Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Unflip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Unflip

1 2 3 4

Original poster

Sunak is an enemy of children - he must go

96 replies

Endlesssummer2022 · 30/07/2023 19:28

He now wants to get rid of 20mph speed limits. Maybe when one of his kids gets run over on the way to the park will he give a shit. I despise him.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/30/rishi-sunak-councils-20mph-speed-limit-low-traffic-neighbourhoods-ltns

OP posts:

DdraigGoch · 31/07/2023 00:04

No-one does 20 anyway.
They will soon. Intelligent Speed Assistance is fitted to all new cars under European law (ratified by the UK too).

DdraigGoch · 30/07/2023 23:58

BaronessEllarawrosaurus · 30/07/2023 19:45

I've not seen a 20mph area that actually works. Either they're too bendy for 30 or cars do 30 if not more. Its not a speed limit that people take much notice of.

Do people take much notice of any of them? At least doing 28 in a 20 is better than doing 38 back when that same stretch of road used to be a 30.

ilovesooty · 30/07/2023 23:58

Papernotplastic · 30/07/2023 23:43

The Tories are absolutely desperate for votes. They were saved in the Uxbridge by-election by voters who were against the expansion of the ULEZ. It’s an easy source of votes in key constituencies.

The Uxbridge and Ruislip voters who fell for that campaign really are stupid. It's not as if the local MP can influence the expansion of ULEZ anyway. The plethora of joke candidates didn't help either.

Goldenspearmint · 30/07/2023 23:50

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

Goldenspearmint · 30/07/2023 23:49

Tatzelwyrm · 30/07/2023 23:45

I do 20 because it is the law, but its fucking stupid, feel like i spend more time checking that I'm still that slow, than watching the road

Actually most places its only advisory.

Papernotplastic · 30/07/2023 23:48

One of the things it’s supposed to do is encourage walking and cycling, particularly for children going to and from school. It definitely feels safer cycling in a 20mph speed limit area.

Tatzelwyrm · 30/07/2023 23:45

I do 20 because it is the law, but its fucking stupid, feel like i spend more time checking that I'm still that slow, than watching the road

Papernotplastic · 30/07/2023 23:43

The Tories are absolutely desperate for votes. They were saved in the Uxbridge by-election by voters who were against the expansion of the ULEZ. It’s an easy source of votes in key constituencies.

Problemcat · 30/07/2023 23:40

Frankly I have no interest in what someone who calls people cunts and tells them to fuck themselves thinks

my language is animated because as I said my sister was killed on a local road. I’d rather have bad language than a dead sister / child.

you’re a frankly horrible horrible horrible person if you won’t reduce your speed and get to Tesco’s 2 minutes later. Get to fuck

ilovesooty · 30/07/2023 23:39

MarathonBarbie · 30/07/2023 23:36

It’s a stupid thing to say, but it’s hardly news that Sunak/the Tory party don’t really care about the health, happiness or safety of kids - 4million plus kids growing up in poverty, underinvestment in schools, removal or rights and opportunities, treatment of migrant children….

Sunak doesn't care about anybody other than rich Tory donors. We won't see him for dust after he's lost the next election.

MarathonBarbie · 30/07/2023 23:36

Goldenspearmint · 30/07/2023 23:26

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

Blossomtoes · 30/07/2023 23:23

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

The only way I’m going to hit someone doing 30 is if they step out in front of me. Introducing a 20 zone on a road where the only thing that’s been hit in decades is a cat is completely ridiculous. Frankly I have no interest in what someone who calls people cunts and tells them to fuck themselves thinks.

Problemcat · 30/07/2023 23:23

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

baroqueandblue · 30/07/2023 23:16

Totally agree, OP.

But the level of moronic selfish cuntyness in many of the replies is terrifying 😬

Goldenspearmint · 30/07/2023 23:16

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

Windercar · 30/07/2023 23:13

@Goldenspearmint I’m genuinely interested how you intellectually defend a statement that you’d drive at speeds that have been proven to kill more people / kids? I can’t think of any reason? Help me out

Goldenspearmint · 30/07/2023 23:09

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

Problemcat · 30/07/2023 23:04

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

Goldenspearmint · 30/07/2023 23:02

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

Problemcat · 30/07/2023 23:00

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

moonbeamsokay · 30/07/2023 22:58

That’s because driving at 20mph is virtually impossible

If you can't drive at 20mph you are not competent. You are a danger to the public and you should not have a licence.

WhiteFire · 30/07/2023 22:57

I live in a council area that has a 20mph limit on residential streets, the more main roads are still 30. I don't get the angst if I'm honest, there are a couple of roads that I use that I wonder why there is the 20 limit but you just deal with it.

It personally isn't something that is that important to me in terms of voting decisions, it wouldn't be the issue that gained or lost my vote, though I would wonder why a local candidate had it in their manifesto to overturn it.

Problemcat · 30/07/2023 22:55

This is his new stance. I’ve heard it on the news for days he’s ‘on the side of drivers’

fuck the climate
fuck pedestrians

he doesn’t care as he has chauffeurs. He’s a complete cunt

Blossomtoes · 30/07/2023 22:54

BaronessEllarawrosaurus · 30/07/2023 19:45

I've not seen a 20mph area that actually works. Either they're too bendy for 30 or cars do 30 if not more. Its not a speed limit that people take much notice of.

That’s because driving at 20mph is virtually impossible. A new 20 zone has just been introduced here - God knows why - it’s bloody dangerous because everyone is so focused on their speed they’re not concentrating on driving.

Unflip

1 2 3 4

Swipe left for the next trending thread