Westminster parking... 4 months on.

[Biker Biggles]

HMS Belfast--Load guns and open fire on the parking mafia.
Nice idea.
Did you know those guns are currently aimed at Mill Hill?

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

HMS Belfast--Load guns and open fire on the parking mafia.
Nice idea.
Did you know those guns are currently aimed at Mill Hill?

bluethunder and spidey don't live in mill hill any more! you'll have to get them alter their aim!

[BillyC]

It's nothing to do with party politics or government... it's everything to do with local government at Westminster council. And as for this being a trial... yeah right. I'm very sorry to say, that it's here to stay.

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by chris8886

bluethunder and spidey don't live in mill hill any more! you'll have to get them alter their aim!

Ah too true but if they overshoot Mill Hill then they'll still get me in Hatfield...they'd have to take one hell of a ricochet offa could to get over to Harrow.

And i sadly agree with you Billy but we all MUST do our best to oppose it ( i know i've not done much and i plan to change that) by looking at the webiste and printing off the letters or emails as needed.

Its all about numbers peeps and the more of us who oppose it the more they will have to (pretend) to listen to us.

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

HMS Belfast--Load guns and open fire on the parking mafia.
Nice idea.
Did you know those guns are currently aimed at Mill Hill?

I thought the guns were aimed at the runway 1 at Heathrow. They always were.

Correction..

The guns in the forward turrets ('A' and 'B') are trained and elevated onto a target some 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) away in north-west London - the London Gateway Motorway Services Area on the M1 - a reminder of the awesome power of naval gunnery in the Second World War!

From http://www.hmsbelfasttours.org.uk/start.htm

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Jester666

Correction..

The guns in the forward turrets ('A' and 'B') are trained and elevated onto a target some 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) away in north-west London - the London Gateway Motorway Services Area on the M1 - a reminder of the awesome power of naval gunnery in the Second World War!

From http://www.hmsbelfasttours.org.uk/start.htm

Unlike the bombardment during WWII, the guns, if fired today would do thousands of pounds worth of improvement.......

[SoulKiss]

Back on topic, I got an email from the group set up to oppose the parking charges.

Originally Posted by NoToBikeParkingFees

Can I firstly thank you for your great efforts in spreading the word. The subscribers, the objections & the No.10 Petition are all gathering pace, and the vitriol & resentment being directed at the staff & Councillors is starting to get through to Westminster.
However, as the 18th Feb objection deadline approaches, we really have to step up our activities to get right under the skin of the modern-day highwaymen of Westminster Council, so I do hope you don't feel that we are "spamming" you. We do have a lot going on that needs your support and we will need to keep you informed.
On Wednesday 28th Jan, Cllr Paul Dimoldenberg (who has spoken at our events) will be presenting a petition against the Motorbike Parking Charges at the Council meeting.
The meeting is at the Council House, 97-113 Marylebone Road NW1 5PT, at the corner of Gloucester Place, and starts at 6:30pm [VIEW MAP]. The meeting is open to the public and ALL Westminster Councillors will be present. He will also be making a short speech on the motorbike parking charges at about 8.00pm, to which Councillor Chalkley will reply. He will be calling for the scrapping of the charges.
If you are able to attend please do so in order to show Councillors the strength of opposition there is to the motorbike parking charges, we hope you will be there, all committee members will be attending.
Then on Sunday 1st Feb, the Ace Cafe is hosting the start of what should be our largest rally to date, when we will slow-drive through Westminster en route to the MCN London Motorcycle Show at ExCel (NB, if you intend to follow this rally inside the show, I believe there are still some 2 for 1 ticket offers available) we will be campaigning and recruiting when we get there, inside and out. Full details of starting point, routes & eta are available on our website here.
This is a very important demo for us. Quite simply, we have debunked all their phoney justifications, all we have to do is really show them how many people are against them. They need to know that a riot is in the offing unless they scrap this charge. It is too dangerous a precedent and is being levied against a group of people that they really should leave alone.
Let's show them what happens when you attack a small part of a very large fraternity.
Please ensure you are there on Sunday 1st Feb. And keep on spreading the word and sending in your objections.
Best
Warren and the Committee. - http://www.notobikeparkingfees.com

Anyone up for any of that?

[mr.anderson]

Not today, but will try and make the Sunday one.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by mr.anderson

Not today, but will try and make the Sunday one.

Cool - need to put my Zed next to your ZX and look at the shock position etc - that Swingarm is still on ebay

Anyone who is interested can write to object here

http://www.notobikeparkingfees.com/object-by-e-mail/

And video of last nights meeting (well not the meeting as no cameras allowed - even if it IS a public meeting.......)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mLor2ukboFU