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Yes, but what record will you be playing tomorrow stu?

I never posted much on Fastblacks, but read most of it, and although I disagreed with a lot of what people said, at least you knew where they stood, while you changed your tune every other day.

I think you're havering aboot buying a plate as well, keeps the pot boiling though

"claim what you like but can't back it up" ,Does this not sound familiar Gary."Fantasy world",that would be a world where two individuals think they are going to bring a council and it's regulations to it's knees because they don't agree with it's policies
We owners don't think we are millionaires,it's you and blunder boy who tell everybody this If you chose to keep your plates you would be in the same boat Gary.You are the one that greed got the better of and jumped ship So the worst that could happen is i lose a driver,big deal,it just means i would have to work three days a week instead of two.
Btw Gary,i don't know if you are aware of this but the whole system would still own you even if you had a plate,just remember how hard it would be if your licence was taken of you again for any reason.

The record I'll be playing tomorrow is the one I own.

Indecisive? well yes and no.

Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

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Saf, I don't give a sh*t about the council taking my licence. I told them to shove it once before and all I got was a months holiday. We have a case going forward at the present moment to change the way the councils Kangaroo court operates.

Don't you see Saf, it's because of ignorant, servile, plate owning ars*holes like you they expect everyone else to take it up the ar*e.

Owning someone is about dictating the terms and conditions of their existence and if you accepts this you are giving them permission to do just that. This is you Saf, not me, you're the kiss a*s.

You might try thinking for yourself once in a while, and who knows, you might even get to like it?

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Of course it isn't, would you agree that everyone has the same opportunity to obtain the licence as I have had.

I keep reiterating this point, it's the equality of opportunity surely, although in practice even that is doubtful really but it's a two way street.

Politically correct nonsense the lot of it.

Only if they had £50k to pay for it with.
Equal rights are for all, not just those who can afford them.

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So you want to go into business and you have no money to invest in it and that is whos fault exactly?

I mean if it's come to the point where people think that having money to invest in your own business is leading to inequality then I'm not sure how we can hope to progress at all in this country.

Of course you wouldn't think about the rights of those who did just that and invested in their own business, where are their equal rights in the great scheme of things?

It's the system thats in place here and thats, that, it doesn't mean I agree with it and it doesn't mean there are no problems with it.

If I wanted a shop I could get one but I would have to pay for that as well, equal rights don't come into for me.

Anyway it's equal opportunities, it's the definition of the word opportunities that is important, a possibility due to a favourable combination of circumstances, a possibility not a certainty.

To be honest what other people do is their business anyway, do the people who live in Edinburgh have equal rights as well?

Methinks you're a turnip stu.



WAMT There's no turnip in tripe is there?

I'm not too sure there are many businessman prepared to invest a considerable sum which in a show of hands at a council meeting could become worthless.

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Once again you lot fail to get it, God sake you lot really are collectively thick.

Trotsky tort- feasor Taylor strikes again, a turnip, me.

"Ignorant,servile plate owning ars*holes",would this be the same "ignorant, servile ars*holes",that you and Jim aspire to be.

We are not talking about me. We are talking about equal rights or rather the lack of them. If I wished to invest in my business, I would much rather spend my money on a new cab and work sensible hours. Not spend more hours every day earning enough to pay back a £50,000 loan I had to take out mearly for the right to trade. Money which would line the pockets of someone else and gets me no more than a piece of paper and bit of plastic which most other places in scotland are issued for a nominal sum by the council.

It sucks Stu and you know it.

Yes you buy or lease the shop as you would a cab. Would you also have to pay someone £50,000 for the right to sell sweets or sandwiches as well?
I don't think so.

Opportunity possibly, equal rights definitely not. Equal rights are granted equally to all and not just to those able and prepared to pay for them. Your definition would be better suited to some banana republic or an 19th century mill owner. It has no place in 21st century Scotland.

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Which proves that those who do are patently not businessmen.

That's just part of the illusion. These guys are playing at it.

Without the restriction they don't think they can survive. That's why they fear it.

Real businessmen would recognise change and adapt accordingly, just like those in the 70% of local authorities that are already de-restricted have done.

If they can do it with little difficulty why can't the powerful "businessmen" in Edinburgh?

The mindset of Edinburgh's taxi owners and drivers is a complete mystery to me. I just can't see any problem. Except losing the plate value of course, but who among them has admitted that? They all avoid the matter because they know it highlights their greed rather than customers' need.

Or the one Ali-T failed at ?