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Would it not benefit the country and communties more by re-opening some of the lines which were closed by Beeching in the 60s, rather than by spending £40bn+ on an exclusive line that will charge sky-high premium fares (as HS1 does), which only the better off will be able to afford?
America is most certainly a bully, it thinks it has the right to police the world when it does not, and then expects us to blindly join in when it goes to war. I can't be more pleased that we have stuck two fingers up to the US, it was well overdue and should have been done a long time ago. The so-called special relationship is laughable, it's all a one-way street, and just a ploy to take ...
Here we go again, launching ourselves into another war, as if we don't have enough problems at home.
I see that this year Rowland's fair has now taken over the area between the bandstand and the bowling green, this land has usually been kept free for the use of families and people wanting to picnic. It was a sad sight today to see a family trying to picnic amidst the hustle and bustle of the fairground rides. I wonder who sanctioned the use of this part of the lawn for the fair?
And then we have the EU parliament gravy train and all its associated posts. Is it any wonder we are bled dry with taxation.
@FredBassett Somebody posted a picture on EOD of a delivery van blatantly breaking traffic regulations, which was then reposted here , are you saying no offence was committed - it looks pretty clear cut to me. It's extraordinary that you appear to be condoning such an inconsiderate and unlawful act.
@FredBassett Utter nonsense. Show me the actual wording that says photographs taken in a public place which happen to contain a car number plate cannot be posted without first being blurred out. You cannot because it doesn't exist. You are making it up as you go along.
Nobody is going to get fired for parking on the pavement, at most, if this incident ever got back to his employer, he would get a slap on the wrist. If the driver can't abide by the rules then he shouldn't be doing the job. I would be interested to know the specific law which says it is illegal to post photographs of number plates in the public domain, because I don't believe such a law exists, ...
I fail to see what privacy laws have been broken here, the driver blantantly infringed parking regulations in a very public place, and somebody took a photograph. If the driver gets into some kind of trouble that is his own fault for being so selfish in the first place. In fact, as most phones these days have a camera included, I think this kind of "naming and shaming" could well catch on.
DCC is doing a better job at living within its means than this (any) government does.