After Joining I’m A Celeb, Matt Hancock Is Expelled From The Parliamentary Tory Party

Matt Hancock was booted out of the parliamentary Tory party after sensationally revealing he’s agreed to star in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

The former Health Secretary, who quit after breaking his own lockdown rules by having an affair with long-time aide Gina Coladangelo, will become the 12th celebrity heading to the Australian wilderness.

The news started a prompt rebuke from Conservative high command, with Chief Whip Simon Hart confirming he’d had the whip removed, the same fate that befell fellow Tory MP Nadine Dorries when she went on the show in 2012.

Simon Hart said that following a discussion with Matt Hancock, he’d considered the situation and believed that this matter was serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with direct effect.

Matt Hancock will remain as MP for West Suffolk but act as an independent, and while he’ll be able to keep his party membership, he won’t be able to stand for election as a Conservative hopeful, vote in party contests or stand for committee chair positions.

A political ally said he’d admitted he was unlikely to become a minister again and wanted to connect with younger generations.

The ally said that politicians like Matt Hancock must go to where the people are, particularly those who are politically liberated and that Matt’s of the belief that we must embrace popular culture, and rather than looking down on reality TV, we should see it for what it is, a powerful tool to get their message heard by younger generations.

According to the source, Matt Hancock first downed the chance to appear on I’m A Celeb because of the instability the government was facing at the time. Nevertheless, he now feels the administration is stable and considers his stint on the show as an excellent opportunity to talk about issues he truly cares about.

The ally said that when he was first approached to take part, and while he was flattered and intrinsically interested, it didn’t take him too long to turn the opportunity down because of the instability Government was facing at the time.

They said that Rishi Sunak has made a terrific start and the entirety of the Conservative Party is united behind him. Rishi has a big majority, so he can get his plan through Parliament, and Matt talked to the whips, in the same way any MP would when going on a foreign visit, which happens all the time.

The issue here though is that Matt Hancock has now made the Tories look even more like a circus show, but then I guess we needed a good chuckle, and his constituency party should have got rid of him a long time ago, especially when he broke his own rules, and it’s mind-boggling to the average person why Tory devotees worship this joker and lick his clown shoes, and it’s actually perfectly evident now that the Tories have no intention to help with the cost of living crisis, but they do intend on lining their own pockets.

The reality TV show shouldn’t be called I’m A Celeb, it should be called I’m A Politician who broke God knows how many COVID rules while sermonizing to the public.

Matt Hancock was a joke of a minister, a joke of the government, and the joke of the country, but then I suppose you could say that about the lot of them whilst they’re busy feathering their nests at our expense, and clearly Matt Hancock doesn’t think with his brain, just other regions of his body.

Skimpy Coffeeshop Outfits Allowed For Bikini Baristas In Seattle

A Washington State city’s dress code ordinance stating bikini baristas must cover their bodies at work has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal court.

The decision in a partial summary judgment came after a long legal fight between bikini baristas and the city of Everett over the rights of employees to wear what they want.

The proprietor of Everett bikini barista stand Hillbilly Hotties and some workers filed a legal complaint questioning the constitutionality of the dress code law.

In 2017, the city of Everett passed a law mandating all workers, owners and operators of quick service facilities to wear clothes that cover the upper and lower body.

The ordinance detailed coffee stands, fast food eateries, delis, food trucks and coffee shops as examples of quick service businesses.

The group also challenged the city’s lewd conduct ordinance, but the court dismissed all the baristas’ claims but the dress code question. 

The US District Court in Seattle found the city of Everett’s dress code ordinance broke the Equal Protection clauses of the US and Washington state constitutions.

The Court found that the ordinance was, at least in part, shaped by a gender-based discriminatory purpose, according to a 19-page ruling signed by US District Judge Ricardo S Martinez.

US District Judge Ricardo S Martinez said the record showed that the law was passed in part to having a negative impact on female employees at bikini barista stands.

He said there was proof in the record that the bikini barista profession, indeed a target of the law, was completely or almost entirely female, and that it was difficult to imagine how this law would be equally applied to men and women in practice because the ordinance forbids clothing normally worn by women rather than men, including midriff and scoop back shirts, as well as bikinis.

Bikini baristas were indeed a target of the law, the court even ruled, adding that the profession was comprised of a workforce that is almost entirely women.

Barista Emma Dilemma told HeraldNet, that she believed that this protects protection from law enforcement touching their bodies, and she asked who was approving her outfit. Was it her female boss or some random male officer that she doesn’t know?

One of the plaintiffs Matteson Hernandez wrote that in some countries they make you wear lots of clothing because of their religious views, but in America, it’s different because you can wear what you want to wear.

So, in Seattle, you can poop on the sidewalk and burn down buildings, but they have a problem with a little cleavage, yes, that’s Seattle for you.

However, that’s not just a little cleavage, and no respectable man would want their daughter working like that, it’s called having a moral compass, but if we say that, which I just did, then we’re being extremely judgemental, but the lassies seem to be having fun or is it exploitation because this business trades on the ground of overtly objectifying women and using sexuality to make them money.

However, I’m always amused by women who believe places like this exploit women. The women there have a choice and they have enough sense to make their own decisions – it’s their body, their choice and the irony of it all is all too rich, but would you want your wife or daughter working there, or would you respect their judgement?

Clearly, this place wants to drum up business like Hooters or any place like that, and whoever wants to see this kind of stuff will go there.

Another Mass Barrage Of Missiles Is Launched By Vladimir Putin Against Ukraine

Dozens of Russian rockets have collided with cities across Ukraine as Vladimir Putin ramped up his aggression on civilian infrastructure.

Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, said parts of the city were without power as witnesses reported at least five explosions across the capital.

Rockets also hit the cities of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and the Cherkasy area, in central Ukraine.

The Ukraine military claimed that Russian strategic bombers had fired more than 50 cruise missiles at the country and 44 of them were shot down.

It comes two days after Russia’s Black Sea fleet was damaged by explosive-laden drones in an attack blamed on Ukraine.

Kyiv region Gov. Oleksii Kuleba also said that one person was injured and a number of homes were damaged.

In Kharkiv, two strikes struck critical infrastructure facilities, according to the authorities, and the subway stopped working.

Officials also warned about potential power outages in the city of Zaporizhzhia resulting from the strikes there.

According to local authorities, critical infrastructure objects were also hit in the Cherkasy area southeast of Kyiv, and the explosions were reported in other parts of Ukraine. In the Kirovohrad region of central Ukraine, the energy facility was hit.

According to regional Gov. Serhii Borzov, in Vinnytsia, a rocket that was shot down landed on civilian buildings, resulting in damage but no deaths.

Some parts of Ukrainian railways were also cut off from power, the Ukrainian Railways reported.

Russia has been targeting civilian infrastructure including electricity and water supplies in an obvious attempt to freeze Ukrainians in their homes as winter hits.

Encountering setbacks on the battlefield, Moscow appears to be targeting civilians to break their will to continue the fight. Such attacks are war offences, under international law.

It comes after a weekend in which Russia accused Ukraine of a drone attack on its Black Sea fleet.

Moscow has since removed its support for ships taking grain out of Ukraine’s ports and into world markets, saying it could no longer ensure their safety.

Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian foreign minister, added that another batch of Russian rockets strikes Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.

He said that instead of fighting on the battlefield, Russia fights civilians, and said that they shouldn’t justify these attacks by calling them a response. Russia does this because it still has the rockets and the will to destroy Ukrainians.

It’s evident Russia can’t match Ukraine in close combat, so they had to fire rockets from afar, but you can’t win a war if you can’t fight in close combat, and bombing cities makes no strategic contribution to the war for Russia but merely solidifies the will of the defenders and those who support them. Has Vladimir Putin learnt nothing from 20th-century history?

Russia is in the last throes of despair, committing as many war crimes as they can, and now the average life span of a Russian mobilised soldier is two weeks, and now they’re bringing WW2 weapons out of storage and begging Iran for military support. Vladimir Putin is the most destructive terrorist beyond compare and he deserves a humiliating end.

Vladimir Putin is following in Hitler’s footsteps, and I’m shocked that the Russians don’t see it as well, and plus he’s obviously targeting the civilian population with his filthy Russian tactics.

Russia will never recuperate from this, and although Russia has an impressive history, one man just annihilated a nation with his tiny pecker.

Vladimir Putin has run out of power, this is why you’re seeing him come out in small bursts and then he’s buying from other rogue regimes like Iran and North Korea, all so that he can puff out his little chest and have a good news day.

A Man Throws Three Petrol Bombs At The Dover Immigration Center Before Driving To A Nearby Petrol Station To Commit Suicide

Eyewitnesses said that a man hurled petrol bombs connected to fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the port of Dover and then killed himself.

The assailant, a white man sporting a checked shirt, drove up to the centre in a white SEAT sports utility vehicle.

A photographer said that he launched three petrol bombs, one of which didn’t go off. He then drove to a nearby petrol station and killed himself, it was said. The police arrived minutes afterwards and cordoned off the site.

The incident came after almost 1,000 migrants arrived in the United Kingdom after crossing the Channel on Saturday.

Army bomb disposal units have now been seen examining the car allegedly involved in the incident. Police have cordoned off a BP petrol station on the A20 opposite the Home Office immigration centre, once known as Tug Haven. The authorities could be seen standing by a white 69-plate SEAT SUV thought to have been driven by the suspect.

The area has been closed off with police tape, while the vehicle, which was parked by the rear car wash, had been covered with blue tarpaulin.

A bomb disposal pickup truck was also spotted at the petrol station with two Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialists seen examining the SUV.

Suella Braverman has said she’s receiving regular updates after a distressing incident in Dover when flammable devices were tossed at a migrant centre.

The Home Secretary tweeted that there was a distressing incident in Dover, and said that they were receiving regular updates on the situation.

The Home Secretary said their thoughts were with those affected, with the tireless Home Office staff and police responding, and that they must now support those officers as they carry out their investigation.

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick will visit both Dover and Manston over concerns about tensions and overcrowing at the immigration centres.

ITV reported that Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick will visit both Dover and Manston over concerns about tensions and overcrowding at the immigration centres.

While Dover MP Natalie Elphicke told the news outlet that she alerted the Immigration Minister about growing tensions around migration after an incident raised concerns.

A Home Office spokeswoman said that they were aware of an incident at Western Jet Foil, Dover and police were in attendance and that it wouldn’t be appropriate to comment further at this stage.

Instead of spending millions per day on bringing migrants to this country wouldn’t it be better to spend that cash on care for our elderly and homeless, and making this country a better place? And our government should be taking away the incentives for migrants coming to this country and using the money on what is actually needed, it’s not rocket science.

Our British government need to wake up quickly, otherwise, it might actually look like they’re deliberately letting this happen, and it appears now that too many people are making far too much money out of the majorities pain and future suffering, and it seems that our government don’t have control of these events, and you have to ask yourself this question – is there anyone even running this country or not because it actually doesn’t look like it to me.

People are getting so sick of the lack of response by our leaders – what a complete and utter mess this country is in, and it appears that it’s past the point of no recovery.

It needs to stop now because it’s getting ridiculous and our government needs to get tougher on this situation!

The King Makes £1 Million Selling 14 Of The Queen’s Beloved Racehorses

King Charles has made more than £1 million by selling off 14 of the late Queen’s beloved racehorses, strengthening fears that he might be preparing to wind down the royal racing operation.

The King sold more than a third of his mother’s racehorses, which he inherited upon her demise last month, at the renowned Tattersalls October sales in Newmarket, Suffolk this week.

The royal racehorses made him an average of £76,821 each, £1,075,500 in total, with Charles’s first race-winning horse ‘Just Fine’ being sold for £300,000.

Trained by the Queen’s longest-standing trainer Sir Michael Stoute, ‘Just Fine’ won an outstanding victory in Leicester earlier this month, the first win since the late monarch’s demise on September 8.

He was one of four of the Queen’s former horses that sold for six-figure sums.

Meanwhile, ‘Love Affairs’, which was the Queen’s last winner at Goodwood two days before her death, sold for £38,000.

Charles has already had some success since inheriting his mother’s racehorses, with ‘Perfect Alibi’ earning him £28,000 with victory in a Listed contest at Yarmouth earlier this month, but despite this, there are whispers that the new monarch might be preparing to wind down, or at least scale back, the royal racing operation.

A source close to the Royal Sandringham Stud in Norfolk said there’s talk of winding down the breeding process over three years until it ceases to be a commercial operation.

The source said that the Royal stud could be a museum in three years and that it would be a real shame.

A Royal source confirmed Charles will reduce the number of horses but added that the connection between the family and the horse racing enterprise will continue and that there was a desire to continue with the practices and connections with Royal Ascot but not on the same scale as Her Majesty because she had a passion.

The source added that some horses have already been sold as part of the natural churn of buying and selling that comes with running the collection.

The Queen usually sold around seven horses a year, so this month’s sale represents a significant increase, but speaking before the auction, Tattersall’s spokesman Jimmy George denied that the sale of 14 horses was anything out of the ordinary, and he told the BBC that the Queen had brood mares of her own, and she would breed them and sell them and that you can’t keep them all.

It’s an extremely costly pursuit, even just caring for a horse costs a lot, let alone training and breeding et cetera. Perhaps it would be better to streamline it, particularly if your passions lie elsewhere because you need to be fully committed to the process or move the horses on.

It makes perfect sense, especially if Charles doesn’t share his mother’s affection for horses or horse racing.

King Charles made a ton of money just by selling all those horses. I mean, how much money does this born-to-be-rich guy have? Why can’t he give some of that obscene wealth to struggling people? That would certainly then make him a Monarch fit for our times! But right now, he’s a King who has castles, and racehorses, while some people out there are starving and freezing.

The Queen spent money on her hobbies, of which horse racing was the primary one. Clearly, Charles doesn’t have the same pursuits and he doesn’t have to because he’s more interested in conservation, and he should be allowed to spend his own money how he sees fit, but a little hand out to the needy and disadvantaged wouldn’t go amiss, particularly those soldiers that went to war for their country and are now living on the streets.

In The Absence Of The New Prime Minister, Akshata Murty Supervises The Removal Men

Rishi Sunak’s multi-millionaire wife Akshata Murty has been spotted giving instructions to movers unloading the family’s furniture as the Prime Minister’s press secretary confirmed that they were moving back into No 10 Downing Street.

Akshata Murty was looking relaxed in fur sliders, grey leggings, a light grey jumper and a black fluffy gilet, as she was pictured strolling into No 10 for the first time since her husband became Prime Minister, just six months after the family moved out of Downing Street to their £6.6 million Kensington townhouse.

Movers were also spotted carrying a double mattress and what looked like a barbeque into No 10 Downing Street.

The Sunak family has decided to return to the No 10 flat, where they lived while Rishi Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer, instead of moving into the more spacious flat at No 11, and that has been the custom for prime ministers since 1997 when Sir Tony Blair swept to power.

As two moving vans parked outside the house, the recently appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party Nadhim Zahawi was also photoed strolling past in a matching navy tracksuit and a green baseball cap.

Yesterday, Ms Murty, a British-born Indian heiress and fashion designer, was spotted exiting the couple’s London home sporting a black baseball cap, a white long-sleeved sweatshirt, black tracksuit bottoms and black sliders.

Speculation was rampant over whether the family would retreat to earlier living arrangements, with Rishi Sunak dividing his time between Downing Street and his house in west London.

In April Rishi Sunak, his wife Akshata Murty, their daughters Krishna and Anoushka and family labrador Nova moved out to be nearer to the children’s £22,000 a year private school.

Coming around the same time that news emerged that Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty, had claimed non-dom tax status, reportedly saving her millions, there was a belief the move was linked to a wish to evade media attention, although Rishi Sunak denied that at the time.

But earlier this week, Rishi Sunak’s press secretary told reporters they would be moving into the No 10 flat, where they used to live.

Asked whether the family intends to decorate the flat, his press secretary said that they were not aware of it.

It means that they won’t live in the flat above No 11, which was refurbished by Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie for an estimated £200,000 in the so-called wallpapergate scandal, which notoriously involved gold wallpaper that cost thousands of pounds.

So, Rishi Sunak is the Prime Minister and his wife is the first lady, and she has a ton of money, although her worth has got nothing to do with the Prime Minister’s ability to do his job, although he’s set for life now, mind you, he was set for life before becoming Prime Minister, and think of all those book deals and conference speeches to keep the millions rolling in for years and years after he’s done with being Prime Minister.

The man bragged about having no working-class friends and then he expects us to like him. He’s not for the needy, he’s only out there for himself, and he wouldn’t know deprivation if it slapped him between the eyeballs, but at least his wife looks happy.

However, I suppose we should give the poor man a chance. It appears that he’s easily the best academic, financial and business knowledge of any of them, but we’re very possibly stuffed if he can’t improve things.

State Pensions

With the cost of living spiralling, people across the country need certainty about their pensions.

Most pensioners have a fixed income and millions of over 66s depend on the state pension as their primary source of money to buy life’s necessities.

The UK state pension is the worst in the developed world, with nine out of ten older people getting £142 per week or less.

The Triple Lock was introduced to protect the state pension from falling further behind earnings and inflation, as it had done for several decades.

The Lock means that each year the state pension should increase by the higher of prices, earnings or 2.5 per cent.

The Conservatives pledged to maintain the Triple Lock in their 2019 Manifesto, but suspended it, supposedly for one year, in April 2022, citing the unique circumstances of the pandemic. This resulted in a rise of only 3.1 per cent on the state pension in April when inflation was already heading towards 10 per cent.

The Government is contemplating whether to suspend or discard the Triple Lock again, at a time when most older households are struggling to pay their energy and food bills.

The Daily Express has joined the over-60s campaign organisation Silver Voices in launching a petition to persuade the Government to protect and support pensioners, asking the Government to maintain and recommit to the triple lock.

Getting your pension is not a benefit. It’s not something that the DWP are handing out to you because of your age, it’s something that most people paid into while they were working from the age of 16 and pensioners are worth every penny of what they paid in from their hard earnt wages.

UK pensions are one of the lowest in the western developed world and people are now tired of the broken promises by their government.

That’s if people ever get their pensions because people have been chasing theirs for years. Now, this isn’t a social handout, it’s money they have paid into so that they can retire at a reasonable age. Now you have to work till you drop. But this is money that people paid into, it’s NOT a handout by our government, but the government seem to believe that you’re not entitled to it and also has the cheek to put an age limitation on it.

So, what are the government doing with our hard-earned money because they’re definitely not giving it to us, so where’s it gone?

These people have worked hard for over 60 years and have been looking forward to getting their pension so that they don’t freeze to death or go hungry, but our government seem happy to pay out billions on illegal immigration when charity should begin at home, particularly when they’ve contributed for years working.

Now, people who paid into a system from the time they started work, want what they’re owed, and rightly so, it’s their money, not the government’s because essentially the government are stealing their hard-earned money and using it for things that they shouldn’t be using it for.

People have paid into their pensions, but some fool in government has spent the investment money.

Pensions are a disgrace and pensioners are being robbed, and pensioners have worked and contributed all their lives and they deserve their money. It was promised and promises must be kept if the government want its credibility to be seen, and governments that break promises should be disbanded immediately.

The state of this country is not the fault of pensioners who’ve been the spine of the economy for years, and as such, should not be punished for the government’s incompetence.

New Crackdown On Dodging Rail Fares Increases Fines Five-Fold To £100

The penalty for rail fare dodgers is to soar fivefold to £100 in a crackdown.

The Department for Transport (DfT) expects to recoup more of the £240 million lost to fare evasion on the railways in England and Wales each year.

It follows concerns that the current £20 fine, introduced in 2005, was no longer a deterrent.

A DfT spokesman said that with over £240 million lost every year due to fare evasion on their railways, it’s important deterrents are effective and fair.

On top of the £100 fine, fare dodgers will also have to pay the price of the ticket they failed to buy. The penalty will be cut to £50 if payment is made in 21 days.

The increase, to be introduced in the spring, brings railways in line with other transportation providers, such as Manchester’s Metrolink.

It also means penalties in England and Wales will be more elevated than in many European countries, such as Germany where evaders pay £55, and France, where they pay £46.

The DfT added that fare evasion costs train operators, rail passengers and taxpayers who ultimately subsidise the journeys of those who deliberately travel by train without paying the correct fare, and said that the Rail Delivery Group estimates that in a normal year about £240 million is lost through fare evasion on Great Britain’s railways.

The Department of Transport said that when placed against the profound effect coronavirus has had on passenger numbers and industry revenues, it’s never been more important to minimise the cost of fare evasion to the railways.

Penalty fares are only given in instances where there were facilities to purchase a ticket at a passenger’s departure station, and they have passed signs stating the consequences of not having a ticket.

The DfT said it will give an update in spring 2022 on when the new penalty fare in England and Wales will be introduced.

There are countless people caught after surveillance, who are regular fare dodgers on costly routes, and commuter routes serving London. Mind you, I look forward to the day when we the people can fine them for late trains, cancelled trains, dirty trains, and having to stand up on full trains, and no dining car facilities et cetera.

Perhaps they should open up more ticket offices and have more ticket collectors, and I do appreciate that this might require some joined-up thought on their part, but if they did this, then maybe there might not be so many fare dodgers.

Ticket collectors don’t even check tickets on board anymore, and haven’t done for an extremely long time.

All they have to do is put foolproof barriers up. No pass, no ticket, you can’t get through or even jump them, it could be done with a wee bit of thought, or they could implement a system that you can’t get to the train unless you have a valid ticket and that it would be physically impossible as the gates would be stopping you – problem cracked.

Armageddon Is Looming As Vladimir Putin Watches His Military Prepare

Vladimir Putin watched on as Russia simulated a huge nuclear strike with practice launches of ballistic and cruise rockets.

The dictator remotely observed the annual exercise, called ‘Grom’ or ‘Thunder’, which uses test launches to put Moscow’s nuclear forces through their paces in a display of force to the West.

Defence minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Vladimir Putin that the exercises were intended to emulate a retaliatory massive nuclear strike by Russia.

The exercises involved the test firing of a Yars land-based intercontinental ballistic projectile from the northern Plesetsk launch site and the launch of a Sineva ICBM by a Russian nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea, only ten miles away from the shores of NATO member Norway.

As part of the exercise, Tu-95 strategic bombers also launched cruise rockets at practice targets.

The manoeuvres followed Vladimir Putin’s warning about his willingness to use all means available to fend off raids on Russia’s region in a reference to the country’s nuclear arsenals.

The Kremlin said that all tasks assigned for the exercise were fulfilled and all the missiles that were test-fired reached their set targets.

Such drills involving land, sea and air components have taken place on an annual basis to prepare the country’s nuclear forces and show their willingness.

The Biden administration said that Russia gave notice it planned to stage routine exercises of its nuclear abilities.

The Pentagon and US State Department said Russia had complied with the terms of the last US-Russia arms control deal in informing Washington of the forthcoming tests.

The Russian activities comes amid Moscow’s warnings of a purported Ukrainian conspiracy to detonate a radioactive device typically known as a dirty bomb in a false flag attack to blame Russia.

Ukraine and its allies firmly repudiate the allegation, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that it was absurd. Allies reject this blatantly untrue indictment, and Russia must not use false pretexts to escalate the war further.

NATO’s Stoltenberg emphasised that the 30-nation military organisation wouldn’t be intimidated or discouraged from supporting Ukraine’s right to self-defence for as long as it takes.

There are fears that Russia is pushing the claims because that is why the Kremlin is preparing to use the deadly device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive debris.

Vladimir Putin told a gathering of intelligence officials from the CIS group of ex-Soviet nations that the West was pumping Ukraine with heavy weapons, adding there were also plans to use a so-called dirty bomb for provocations.

What can I say, this dude really is a full-on loon, threatening to blow up the world because Russia, already the largest country in the world, needs a bit more space to spread out into, all that’s missing now is the white cat in his lap. The thing that makes me laugh is that while Putin is readying for Armageddon, the UK Met Office warns of an unseasonably warm week ahead.

People would rather see this as a threat, rather than Russia making it apparent to the Americans that they’re able to protect themselves if they need to, but undoubtedly with nuclear projectiles.

And if Vladimir Putin did set on Ukraine with nuclear power, why would he want it after it had been contaminated with nuclear waste, just shows what a lunatic he really is.

Vladimir Putin isn’t a lion, he’s more of an organised crime boss. He’s trying to rob land and resources, and he might be dressed up as other things, but really he’s just a crime boss, and the world shouldn’t be held to ransom by Vladimir Putin’s paranoia.

COUNCILS Will Now Issue Speeding Fines Of £130 To Anyone Driving Faster Than 20mph

A London council will start issuing £130 speeding penalties to anyone driving faster than 20mph as drivers fear they will be fleeced by authorities.

Wandsworth Council is launching a pilot scheme where it can give tickets to motorists exceeding the 20mph limit in residential areas, roads which often have fewer fixed cameras and mobile patrols from police.

The new power, lasting for up to eight months, will see the council stealing the £130 fine instead of it going into a central government pot. Penalties are usually administered by the police.

If considered a success, the scheme could be rolled out across London, where almost half of the streets have a 20mph limit.

Drivers will not be given three points on their licence, or have to attend a speed awareness course, under the scheme.

The AA has said that speeding should not be dealt with like a parking ticket.

Joe Ventre, from the Taxpayers’ Alliance, also told a newspaper outlet that speeding enforcement should not become fishing trips to secure money for councils and that motorists should be rightly concerned that speeding penalties will be more about filling council coffers than keeping roads safe.

He added that the cost of running the pilot shouldn’t put extra burdens on taxpayers.

The Labour-run council is targeting two residential roads where locals gripe about speeding motorists: Priory Lane in Roehampton and Wimbledon Park Road.

The former is popular among cyclists travelling between Roehampton and Richmond Park while the latter leads to the renowned tennis grounds.

Studies in both locations found that one in four motorists disregard the speed limit along Priory Lane and one in five do so along Wimbledon Park Road.

Wandsworth Council leader Simon Hogg said that speeding is one of the greatest problems for residents.

He told a newspaper outlet that if it’s considered a success, they will look to make it permanent and carry out enforcement in other parts of the borough where they know vehicle speeds are excessive.

All roads within London’s congestion charge zone have a limit of 20mph, with it seen as the default maximum in most of the 33 boroughs.

Transport for London announced that by March next year, a further 17 miles of roads in Camden, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Tower Hamlets will have the same speed limit.

Wandsworth will lower the penalty from £130 to £65 if it’s paid within a fortnight, with notification letters being issued in the first few weeks, as motorists become aware of the changes.

This appears a total waste of time when we could be dealing much better to prevent knife and drug offences in our community, but they’re now scared to arrest people in case they offend them, it’s embarrassing, but this is council enforcement, who obviously think they are the police.

What they should be doing is making knife crime a financial penalty instead.

This is just a money-making racket, it has nothing to do with road safety at all. Driving 30mph isn’t speeding though, and to reduce roads to 20mph makes commuting even more unbearable, but we will all go along with it nonetheless.

This is all extremely lucrative, along with the Congestion Charge and the ULEZ charge, and any other taxes we pay. Next, they’ll be charging us for breathing fresh air, I’m sure that’s in the pipeline somewhere, although there’s no such thing as fresh air because it’s been contaminated with Benzene, Xylene, Sulphur Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide and other cancerous volatile organic particulates, and that’s not just from cars, although they are blamed all the time.

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