ERASTE What price imports?
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FOR, years now some leftwingers - above all the Communist Party -have been arguing that the best way to save BL is to have a ban on imports, or a restriction at least.
Now a report has come out that shows that British car buyers are prying out £1.3 billion a year in artificially high car prices. Some cars seli at up to £5,000 less than British prices in continental showrooms.
The present barriers to buying British abroad at a lower price than at home include quoting long delivery times or witholding Type Approval certifiates, says the report, prepared for the Institute Fiscal Studies.
There can be no doubt that if these informal barriers were replaced by a formal ban — eliminating competition from. foreign cars too - motor prices in Britain would be even higher. And who has to pây these increased prices? You of course.
HAVE you been sénding your holiday snaps to be processed at Grunwick's? You may have - without knowing it. Bonus Print, Bonus Spool, Trucolour and Darkroom Film Service are among the trade names that the fanatically anti-union firm uses. If you hear of any other names they're using, let us know and we'll pass it on. continued imperialist rule.