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Spartacus, Joins Up The Dots … And A Plea From UCG Chairman Trevor Merralls To LTDA’s Steve McNamara.

So today we have people waiting in agony on trolleys in A and E whilst the underfunded NHS struggles to cope. We are one of the lowest funders of health care in the developed world by percentage of GDP.Why is that? Here's one reason: TfL, whose senior offices (who as...

TfL Withholding Sexual Assault Stats : If They Won’t Inform The Public….. THEN WE WILL – By Jim Thomas

Seeing as how TfL are dragging their feet with the sexual assault figures, let's look at what we've already been given and know to be factual ! Freedom of information request 2016020000642  made to the Met:   Feb 15 to Feb 16 there were 154 reported sexual assaults...

Mythbuster on the Uber case : What It Means To Their Business Model

As Mark Twain said 'if I don't read the papers I am uninformed, if I do I am misinformed'. So let's be clear:1. Uber drivers can still drive as little or as flexibly as they want as they are 'workers' not employees or truly self employed, don't let Uber or their...

Iain DunCam Smith Talks About His Support For Black Cabs , On LBC

Iain Duncan Smith savaged ride sharing app Uber, accusing it of operating an ‘unfair market’ against London’s black cabs.      Talking to LBC’s Andrew Castle the former DWP minister said that the app was not competing on a  a level playing field with London’s black...
A Game Of Phones ….. By Semtex

A Game Of Phones ….. By Semtex

None of us will have failed to notice the latest tragedies and loss of lives, that has erupted on the UK's roads....

COUNTING SHEEP : DO YOU TAKE CASH? Dads Defending Daughters

COUNTING SHEEP : DO YOU TAKE CASH? Dads Defending Daughters

In a situation where tourists ask "Do you take cash?", and shoppers wonder why the queue at the check-out takes so long: I ask, how did plastic become the new paper? And why would Transport for London fool the public into thinking they have the right to pay by any...

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