Non payment of parking fine means debt collectors can break in now!

[Captain Haddock]

Hi!

I just watched CH4 news and there was a 30 second article about new Labour passing a law allowing enforcement agencies to use "reasonable force" to break into your home and take goods and "search for weapons" should you be late paying your parking fine.

It's bad enough you have the councils placing their parking nazis on the street now they are being allowed to boot your door in to collect late payment.

What about the numerous cockups where there is a dispute? In my experience "enforcement agencies" are nothing more than thugs with a laminated badge, they carry on with their orders no matter what the circumstances.

How long before this applies to Barclaycard, BT and others doing the same thing.

I've had a look around to see if there is any more on this, I can't find anything has anyone heard this? was it me seeing things?!

 

[StephenSails]

Also you can use reasonable force to defend your home, so who is right?

Anyway, I keep on hearing these complaints about Labour, I hope everyone will exercises their votes this May to get rid of the thunderbird that calls himself a PM.

 

[LeonF]

But who is the alternative??? discuss with reasons please.....

 

[misterg]

Silence speaks volumes. (nm)

like it said, nm.

 

[bob_tyler]

As anyone would be preferable to the present lying incompetent bunch, the only alternative is the Tories. They are the only opposition party who have the slightest chance of winning against the truth benders. If voters who don't want B Liar in charge don't waste their votes on the minority parties, incl Lib Dems, or (childishly) withold or don't vote, they will be responsible for more governmental lies and deceit and stealth taxes without any right to complain.

 

[oldgit]

No chance of paying the fine then?

NM.

 

[Koeketiene]

Re: Non payment of parking fine means debt collectors can break in now

What will the Tories give us apart from 5 years of arguments over Europe, and urging everyone to go private for anything?

Will vote LibDem this time round: 3 reasons -> council tax & tuition fees. Last but not least: good friends of mine died in Iraq because of Blairs lies. World a safer place? I think not!

 

[Rowana]

Re: Non payment of parking fine means debt collectors can break in now

I agree with Lib Dem. We have a sitting Lib Dem MP as it is, and he's not a bad guy. Better than most of them in fact !

 

[AlexL]

Re: Non payment of parking fine means debt collectors can break in now

Hmm. I lived in a town that elected a lib dem council. Who managed to bankrupt the town and overspend in a mere 5 years. If you think Brown is 'Tax and Spend' you ain't seen nothing till you've seen the lib dems in action. If you want micromangement and parking nazis then elect a lib dem council!
Also they have no policies. They run election campaigns on local issues, so they always get a good share of the vote, but you cannot run a national government on differing, often oposing local issues. The Lib dems will often actively campaign for one issue in one area and have the diametrically oposing view in another constituency.
As for arguments over europe! Labour seem to be doing this quite well on their own. Gordon brown published a paper last week (which for once I agree with) saying that europe needed to become more nimble and not have harmonised tax in order to combat the new economic threats from China. Tony Blair has taken the oposite view as he doesn't want to antagonise the europeans (probably still dreaming of being european president).
AFAI Concerned moaning about New Labour and then washing you hands whining that there is no alternative is a weak cop out. This lot were elected in as a protest vote AGAINST major, rather than a vote FOR blair, why not elect them out the same way. Or if you haven't got the cojones then stop moaning!

 

[bob_tyler]

Re: What\'s the Budget going to bring?

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Will vote LibDem this time round: 3 reasons -> council tax & tuition fees. Last but not least: good friends of mine died in Iraq because of Blairs lies. World a safer place? I think not!

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Voting Lib-Dem for a good bloke is one thing. If the vote means that B Liar gets in again because the Tory candidate was defeated where he would have won the seat but the Lib Dems had no chance, Labour would be in again..

Where the situation is close, go for the candidate most likely to defeat Bliar and his cronies. A mix of LDs and Tories could form a good House of Commons with minimum Labour attendance. Vote tactically for the most likely anti-labour candidate

 

[LeonF]

Would rather have the PM back than that fascist called MH !! Now if Kenneth Clark or even Portillo were in charge I might consider it...I was even a Thatcherite once...for the first term only before I saw the light !!

 

[Gunfleet]

Re: Non payment of parking fine means debt collectors can break in now

What is it with Lib Dems and parking? They're obsessed with it.

 

[bob_tyler]

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fascist

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Surely you've got that the wrong way round. Who is turning the UK into a Police State? /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[oldgit]

Self inflicted wound.

Afraid that Mrs T made sure that the only electable chaps in the party(Baker/Heseltine/Portillo) never got close to the leadership.Therebye making sure that the party was completely unable to attract the sort of voter one could even loosely describe as being normal.
Still maybe the next 5 years in the wilderness will do the job.

 

[ashanta]

Sadly the nation votes for the individual: Blair, Thatcher,Wilson etc.

But sadly the policies become vague. The current Labour policy is very similar to the the policies of Thatcher's Con party.However, blair and and his new Labour, fooled the socialist side of labour (Skinner, Benn etc) but they are happy with the fact that they are in government and tow the line. keep the unions at bay but more importantly degrade the chances of the Tories getting back in power as each year goes by.

Regards.

Peter.

 

[scarlett]

good

Good. Park legally or pay your fines and don't moan about reasonable means of collection. It has always been possible to seek redress by seizing property if a debt exists. What would you rather the fine collectors waste taxpayers money doing? The police already waste too much time chasing fine dodgers.
Prison without a computer is too lienient for you.

 

[tcm]

\"Urging everyone to go private\"

Um, this is interesting.

Fact is, given unlimited qtys of cash, most people seem to go private on EVERYTHING. First it's private transport - cars instead of the bus, thankyou very much. Then, bigger houses with bigger walls and room each and a private bathroom each. Private education and health. Private jets and so on. The UK is a leadingh player in lots of these sectors.

One problem for public sector *services* (not buildings tho) is that it sort-of has to - by necessity - be of lesser quality service than the private sector in many areas. Cos if the free stuff is as good so that you get personalised music and nice big comfy seats on buses, or almost zero waiting lists in nhs hospitals - then most if not all the private sector customers wd nip over to the public sector as well. The private sector would have to be outlawed to make it work, which is of course a bit fascist.

An example is provided by selective secondary (free) schools - packed with kids (in our area) who up until then went to private schools. I think the public sector should specify in detail what it will and won't provide - and then do that. Not aiming to do everything, not concentrating on giving "choice" nor (as per BBC with Eastenders etc ) try and compete for populist "ratings". imho