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he asked his department to give boris johnson a " hairbrushing " in that photo at the cornish space centre

I just read that (Schapps comment) as a big "fuck you" to people.

He knows what he did. He got called out on it. He then claims he didn't know anything about it and then he goes to Parliament and makes a joke about it.

It's more evidence of the "They're laughing at you" stance of the Tories.

#rep

You do have to pay to keep a car on the street (unless it’s electric)

Or old but I can't put my vintage shed on the street.

You can

Pretty sure if I left anything from the cartoon on the street it would get removed also. The only non-car stuffs I think you can get permission to store on the street are skips and building materials and both need a paid-for permit.

(And bikes which really are free to store - yay!)

Hmmmm - come to think of it I pay about £275 a month for a storage unit about the size of a luton van which is a mile or more from my house. Probably would be cheaper to buy a just-about-runner, tax and MOT it and use it as on street storage just by the front door.

Pretty sure I heard him say turdflushing
Might have been his accent though
Hard to tell when someone’s mouth’s full of shit

It would. I do this with an old van, though it’s on the drive so doesn’t need an MoT or owt. Your neighbours would defo enjoy a Luton van parked on the street that never moves. Do it.

Some London boroughs have a height limitation on vehicles for parking permits. Otherwise I guess you could get a removal van and put a couple of bedrooms in it.

Pretty sure if I left anything from the cartoon on the street it would get removed also.

https://www.theparkletscampaign.com/

Your neighbours would defo enjoy a Luton van parked on the street that never moves. Do it.

Where I live it would count as gentrification.

And someone would set it on fire, piss in it or move in. Or all three.

you could get a removal van and put a couple of bedrooms in it.

Speaking of which, someone a couple of doors up is living in his Transit. We know he was served an eviction notice about 8 mths ago, he has a van and a car full of stuff in the street, and another one which he uses for a taxi. He still has access to the house, but we're pretty sure he's sleeping in the van, see him sneaking in and out, and have seen bits of loo roll with shit on them outside the door.

As there's very little space in the street, it could be something for the Bastard Neighbours thread, but he clearly seems to have issues.

The £30 a year I pay seems quite the bargain though given land costs in London.

Ha!

Guilty of Stealing a car is a level 5 fine, stealing a bike is level 3 so the man on the Clapham omnibus thinks bike theft is less important.

Do you have a source for that? I don't really know how to read the sentencing rules but if this is the relevant document then only value seems important? https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/magistrates-court/item/theft-general/

I would imagine that the likelihood of seriously or somewhat permanently hurting someone other than yourself with 2 tons of nicked metal, rather than 7kg of nicked carbon, has a bearing on sentencing.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/12

5)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to pedal cycles; but, subject to subsection (6) below, a person who, without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, takes a pedal cycle for his own or another’s use, or rides a pedal cycle knowing it to have been taken without such authority, shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding [F5level 3 on the standard scale.]

I do think this is one for Cycling UK to campaign about

This is to do with theft, the risk to others would be under dangerous driving surely?
It does imply nicking a £200 Nissan Micra causes more harm than a £10,000 Pinnarello

Thanks

Im sure thats considered too but it could be more true that it boils down to value.
Maybe I have a chip on my shoulder at the mo but when I reported my bike stolen they asked the value, I said new 500 not sure now. I saw a headline next day and a wyp tweet or something about £10k of stuff stolen from a van. The police called me in 2 days saying my case is filed unless I get cctv lol.
Of course my bike wont make the papers but it shows that low value theft isnt worth thier time.

It shows how thinly stretched the police force is. I won't publicise some of the numbers I've heard because criminals would figure they've a good chance of getting away with anything given the odds.

On top of the low numbers available per capita they spend a lot of time sorting out issues arising from mental illness that get passed back to social services.

Although the idea that they are sat in the police station sipping tea because chasing petty thieves is not worth their time is a common misconception.

On top of the low numbers available per capita they spend a lot of time sorting out issues arising from mental illness that get passed back to social services.

The Met responded to 98,000 mental health crisis related calls last year. Nearly half of which werre threats to life.

During the pandemic we had a family member suffer a serious mental health episode resulting from a brain injury that put himself and others at risk. The NHS were unable to find a bed to admit him for over ten days and in the interim we were told "call the police if you think somebody might get hurt".

(Relative is doing great now, he's actually working full time for the inpatient ward that treated him as an outreach worker)

On top of the low numbers available per capita they spend a lot of time sorting out issues arising from mental illness that get passed back to social services.

This seems to be the overwhelming issue at the moment. I saw some stat that estimated they spent 20-40% of total time dealing with people with mental health problems.

£200 Nissan Micra

Bargain! Provisional dibs.