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 @74d39ae2 @0c1a9324 That argument won’t work on gammon with a crabs-in-a-bucket mentality (i.e. 52% of the country), as on one hand, traffic will be hell, but on the other hand, all the smug elites who’d otherwise be cycling or taking trains will be stuck in hell with you. 
 @27521c42 @74d39ae2 Carcinization of the nation! 
 @0c1a9324 @27521c42 
Carbonization is not even a word. Rishi will love it! 
 @74d39ae2 @27521c42 Here, for all your bucket-of-crabs needs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation 
 @0c1a9324 @27521c42 
Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about a nation taken over by cars, not crabs. I still say it sounds made up though.