Chameleon Magazine

Forget knitting and gardening—granny better start budgeting for her VED smackdown. Rachel Reeves has just co-signed a tax twist that leaves over-70s wondering if they’d be better off with a bus pass and a prayer. From April, older drivers will be among those hit with new vehicle excise duty (VED) charges in what smells suspiciously like an EV support plan duct-taped to a pensioner penalty. 💸⚰️

🧓 “Drive Carefully, But Pay Dearly” – The New Slogan for Golden-Agers Behind the Wheel

Imagine this: you’ve survived world wars, recessions, and dial-up internet—only to be financially sucker-punched for owning a petrol car past your 70th birthday. The government’s genius plan? Drain more cash from a generation already rinsed by heating bills, dental fees, and the sheer price of bread. 🥖

Meanwhile, EVs sit like showroom-shaped paperweights, unsold and unloved. So what’s the solution? Not improving infrastructure, no—just tax the bejesus out of anyone who dares to drive a combustion car. Especially the elderly, because apparently they’re easier to catch than corporate tax dodgers.

Rachel Reeves seems to think the best way to energise the EV market is to scare pensioners into selling their cars. Maybe next week, she’ll suggest swapping hearing aids for Tesla key fobs.

This isn’t climate policy. It’s political cosplay dressed as green virtue, with pensioners cast as the unwilling extras. And let’s not pretend this is some fair redistribution—Lord Bentley in his tax-free castle isn’t paying more. Doris in Doncaster is.

🚨 Challenges 🚨

Are you a driver over 70? Know one? Sick of the endless war on the car—especially if it’s YOURS? Sound off in the comments below. It’s time to blow the horn on policies that punish the wrong people. 🧓🚦🗯️