Thursday, 3 September 2009

”Power has gone to their heads.”

Yes, it’s the March of the Wheelie Bin Police yet again:
Under new council rules, every adult in a household as opposed to just one would be fined £110.

This would mean in theory a student flat containing five over-18s could be hit with a £550 fine. Families with grown up children still living at home could also face the increased fines.
What happened to the presumption of innocence?

And what next? Are police going to get the power to fine all passengers in a car that has been caught speeding?

Actually, I probably shouldn’t give them any ideas, should I?
Zoe Kozlik, 21, and her three housemates had to pay £110 each to Leicester council for breaking the new rules.

Her father Chris Kozlik told The Daily Mail: "All my daughter did was leave her bin out past when it should have been. You'd get less for beating somebody up. Power has gone to their heads."
Yes, it has.
Caroline Spelman, the Conservative local government spokesman however called the rules "draconian".

"Spurred on by Government guidance," she said, "clipboard-wielding bin inspectors are hitting hard-working families with arbitrary and unfair fines.

"Meanwhile, real criminals like shoplifters get away with derisory fines. The law needs to be changed."
So do the people who are putting it into effect…
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 September 2009 at 09:06

    "You'd get less for beating somebody up."

    So, beat up the cunt with the clipboard!

    Simples!

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  2. JuliaM3 September 2009 at 09:10

    On the 'might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb' principle?

    I like it! :)

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  3. RantinRab3 September 2009 at 10:24

    Let's just stop playing their game. They only operate like this with our approval. I bet the fine was paid, then the moan started.

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  4. Weekend Yachtsman3 September 2009 at 12:20

    What's the legal basis for this?

    Is there even one?

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  5. JuliaM3 September 2009 at 16:02

    "I bet the fine was paid, then the moan started."

    It was.

    "What's the legal basis for this?

    Is there even one?"

    As Rab pointed out, until someone stands up, says 'No!' and challenges it, we'll never know..

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  6. Rob3 September 2009 at 17:58

    £80 fine for shoplifting.
    £110 fine for leaving your bin out one day too long, or putting it out one day too early.

    A clear sense of the priorities of socialism.

    Funny, isn't it - on a weekly collection, you can be fined for putting your bin out a day early, as it is presumably a health hazard. Yet fortnightly collections, where the bin is full for six more days, is apparently not a health hazard.

    It's a miracle!

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  7. Rob3 September 2009 at 17:58

    "What's the legal basis for this?"

    State hustling? Extortion backed by force?

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