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I have been told he is a expert on getting the sympathy vote....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

The trouble is not the unions, They are there to help their members, Directed by their members for the benifit of the members. I have never known infighting in a branch. You debate, you vote, most votes dictates policy, End.

I have been told he is a expert on getting the sympathy vote....

Don't under estimate him, He is very good
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I have never known infighting in a branch. You debate, you vote, most votes dictates policy, End.


Good One

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

I think there's 34 HC's in Burnley and this is what was meant.

Seems to me the LA had a survey and didn't like the results.

Its usually called going through the motions.

And JD its best placed to decide, not know best

CC

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I think it boils down to this particular council wanting to offer the public a better service, don't you?

Regards

JD

Indeed, and 34 taxis servicing a population of 90,000 is not enough.

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What an ass-et you are to the T&G
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Cabbies sue over licence numbers
By Andrew Hewitt
Comment
CABBIES in Burnley are set to sue the council over plans to deregulate the number of driver licences it hands out - a move which could plunge the taxi trade into chaos.

Burnley Council's executive - which meets tonight - is expected to do away the authority's current rules of limiting the number of black cab drivers its allows to operate in the borough.

The move has outraged drivers who claim there is not enough custom in the town to support the plans. Now they have employed a solicitor to take up their fight and are threatening to take the council to court if it does not back down.

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And Aubrey Isaacson, of Manchester-based Aubrey Isaacson Solicitors, has warned Burnley Council it would face having to pay out at least £130,000 if the moves goes ahead because it would have ignored expert advice. At present the council limits the number of licences to 34. Every three years it conducts a review to decide whether it needs more.

He also said because all of the borough's Hackney Carriage drivers were from ethnic minorities some could view the authority's actions as racist Despite a new survey in September showing there was no need for more permits, council bosses are set to press ahead with the plans because the Government has recommended limits should not be set and the 66 people who applied or said they were interested in applying for new licences could take the authority to court for the delay.

Mr Isaacson said: "There are too many taxis at present in Burnley with inadequate ranks. There is not one shred of evidence before the council to show there is a need for more taxis."

Coun Charles Bullas, executive member for licensing said: "When we make the decision on whether or not to remove the limit on the number of Hackney Carriage licences, the executive will place the safety of the travelling public and the quality of service at the forefront of our minds."

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

Without going into detail Isaacson is a million miles wide of the mark and his comments are sheer desperation. The only thing drivers in Burnley might achieve is a stay of execution if the council has not consulted properly? You know that, I know that and everyone on here knows that, except of course Mr. Isaacson. His notion about the council being racist by removing restrictions, is "shear stupidity".

Desperation of the highest order and totally ignorant of the law.

Regards

JD

If you ask me the local authority were obviously going to deregulate regardless of the survey results, to this end I don't believe the local authority has acted responsibly, what a waste of money.

Seems to me the ombudsman route should be taken.

CC

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

Of Manchester vs. King fame.

CC

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

Meaning?

Regards

JD

The guy has a history of representing the taxi trade, I thought he represented TODA?

Regards

CC

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