Author Topic: 'I'm warning you now, move!' Tube fare dodgers and Robert Jenrick clash  (Read 115 times)



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It was all a bit performative, I suppose - and politics seems to be becoming that, these days, following a less than desirable American path - but I was fundamentally not opposed to the principle until this bit:

"the same with bike theft, phone theft, tool theft, shoplifting, drugs in town centres, weird Turkish barber shops".

Now the various forms of theft I can see... but where the hell does he think he's going when he drops into 'Turkish barber shops' in that list?

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It was all a bit performative, I suppose - and politics seems to be becoming that, these days, following a less than desirable American path - but I was fundamentally not opposed to the principle until this bit:

"the same with bike theft, phone theft, tool theft, shoplifting, drugs in town centres, weird Turkish barber shops".

Now the various forms of theft I can see... but where the hell does he think he's going when he drops into 'Turkish barber shops' in that list?

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Here

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14554181/truth-Turkish-barber-shops-used-criminal-gangs-money-laundering.html

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On manoeuvres.

The question is for what - tory leadership or London mayor.
it does have a more mayoral feel but I suspect he's riding both horses at the minute

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Seen elsewhere

"Interesting Fact of the Day:  If Robert Jenrick were to catch 50 fare dodgers a day, recouping £2.90 each time for the taxpayer, and he did this as his full-time job, it would take him well over 1,000 years to recoup the amount the taxpayer lost when he helped a major Tory donor avoid a £45m tax bill back in 2020."
« Last Edit: May 30, 2025, 03:57:34 PM by Nearly Sane »

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