On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:30:48 -0600, "Tristán White"
wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote in
ups.com:

Tristán White wrote:

... when we mere mortals, on our way to a pop concert saying "sorry I
lost my ticket", would most certainly have been charged £20??

And should David Cameron, as an example to follow, not have insisted
on paying the £20 rather than plea for clemency? Perhaps he's trying
to get even more hoodies' votes whom he keeps urging us all to hug.

Whilst the fact that our future PM may be a Morrisey fan is kind of
cool,
I
really can't bear any Tories and least of all those who purport to be
"a man of the people" in this fashion. The People's PM. **** off.

Anyone would be better than Bliar. But my vote is certainly not going
to
go
to either party at the moment. It'll be either Respect or the Lib
Dems, like last time.


You've gotta give some kind of reference so we can decipher your rant.

You're post implies that Cameron got nabbed without a ticket on the
Tube, claiming he'd lost it, and managed to pay the £3 fare rather
than the £20 penalty fare. A quick search of BBC News online doesn't
yield any such story, so please provide a source.


In the evening's paper:

http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/b...12/1848/3/5/0/

Ah, it was in themurdochrag, which is why I haven't seen it.

Looks like he "got away with it" because the worker knew who he was. I
see they didn't name the employee - which is a good thing, as they
don't want to be responsible for him getting sacked.

This has happened to me a couple of times over the years - one time I
approached a staff member at platform level, and was allowed to pay
again; the other time I went to the assistance window by the gate and
got a PF.


One question concerns me though: Why doesn't DC have an Oyster?

Other things to compain about in the article: the £20 PF is not "a
fine" and is not given "for fare dodging", and I trust people in LUL
will be writing a letter of correction to themurdochrag immediately