GA wrote:
To easily you resort to personal insult ................. the facts remain as I stated ................. you have benefited from the system and are aggravated only because you can't do it again.
As far as the allegations about Edinburgh Council are concerned I believe there is almost certainly cause to substantiate your argument ............... my belief is that the right people should be driving the right number of HC, and from what I have read on this subject I have little doubt that the right number of vehicles are not available.
I just find it strange that your quest seems to be aimed at getting you, and your supporters who are on this list a plate .................... but you don't seem to want deregulation ..................... is this because you want the plate you get for free to actually be worth something if you chose to do what you have done before and sell it without even using it.
I can understand the deregulation mob but I can't understand why, other than those that will benefit, anyone would believe that what your arguing for is worthy of any support at all.
B. Lucky

The quality of the restriction lot is unbelievable. No argument, nothing that stands up, just blind slavery to a mid twentieth century over-bearing government control system.
It's time to join the real commercial world.
If you doubt this, then consider the case here in Edinburgh where it is reported gangland has stepped into our trade through the backdoor via private hire.
The taxi trade doesn't want to do the work, they've let PH expand. Now criminal elements are known to have infiltrated our trade.
We surrender our numerical presence, PH steps in to bridge the gap, the criminal fraternity use this for their own ends, while taking more work away from us.