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NoToMob ends police collusion with bailiffs

bazster
bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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This slipped though quietly last month. The NoToMob has brought an end to the Metropolitan Police misusing taxpayers' money to collude with bailiffs collecting civil parking penalties:

http://www.transportxtra.com/magazines/parking_review/news/?id=40075

A fantastic result, and a salutary lesson Not To **** With The Bikers.

Strangely I don't recall the Bullsh|t Purveyors Association blogging about this.
Je suis Charlie.
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  • atilla
    atilla Posts: 862 Forumite
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    Common sense prevails - at last.
  • trubster
    trubster Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    I tip my imaginary hat to the NoToMob.

    I always found the arrangement where police pull you over for someone else to seize your car was a very dodgy practice.
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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Good, police resources are stretched enough without this carp.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • sinizterguy
    sinizterguy Posts: 1,178 Forumite
    trubster wrote: »
    I tip my imaginary hat to the NoToMob.

    I always found the arrangement where police pull you over for someone else to seize your car was a very dodgy practice.

    I didn't know they ever did that.

    That sounds illegal even as you say it.
  • trubster
    trubster Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    sinizterguy wrote: »
    I didn't know they ever did that.

    That sounds illegal even as you say it.

    http://youtu.be/ihnjU6D6wdA?t=10m

    Have a look at 10 minutes onwards.

    Scumbags.
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  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 160,387 Forumite
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    edited 9 January 2015 at 1:48AM
    Just read this - amazing result, well done to the NoToMob! That will stop those idiot bailiffs, the dippy husband and wife team who were on Parking mad last year intimidating people while the Police supported them. Blonde bint with an evil grimace and a thick necked husband, did anyone else see them? I said to my husband that the practice was unlawful and would be stopped soon and he didn't think 'we' were right. But we were right. Good old NoToMob!
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  • surfboy1
    surfboy1 Posts: 345 Forumite
    Coupon-mad wrote: »
    Just read this - amazing result, well done to the NoToMob! That will stop those idiot bailiffs, the dippy husband and wife team who were on Parking mad last year intimidating people while the Police supported them. Blonde bint with an evil grimace and a thick necked husband, did anyone else see them? I said to my husband that the practice was unlawful and would be stopped soon and he didn't think 'we' were right. But we were right. Good old NoToMob!
    What is good about that TV programme is that all the evidence(of the Police and Bailiff wrong doing ) is there for all to see!
    Lets see how they get out of that one!
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    If they've been engaging in illegal activity, when are we going to see arrests?

    And them saying "they were only following guidance" cuts no mustard ... people who committed war crimes were often only following orders, but they were still tried and convicted.
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,296 Forumite
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    bod1467 wrote: »
    If they've been engaging in illegal activity, when are we going to see arrests?

    And them saying "they were only following guidance" cuts no mustard ... people who committed war crimes were often only following orders, but they were still tried and [STRIKE]convicted[/STRIKE] executed.

    Just adjusted that slightly!
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    I don't think we need to go quite that far with this. ;)
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