Yes the government will push the taxes up and won't put the money back in to reduce it's carbon emissions.

There was a programme on here last night about the state of our roads. 50 years ago 100% of what you paid in road tax went to the up keep of our roads. Today it's only about 20%.

What gets me is the sunflower seed eaters bang on about governments not doing enough about carbon levels. At a recent meeting over here I saw a hell of a lot of four by fours parked. Very few bikes.

Cheap flights are great, I have visited most of Europe over the past few years.