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A French look at the UK current affairs where, as French nationals resident in the United Kingdom, we examine UK policies that we find absurd, ineffective and adversely affect our daily lives.
Recent Posts
Bikers are getting angry at the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) used to offer motorcyclists free parking everywhere in their district, which covers the Western part of Central London. But some time ago, in a pure attempt to fill up their coffers in the long ter...
Camden wouldn’t touch the bike parking tax with a bargepole, would they?
Last week, we heard that Camden Borough Council were also thinking about stealth taxing motorcyclists to park in their borough. We say “also” because it sounds like Camden are desparate to copy the scheme introduced by Westminster Co...
When are NSL Services going to hire Kim and Aggie?
A couple of weeks ago, we published a post to show how disgusting the toilets and other facilities are at NSL Services’ Lexington Street base in Central London, where a large proportion of their Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs) working in...
Let’s talk about RATS in Westminster City Council
We have today come across a brand new group of campaigners against the parking tax imposed on motorcyclists by Councillor Danny Chalkley in the Borough of Westminster. A group of campaigners that we have never seen before, called the RATS. We didn&...
Bikers demand a public inquiry against Westminster City Council and Partners in Parking (PiP)
The No To Bike Parking Tax campaign has today published a 150 pages report which will be handed to the Department of Communities & Local Government (DCLG) on Monday 7th December 2009 (further details here), to demand a public inquiry into the wa...
It’s always best to leave bikers alone
Westminster Councillor Danny Chalkley has made the grave mistake to impose a parking tax on motorcyclists in a pure attempt to boost parking revenue and sell the Verrus pay by phone parking infrastructure to other councils, through the Partners in Pa...

