Editorial Comment
The most dangerous Perhaps we should follow the lead of Cabbies) informing us that a London
profession is…?
Southampton (reported elsewhere in the trade ʻscribeʼ who scribbles for a London
There is some debate about what is the
magazine) and have CCTV as a condition in house glossy news sheet has given
most dangerous profession - Soldiers
of licence, understandably there is some this ʻglossy, small but very popular and
on active service apart - it is generally
opposition to the proposals from within powerful magazineʼ gratuitous publicity!
reckoned that trawlermen have the most
the Southampton taxi trade that either do Weʼll just give you an example of one
hazardous job, but how about the Taxi
not want CCTV forced on them or have of the text messages we received: “You
and Private Hire trade? In theory, our
to pay for it, maybe some of the drivers seem to have become a target for ʻsnideʼ
trade should not be in the same league as
object to the creeping ubiquity of CCTV. comments from a contributor of ****. Just
fi shermen or steeplejacks because they
All of those points are relevant and we can ask which London-based glossy news
take risks every second of their working
also add that it is a damming indictment sheet scrapped a full print run because
of British society that we are the most
lives, whereas we just simply sit on our
their ad agency run an advert from
videoed country in the world. But alas, we Swinton for PH Insurance!” Mmmm…
backsides and take people from A to B,
live in the real world and CCTV is there for snide comments eh, now thatʼs unfair
sounds easy doesnʼt it? But however brave
a purpose, and yes there is a balancing Guvʼnor (!)
and selfl ess the people who work in those
act, but it is between the right to privacy
professions are, they are not subjected
and the right not to get sworn at, accused Ha, even though we donʼt get a copy
to the daily verbal and physical abuse
of rape, assaulted and horribly sometimes delivered to us any more - not that thereʼs
that we as taxi drivers have to contend
even murdered. much to read in it anyway apart from
with. The recent tragic death of taxi driver
regurgitating: “I hate minicabs, theyʼre
Stuart Ludlum from Derbyshire is just the
Gratuitous publicity yet again! nicking OUR work rubbish and how
latest in a long, long line of taxi drivers
The offi ce telephone at Taxi Talk Towers wonderful an organisation for the London
to be murdered whilst going about their
in (out of town) Moreton on the Wirral Cab Trade we are, forget that Bob Crow
business, and it brings home the fact that
was ʻhotterʼ than usual last month, not and the RMT lot, and you should be
every time a taxi driver picks up a fare it to mention overwhelming e-mails and advertising here and no where else” waffl e –
could be potential trouble. text-messages from GBCs (Green Badge we just had to check what the hell all the
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