• NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    They clearly only rescinded it because of the media attention. The real story is that England’s councils are now so stripped to the bone on austerity that they’re hiring roaming enforcers to enforce fines on obscure regulations and instruments to raise money.

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      1 day ago

      They must have run out of old ladies to arrest for tErRoRiSm

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        13 hours ago

        It’s not the cops doing this - they have to use speed traps to raise budget like everywhere else - it’s council “enforcers”.