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In message , John Rowland
writes http://preview.tinyurl.com/c8zpw5 What a bloody idiot. That may indeed be the case. However, I think we all know that - whenever we see a media report on a subject we know something about - it usually contains several inaccuracies or doesn't give the whole story. That might (and I stress *might*) be the case here. For the record: (a) I've met plenty of councillors who have ranged from slightly ill-informed to complete *******. (b) I've met Colin R once, know nothing about him and emphatically *not* making a judgement about him in point (a) above! :-) -- Ian Jelf, MITG Birmingham, UK Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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"John Rowland" wrote in message
... What a bloody idiot. I think my comment would be a bit stronger than that! Ian |
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, James Farrar wrote:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c8zpw5 He also seems to have nicked a potion of youth from the ambulance while he was at it! tom -- In other news, has anyone here read Blindness? Does it get better after the 30 page mark, is does the whole thing read like a sentimental fairy tale for particularly slow children? -- Abigail |
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In message , James
Farrar writes http://preview.tinyurl.com/c8zpw5 I heard the story on Radio 4 this morning, but since it doesn't concern transport in London I saw no reason to raise the matter here. -- Paul Terry |
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Ian Jelf gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying: What a bloody idiot. That may indeed be the case. However, I think we all know that - whenever we see a media report on a subject we know something about - it usually contains several inaccuracies or doesn't give the whole story. That might (and I stress *might*) be the case here. That was certainly my first thought, but I completely and utterly fail to comprehend any circumstances where blocking an ambulance service fast response vehicle, then locking gates on them, because they "shouldn't be driving on the grass" is even remotely acceptable. |
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On Feb 4, 8:21*pm, Adrian wrote:
Ian Jelf gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: What a bloody idiot. That may indeed be the case. However, I think we all know that - whenever we see a media report on a subject we know something about - it usually contains several inaccuracies or doesn't give the whole story. * That might (and I stress *might*) be the case here. That was certainly my first thought, but I completely and utterly fail to comprehend any circumstances where blocking an ambulance service fast response vehicle, then locking gates on them, because they "shouldn't be driving on the grass" is even remotely acceptable. The story doesn't do itself much credit. It repeatedly refers to the car as an "ambulance", despite it being one of these http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/ambulance/dsc10899.jpg. The URL is worse: it says "Councillor-blocked-ambulance-carrying- injured-man-as-it-broke-driving-by-laws.html". There's no indication in the story that the car was carrying an injured person, nor that it would be allowed to. It does say that the councillor claimed that the lights were not flashing. So then the difficult thing to explain is how and why they didn't manage to convey the fact that they were attending an "emergency", although it seems to have been no more than a bit of first aid. Several buckets of salt I think. |
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"Ian Jelf" wrote in message ... In message , John Rowland writes http://preview.tinyurl.com/c8zpw5 What a bloody idiot. That may indeed be the case. However, I think we all know that - whenever we see a media report on a subject we know something about - it usually contains several inaccuracies or doesn't give the whole story. That might (and I stress *might*) be the case here. For the record: (a) I've met plenty of councillors who have ranged from slightly ill-informed to complete *******. (b) I've met Colin R once, know nothing about him and emphatically *not* making a judgement about him in point (a) above! :-) Anyone who is interested can read the full report at http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/c...11stds/3_0.pdf (warning - 23MB pdf file) Peter Smyth |
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MIG gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying: That was certainly my first thought, but I completely and utterly fail to comprehend any circumstances where blocking an ambulance service fast response vehicle, then locking gates on them, because they "shouldn't be driving on the grass" is even remotely acceptable. The story doesn't do itself much credit. It repeatedly refers to the car as an "ambulance", despite it being one of these http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/ambulance/dsc10899.jpg. Yup, an ambulance service fast response vehicle, staffed by a paramedic. The vehicle they send so as to get expert medical help to an incident faster than a full-fat ambulance may be able to get there. |
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