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Author:  captain cab [ Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:41 am ]
Post subject:  Minicab driver in Irish 'rant' probe
Minicab driver in Irish 'rant' probe

A Glasgow private hire driver is under investigation for allegedly refusing to allow Irish visitors to speak their language in his car.

The man, who has not been named, has been accused of offloading the passengers at the side of the road at 2am on a Monday morning after they objected to his demand that they stop speaking in Irish Gaelic. Enforcement officers from Glasgow City Council are now looking in to a formal complaint against the driver, who works for Hampden Cabs.

A city spokesman said: "A complaint regarding an alleged racist incident has been received and will be investigated in the appropriate manner by the council's taxi enforcement team."

Kathleen McAleer, 21, a mental health nurse, was one of four passengers in the car in the early hours of Monday, December 16. She was travelling with a friend and two first cousins from County Donegal from one house on the South Side to another.

The cousins, Joseph and Anthony Blair, 19 and 21, respectively are native speakers of Irish Gaelic.

Ms McAleer said: "My cousins were just talking to each other in Irish, which is their first language.

"The taxi driver turned around and said to them 'Stop speaking in that language'.

"We didn't really know how to take it. He said: 'When you are in Britain, it is English you speak.'

"I said to the driver 'Excuse me', shocked that somebody would say that to them."

I said: 'That is out of order'.

"He then said: 'If they want to speak in that language they can get out of my taxi.'

So we got out and said we wouldn't pay."

Ms McAleer reported the matter to both Hampden Cabs and the city council.

The Evening Times asked Hampden Cabs to comment on the complaint.

Initially the company's Paul Muir insisted the incident related to what he called drunken passengers who had been at a city concert the previous day who had allegedly intimidated an elderly driver and been asked to leave the car.

However, after being told Ms McAleer was reporting an incident a day before the concert, he said he would not comment.

But before doing so he said: "I couldn't imagine four people coming over from Donegal and going to a party in Britain and not being drunk"."

He then laughed.

Private hire and taxi drivers must prove they are a "fit and proper person" to hold a licence from the city's licensing committee.

Investigations are carried out by the city council's enforcement team with any findings passed on to the committee for a hearing, should one be deemed necessary.

source: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/taxi ... n.23005857
Author:  trotskys twin [ Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:10 pm ]
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Orange scum alive and well and LICENSED in Glasgow :evil: :evil:
Author:  captain cab [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:23 am ]
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trotskys twin wrote:
Orange scum alive and well and LICENSED in Glasgow :evil: :evil:



I think you're right - wonder what the driver would have said to a car full of Polish people?
Author:  trotskys twin [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Minicab driver in Irish 'rant' probe
captain cab wrote:
trotskys twin wrote:
Orange scum alive and well and LICENSED in Glasgow :evil: :evil:



I think you're right - wonder what the driver would have said to a car full of Polish people?


SIEG HEIL :?: :?: :?: UNTERMENSCH :evil:
Author:  cabby john [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Minicab driver in Irish 'rant' probe
Ffs, all they would have had to do is to speak in a broad Irish accent.......and no f*^k*r would have understood them anyway :wink:

Here's one for you.

Back about a year ago (we have a big student population) I picked up a young German student. I got talking to her as I generally do with passengers (if they want to talk, then we do) (if they don't, they don't) but I have tried. She had come over here to improve her English.........................and landed up in Scotland #-o #-o #-o #-o #-o #-o :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:
Author:  trotskys twin [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:41 pm ]
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cabby john wrote:
Ffs, all they would have had to do is to speak in a broad Irish accent.......and no f*^k*r would have understood them anyway :wink:

Here's one for you.

Back about a year ago (we have a big student population) I picked up a young German student. I got talking to her as I generally do with passengers (if they want to talk, then we do) (if they don't, they don't) but I have tried. She had come over here to improve her English.........................and landed up in Scotland #-o #-o #-o #-o #-o #-o :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:


Cant resist this John #-o

Surely jocksville would be preferable to sheep shagger land, and as for IRISh accents your lot BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAING all the time is hardly educational #-o OR UNDERSTANDABLE TO ANYTHING WITHOUT A WOOLY COAT :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:

proper English COCKNEY ME SON NAH WHAT I MEEN.......................UP YER ARRIS :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:
Author:  cabby john [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:29 pm ]
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Quote:
proper English COCKNEY ME SON NAH WHAT I MEEN.......................UP YER ARRIS :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:


English cockney - not that there is any other type #-o

People who cannot talk unless it is rhyming slang............real nice :roll:
Author:  trotskys twin [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Minicab driver in Irish 'rant' probe
cabby john wrote:
Quote:
proper English COCKNEY ME SON NAH WHAT I MEEN.......................UP YER ARRIS :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:


English cockney - not that there is any other type #-o

People who cannot talk unless it is rhyming slang............real nice :roll:


nah London IRISH cockney mush ..........................................our day will come =D> =D> =D>
Author:  captain cab [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:34 am ]
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City minicab driver suspended after Irish Gaelic row



A minicab driver who told passengers speaking the Irish language in his car to leave the vehicle has had his licence suspended.

Alan McKinnon has been taken off the roads for a month and instructed to take a customer courtesy course after Glasgow City Council accepted he had breached several conditions of his licence.

The local authority took the decision despite appeals from those who made the complaint against him for no sanctions other than an apology.

The licensing committee also heard there had been use of the term "Hun", a derogatory term for Rangers supporters also considered sectarian by many, by both a passenger and Mr McKinnon.

In an incident which made global headlines, Mr McKinnon, from Bridgeton in Glasgow, was accused of offloading four passengers at the side of the road at 1am on a Monday before Christmas after they objected to his demand that they stop speaking in Irish.

A complaint by the nephew of two of the passengers, brothers Anthony and Joseph Blair from Donegal, was then lodged with the council's taxi enforcement unit and referred to the licensing committee by the authority's head of land and environmental services.

At yesterday's hearing, a statement by the Hampden Cars driver was read. It stated: "I collected three males. During the journey one of the party started to sing/chant: 'There's Only One Glasgow Celtic.' I asked the chap to stop. The chap said: 'You must be a Hun then.'

"I said: 'That's right, I'm a Hun.' Two of the party began speaking in a different language, Gaelic I think. I asked them to stop but they continued."

But witness statements from three of the passengers stated that Mr McKinnon told them that 'well, when you're in Britain it's English that's spoken'.

The driver's lawyer, Euan Robertson, said he had believed the pair were "plotting" and only removed them from the cab as they did not comply with his demand to refrain from speaking Irish.

Mr Robertson was also quizzed on how his client usually handles football supporters and drunkenness in his cab.

Councillor Bill Butler said: "'Hun' is an unacceptable term, that's agreed. Perhaps it was an inappropriate attempt at banter."

Mr Robertson confirmed that nothing else had been said, adding that "Hun" was said "not in an aggressive tone".

Committee chairman Councillor Chris Kelly said: "The conversation was not threatening but there was a plot in some way against him. Also that it was his expectation that they would desist from speaking in Irish. I am concerned about the use of the words 'did not comply'.

"The particular comment was meant in a non-aggressive manner. Does Mr McKinnon have a difficulty dealing with passengers?"

Mr Robertson insisted that his client had no difficulty in dealing with passengers and that after 19 years of service the incident was an "aberration".

In his statement, Joseph Blair said: "I would not want the driver to lose his licence or job as we all make mistakes, but he should learn from them and not be punished."

source: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home ... w.23612316
Author:  The Script [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Minicab driver in Irish 'rant' probe
trotskys twin wrote:
captain cab wrote:
trotskys twin wrote:
Orange scum alive and well and LICENSED in Glasgow :evil: :evil:



I think you're right - wonder what the driver would have said to a car full of Polish people?


SIEG HEIL :?: :?: :?: UNTERMENSCH :evil:

If a post about potential VAT fraud is removed by Admin because it is offending should the above not also? Disgusting.
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