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anyone yet received a reply from "our man on the TFL board" or Ed Thompson yet? regarding the 6 month test.
how about you thomas or CSP any news?

Nothing from bob still but nice editorial in the badge.
Boris actually said on BBC London radio
"the six monthly inspection is dead, its dead as a dodo, it has been whacked, it has been terminated, it is liquidated, you know, its over.... I will sign the order in a couple of weeks.

I think we can safely say its going to be stopped shortly.
Shame we did not have a short reply from our supposed representative on the board of TFL.
I can understand why he would not email me after what I have said about him in the past, but he hasn't even answered his own members!

Also it was nice to read that the chairman and vice chairman have had a meeting with ED Thompson, Dave Stock and Mary Dowdye about the touting by clip board Johnnie's. Very apt as the trial begins for the car bomber from the Haymarket Today.
Also the TOCU squad top brass have visited the Offices of LCDC and have asked them to get involved more with the planning of the anti touting actions planned for the future.
Apparently an undercover DVD about the touting has been made and sent to over 40 members of TOCU, TFL, PCO and London Assembly members.
Thing are starting to move now to stop what should have been sorted out before the licensing processes started

afternoon thomas.not sure if its an urban myth but i have heard that one of the mercs parked outside tiger tiger with a bomb in it,had a miniscab sticker on it.
regarding our friend mr oddie the twitcher,I assume that as GBC always gets his emails answered,he has asked mr oddie about the test,he has received a reply,but does not have the decency to tell us all the answer.
Or have I got that wrong?

I can't recall there being a PH sticker in the merc outside tiger tiger, i seem to recall it was driven down from up North somewhere.

Last night on Charing Cross Road, by the Orange St junction i saw a black cab and a PH driver both pulled over by a copper and some other chaps in hi-viz jackets, incidentally the cabbie was co-operative whereas the PH driver seemed to be almost argumentative in his actions...........guess the little people don't like having to finally answer to authority, anyhow i digress, i'm not sure if it was TOCU, a stop check from the PCO or just a random stop by some other authority but quite possibly it's part of the increased stops we are going to have as a result of the abolishment of the 6 monthly.

funny you say that acabbie,they were checking cabs only in the strand by melbourne place yesterday afternoon.

STILL no reply from Mr Oddie, i have sent him three emails regarding the 6 month check, & one regarding the illegal mini cab touting & "clip-board" johnnies

He must be too busy organising fab new weekend breaks (only for members! )

I've got my 6 monthly on the 4th nov, i live in hope that it is scrapped before but me thinks not!

Well, look on the bright side, you paid for it you may as well have it.

There were a number of TOCU operations in London Last night, the biggest being in Whitehall just before 1 o/c with appro 20 officers from all depts ie SS TFL PCO and Met Police.
This time they decided to split up and had splinter groups operating in other areas.

Can now confirm no sticker in Merc at Tiger Tiger

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Unless it had been removed by the Scene of Crime people by the time this shot was taken

This is promising, trouble is we all know this is a "token" effort and for it to be effective this needs to be done regualy, & swoops on the bent clubs/venues

With a bit of luck they'll not only nick the "rougue scabs" but the "canarie's" who sneek out from their working sectors into central London

Triffic

You keep mentioning this LTDC Mr A, who exactly are the LTDC when they're at home?

Perhaps he looks at the spelling, punctuation and grammar you use and thinks it's a 7 yr old school kid on a wind up?

It’s a bit like a job interview, some applications (or in this instance E-Mails) are binned immediately as they don’t make any sense.

I hope TfL/PCO/TOCU have a sting down Cornhill soon, it's not exageration to say that most of one side and pretty much 3/4 of the other was parked up with PH guys touting the club along there this evening.
I picked up a couple and asked them directly if they had been approached by any of the drivers and they told me that on many occasions they are touted by the PH drivers outside but can't understand why the City Police allow it to continue!!

The scum needs to be removed........