Taxi Driver Online

I heard Mr Griffin on Radio 5 and he wasn't changing his tune one little bit, if anything he was as happy as Larry over this issue.

However, I'm not convinced his quest for Bus Lane access will succeed. But that might not be good news to black cab drivers, as IMO there is a good chance both sides of the trade will be kept out.

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IDFIMH

Those addison lee payments

Conservative and Unionist Party £50,000.00 10/12/2008 Addison Lee Plc, Shelley Stock Hutter

Conservative and Unionist Party £50,000.00 21/04/2009 Addison Lee PLC, Shelley Stock Hutter

Conservative and Unionist Party £50,000.00 Addison Lee Plc, Addison Lee Plc

Conservative and Unionist Party £4,045.58 13/04/2010 Addison Lee Plc, Addison Lee Plc

Conservative and Unionist Party £50,000.00 19/09/2011 Addison Lee Plc, Shelley Stock Hutter

Conservative and Unionist Party £50,000.00 19/09/2011 Addison Lee Plc, Shelley Stock

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Are you suggesting they are trying to buy a result in their favour?

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perish the thought

besides we're regularly informed how much unite and the gmb pay for mp's

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Conservative and Unionist Party £4,045.58 13/04/2010 Addison Lee Plc, Addison Lee Plc

Now thats an interesting one.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Why?

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private eye magazine reported;

The M4 bus lane will be abolished. Thanks to the Tories who saw through all the hype not to mention the award of some honour to the civil servant who pushed it through. Pretty astute of them you have to admit.

Mind you they had some help. John Griffin, the chap who runs the London minicap firm Addison Lee was one of its biggest critics as his vehicles were banned from using it although ‘black cabs’ could, giving them, he felt, an advantage. Mind you, it didn’t stop its cabs using the lane as there were 200 outstanding fines against Addison Lee for using the bus lane as well as 130 outstanding court summonses.

They must be relieved therefore to hear that The CPS announced it was dropping all the fines and the summonses.

For those who don’t know Griffin Lee, his firm, Addision Lee, contributed £150,000 in cash to the Tories, entitling him to buy his way onto the Leaders’ Group of donors and so meet Tories on a regular basis at drinky poos, lunches and dinners. Oh, and those who followed the general election run up might remember that Addison Lee cabs donated £4,000 worth of fares to the Tories.

Source: Private Eye, 1274, pp8.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=922360

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I see, there you go again suggesting bad things

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Yeah, I think its fab he can donate over quarter of a million quid to a political party when it has been suggested his drivers dont earn enough.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

No more than I do if the truth be told

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You donate over £250K Toots.

Next time your here, you can pay for dinner!

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

I do offer

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I guess you guys dont think add lee will get their way................... i've got a tenner here that says they will...... any offers ?

I dont think anyone apart from gbc has suggested that?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

doom for example

"Hmmmm, does Mr Griffin know why it's called a BUS LANE?"

you for example


"They can have equal access.....just drive a licensed taxi "