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We're arguing different things. The original jist was the merits of paying for parking, not about these companies that charge through the roof. However, how would you feel if I parked up on your drive and refused to budge?

I don't quite understand. If you don't pay for parking, you can park for free (assuming your case is succesful)?

I'm not suggesting they have got it right, but what is the cost to the NHS of free parking? Running a car park is not without expenditure. Should buses and taxis offer free travel to hospitals? Where do you draw the line? Disabled people get free parking. Perhaps the answer lies in that...

You've contributee to that and unless you are exceedingly wealthy, you owe a debt to others for your treatment. My cochlear implant cost the NHS £36k. If I want to repay that, I'll have to either move out of education (or hit management level) or win the lotto and make a donation. How much...

Well, I agree that it is wrong to be so heavy handed, but I don't see the problem in paying for parking at hoapitals. It is handled wrongly. Maybe the system will change eventually and patients will be able to park for free, on proof of appointment, but I don't see why it should be free all...

To stop people using their land as an all day car park. Think about it... you are comparing a company (a supermarket) that makes millions of pounds in profit and in direct competition with others close by compared to a vital service, which does not run at a profit. It will cost money to...

You don't have to pay for parking. There are alternative means of transport. Does the car park cost anything to run? Of course it does. I would rather parkers pay for that than it coming out of budgets elsewhere.

What a strange ideal. For a start, supermarkets are in competition with each other and would damage trade if they charged for parking. They also make huge profits. Railways and hospitals are under severe pressure to plug deficits. Have you paid back your life saving cancer treatment yet?