Taxi Driver Online

Thought you might find this interesting ......

I bet this will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

Can you imagine working for a company that only has a little more than 635 employees, but has the following Employee Statistics.

29 have been accused of spouse abuse,
7 have been arrested for fraud,
9 have been accused of writing bad cheques,
17 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses,
3 have done time for assault,
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit,
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges,
8 have been arrested for shoplifting,
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits,
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year,

And collectively, this year alone, they have cost the British tax payer £92,993,748 in expenses!

Which organisation is this?

It's the 635 members of the House of Commons.

The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

What a bunch of crooks we have running our country - it says it all...

And just to top all that they probably have the best 'corporate' pension scheme in the country - whilst trying to ensure that everyone else has the worst possible !

If you agree that this is an appalling state of affairs, please pass it on to everyone you know ...

I am no apologist for politicians but i am sure you would agree MP,s must be afforded the same basic human rights as anyone else.

So if you omit those 'accused' until convicted, or 'arrested' or currently 'defending'
Then you are left with 3 done for assault and 71 who have similar credit problems as the rest of the electorate they represent.

How dare they!

Cabhappy, I dream about people like you.

But could any of the 635 pass the "fit and proper persons" test to drive a taxi?

Come on Cabhappy, rock my world?

There is actually a fit and proper 'test' . Enlighten me. What's the criteria, who set it down and where does it apply?

Sweet dreams. Rock on

There is no criteria/definition/threshold or even precedent applied, in fact, there is no test for what is a "fit and proper person" to drive a taxi. They make it up as they go along, and every case is judged on its merits.
Whatever that means.

However, this lot would definitely fail the merits' judgment.

Not clear why you would refer to passing a test that doesn't exist.

And probably much to your chagrin, in my local authority and I suspect many throughout the land there is a presumption in favour of any applicant being fit and proper.

Anything other than 'convicted' is quickly dismissed,

I have even witnessed acceptance of 'fit and proper ' on account of an appeal against a conviction being lodged.

You on the other hand would accept being considered not fit and proper on being subject of an accusation of domestic violence.

It takes all kinds it is often said.

That's democracy I suppose, but it is open to abuse such as those who would fire of a salvo of of mudslinging in the hope that some of it will stick.
Truth and justice are secondary.

There is a "fit and proper persons" test, only it's not a real test, for the following reasons, there are no criteria/definition/threshold or even precedent applied. It's whatever they feel on the day.

I was suspended for three months on an allegation of being abusive to a car driver. There was no witnesses, and nothing was admitted or proven.

Ali T. on this forum was suspended for a month for nonpayment of a parking fine.

The fact is, you are totally at their mercy.

There is every likelihood that the 635 members of the House of Commons, if subjected to their own "fit and proper persons" test, they would fail to be granted a taxi licence in Edinburgh.

Although, we do have a drug-dealing cop that did get a licence, with no questions asked.

The truth is, these politicians are totally unaccountable for their actions and democracy is a popular myth.

Daughter says, "Shocking".

Wife says, "Outrageous".

90 year old mother says, "Terrible".

For myself, I say, "Politician".

Never did it with MPs or MSPs, but I have done a survey of councillors. And not a single one of those good men or women and true who sit on the council's Kangaroo Court was elected by more than one in six of their electorate.

Democracy is an illusion!

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Just a thought. Given that most perps have a different MO, then that means that 263 of the body have been ascribed with an indictable offence.

That's 41% of our MPs are at it.

And I wonder where the expense scandal (theft) comes in. Would this take the toal well over 50% (YES!).

I consider it a civic duty NOT to vote in elections. It doesn't seem right that I should support, encourage, such wrongdoing.

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

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I consider it a civic duty NOT to vote in elections. .....[/quote]

Probably for the best.

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Now ask yourself.

Why is it that in every civil insurrection it is the politicians who are weeded out first and dealt with?

Civil insurrection only occurs when the population gets so hacked off with polticians they want to do something about it.

You get a cretin sitting on a committee denying you your rights and laughing about it?

Councillors know exactly what they do.

Voting for them is to encourage them.

I don't. Democracy doesn't work. Or even exist.

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

I think you will find they are all self employed not employees...

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