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From: tim.... on 13 May 2010 05:52

"EX_OWM" <allthespamyoulike(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> tim.... wrote:
>> "Tom P" <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote in message
>> news:84v6usFjhaU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>> I just read that London Transport has free bus travel for the
>>> over-sixties. Is this for everyone or just for residents?
>>
>> UK Residents only
>
> Is that legal nowadays, can they make a difference between UK residents
> and other EEC residents?

As the fare is paid by the local council that the resident pays they taxes
to, I would hope so.

It's a bit like saying: is it fair that people in Calais don't get their
rubbish collected by Folkestone Town Council

tim




From: Martin on 13 May 2010 06:40
On 05/13/2010 11:01 AM, EX_OWM wrote:
> tim.... wrote:
>> "Tom P" <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote in message
>> news:84v6usFjhaU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>> I just read that London Transport has free bus travel for the
>>> over-sixties. Is this for everyone or just for residents?
>>
>> UK Residents only

It is local residents only i.e those who pay the local taxes.

>
> Is that legal nowadays, can they make a difference between UK residents and
> other EEC residents?

Yes. It happens all over the EU at local levels.
From: Tom P on 13 May 2010 07:28
tim.... wrote:
> "EX_OWM" <allthespamyoulike(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:851tfdFl4uU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>> tim.... wrote:
>>> "Tom P" <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote in message
>>> news:84v6usFjhaU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>>> I just read that London Transport has free bus travel for the
>>>> over-sixties. Is this for everyone or just for residents?
>>> UK Residents only
>> Is that legal nowadays, can they make a difference between UK residents
>> and other EEC residents?
>
> As the fare is paid by the local council that the resident pays they taxes
> to, I would hope so.
>
> It's a bit like saying: is it fair that people in Calais don't get their
> rubbish collected by Folkestone Town Council
>
> tim
>
>
>
>
Well, we burn rubbish here for the residents of Naples (Italy, that is)

T.
From: Mike on 13 May 2010 07:44
On Thu, 13 May 2010 10:01:34 +0100, "EX_OWM"
<allthespamyoulike(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>> UK Residents only
>
>Is that legal nowadays, can they make a difference between UK residents and
>other EEC residents?

it only applies to locals of a given place, Londoners in this case.
--
Mike
Flying a couple London/New York just once equals
a whole years driving in a medium car in carbon terms.
From: Martin on 13 May 2010 09:46
On 05/13/2010 01:28 PM, Tom P wrote:
> tim.... wrote:
>> "EX_OWM" <allthespamyoulike(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:851tfdFl4uU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>> tim.... wrote:
>>>> "Tom P" <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote in message
>>>> news:84v6usFjhaU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>>>> I just read that London Transport has free bus travel for the
>>>>> over-sixties. Is this for everyone or just for residents?
>>>> UK Residents only
>>> Is that legal nowadays, can they make a difference between UK
>>> residents and other EEC residents?
>>
>> As the fare is paid by the local council that the resident pays they
>> taxes to, I would hope so.
>>
>> It's a bit like saying: is it fair that people in Calais don't get
>> their rubbish collected by Folkestone Town Council
>>
>> tim
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Well, we burn rubbish here for the residents of Naples (Italy, that is)

I've had Pizza Napolitano in Germany.

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