Osbourne you plonker
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Guam said:
This^^^, it will be standard practice for a security contingent to park a VIP vehicle as close to the entrance as possible, in case anything were to kick off I reckon, I would even bet if the Queen has to go to the loo at a service station, they would commandeer the disabled toilet to minimise inconvemience to the facility and it would be easier to lock down.
Yes but he's of no importance to anyone or anything.Tebbers said:
The car belonged to his security contingent, which was reversing via a disabled bay while he went to get food. Non story.
Except it is a news story, and I don't believe the old addage "Any publicity is good publicity" holds true for a politician (except Boris, and nobody knows how he manages that).Surely these days when everyone has a mobile phone and a direct line to a national newspaper you'd want to be a bit more careful about stuff like this?
What is making me giggle is that Daybreak have sent a 'senior' reporter to the services to report on this non story, asking people stupid 'Daybreakesque' questions. To top it off here is another one outside number 11 (which iirc is where David Cameron lives as he has kids and is bigger than Number 10)
Good one Daybreak, go and find some real news.
Good one Daybreak, go and find some real news.
RizzoTheRat said:
Tebbers said:
The car belonged to his security contingent, which was reversing via a disabled bay while he went to get food. Non story.
Except it is a news story, and I don't believe the old addage "Any publicity is good publicity" holds true for a politician (except Boris, and nobody knows how he manages that).Surely these days when everyone has a mobile phone and a direct line to a national newspaper you'd want to be a bit more careful about stuff like this?
This is (as others have said) a matter for those who brief and train ministerial drivers. The Boy George was a spectator like the onlookers faking outrage. If experience is anything to go by, every other disabled parking bay would be empty, the generosity over spaces does credit to our planning for those less fortunate. As to security reasons for occupying such a space, if that's in the brief and the training then so be it.
RizzoTheRat said:
elster said:
Absolutely, do you think they should sack the security officers for parking in a disabled bay?
Depends if his driver claims it was his wife driving not him. . greygoose said:
Bit of a blunder by the police driver, I am sure the boy George would have been safe if he had parked at a proper space, I wonder if Osborne recoiled in horror at the price of his service station sandwich like the rest of us do?
Dont worry about that you can be sure he will claim it all back.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff