Anger as Buckinghamshire County Council leader David Shakespeare parks on double yellows (From Bucks Free Press)
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Anger as Buckinghamshire County Council leader David Shakespeare parks on double yellows
2:33pm Friday 19th March 2010 in
A COMMUTER said he was “appalled” to see the leader of a council park his car on double yellow lines while buying a train ticket.
Company director David Heath, 37, recognised David Shakespeare – the Conservative leader of Buckinghamshire County Council – getting out of his BMW at Beaconsfield train station on a weekday morning in February and snapped the photograph on the right.
Mr Heath said: “Politics in general is in a depressing state and to see that even the people at the top have no respect brings a reaction that is both disheartening and infuriating. There really can be no excuse for this.”
He added: “I travel from home in Beaconsfield to London frequently and the station forecourt is dangerous enough in the rush hour – any increase in risk to the public at any time of day is unacceptable.
“I’m not one for ‘what ifs’’ but there’s clearly a push chair on the zebra crossing.”
Councillor Shakespeare said he only left the car briefly while he bought a train ticket. He added as he arrived at the station the two cars in front of him had pulled into the lay-by and there was nowhere else to park.
He said parking there should be avoided, adding: “It’s certainly something I don’t recommend to anybody.”
He told the Bucks Free Press he had believed the site to be private land.
Comments(33)
BigTommy
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2:44pm Fri 19 Mar 10
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What BS. The man obviously believes that rules are for the plebs, not some important public figures like him.
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Does that number plate read "DS YOBS" ... I can't quite make it out.
Punchy
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2:53pm Fri 19 Mar 10
So he approves cuts in streetlighting that see a young teacher killed, and others seriously injured.
He parks next to a zebra crossing used by mothers and babies.
I wonder if Mr Shakespeare claims on expenses the wipes he uses to clear the blood from his hands?
user1234567
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3:02pm Fri 19 Mar 10
678
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3:07pm Fri 19 Mar 10
weyfarer
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3:07pm Fri 19 Mar 10
RESIGN.
user1234567
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3:15pm Fri 19 Mar 10
weyfarer wrote:So all of you on this thread are telling me you have never parked on a double yellow line at least once?? come on
If Gordon Brown did that there would be hell to pay.
RESIGN.
678
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3:32pm Fri 19 Mar 10
user1234567 wrote:yes but none of us are in charge of the people who fine you for doing so. Yellow lines actually pay his wages
weyfarer wrote: If Gordon Brown did that there would be hell to pay. RESIGN.So all of you on this thread are telling me you have never parked on a double yellow line at least once?? come on
user1234567
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3:41pm Fri 19 Mar 10
678 wrote:So would you have all civil servants resign if they parked on a double yellow line?
user1234567 wrote:yes but none of us are in charge of the people who fine you for doing so. Yellow lines actually pay his wages
weyfarer wrote: If Gordon Brown did that there would be hell to pay. RESIGN.So all of you on this thread are telling me you have never parked on a double yellow line at least once?? come on
erm
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3:48pm Fri 19 Mar 10
pennperson
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3:48pm Fri 19 Mar 10
678
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3:50pm Fri 19 Mar 10
user1234567 wrote:strange when ever the council are involved in a story on here, you get a "new" poster on here, on the councils side, and you know you will never see them comment on anything else, strange ey Mr Shakespere, er sorry I mean user12345 or what ever your called
678 wrote:So would you have all civil servants resign if they parked on a double yellow line?user1234567 wrote:yes but none of us are in charge of the people who fine you for doing so. Yellow lines actually pay his wagesweyfarer wrote: If Gordon Brown did that there would be hell to pay. RESIGN.So all of you on this thread are telling me you have never parked on a double yellow line at least once?? come on
user1234567
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4:14pm Fri 19 Mar 10
678 wrote:I have never been interested in becoming an MP and also don’t personally know any. I am just really quite fed up of all the health and safely madness that is taking over the country not to mention the time wasting PC brigade. As long as you always treat others as you would expect to be treated yourself you can't go wrong and you Marlow wouldn't be too happy if that were your number plate in the papers all because you parked on a double yellow line...
user1234567 wrote:strange when ever the council are involved in a story on here, you get a "new" poster on here, on the councils side, and you know you will never see them comment on anything else, strange ey Mr Shakespere, er sorry I mean user12345 or what ever your called
678 wrote:So would you have all civil servants resign if they parked on a double yellow line?user1234567 wrote:yes but none of us are in charge of the people who fine you for doing so. Yellow lines actually pay his wagesweyfarer wrote: If Gordon Brown did that there would be hell to pay. RESIGN.So all of you on this thread are telling me you have never parked on a double yellow line at least once?? come on
J B Blackett
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4:38pm Fri 19 Mar 10
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If a person was deemed unfit to drive , he/she could be perhaps be deemed unfit to park also - allegedly.
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"I come to bury him, not to praise him, for he is an honourable man" (Shakepeare / Mark Anthony)
678
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5:05pm Fri 19 Mar 10
user1234567 wrote:if he (you) doesn't like it he could always step down and get out of the public eye
678 wrote:I have never been interested in becoming an MP and also don’t personally know any. I am just really quite fed up of all the health and safely madness that is taking over the country not to mention the time wasting PC brigade. As long as you always treat others as you would expect to be treated yourself you can't go wrong and you Marlow wouldn't be too happy if that were your number plate in the papers all because you parked on a double yellow line...user1234567 wrote:strange when ever the council are involved in a story on here, you get a "new" poster on here, on the councils side, and you know you will never see them comment on anything else, strange ey Mr Shakespere, er sorry I mean user12345 or what ever your called678 wrote:So would you have all civil servants resign if they parked on a double yellow line?user1234567 wrote:yes but none of us are in charge of the people who fine you for doing so. Yellow lines actually pay his wagesweyfarer wrote: If Gordon Brown did that there would be hell to pay. RESIGN.So all of you on this thread are telling me you have never parked on a double yellow line at least once?? come on
katodeza
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5:41pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Save Wycombe
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6:04pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Codeword bird-club
bird-brain would be more appropriate though!
John Ley
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6:18pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Plus ça change...
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6:48pm Fri 19 Mar 10
I have never, ever, ever parked or stopped on yellow lines. Ever. Not for a nanosecond. Ever...
So there!
Old Rebel
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6:51pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Melanie1
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7:35pm Fri 19 Mar 10
tomcat
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7:43pm Fri 19 Mar 10
The lazy b****r couldn't even park further up the road on the other side, (and away from the crossing) where there is only a single yellow line (still bad, but not quite as bad).
Nowhere else to park... ok every-one, all park on yellow lines, tell the traffic warden there was nowhere else to park.
WDC
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7:44pm Fri 19 Mar 10
security word - take-fuel how apt
M40
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8:34pm Fri 19 Mar 10
As leader of Bucks Council any benefits he enjoys would probably cover the whole county.
There is no excuse for parking as he did, if he has a free permit then the only reason for parking there would be laziness.
The word box shows step-note.
DeepThinker
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9:07pm Fri 19 Mar 10
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Many people are convicted of speeding by the use of cameras.
J B Blackett
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9:20pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Plus ça change... wrote:You are correct, Pcc . A forensic scan of the pic suggests that there's more to this than meets the eye.
What about the small motorbike doing frontal wheelies on the crossing?
I have never, ever, ever parked or stopped on yellow lines. Ever. Not for a nanosecond. Ever...
So there!
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Firstly is the car 'parked' (on the wrong side of the road it would appear) or has the Chairperson politely stopped (or panicking - skidded to a halt ! ) to avoid running over the small vehicle / person apparently on the Zebra ? We need to know
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Secondly : has the innocent Chairperson been set up or framed by a hungry-for-fame news reporter who has created a scenario that appears to incriminate the Cp in a compromising situation - knowing perhaps he's been in trouble in the past and is vulnerable ? The camera can lie !
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I would love to defend the Chairperson but somehow I can't bring myself to do it.
weyfarer
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9:44pm Fri 19 Mar 10
678 wrote:Oh I give up, I am obviously wrong, let the poor beggar off with it, the same obviously applies to everyone else...
user1234567 wrote:if he (you) doesn't like it he could always step down and get out of the public eye678 wrote:I have never been interested in becoming an MP and also don’t personally know any. I am just really quite fed up of all the health and safely madness that is taking over the country not to mention the time wasting PC brigade. As long as you always treat others as you would expect to be treated yourself you can't go wrong and you Marlow wouldn't be too happy if that were your number plate in the papers all because you parked on a double yellow line...user1234567 wrote:strange when ever the council are involved in a story on here, you get a "new" poster on here, on the councils side, and you know you will never see them comment on anything else, strange ey Mr Shakespere, er sorry I mean user12345 or what ever your called678 wrote:So would you have all civil servants resign if they parked on a double yellow line?user1234567 wrote:yes but none of us are in charge of the people who fine you for doing so. Yellow lines actually pay his wagesweyfarer wrote: If Gordon Brown did that there would be hell to pay. RESIGN.So all of you on this thread are telling me you have never parked on a double yellow line at least once?? come on
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze
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10:24pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Malc London
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12:07am Sat 20 Mar 10
ferrellcat
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12:48am Sat 20 Mar 10
Voyeur
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8:55am Sat 20 Mar 10
Lividov
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11:49am Sat 20 Mar 10
in this case i don't see why he is not prosecuted as there is evidence that he was committing a crime.
chesham20
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7:53pm Sat 20 Mar 10
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Shelley61 says...
2:40pm Fri 19 Mar 10