[Gllug] [OT] Fighting a virus

[John Hearns]

John G Walker wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:01:35 +0000 John Hearns
> <john.hearns at streamline-computing.com> wrote:
> 
>> the 1936 Finance Act scrapped Road Tax. The then 
>> Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill 
> 
> Churchill ceased to be Chancellor in 1929. Where did you hear this
> story from?

"The Finance Act of 1936 wound up the ‘Roads Fund’. From then onwards, 
the Ministry of Transport would have to bid for money from the Treasury 
along with other government departments. As an interesting aside, during 
the debate on the abolition of the Road Fund, none other than Winston 
Churchill argued for its abolition, arguing that continuation of the 
Road Fund licence might lead car users to think that they had moral 
ownership of the roads, having paid for them......."

http://www.cam.net.uk/home/camfoe/newsletter_dec00_local.htm

You're right - no mention of Churchill being the chancellor.




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