I believe that the original issue of this thread, has now been forgotten and the debate has turned into a slanging match between people regarding racism and immigration. I'll just say this. "When in Rome." Also, " This small island were we live cannot keep the doors open as they are, it is unsustainable."
Mrs C, why shouldn't the lady say she is a better choice, as she is from here, her local knowledge is invaluable as a taxidriver. I'd rather be driven by someone who knows where they are going.
Carer, you said it will take about twenty meetings to decide, you left out the forming of a working party and a field survey. To say nothing of a public consultation.
I have read with interest all the comments on the rights and wrongs of this lady displaying a flag with local driver written on it. I myself drove a taxi in Bristol for twenty years before retiring here and what is common to here and Bristol, is not the rights and wrongs of what the lady has done, but the actions of the jobworths and Councillors , who are unable to see the bigger picture and ...