tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post7950426858249243507..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Uber - The Pundits BleatTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-20633425354655995282017-09-24T13:51:14.487+01:002017-09-24T13:51:14.487+01:00Hooray! Just found the online petition to STOP Ube...Hooray! Just found the online petition to STOP Uber being re-licensed in London:<br />https://www.change.org/p/minister-for-transport-9df9dceb-e98e-4b20-8560-1c5de2454450<br />Let's get it up to 1m+ signatories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-47962404744614029042017-09-24T13:30:40.943+01:002017-09-24T13:30:40.943+01:00I'm waiting to be able to sign an Anti-Uber pe...I'm waiting to be able to sign an Anti-Uber petition, to counter the highly publicised pro-Uber petition (apparently signed by twitter zombies from all over the world). Not only to ban Uber from London, but from the whole of the UK.<br />Enough already of the West-Coast "locusts" (not only Uber) who cream off profits, pay almost no tax, and exploit people. I'm all for innovation and reform, but do we need "celebrity capitalists" (and would-be monopolists) from another continent to tell us how to do it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-51946173571223186452017-09-24T12:46:19.266+01:002017-09-24T12:46:19.266+01:00"...Tory...vision of capitalism..."
Wha...<i>"...Tory...vision of capitalism..."</i><br /><br />What a load of bollocks.<br /><br />Capitalism has no "vision". All it knows is maximum greed and profit. Its propagandists keep telling us so.<br /><br />Which is why, no matter how long it takes, it will be hoist on its own petard. Always assuming its homicidal maniacs haven't blown up the world by then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-44482122118676179222017-09-24T11:16:20.287+01:002017-09-24T11:16:20.287+01:00iMatt. I'd rather shit razor blades than go to...iMatt. I'd rather shit razor blades than go to either Manchester or Leeds. Horrible places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-76495807917744305632017-09-23T21:35:56.749+01:002017-09-23T21:35:56.749+01:00iMatt point of order. You can get a Northern serv...iMatt point of order. You can get a Northern service from Manchester to Leeds via Halifax or Morley!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-28355053197719611762017-09-23T21:35:48.317+01:002017-09-23T21:35:48.317+01:00@Bob
The petition is international, not local, an...@Bob <br />The petition is international, not local, and it is getting signers from around the world and even from people who have never been to London and have no intention of visiting the UK's capital.Ceiliognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-7584870964360226802017-09-23T17:02:33.730+01:002017-09-23T17:02:33.730+01:00For what is a 'local' petition to have ga...For what is a 'local' petition to have gained such traction in a short space of time is very unusual. Are Uber texting past and current customers from their database (illegally?) to garner support.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-49848397019873106332017-09-23T16:55:10.578+01:002017-09-23T16:55:10.578+01:00Uber would surely be welcomed with open arms shoul...Uber would surely be welcomed with open arms should they decide to co-operate and follow the rules like everybody else. It's nobody's fault but their own if they can't or won't. I'm sure all these drivers whose 'livelihoods' have been destroyed can soon go out and pass The Knowledge, get the necessary licences etc and carry on working. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-11216212807594532012017-09-23T14:52:48.893+01:002017-09-23T14:52:48.893+01:00@John_at_leeds
It's easy to start a petition ...@John_at_leeds <br />It's easy to start a petition with change.org <br /><br />I note that the Uber petition is open to everyone in the world and that many of the signatures come from non-UK residents.Ceiliognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-19058985666451966132017-09-23T14:25:29.032+01:002017-09-23T14:25:29.032+01:0040000 potentially facing job loss. Yeah, right.
S...40000 potentially facing job loss. Yeah, right.<br /><br />Sounds to me more like 40000 chancers trying to make some bonus cash whilst making the commute to their regular job.<br /><br />So why are so many supposedly sensible people prepared to hand themselves over to an un-regulated and un-certificated risk.<br /><br />TFL has long had a publicity campaign warning against just such rash behaviour.<br /><br />High time the gig economy had some slapping down.<br /><br />And high time these gob-shites got over their antipathy (and barely suppressed racism) towards the London Mayor.pete cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-8943041957605322272017-09-23T14:08:45.014+01:002017-09-23T14:08:45.014+01:00According to The Guardian, that petition to have a...According to The Guardian, that petition to have a rethink stands at 500k plus???????<br /><br /><br />RlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-1446159428514453382017-09-23T13:38:58.936+01:002017-09-23T13:38:58.936+01:00In addition, there's this to consider from the...In addition, there's this to consider from the ultimate spoilt-boy newspaper brat:<br /><br /> Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla<br /><br />Carole Cadwalladr Retweeted George Osborne<br /><br />BlackRock: £500m stake in Uber. Pays @George_Osborne £650k/year<br />Oh look...<br />"Customers lose cheap fares""Business fears" "jobs jeopardy"<br /><br />https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/911180150947139585mirandolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490625342759656914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-28155900400010116072017-09-23T12:59:09.667+01:002017-09-23T12:59:09.667+01:00Does the twit that is Toby Young actually use the ...Does the twit that is Toby Young actually use the bus or train? If so, he'd realise they are regionalised private MONOPOLIES. <br /><br />If I wanted to take a trip from here in Leeds to Manchester next week I'd have to use Trans Pennine Express. There is no alternative. Esp. for a journey at a given time. Similarly if I wanted to get into Leeds city centre by bus I have no other choice but to use First Bus.<br /><br />He really needs to THINK befor putting finger to keyboard.iMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175500314940241302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-51834506531771762422017-09-23T12:23:31.811+01:002017-09-23T12:23:31.811+01:00Where is the petition to support the ban?Where is the petition to support the ban?John_at_leedsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-39691263988666068862017-09-23T11:53:46.519+01:002017-09-23T11:53:46.519+01:00I hear Sadik Khan (even though it's not his re...I hear Sadik Khan (even though it's not his responsibility but who cares, let's blame him) is going to announce electricians, plumbers, carpenters, builders..you name it..no longer need a license or government mandated regulations to ensure that new light switch doesn't blow you to Kingdom Come.<br />Do these ghastly pundits really believe what they are saying or are they just being mendacious? Either way they are absolute scum who either cannot even be bothered finding out why a decision was made or lying has just become very normal for them.http://www.thesocialshuttle.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/08385625594884495221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-76741625266943101942017-09-23T11:36:55.479+01:002017-09-23T11:36:55.479+01:00The reason Über is cheap is because the passenger ...The reason Über is cheap is because the passenger only pays 41% of the journey. <br /><br />I see none of these free marketeers are talking about how Uber is subsidised by venture capitalists out to capture the market.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15878421641177302569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-50514824860948745312017-09-23T11:25:51.095+01:002017-09-23T11:25:51.095+01:00That petition shows London is Gobshite Central.That petition shows London is Gobshite Central.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-40124211274063575962017-09-23T11:09:00.529+01:002017-09-23T11:09:00.529+01:00I am only marginally surprised that no one claimed...I am only marginally surprised that no one claimed a dastardly EU element to the decision. The usual suspects usually do. Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565067090721329803noreply@blogger.com