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The government's car-tax hike plan has been attacked by a former transport minister.

Stephen Ladyman, who served as minister of state for transport from May 2005 to June 2007, criticised the car while addressing a meeting at the Labour party conference. The VED tax hike is "unfair because it is retrospective and politically unwise because it hits our heartland of Labour voters," said Ladyman.

"We need the co-operation of drivers if we're going to get people's behaviour to change," ...Read the full article

Oi Ladyman your tax disc is out!

Ladyman, gamekeeper turned poacher - he's on your side!

What could possibly have caused Ladyboy to come out against this pernicious, dressed up as "green" TAX? Could it be his wafer-thin majority in Thanet, 664, Labour twenty per cent behind in the polls and the likelihood of an election within 12 months? Nah, he's just on the little man's side.

from 'theyworkforyou':

Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches

Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches

Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches

Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for equal gay rights.

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/stephen_ladyman/south_thanet

Ladyboy, as the Yanks say, go auto-fornicate!

No great surprise there then - a former government minister admitting that he only thinks they should do the sensible thing because it primarily affects his own party's supporters, no thoughts about what might be good for the general populace etc. Sounds pretty much like what seems to motivate all their policies.

 I thought it was post March 2001, not cars registered after 2001, which implies 1st Jan 2002 onwards.