I heard on a satirical radio prog today that there was a proposal of using volunteer customs officers. Maybe it was some ministerial MP thinking aloud. And these volunteers would be sort of spies rather than vigilantes.

But ya gotta larf ain't ya?

Diesel cars, thus suggesting that uncertainty over these

H'mm. If you are going to buy a car and not a diesel - then ............ you work it out. Red Herring see "many factors"

This issue won't be the last. Change costs money. This is just an example that wasn't discussed or foreseen. House prices are always up and down (and there is talk of notso up) but food prices will be (are) on the rise. Ya can't rent food! It would serve us better to discuss "how many hours of hard work" an item costs. But that would involve mental thought. Reactionaries of this parish don't spend on that luxury.

I often refer to the cost of this or that (in this parish) as X number of cups of coffee. Because prices/taxes vary UK/US (etc) and while coffee is somewhat variable, it is universal.