Let us ignore all PCNs - Not for milquetoasts

beamerguy

D_P_Dance said:

Beamer, you say you agree with Redx, but you make a very good case for not doing so.   I believe that the problems we face are so huge that these PCNs will become an irrelevance.    

Just agreeing to the fact that people should show they tried.    This is the most serious problem I have ever seen ..... the panic buyers are a huge problem.  Still, i would agree you stock up with gin for the long haul.

Will keep you and the Memsaab in happy hour ... all day long  

HURRY Sir Dance just seen this

Britain's gin distilleries rally to fight coronavirus by switching production from alcohol to make hand sanitiser

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8129737/Britains-gin-distilleries-switch-production-alcohol-make-hand-sanitiser.html

NeilCr

Umm

Did I just morph into redx



Of course, it is serious - no-one is denying that. And, agree with Beamerguy about the panic buyers. But I don't think it helps to talk about mothers beating children and soldiers shooting looters. Most likely use of the army is ferrying supplies and (sadly) dealing with some of the aftermath

Are you willing to take the bet D P Dance? Say £25

beamerguy

NeilCr said:

 Most likely use of the army is ferrying supplies and (sadly) dealing with some of the aftermath

Don't forget the over 70's when the army round them up to be sent to Guantánamo for the duration

NeilCr

beamerguy said:

NeilCr said:

 Most likely use of the army is ferrying supplies and (sadly) dealing with some of the aftermath

Don't forget the over 70's when the army round them up to be sent to Guantánamo for the duration

Phew. Just under the age limit



On courts. This is interesting

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hmcts-telephone-and-video-hearings-during-coronavirus-outbreak

The excellent Secret Barrister and others have been banging on about courts proceedings continuing with people there while Robert Buckland has stopped his Parliamentary surgeries

D_P_Dance

How will that work then, I struggle with this forum sometimes, how on earth would I defend a BOC in a residential parking lot where the MA, and the MC support the PPC

https://forums.landlordzone.co.uk/forum/residential-letting-questions/1053920-private-parking-companies

NeilCr

D_P_Dance said:

How will that work then, I struggle with this forum sometimes, how on earth would I defend a BOC in a residential parking lot where the MA, and the MC support the PPC

https://forums.landlordzone.co.uk/forum/residential-letting-questions/1053920-private-parking-companies

Some guidance here

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hmcts-telephone-and-video-hearings-during-coronavirus-outbreak#the-rules-on-using-video-and-audio-technology-in-courts

D_P_Dance

I read that before I posted.  Does no-one agree with me that we should ignore?

Umkomaas

Those who know what they're doing might chance following your proposal, but you seem to overlook that 90%+ of those who come to the forum are traumatised by having the hooks of the PPC in their flesh and desperately want to do something to make it all go away. 

However, remember those dark nights when burying your head in the pillow made sure the bogeyman would go away?   So there may be many who might find 'ignore' advice to be manna (ostrich position always great for the weak when uncertain), but as there are six years for legal proceedings to be issued (will you still be offering advice when you're almost 86?), the advice may well come back to bite us and them - significantly more court cases to deal with then than now.  3 years ago, hardly ever a court case thread. Just look at the first few pages of the forum, hardly a thread that isn't a court case now!

Not a runner IMHO.😒

MistyZ

I completely agree with your opening post D_P_Dance.  I think the threat of social unrest is very real, depending on how things pan out.  My husband is experiencing high anxiety due to fearing for very vulnerable people he loves.  We are both self-isolating for at least 12 weeks due my reduced immunity, we haven't been able to get supplies as yet without going out and the pharmacy won't deliver my medication.  Well, actually they flipping well will - they just haven't heard from me yet.  

However we are resourceful, have enough to live on, decent accommodation and people who have our backs.  Maybe we would ignore a PCN in the current circumstances, though probably not.  However there are a lot of people out there who will struggle even more than usual financially and to risk storing up potential costs down the line would be foolish.  And if they have the time to fight back, then doing so may provide a distraction not to mention one way of alleviating the sense of powerlessness that many of us are experiencing.



     

Redx

NeilCr said:

Umm

Did I just morph into redx



Of course, it is serious - no-one is denying that. And, agree with Beamerguy about the panic buyers. But I don't think it helps to talk about mothers beating children and soldiers shooting looters. Most likely use of the army is ferrying supplies and (sadly) dealing with some of the aftermath

Are you willing to take the bet D P Dance? Say £25

I don't even remember replying , oh wait , I didn't , lol

I agree with Umkomaas , which I often do 😀