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[Paul black cab @kitters69089]

@spurscabdanny Clearing Piccadilly side now

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

29 Muslim men have been convicted of raping a single 13 year old girl in West Yorkshire

29 Men on one little girl

These people are barbarians, savages, vile.

How many more little girls need to suffer before we admit these people don't belong in our country?

DEPORT THEM ALL

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

📣🚨The Free Speech Union is mounting a legal challenge against the Government over its official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as 'anti-Muslim hatred' — and its appointment of a new 'tsar' to punish people who fall foul of it.

This amounts to a Muslim blasphemy law via the back door. The definition is vague and subjective, and will be weaponised to silence legitimate criticism and debate about Islam, Muslims, and Islamic practices and history.

The FSU’s General Secretary, Lord Young of Acton, said: “This is the most serious threat to free speech the Government has come up with so far — the only area in which it’s achieving any success.

“If we don’t win this fight, tens of thousands of people a year could lose their jobs at the say-so of a Labour-appointed ‘tsar’. It’s dystopian.”

Public bodies will adopt this definition — despite it being non-statutory — with the same zeal the police have shown in investigating and recording non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs). It is predicted by one of the drafters of the definition that it could lead to around 20,000 reports of 'anti-Muslim hostility' a year. At present, the number of recorded anti-Muslim hate crimes is around 4,000.

In a free society, no religion should be shielded from legitimate criticism. This proposal places one faith above the rest.

The Free Speech Union is bringing a legal challenge on two grounds.

First, the definition relies on nebulous, legally undefined terms such as “negative and prejudicial stereotyping of Muslims”, making it incoherent and irrational — and ripe for weaponisation.

Second, adopting such a definition cuts across legislation already enacted by Parliament and therefore breaches the public law principle known as “occupying the field”. Under this established public law doctrine, new regulations, put in place by ministers, must not replace existing legislation. It is constitutionally unlawful. In this case, the body responsible for protecting Muslims from discrimination is the Equality and Human Rights Commission, not an anti-Muslim hostility 'tsar'.

Parliament voted to abolish blasphemy laws 18 years ago. We can't let this Government resurrect them via the back door.

This is one of the biggest battles the Free Speech Union has ever taken on in its six years — and we need your help. Judicial reviews are expensive, but this is a fight we felt we had to take on.

Donate to our crowdfunder below👇

[Lenny Etheridge ❤️ @lennythepen]

Cry freedom!

[London Cab Drivers Club @The_LCDC]

Disgraceful
⁦@BBCBreaking⁩ ⁦@AlexWilsonAM⁩ ⁦@Councillorsuzie⁩ ⁦@KeithPrinceAM⁩

[Mark White @TootlestheTaxi]

⁦@MCalvey415⁩

The truth is out there…

[Paul black cab @kitters69089]

@Ninja_Cab Did you get ‘electric drive fault workshop may be required’ come up on your dash? When you start cab

[Paul black cab @kitters69089]

@Tonymcritchie @Ninja_Cab Maybe ask E1 to have a look. Rather not pay the £2k. Cheers

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

BREAKING: Uncovered footage shows Alaa El-Fattah calling for the mass-slaughter of Jews in Arabic, “Kaybar kaybar ya yahud.”

How is the British government not completely embarrassed and ashamed of themselves?

[Mark White @TootlestheTaxi]

@willnorman @LilianGreenwood So why is it that Private Hire Drivers in London have never had to pass an additional Driving Test?

Former Deputy Mayor for Transport, Val Shawcross, said they would (2016) & 10 years on they still don’t! @Heidi_Labour @EllyBakerAM @CarolinePidgeon

[Faraz Pervaiz @FarazPervaiz3]

Teenage girl in Manchester records disturbing conversation with her Uber driver who asks her if "she's a virgin" and if she "plays with herself"

Please repost for awareness:

Protect your daughters from Pakistani Grooming Gangs in Uk.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Since 2016, 1,367,942 foreign drivers have been issued a driving licence without taking a UK test - stats I've extracted from the Department for Transport.

Madness.

Many foreign drivers simply do not understand our road system.

I am pushing for a significant tightening.

[LEVC @LondonEVCompany]

No one knows London like a black cab driver. Passing The Knowledge isn’t just learning streets. It’s mastering the heartbeat of the city. Find freedom, purpose and pride behind the wheel.

Start your journey here 👉 https://t.co/iIrVQcPIwC

#London #blackcab #driver

[Daniel Priestley @DanielPriestley]

If you tax something too much, people alter their behaviour because the incentives have changed.

If you tax people who work and give money to people who don’t work then it’s obvious that less people will work and more people won’t work. That is the incentive structure.

If you make something more expensive fewer people will buy it.

If you make it expensive to earn over £100K, then fewer people will bother doing it. If you make it more expensive to hire people, fewer companies will be hiring.

If a nation taxes wealth, it will have a less wealthy nation.

This is summed up in the Laffer Curve (below) - the economic principle that at a certain point, higher taxes reduces the overall taxes collected. There are 4 principles that economists have learned about when to raise taxes or not to:

1. If a country has relatively low taxes, raising taxes will likely result in collecting more.

2. If a country already has high taxes, raising taxes will likely result in raising LESS.

3. If a country has a wide tax base, raising taxes will likely result in collecting more.

4. If a country has a narrow tax base, raising taxes will likely result in collecting less.

The UK currently has high taxes on a narrow tax base (of very mobile people) so the established economic theory says that when Rachel Reeves raises taxes in her next budget, it will actually do more harm than good - less will be collected.

It seems counter intuitive but LOWERING taxes has a higher chance of collecting more money.

Anyone who runs a business knows this. There comes a point where if you put your prices up and a few clients leave you can crash your business. If you can find a way to reduce your prices, your total revenue will grow.

Walmart, McDonald’s, Amazon and Toyota became dominant because they were committed to keeping prices down not putting them up. They understood the Laffer Curve but it would seem that the UK needs to learn this lesson through painful experience every 50 years or so.

[SEAN PAUL DAY @seanpaulday]

As if 105,500 wasn’t enough. How many minicab drivers are really working in London?

The legislation is not fit for purpose, VisionZero is a farce, and preventing a 'car-led recovery' is an absolute joke.

Let’s be under no illusion: @TfLTPH has known this has been happening for years!

[Mark White @TootlestheTaxi]

Revealed: London has 106,000 private hire drivers as politicians demand licence cap | The Standard https://t.co/b1FSRA96sj

[Thomas Skinner ⚒ @iamtomskinner]

For half a century, London’s black cabs have been more than just a way of getting from A to B – they’ve been the heartbeat of our great city. From the bright lights of the West End to the historic streets of the East, black cab drivers have kept London moving, rain or shine, day and night.

Ascotts are celebrating 50 years of this incredible tradition – and want YOU to be part of the next chapter.

Be your own boss. Work your own hours. Take on The Knowledge and become not just a driver, but a true guardian of London. 🚖💂‍♂️ Every journey is a chance to share the magic of our city – the sights, the scenery, the history – and get paid while doing it.

There’s nothing quite like the pride of wearing that badge, the freedom of the open road, and the joy of being part of London’s story. So here’s to 50 years of service, and to the next generation of cabbies who will keep the wheels of London turning. ❤️🇬🇧

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Bosh❤️

#LondonsBlackCabs #TheKnowledge #BeYourOwnBoss #LondonLife #RT #SHARE #blackcab

[James Farrar @jamesfarrar]

Let's go a step further: if Uber can't have a successful business without denying worker status, NI, pension, pay for all working time and health & safety then it just doesn't have a viable business. Tories and Labour in power have failed abysmally to protect all gig workers.

[Paul black cab @kitters69089]

@PaulParklane Will there be a driver App?