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Was reading the 'About Us' page on the National Private Hire Association's website, which I'd have to admit I haven't read before.

http://www.npha.org.uk/about-us.asp

It's actually quite an impressive and compelling read, but this bit stuck out like a sore thumb:



What a load of bullocks. It's far from ideal in the context of the confusion between the two sides of the trade to have a representative organisation that purports through its name to represent one side, but in actual fact represents both.

Worse still, the explanation for this is horrendous - talk about contrived!!

What it in effect says is that the term 'private hire' represents both sides because in both cases the passenger hires the vehicle.

For an organisation that claims to be experts in trade law that's just plain awful. In fact it's shoving the legal definition into the gutter and giving it a good kicking.

I'd be more impressed if they said that they started off as PH-only, but started also representing the HC sector and this increased over time while it had then perhaps become a bit awkward to change the name, or whatever.

Or to save face, why not just say that they retained the name simply because that's how they started.

Or even just ask readers to note that despite the name they represent both sides of the trade.

And the secondary rationale - "We believe there is too much work to be done within all facets of the trade to single out one side and exclude the other" - has nothing to do with the name per se; all it's saying is that it's a good thing to represent both sides of the trade, which is a really a different issue to why the association's title is misleading.

You must have an ENORMOUS colon, because all you seem to do is crap on everyone!!!

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No, I'll leave that to wanabee parasites like yourself

What they are saying, and it's as clear as clear can be is...............

We don't give a f*** who you are, or what you license, we just want your money.

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IDFIMH

If you read much of last months mag they claim to have more hackneys than PH signed up as members although I doubt that they do however seem to be quite keen on fighting and tripping up councils which is probably a good thing

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

depends what the end purpose is

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