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| Author: | Ollie [ Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Park mess up |
Fares fair row in Royal Parks The Royal Parks are supposed to be "London's personal space", bequeathed for the enjoyment of princes and paupers alike. But they have drawn the line at minicab drivers, who are not welcome on their thoroughfares. The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has become embroiled in a dispute with the administrators of London's open spaces over an ancient law which prevents all private hire vehicles except black taxis from plying their trade on key roads through the capital. Mr Livingstone's Transport for London authority is in the process of licensing the capital's hitherto unregulated minicab industry. So far, 31,000 vehicles have been awarded windscreen stickers entitling them to carry paying passengers. But the stickers make minicabs easy to spot and have formalised their status as "commercial vehicles", which means they are banned from using roads administered by the Royal Parks - including the Mall, Birdcage Walk, Constitution Hill and short-cuts through Regent's Park, Hyde Park and Richmond Park. The mayor's office is lobbying the culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, to amend the law. But its efforts are meeting stiff opposition from the Royal Parks' authority. The parks' statutes are intended to prevent lorries, vans and heavy vehicles from using the parks as a cut-through. Black taxis are exempt so they can pick up sunbathers and visitors. John Griffin, the chairman of Addison Lee, which operates a fleet of 1,000 minicabs, said: "The whole thing is preposterous. There's nothing private about the royal parks - we, the public, pay for them through our taxes." A TfL spokesman said the mayor's office was in contact with the Department for Culture on the issue. |
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| Author: | GBC [ Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Park mess up |
Ollie wrote: John Griffin, the chairman of Addison Lee, which operates a fleet of 1,000 minicabs, said: "The whole thing is preposterous.
A tad like your yobbish behaviour outside a certain well known wine bar. Is'nt this awful, not only are they denying access, they also refer to them as minicabs. Just awful. 
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| Author: | GBC [ Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Park mess up |
Ollie wrote: Black taxis are exempt so they can pick up sunbathers and visitors.
Indeed. 
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| Author: | TDO [ Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Park mess up |
greenbadgecabby wrote: Ollie wrote: John Griffin, the chairman of Addison Lee, which operates a fleet of 1,000 minicabs, said: "The whole thing is preposterous. A tad like your yobbish behaviour outside a certain well known wine bar. But surely not as bad as Charlie Slater 
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| Author: | GBC [ Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:17 pm ] |
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He' certainly a bad actor.
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| Author: | Mr Cognito [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Park mess up |
Ollie wrote: Fares fair row in Royal Parks
John Griffin, the drunken head butting billy goat and the chairman of Addison Lee, which operates a fleet of 1,000 minicabs, said: "The whole thing is preposterous. There's nothing private about the royal parks - we, the public, pay for them through our taxes." . The Queen does not permit headbutting billy-goats in her park Claude |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Park mess up |
Mr Cognito wrote: The Queen does not permit headbutting billy-goats in her park
But the PCO deem him 'fit and proper'. 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:34 am ] |
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does she allow minicab hunting? 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:42 am ] |
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Quote: we, the public, pay for them through our taxes."
it would have been mildly amusing if the paper spelled taxes taxis
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| Author: | Mr Cognito [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Park mess up |
Sussex wrote: Mr Cognito wrote: The Queen does not permit headbutting billy-goats in her park But the PCO deem him 'fit and proper'. Any old flotsam and jetsam can now become PH, even you. London Hackney is a different matter. The likes of you could never cut the mustard and that is why this forum exists and is constantly trying to blur the distinct difference between proper cab drivers and the likes of you and billy-goat. The Queen knows who to hob-nob with in her lovely parks. No candy floss vans or late night Brighton back-door banditry in the parks either! Watch yer backs!! Claude |
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| Author: | GBC [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Park mess up |
Mr Cognito wrote: [
Any old flotsam and jetsam can now become PH, Even more can become touts, its free and earns you good pocket money on a Friday and Saturday night. Think I'll give it a go in the Discovery this week see if I can nick some 'corporates' from Premier Despatch. 
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| Author: | TDO [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Park mess up |
Mr Cognito wrote: Any old flotsam and jetsam can now become PH, even you. London Hackney is a different matter. The likes of you could never cut the mustard and that is why this forum exists and is constantly trying to blur the distinct difference between proper cab drivers and the likes of you and billy-goat.
Au contraire Maurice. You're confusing our highlighting of arbitrary quantitative barriers to becoming a 'proper cab driver' with the qualitative barrier that exists in London. |
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| Author: | GBC [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Park mess up |
TDO wrote: Mr Cognito wrote: Any old flotsam and jetsam can now become PH, even you. London Hackney is a different matter. The likes of you could never cut the mustard and that is why this forum exists and is constantly trying to blur the distinct difference between proper cab drivers and the likes of you and billy-goat. Au contraire Maurice. You're confusing our highlighting of arbitrary quantitative barriers to becoming a 'proper cab driver' with the qualitative barrier that exists in London. More and more you sound like a solicitor, are you the taxi expert from Manchester? or is it Penri, the mild manored janitor? Could be!
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| Author: | TDO [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:10 pm ] |
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Mmm...you are talking about Hong Kong Fooey here? And here's me been thinking that it was Henri for the last 30 years
As for the solicitor nonsense, I wouldn't believe some of the crap on here and other websites. It's not a question of the site being 'full of solicitors pretending to be taxi drivers', more like taxi drivers pretending to be solicitors.
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| Author: | GBC [ Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:28 am ] |
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TDO wrote: Mmm...you are talking about Hong Kong Fooey here? And here's me been thinking that it was Henri for the last 30 years
Ha Ha, so did I until I looked it up on 'cream', 'Penri' it is! See how exciting life can be when the cab's in getting its steering sorted.
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