I don't think there's any point in dissecting the above points in detail, because it's been done a squillion times before, but a few points might be in order.
- GA has been harping on about about rising numbers and standards in Gateshead for as long as I've been on taxi forums, ie about four and a half years. That's long before JD appeared on the scene, and even longer since JD produced his restrictions list. So to now attempt to blame this on JD is absolutely laughable.
- Gateshead have AFAIK always used DfT advice to justify derestriction, and I'm sure this was also well before JD appeared, so to say that Gateshead won't listen to outsiders is pure nonsense.
- And if GA doesn't like outsiders interfering, why has he sought the advice of the NTA or is maybe even a member these days? And if CC doesn't like outside interference, isn't it about time he resigned, since he seems quite adept at it?
- And let's not forget the days of TTFUK, when Mick and Nidge were regional reps for the forum and seemed to consider themselves a kind of International Rescue of the taxi world, flying in to bail out cabbies who were having trouble with their councils (I'm surprised they didn't call themselves Scott and Virgil, but fortunately even they drew the line at that
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- As for JD's document, as with anything else there may be the odd glitch, but to denegrate the whole thing on that basis is pathetic and represents nothing more than cluthching at straws. We might as well start trying to discredit each other by pointing out the typos and grammatical errors on here, but few are that sad, surely?
Thus it's the same old self-serving, hypocritical, obfuscatory, mountain-out-of-a-molehill bull that we've come to expect.
Plus ca change
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