Cash cow council
New powers have allowed Labour-run Wandsworth Council to trial £130 speeding fines – much like parking infringements, no points are applied to the miscreant’s licence – if successful they will become permanent and other boroughs are likely to follow suit. Councils can keep the imposed ‘fine’ making it another cash cow and in effect de-criminalising speeding
Johnson’s London Dictionary: Oxford Street
OXFORD STREET (n.) The hinterland of failed hawkers who once populated this thoroughfare dedicated to retailing opulent chattels.
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Protected: London Taxis last more miles than any other car
London in Quotations: G. K. Chesterton
London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation.
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), All Things Considered
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