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Would be nice if the BP or other media actually published some meaningful news about the effects of the EBLN (e.g. case studies, early data), rather than just recycling the usual mindless muppet-baiting content. BCC should really get a cut of the clickbait income.
Well, the trial is just starting, so it’s premature to publish meaningful stats, assuming that they’ve been collecting them during the long roll-out. But yes, that article is just a summary and a few comments – low effort writing.
Here we go!
Here we go!
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/bus-gate-will-kill-neighbourhoods-10221841
Hirsute wrote:
I subsequently found a number of people struggle to get to archive.is due to some DNS problem. It works on my phone on 4gWorks for me too, though I did have issues with it a few months ago which seemed to resolve itself.
chrisonabike wrote:
Although – given we have lots of “poor” people (relative to the Jenricks) that can in fact add up (see ageing population and NHS, or welfare bill). Plus this may resonate because most people aren’t on the same playing field as politicians and most folks in the media; we’re down here with the fare-dodgers, teen vandals, litter droppers, dog shit not-picker-uppers… although that’s arguably more “council business” rather than the stuff of statesmanship.I wonder how many fare dodgers it would take to add up to £150 million tax revenue?
In January 2020 Jenrick approved a £1 billion luxury housing development of 1,500 homes on Westferry Road, Isle of Dogs, as a favour to Richard Desmond, a Conservative Party donor, businessman and former pornographer.Jenrick approved the scheme on 14 January knowing that an approval by that date would enable Desmond to avoid having to pay a council-imposed infrastructure levy of between £30 million and £50 million.
A Government planning inspector had advised against permitting the scheme, as it would not deliver enough affordable housing and as the height of the tower would be detrimental to the character of the area. Other civil servants had also advised Jenrick not to approve the scheme.
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council then pursued a judicial review against Jenrick’s decision in the High Court, arguing that it had shown bias towards Desmond. It was also reported that Jenrick had helped Desmond to save an additional £106 million by allowing affordable housing at 21 per cent, instead of enforcing the local and London-wide planning policy requirement of 35 per cent. This could have resulted in a total discount (and subsequent loss of revenue to the Exchequer) of approximately £150 million.
Interesting commentary by Nick Tyrone todayI don’t understand what the Labour Party is doing. I don’t think many non-partisan people do either
https://nicktyrone.substack.com/p/i-dont-understand-what-the-labour
He seems to like Jenrick’s TFL stunt which is deeply ironic considering that Jenrick got caught claiming for driving and rail expenses for the same journey. It’s the old focus on poor people dodging a few pounds here and there and ignore the millionaires bending rules to dodge millions in tax.
Or can’t afford to change their habits in general e.g a care worker that has to travel to several locations in day at prescribed times vs their area manager.I thought that care-workers could apply to be exempt from the bus gate charges?
- Professional carers who work in homes of people who live within the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood area, you’ll need to apply below for this exemption.
- Residents of the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood area who are on a low income, who meet the eligibility criteria and need to drive to work.
I think the issue is more that poor people can’t afford to be fined for driving through bus gates.If anyone could think of a way that one could avoid being fined for driving through bus gates…no, seems an insurmountable problem…
Slightly more seriously, I do think that there ought to be scope for licence points for regular offenders to prevent the very rich from simply ignoring the regulations and paying the fines, something one sees quite a lot in Belgravia, Kensington etc.
I doubt that the number of very rich drivers going through Barton Hill is going to be much of an issue.
Are the poor not allowed on buses?I think the issue is more that poor people can’t afford to be fined for driving through bus gates.
Is that a photo-bombing banksy there?Yes, but the Banksy was there first – that’s why there’s the fences around it to stop people trying to vandalise it (too late).
The original Banksy looked like this:
Then it got a plastic covering over it to protect it, which was then replaced by a wooden covering and then it was later updated (by Banksy?) with a masked man trying to pry off the covering:
This morning the Avonvale Rd bus gate signs had been sprayed painted to read ‘no poor people allowed’.That’s been picked up the BristolPost now:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/new-bus-gate-signs-barton-10224123
And someone’s vandalised the vandalism:
IFYKYK; I recommend catching the whole movie to place this scene in context.
https://youtu.be/vru2y9Q5Bs0?si=NaVWiF5AQE-Fgq1mDoesn’t look like Whitby to me
As you poke around on the map and zoom in, there are these little blue/white circles dotted about. Water pumps, it turns out. Kein Trinkwasser.Those look great – why can’t we have them along our roads here?
wtjs wrote:
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command Almost, but not quite, like a quotation from Animal Farm. Is it a famous quotation?So close and yet so far. It’s from 1984, also by Orwell.
slc wrote:
Bus gates to go live from 2nd June. Warning letters till 14 July, PCNs thereafter. https://news.bristol.gov.uk/press-releases/f3ce9e9d-7873–8727-15dde021a3cf/east-bristol-liveable-neighbourhood-bus-gates-to-go-live-in-june The gate road surfaces have also been painted a fetching red (the brick red colour on the one at Pilemarsh having been worn away in 6 months by all the drivers crossing the gate)Wait for it… wait for it…
https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/liveable-neighbourhood-bus-gates-switched-soon/
The travel offers – already described in some quarters as “bribes” – include £100 of First Bus tickets that every household across the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood will receive through the post soon.For the first six weeks that the bus gates will be operational, drivers travelling through one of them will be sent a warning letter rather than being fined.
This ‘soft enforcement’ phase will come to an end in July and the bus gates will be fully operational from Monday July 14, with a penalty charge notice of up to £70 applicable after this time.
chrisonabike wrote:
Asking people to make costly voluntarily sacrifices is a great loyalty test AND demonstration of your power.The Trump administration seems to also test loyalty amongst people by making an obviously false statement and then watch to see who will attempt to produce justifications that just make no sense at all.
A good example of this was Musk’s Nazi salute – it quickly highlights those people who are willing to try to explain it away and those who refuse to deny the reality of what they saw.