour's performance about ULEZ in the Uxbridge election - not that I'm thrilled about Labour, but being able to mount a defence of ULEZ is pretty minimal.

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[revisesociology]

It's going well so far the CA.

Maybe ULEZ did make the difference, too many people with old card maybe?!? It's £300 a month extra if you drive every day a car that doesn't meet the requirements, you can't defend against that kind of financial loss.

[shanibeer]

I expect it was a factor, ULEZ is very unpopular in other parts of the outer reaches of London, too, and people already in the scheme are paying those additional amounts.

On the other hand:

• the scheme was brought in by the Conservative administration and
• Grant Schapps as Transport Secretary wrote to the London Mayor to enforce the scheme's provisions and
• air quality is detrimental to many people in the City with increased rates of asthma and pressures on the NHS.

[revisesociology]

I guess it's the first two! For winning the argument I mean!

[shanibeer]

Ah, now it looks like we're starting to get somewhere 😁.