Murdo Fraser: Don’t let the killjoy Greens trash our transport heritage
For years I have been the proud owner of a 1972 Mark 1 Triumph Stag, still with the original V8 engine, kept for days such as this. Tucked up in the garage to protect it from rain, salt, and rust, for much of the year, I will do no more than a few hundred miles each year in the Stag, the great majority of my everyday journeys being by more eco-friendly means - either by train or in a hybrid motor.
I am not alone in enjoying a classic vehicle. The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs estimates that its 540 member organisations throughout the United Kingdom have a total membership of over a quarter of a million. Historic vehicles collectively sustain economic activity worth £5.5bn annually to the UK economy, and support the employment of nearly 35,000 people across the country.
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