The Cockney Scouser’s always at it... Guv’nor!
Eye Eye Cap’ain...
The Berk with a Merc for werk who needs to do some spywork!
they all use it now as they think they are above
this past month and am a little bit peeved it has to be said for the following reasons…So here I am, in the Merc for werk on a private job, driving incredibly slowly admittedly towards
American Tourists ask can they stop for a quick photograph and I oblige and say it must be a quick one though.
this innocent activity… A copper came running over and made us drive on straight away but luckily my customer had already managed to get several shots of this iconic Palace. I never thought anymore of this bizarre behavior of this policeman until Wednesday 10th
March when this time I was in the ‘White Lady’, St Paul’s
around the corner away from everything waiting
photographer that they were about ready to be collected from the front steps which is the main entrance. After a few minutes of waiting and I admit that this was on double yellow lines, an
had been here for four minutes illegally parked and why was I here and that I should move off
suited and booted, immaculate taxi on this
wedding couple just 50 yards away with their
Guess in hindsight that was the wrong answer
London plate so I explained to him the reason why it’s an ex London cab and then he said
checked out via his radio that the tax, MOT and insurance was legit. I then showed him my taxi licence which everyone says that I shouldn’t have done as I was not driving a licenced London taxi…but he had called me a minicab
colleague in giving me an interrogation and in his notebook, he wrote all the details down and told me that I was going to be issued with a
my wedding couple got nearer, he called out to them to stop having more photos taken and that I cannot pick them up here as it’s a security risk for me to park and also to have photos taken. I had to drive on and pick them up in a bus lane
shout out in a sarcastic overtone: “only doing my
job son...!”
This got me thinking and I did some research and found that up and down the country, people whose only ‘crime’ is to be carrying a camera and use it to take harmless snapshots of landmarks are often being stopped and questioned by the police and even asked to give their personal details. Sometimes, they are
photographs despite being in a public place. On
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people to delete photographs from their camera. This is often happening to tourists, day trippers and amateur and professional photographers. The reason for this absurdity is a controversial piece of legislation known as Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Our wonderful Labour Party Government yet again folks…Section 44 gives police the right to stop and search anyone within certain geographical areas without the usual requirement of reasonable suspicion. It was brought in as a counter terrorism measure to help the Police protect places considered to be vulnerable to terrorist attacks - for example… airports, railway stations, power plants, major buildings and government buildings etc. The situation is all the more ridiculous when you consider that many of those who are stopped have been taking pictures of streets or buildings that are already documented and available to
system has been instigated outside London’s
Victoria Station. The signs say it is being
soon…Well at least their cars now have the rear wash wiper back on them in fairness so their name can be advertised if the back window get’s dirty. In case you are unaware of this company, their last name rhymes with wee and this minicab’s owner is worth a cool 50 million
these cars how do we even know if the driver is
‘White Lady’ outside St Paul’s Cathedral Ludgate Hill
anyone to search online, thanks to Google’s spy in the car photographic Streetview Project.
to take pictures of every street up and down the UK. So Google can take a picture of my
the entire world to see, but I cannot pick up outside a tourist attraction or a wedding couple
website has numerous photographs of the
Last issue, I had a little rant which everyone
letting minicab touts get away with everything. Well talking of Google, if you actually Google ‘London Taxi’ or even just ‘taxi’…guess what
minicab company that has instructed all their ‘wonderful’ multicultural drivers to use the bus/coach/taxi/motorbike lane on the M4 from Heathrow. The signs do not say minicabs but
for some reason or [other] to which 24,000 of us cannot comprehend, are we missing something
have a massive demonstration as enough is enough of this unfair injustice to us all who have done up to four years training and abide by the rules and see what these little people get away
called, because believe me it will be happening very soon…I am utterly convinced of this.
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lucky Guv’nor. And don’t forget to keep those electric and manual doors locked for your own
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