tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8747956479395126352..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Taxi for Jacqui Smith?Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27101983720941715362009-05-06T22:30:00.000+01:002009-05-06T22:30:00.000+01:00Jacqui Smith.
I swear, she should put a little ...Jacqui Smith. <br /><br />I swear, she should put a little heart above the "i", instead of a dot.<br /><br />Does anybody know how this loser got elected?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9512106392345914622009-05-01T08:51:00.000+01:002009-05-01T08:51:00.000+01:00"If £1M for taxis is cheaper than £1.1M for pool c..."If £1M for taxis is cheaper than £1.1M for pool cars etc we're getting a bargain."<br /><br />As has already been stated - they could use public transport. 1 million for taxis or 1 million for pool cars is the same thing - a total waste of public money.<br /><br />As usual, you left wing Dorftrotteln try to deflect from the case in point - that the Zanu Labour misadministration is wasting money that would be far better spent on public services for normal citizens rather than the high life your beloved champagne socialists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76574544952876136732009-05-01T00:55:00.000+01:002009-05-01T00:55:00.000+01:00Much as I loath to defend the Home Office, even th...Much as I loath to defend the Home Office, even though they pay my salary. Quite a large chunk of the taxi bill is for Immigration Officers in UKBA who have to get in for work at 4 AM or leave work after midnight when there is no public transport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42340166328401882692009-04-30T23:02:00.000+01:002009-04-30T23:02:00.000+01:00Do you perchance have any data for the cost of poo...Do you perchance have any data for the cost of pool cars, chauffeurs, essential car user allowances, etc then and now?<br /><br />If £1M for taxis is cheaper than £1.1M for pool cars etc we're getting a bargain. There is never even close to enough data in these anecdotal observations.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34495619320722609982009-04-30T15:11:00.000+01:002009-04-30T15:11:00.000+01:00Ah yes. No remind me. How much did they spend on A...Ah yes. No remind me. How much did they spend on Art for Marsham street when they don't even own the bloody place?Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852867933348403214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46499237265054489522009-04-30T15:09:00.000+01:002009-04-30T15:09:00.000+01:00Its quantitative easing to support a key electoral...Its quantitative easing to support a key electoral groupCynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852867933348403214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1625945500847822012009-04-30T14:33:00.000+01:002009-04-30T14:33:00.000+01:00Was any of this business given to Quick Taxis?
Ha...Was any of this business given to Quick Taxis?<br /><br />Have the details of which companies were used been issued?Bill d'Sarsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42100195611918699882009-04-30T14:22:00.000+01:002009-04-30T14:22:00.000+01:00What a waste of money. I wonder what percentage of...What a waste of money. I wonder what percentage of that cost was for legitimate govt travel.<br /><br />25% max at the most.<br /><br />Receipts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49531090580098934882009-04-30T13:59:00.000+01:002009-04-30T13:59:00.000+01:00Oor Jacqui should be manacled with bath plug cha...Oor Jacqui should be manacled with bath plug chains,dragged out of the Home Office à la John Sergeant and left on the pavement where we can all watch her fate on the CCTV cameras so beloved by Labour.PIENOMICShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846925617061061673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29175450917018654922009-04-30T13:18:00.000+01:002009-04-30T13:18:00.000+01:00My wife works for the Home Office and has to troop...My wife works for the Home Office and has to troop on the train between the two offices at which she regularly works as she is not allowed taxis. So, this is not a scam across the department and should be controlled by line managers I suspect.Blackacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808024417861534968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54930466081095878672009-04-30T13:14:00.000+01:002009-04-30T13:14:00.000+01:00It's all those late night cabs going South of the ...It's all those late night cabs going South of the River to Peckham for a kebab and then on to Nunhead that rack the bills up.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9586509274748192942009-04-30T13:05:00.000+01:002009-04-30T13:05:00.000+01:00for this reason, and so man7 others, including the...for this reason, and so man7 others, including the gurkha debacle<br /><br />http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/smithshame/sinosimonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29137901830829433452009-04-30T12:56:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:56:00.000+01:00Assuming the Home Office works 220 days a year, li...Assuming the Home Office works 220 days a year, like most offices, that's <B>£4753 A DAY </B> on Taxis.Old Holbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28022093056256312662009-04-30T12:54:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:54:00.000+01:00We should also find out how much BBC spends for fe...We should also find out how much BBC spends for ferrying people-presenters, guests etc.. in London Black Taxis and elsewhere to BBC studios. We pay for this through license fee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65013535541518102262009-04-30T12:51:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:51:00.000+01:00"Bus for the lot of them""Bus for the lot of them"Alan Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41625405791506516082009-04-30T12:23:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:23:00.000+01:00She's scared of London, innit. The HO now has its ...She's scared of London, innit. The HO now has its culture set by someone who thinks "normal people" don't walk around in London at night.Alixhttp://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48420320910709160492009-04-30T12:22:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:22:00.000+01:00That is a stunning increase, even by normal standa...That is a stunning increase, even by normal standards of Labour profligacy.<br /><br />Dave should ask about this at next PMQs,<br />it is Labour prudence writ large.Dino Fancelluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149455402317551353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19641019925110512582009-04-30T12:18:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:18:00.000+01:00Wonder how many weekly Taxis to / from Redditch th...Wonder how many weekly Taxis to / from Redditch there have been and how much they have cost?oracle3001https://www.blogger.com/profile/12644160998584970727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77568228928623807282009-04-30T12:17:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:17:00.000+01:00Labour Ministers have no shame, it will take more ...Labour Ministers have no shame, it will take more than this to rid us of Jacqui Smith. And if she does go, could we really subject some pupils in a school somewhere to Home Economics teaching from such as her?Not a sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123293202225008273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38036165211389186812009-04-30T12:08:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:08:00.000+01:00I have just caught a snippet of a joint press conf...I have just caught a snippet of a joint press conference between brown and, well, some Iraqi politician.<br /><br />It was noticeable that the lecterns did not have the usual 'Number10.com' logo. I wonder why?<br /><br />Not that its not a bad thing. The logo was/is naff to say the least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36713233585770997662009-04-30T12:07:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:07:00.000+01:00Thats a lot of London Cab Drivers being kept in em...Thats a lot of London Cab Drivers being kept in employment.Perhaps you should keep out of taxis for a while<br />or wear a disguise.<br /><br />on the other hand perhaps none of them ever read your Blog...Ooh! nastyNikostratoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581441869560921339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-4967479094800311952009-04-30T12:04:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:04:00.000+01:00I mean, its a pattern, Labour have just become lik...I mean, its a pattern, Labour have just become like those wives shopping with their husbands company credit cards.<br /><br />Spend, spend spend and be damned who's paying for it.<br /><br />Get a bus or train like the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-68053321332611407162009-04-30T12:02:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:02:00.000+01:00They are a shameful bunch of human beings who are ...They are a shameful bunch of human beings who are taking the pee out of the public in a blatant way. It's brilliant that they are being exposed for the scum we all know they are. GOOD! Now call the bloody election, get them out!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91479566430261291352009-04-30T11:57:00.000+01:002009-04-30T11:57:00.000+01:00Iain,
It is in the rules!Iain,<br /><br />It is in the rules!strapworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228784526399929300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-68904823744102629602009-04-30T11:51:00.000+01:002009-04-30T11:51:00.000+01:00This could be solved very simply if Blockbuster we...This could be solved very simply if Blockbuster were to start delivering top shelf videos.<br /><br />At present, I understand you have to collect them.Cassiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04197795933720433760noreply@blogger.com