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Need a drive guys. Fed up being a cabni****.

Streetcar, South Edinburgh, nightshift?

Anyone know of one?

Jasbar

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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?"

No but I did see

I saw a peanut stand, heard a rubber band,
And seen a needle wink its eye
But I be done seen about everything
When I see an elephant fly
When I see an elephant fly

I've seen a front porch swing, heard a diamond ring
I've seen a polka dot railroad tie
But I be done seen about everything
When I see an elephant fly

I saw a clothes horse rear up and buck
And they tell me that a man made a vegetable truck
I didn't see that, I only heard
Just to be sociable, well, I'll take your word

I heard a fireside chat, I saw a baseball bat
And I just laughed till I thought I'd die
But I be done seen about everything
When I see an elephant fly

But I be done seen about everything
When I see an elephant fly
When I see an elephant fly


btw what is a cabni****, is that a black TX?

I have been asked already.

Should I explain it?

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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?"

yes please

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Don't dream it ~ Be it.

Sorry, Ive decided against it - for now.

Obviously I'm now in a position to understand more fully how our trade operates, given that the blanks about PHC have been filled in.

I feel obligated to put my experiences down in a clear form to forward to MacAskill, his pal Cardownie, the Council and the press.

And, now I've discovered e-publishing, there's nothing preventing it being made available to the general public; who will be interested in the public safety issues I'm going to raise, even if the council isn't.

So, I'm on the case.

After all, I now seem to have the time on my hands to address the issues, don't I?

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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?"

If you want to know, it's gonna cost you a quid Eddie

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As a writer you could become a major thorn in the sides of politicians, “The pen is mightier than the sword” one could say. The story is, you ended up writing because politicians failed to protect your rights, and that of the general public. You are here to remove the wool that's being pulled over their eyes.

The more you write, the greater the increase in status, the larger your readership, the more people will want to listen to your story.

Everyone wants to know how and why people become writers. It's a matter of perspective.

I know everyone needs money to survive, but if I were you Jim, I would concentrate on writing before taxi driving, any day of the week. You just might kill two birds...

Oh and I should say, your reference to being a “cabni****” is a good place to start, with the colour of your skin defined by the job you do and your social status. As a Caucasian taxi driver, your skin is Blacker than anyone from an ethnic minority as you have no rights to speak of, and you can't just pull the race card and expect to be granted diplomatic immunity.

So much for equal rights and opportunities in GB.

I don't believe you, you're making it up

What I do know is that we need someone working on the council, who can ignore the powerful lobbies and put the interests of the public first.

And our politicians are not doing this, so the answer doesn't lie with them.

Take Cardownie for instance. An elected member of the council, he allegedly owns private hire interests, how can he possibly be objective?

Now, when it comes to a vote, like whether the restriction policy should be maintained, he does not have a vote and he withdraws. But we all know his value to the lobby is in being able to influence, not vote.

So, how can he possibly influence against his own vested interest? You can't remove his prejudice and commercial interest from the equation. It's not going to happen.

Private Hire interests picking up the fone and having cosy chats with council officials? City and Central officials doing the same. Whether because of some long standing cosy relationship, or some evil pervasive Masonic influence. And we do know that the taxi companies that would deny democratic right and control are riddled with the cancer.

How can this be right?

I'm not saying that council officials pay any heed to them, we're in a different ball game now that Inch has gone and Millar appears to have been sidelined.

But as long as my interests are being denied, and those of the public interest, and the owner trade lobby appears to hold sway, then it is jermaine to ask the question.

And I am pledged to keep asking the question until the inherent evil in our trade is swept away.

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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?"

The political system is designed to operate through corporate entities, lobbying to serve their own interests. You scratch my back... The contrived reality sold to the public is, every decision they take, has the public interest in mind, when on most occasions, the opposite is true.

Depending on how successful as a writer you become, they will either seek to bring you onside or to radicalize you, as some sort of nut job, who doesn't understand how the political system works.

Tea and scones... serve their interests, but if your writing, were to reach beyond the political hierarchy and expose, the machinations of politicians to the public, you could become a real problem.

If I were you, I would let my writing do the talking, so to speak. Your first book has given you a platform and a voice. It is now up to you, to make yourself heard.

Oh and I wouldn't be surprised, if that's why Donald, found himself playing a conciliatory role at your last meeting, he recognises the potential for things to blow up in their face. Time is now working against the council, especially with a new SUD, in the offing.

I think it's now a question of appeasement and taking back control, before once again, things become messy.

But is anyone really that interested in anything to do with the taxi trade, other than the anoraks who frequent the likes of this forum?

In my opinion no, which is perhaps why things in Edinburgh haven't changed fundamentally since you guys started campaigning ten years ago, or whenever.

The public aren't interested, which is why the politicians can largely please themselves.

Jasbar have you never given it a thought that all your schect concerning de-restriction is wrong and oor council act fairly and without discrimination, now take a big breath Jasbar and consider not just the limit of taxi licences but all other forms of public transport, you may also consider the council have been down your road once before, maybe they just act on the alls fair with love and public transport.

The good news is your progressing with your writing, if only you had done that years ago, you must have written a million words in your quest, all lost and in the past eh You'll just have to write them all over again, a bit of advice though Get a life

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

The public may not be interested in the taxi trade, but they are in their own safety and the failings in the political system. It's a hot potato at the moment, and it's not going to improve anytime soon. All it would take, is for Jim to see a rise in prominence for his writing and then some wee lassie to get raped. And all because taxi “owners” want to recognise a “value” for holding what is, in fact, a public licence?


There's also the problem of the next SUD, coming up with a demand and no fair system to issue plates. Those with the sisted cases would simply await the outcome of the survey to be issued a license, or to raise a new challenge in court. Either way, it's another mess, and they are no further forward.

Problem is Skull that that all sounds like a rehash of what you've been saying for the last decade or so, and while "they" may be no further forward I'm not so sure you and Jasbar are either.

Interesting way for Jasbar to go about trying to 'raise awareness' though, but unless he becomes the next Dan Brown, EL James or JK Rowling I'm not really sure if it's likely to be any more successful than the more direct approach, which of course has only had limited success thus far.