Here’s another one in the ‘you couldn’t make it up category.’
Taxi Drivers in Southampton have been displaying the flag of St George in their windscreens with the words ‘English Speaking Driver’ written on the flag. What’s wrong with that? Nothing, but the jobsworths in Southampton Council have threatened those taxi drivers, giving them the ultimatum, take them out or lose your licence.
Yet another example of petty bureaucrats pandering to the political correctness lobby. If there were signs in the front of taxis stating French driver or whatever, no-one would bat an eyelid, but if you state you speak English because there are many taxi drivers who do not speak English, you are denounced as a racist.
I’m sure the officials who came up with this ridiculous policy also denounce the BNP. What they don’t realise is their actions only pander to the true racists and hand them support and therefore votes. Come on Southampton Council. Reverse this policy and let the law abiding taxi drivers of your city get on with earning a living without having the bully state breathing down their necks.
4 comments:
We are a multi-cultural society. If other nationalities wish to do the same so be it. In Europe they display various languages that are spoken but first and foremost in England it should be understood that English is the first language and any other European country would be offended if they had to do the same. This is PC too far
I have a lot of experience of this, coming from Blackburn which has the third highest Asian population in Great Britain outside of London.
As long as the driver can get from a to b and can tell me how much the fare is, I really don't care.
I'm just glad that a taxi driver who is an immigrant is contributing to the economy. Some of them are a millstone round the neck of our social security system as their lack of English renders them unemployable.
well, face it, we all know those people with the flags in the cab are slightly jingoistic and probably quite unpleasant people with dodgy views on our coloured/immigrant brethren
or racists if you prefer
While I agree with you, Andrew, one has to smile.
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