Mobility Scooters

So, a small question:

Mobility scooters for the disabled are likely to increase in price after a change in their tax classification to “leisure vehicles” by Brussels.

The new designation puts the electric vehicles in the same category as golf buggies and racing cars and will mean extra import duty for those made outside the European Union.

Age Concern urged ministers yesterday to fight the move, which is likely to add £200 to the average £2,500 cost of the scooters, as importers pass on the duty charge.

Which European manufacturer of such mobility scooters lobbied for the change and which fuckwit gave in to such an obviously protectionist measure?

Just yet more proof that the European Union is not about free trade, it’s a zollverien, a customs union, dedicated to screwing the consumer for the benefit of domestic producers.

Can we leave yet?

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    Bob B

    I’m much looking forward to listening to an interview about this with Peter Mandelson, Britain’s EU Commissioner who has special responsibility for trade policy issues.
    Does anyone know if an interview has been lined up yet?

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