George Osborne Disabled bay

[deltashad]

"The Chancellor's chauffeur appeared to park his £50,000 Land Rover in a clearly marked disabled space when he stopped off at service station in Wales.

According to a report in the Daily Mirror, Mr Osborne went into Magor service station on the M4 near Newport to get food while his chauffeur waited with the car at the restricted bay."


Quoted from the Independent...

Ooops.... great timing

[lindrup119]

I agree that it's a belndish sort of thing to be doing. But what pies me off more is the fact that this ste makes the NEWS!!

Yes he shouldn't think he has the right to park where he wants, or tell his chauffeur to park wherever, but it's a shame that this makes 'front-page' news nowadays.

/rant. Sorry

[ThunderSpook]

I don't know why but it still amazes me that instead of just thinking to yourself Tsk Tsk some people's first response is to take a picture and phone a tabloid. It's frankly disgusting.

[lindrup119]

ThunderSpook said:

I don't know why but it still amazes me that instead of just thinking to yourself Tsk Tsk some people's first response is to take a picture and phone a tabloid. It's frankly disgusting.

[kambites]

If his chauffeur was still in the car it's probably not even illegal?

[drophead]

[trashbat]

kambites said:

If his chauffeur was still in the car it's probably not even illegal?

Yes, quite. And somewhere else there is a very exciting discussion about how the bay markings don't match TSRGD. I'm sure the fine characters at Pepipoo have something to add as well.

Oh, what was the point again?

[S3_Graham]

drophead said:

WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

dont forget all the Polar bears that died?

[Paul O]

Don't these guys ever THINK about what they do and how it might be reflected in the media?

Even waiting it at the door with hazards on would be better than this. At least they could argue "safer for security of a public official".

But a Disabled bay? Either lazy or simple immune to our laws due to delusions of grandeur. Neither are valid excuses..

Silly silly man.

[Rick101]

Shameful behaviour nonetheless. Will certainly not go down well with many. Gorgeous George will no doubt blame it on the driver but most will see it as old Tory mentality lording it over the working class.

[y2blade]

Threads like this make PH........

[trashbat]

The question should be: is this really a lifestyle we want to subsidise?

He is, after all, using services he's not entitled to.

[lindrup119]

trashbat said:

The question should be: is this really a lifestyle we want to subsidise?

He is, after all, using services he's not entitled to.

[kambites]

Maybe he had a disabled chauffeur?

[Gio G]

Heard he popped in for a McDonald's....I reckon he is a big mac and fries man..

[g3org3y]

drophead said:

Only if disabled.

Wasn't a simple parent & child space.

[boobles]

God fobid him being human & doing what the majority of PHers do on a daily basis!

[kambites]

boobles said:

God fobid him being human & doing what the majority of PHers do on a daily basis!

What, getting his chauffeur to park in a disabled bay? Well this is Pistonheads, I suppose.

[boobles]

kambites said:

boobles said:

God fobid him being human & doing what the majority of PHers do on a daily basis!

What, getting his chauffeur to park in a disabled bay? Well this is Pistonheads, I suppose.

Because half of them are powerfully built company directors with goatees don't you know!

[J4CKO]

I dont do it, mainly as it would deny me the opportunity to claim the moral highground in discussions such as this.

The one time I did park in one, well a P and C bay was at our local Sainsburys at about 9 pm after the store had closed and got tutted at, the car park was empty, perhaps the person who tutted was expecting 20 or so families with small kids to appear to wait for the store to open in 11 hours ?