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Article by Wayne Casey in taxitalk

My column appears to be achieving critical review in Edinburgh, which if I actually cared, I suppose I’d take as a compliment. Unfortunately the critical acclaim comes from a crank, a person who during one year was opposed to taxi delimitation, then the next was totally in favour of it. This same chap appears to have written to Edinburgh CC opposing a recent fare increase application, whilst being blissfully unaware that the costs of running a taxi, due to the horrendous price of fuel and with taxi insurance companies fleeing the market effectively means running a taxi costs more than ever before. He and his cohort now complain about a lack of trade for taxis, with private hire seemingly taking over the place, whilst at the same time criticising every Hackney radio circuit within the City, yet he still maintains that more taxis are needed upon the streets of Edinburgh. This guy is truly the cab drivers champion.

He is actually on record as stating Edinburgh’s policy of managed growth led to the rape of a female who mistakenly got into a private car driven by a salivating rapist monster who was masquerading as a taxi / private hire driver. That’s nice for the headlines Wee Jimmy boy, but he doesn’t actually have any proof that taxi related rapes are actually more common in either regulated or deregulated areas.

For some sad reason the Edinburgh press love this guy, he’s a regular star in the local press, blaming ECC and managed growth for everything. We have those kind of cranks down here too, in fact every area has a crank that writes into a local paper each week complaining about anything and everything.

Of course in taxitalk we allow our cranks to have columns. See I do have a sense of humour, don’t I Bernie!

What a very good article

Wasn't him, I saw him on the course at Auchtermuchty yesterday.

Is there any resemblance to Paul when he hits a ball probably not but i bet he talks a good game

I better bump this up, wee Jimmy seems to have forgotton by its new relaunch in the Gilly Jocko section.....that his dribbling repost was actuall posted some two weeks ago.

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Don,t change the subject do you hit a ball like paul casey