Are You Safe In His Taxi

[mez]

CAN WE PLEASE TAKE THE POLOTICS TO A NEW THREAD this is about taxi lincencing .....NOT all & all out polotics.!!!!!!

[Ianto.W.]

gondola. You are right that his command of English is limited, but that is not a major issue

Why is this not a major issue, that his command of the English language is limited, Mr Siddique as a councillor has or is supposed to represent all his constituents. This is England not Pakistan. Hear my song Violetta.

[gondola]

Bazf,
You suggest I am pontificating on issues about which I know little. Others, from their comments to me appear to disagree. I guess it takes two to make a market. You strike me as someone with a vested interest to ensure that those to whom I have referred are not questioned about the manner in which they conduct themselves.
However, in order to give you the benefit of doubt, I though it right and proper that your previous commentary on this thread be reviewed before arriving at a judgement about yourself.
I lift verbatim from your post on another thread, in which you wrote:

''People actually vote for idiots, I am amazed how uneducated some politicians are''

If that is your benchmark, then I am amazed that you robustly defend Mr Siddique and Safdar.

[gondola]

Ianto wrote:

''Will you kindly explain what an 'internal selection process' is gondola
I think it more appropriate to defer to the better judgement of Mr Jones on that issue, save to point out that the process to which I referred was a clear contest, and the winner of such a contest would have been selected as the candidate for the Central Ward. As i pointed out previously, the outcome was decided by a difference of one vote.

[gondola]

Ianto worte:

''Why is this not a major issue, that his command of the English language is limited, Mr Siddique as a councillor has or is supposed to represent all his constituents. This is England not Pakistan. Hear my song Violetta''

You clearly have a point, and one with which I concur. In my considered view, the Councillor must represent all members of his ward, and thus if an ability to commmunicate effectively is an impediment then surely it must be considered.

Ultimately, it is the voting public that dictate whether this issue is sufficiently important to them. When I stated that it was not a 'major' issue, I suggested it relative to other issues about these Councillors I considered more important.

Should you have a grievance about the credentails candidates selected as Councillors by a political party, then I cheerfully recommend that you take up the issue with the party concerned.

[Bazf]

Originally Posted by gondola

Bazf,
You suggest I am pontificating on issues about which I know little. Others, from their comments to me appear to disagree. I guess it takes two to make a market. You strike me as someone with a vested interest to ensure that those to whom I have referred are not questioned about the manner in which they conduct themselves.
However, in order to give you the benefit of doubt, I though it right and proper that your previous commentary on this thread be reviewed before arriving at a judgement about yourself.
I lift verbatim from your post on another thread, in which you wrote:

''People actually vote for idiots, I am amazed how uneducated some politicians are''

If that is your benchmark, then I am amazed that you robustly defend Mr Siddique and Safdar.

Very good, I defend no one, but nice try to make it seem like that. You are quite an adroite at putting words in people mouths, but not very good at answering questions.
You also accused claytonender of supporting the same person. Sounds a little suspicious.
Come on, come clean what is your motive for being on here?

[gondola]

Bazf,

You suggest you are a teacher or some such. Your command of language is deplorable. God help those you teach.

[gondola]

In fact, judging by your command of language, are you Mr Siddique!!

Sorry folks, just could not resist.

[Bazf]

Come on tell us why your on here.

[shillelagh]

Can i just ask something - what has the selection process for a councillor in Hyndburn got to do with Taxi Drivers that have a conviction for a sexual offence?

[WillowTheWhisp]

Gondola promised to start a new thread for it Jen but instead has carried on in this one.

That doesn't half sound like your average local politician, promising to start new things and then just carrying on with the old ones.

BTW Gondola, it would make reading your posts much easier if, when you are quoting someone else, you actually did so by using the 'quote' button which will embed their original post within yours.

Like this:

Originally Posted by AccyWeb member

quote

[Ianto.W.]

gondola. Should you have a grievance about the credentails candidates selected as Councillors by a political party, then I cheerfully recommend that you take up the issue with the party concerned.

Thank you gondola for that fair and unbiased answer, the credentials of this man, Mr Siddique are clear to any fool, he is only there to 'look after his own', hence the unbelievable decision arrived at by the taxi licensing committee in granting a sex offender his licence back. Am I back on thread MEZ.

[claytonender]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

Can i just ask something - what has the selection process for a councillor in Hyndburn got to do with Taxi Drivers that have a conviction for a sexual offence?

Shillelagh you are quite right. I am beginning to think Gondola is a plant, asked to post to distract us form the issue we were discussing. Also he seems to think that he(or she) should make persoanl jibes against the other people, who wre contributing to this discussion.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by claytonender

Shillelagh you are quite right. I am beginning to think Gondola is a plant, asked to post to distract us form the issue we were discussing. Also he seems to think that he(or she) should make persoanl jibes against the other people, who wre contributing to this discussion.

i wondered that also claytonender, because if he is as sincere as he makes out, why has he completly diverted this thread away from where it started, after thanking chav1 for directing him on how to start a new thread.

[gondola]

Ianto,


You make some very salient points, though it would be better to make such points on the basis of tangible material rather than inference.

I think readers wish to reserve this thread for discussion of the decision of the Licensing committee, hence if you wish to take on the issues re selection matters, credentials of councillors, information pertaining to specific councillors I am more than happy to contribute on a separate thread. I think there is already one set up elsewhere discussing councillors, and thus that may be the best platform to raise such matters.

So far as regards the charge that I have sought to disrupt the discussion for which this thread was set up, I would remind readers that I did provide a plethora of material in relation to that, not least including links to the actual meeting at which the decision was made, coupled with ideas to elevate the matter. Hardly the conduct of someone seeking to suppress active discussion.

Thus no more from me on unrelated matters here, and I cheerfully recommend restoration of discussion to the title of this thread.