Amongst the comments from proprietors Iʼve about some cab drivers displaying George Cross I think I have suggested before that some
heard in Carlisle are “£30 quid on top of the stickers in their vehicles bearing the words licensing offi cers do actually seem to have
licence fee.....Iʼm not gonna pay that” as well “English Speaking Driver” (see elsewhere in
infl uence over licensing committees, indeed, it
as “I have a saloon hackney and our numbers this issue). The drivers apparently are fed up
could be suggested that this infl uence is positive
wonʼt increase”. The thought doesnʼt seem with passenger complaints suggesting some
proof of a witches spell being cast, obviously, I
to occur elsewhere in the country councils cab drivers in Southampton have a degree of
have very little evidence of the spell casting. But
are clamping down on taxis over ranking and diffi culty in speaking the Queenʼs English.
we are all aware of councillors who have been
parking illegally. In Carlisle the station cab rank
on licensing committees for fast approaching 80
has approximately 10 legitimate rank spaces,
I put a spell on you
odd years, is it a mere coincidence that witches
yet during certain periods there are up to an
I am fast coming to the opinion that we have
additional 20 taxis waiting to get on the rank,
are able to raise the dead?
witchcraft at work in taxi licensing departments.
itʼs a similar story elsewhere in the City. Whilst I
Like witches (and quoted from wiki so it must be
am not suggesting there may be an immediate
right), licensing offi cers seemingly have witch
Some of you may be slightly skeptical about
change of heart by the City council in terms of
like powers and use such powers “in order to
this, yet in the last few months in South Africa
over ranking, I tend to believe we are merely
infl ict harm or damage upon members of a
the government was called upon to ban
a contributory negligence claim away from this
community or their property”. So there you have
Witchcraft. If youʼre thinking thereʼs no such
attitude changing.
it, they are all obviously witches. Unfortunately
thing, then why would a province of South Africa
these witches do not have brooms, although use
actually bother to ban something that didnʼt
Itʼs all happening in Southampton of a broom could be handy in order to avoid that
exist? Thatʼs like banning sea monsters. As
For some reason we canʼt seem to keep pesky rush hour traffi c, indeed, if you notice one many of you will know, Britain had Witchcraft
Southampton out of taxi news of late. First there fl ying to work on a morning or next time your in acts, these were repealed in 1951, yet as late as
was the compulsory cameras in taxis, which your LOʼs offi ce, taxi talk would be delighted to 1944 the act was used to convict witches......or
actually caught possibly the most stupid cab hear from you. spiritualists as they now prefer to be called. The
driver on earth, Elyas Haidari, who was caught
last ʻwitchʼ wasnʼt burned at the stake, but fi ned
verbally abusing two pensioners. How silly
£5 and bound over to keep the peace! In July
was this guy? Surely he was aware the whole
2005 three people were jailed for between four
incident would have been caught on the camera
and ten years over the torture of an eight-year-
in the taxi he was driving?
old girl they accused of being a witch. Repealing
the witchcraft laws was obviously a mistake,
Secondly, Southamptonʼs Daily Echo newspaper
witches are now coming out, last year for
reported a Court Case where a 52 year old taxi
driver Mr Lance Bradley was cleared of raping
example Witchesʼ coven leader Sandra Davis,
a 19-year-old student but admitted having sex
61, high priestess of the Crystal Cauldron group,
with her. His union, ʻUniteʼ, gave Mr Bradley their
was banned from using church premises for a
full backing to return to work. Whether he does
Halloween ball, apparently the Catholic church
or not has yet to be decided by Southampton
donʼt tolerate pagans. I very much doubt Sandra
City Council. The union also called for a ʻcode of
would have been so forthright in her views if the
conductʼ, which presumably will have a section
witchcraft act was still in situ.
about having sex with passengers. Finally, there
has been much hullaballoo in the same place (Pictured; a witch yesterday) Copyright Wayne Casey 2010
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