The Wednesday Morning Breakfast Club – Register and join in the regular demonstration.
The next demo will take place on 10TH MARCH 2010 (Then on every Wednesday thereafter at secret locations across Westminster City Council. REGISTER BELOW TO GET THE SMS LOCATION ALERT:
We also ask that you get yourself one of the hi-viz bibs with the campaign logo on, they really spread the message.
I will be there!
see you there. bring a pillion, (whether they like it or not !)
See you there like wallways
Coming down from Leicester, Can we get that Boris Johnson there? PRAT!
i’ll be there, will rope in some back-up.
I will be there. Very angry about this. Let’s make it a good’un.
thanks for organising this! theres no im not gona be there!
Its essential that ALL bikers are there, the gloves are off now and its time for all of us to stand up and be counted, lets get this money grabbing tax abolished once and for all!
Give us a clue about times, i need to plan my work day!
Can’t see how this can be stopped, but anything that fucks up the day for a bunch of filthy money-grubbing fucking Tories is fine by me.
cllr chalkney shove it up your ARSE
Motorbikes, mopeds and scooters should be able to park free of charge in motorcycles bays in the City of Westminster, just like everywhere else in the UK.
Bikes are the answer to London’s congestion problems, which is why they are exempt from paying the Congestion Charge.
I’m extremely disappointed that Cllr Danny Chalkley and Westminster City Council ignored the thousands of official objections to the motorcycle parking charges scheme and made it permanent. I thought the Conservatives were against stealth taxes but obviously not.
I’m worried that other councils will start thinking about charging for motorcycle parking now. We’ve already heard that the London Borough of Camden is considering the idea when they introduce Pay By Phone parking for cars later this year. Let’s make sure we let local authorities know that motorcyclists will not tolerate parking charges.
See you at the protest!
I will definatley be there, I was going to write what Colin Finch said, man after my own heart, Fuck em all
I think it’s if we cause as much hassle for them as they cause us, it will be a good day. We can’t let these barstards win!!!!!
Cllr Chalkley, quoting government statistics, maintains that bikes are more polluting than cars.
Aren’t there also governent statistics saying that diesel Freelanders do nearly 70mpg average!!??
Could he commute into the heart of London during the rush hour and out again in a car from the suburbs and cause less pollution and congestion than a bike?? I don’t think so. Forty miles, 50 minutes. Every working day for less than £6 of fuel. I can’t do that on over congested public transport. All vehicles with more than two wheels que and pollute. Bikes do very little of either.
Perhaps we should disreguard this rule in the same way that pedal cyclists ignore the rules of the road.
Waiting on my Bike, Bring it on
An absolute must for all bikers to be there. I will be rallying a biker or two to come into town from the sticks as well. Gloves off now, been on all the rallies bar one and always thought we were very cooperative and sensible. Now we have to hurt these guys where it notices, in their bloody pockets. The rallies should be longer and more diruptive. That way local business/rate payers may start hounding them when they lose revenue. Demo like the French!!!
Politicians lie all the time, is the only way for most of them to get to the top… so there is no surprise!!!
They are all a bunch of idiots!!!
Keep up the good work. Warren and the rest of the team are really making our voices heard unlike some of the so-called biking media. We need to give them maximum support so bring your mates along too.
I will be there!
Bike parking free in every other town in Britain (as far as I know) and in most bid european cities certainly in Barcelona and Paris the cities work hard to encourage bikes for all the obvious reasons use less space less fuel. Most cars have only one passenger. The argument for free parking is accepted all over the world except Westminister and they don’t make an argument just grap the money. Supposed to be a stealth tax? Don’t work very well every one has noticed. Be there.
Let us not delude ourselves that the majority of politicians are stupid, ignorant or unintelligent. They may be dyslexic, half blind, or have such poor writing standards they are unable read their own script from their seats in Parliament or Lords. They have the charisma to gather a band voters, loyal or otherwise, and intelligence to surround themselves with in depth support and defense systems.
It seems to me the elected members of national and local government are very astute in setting up triangles of administration in which independent agencies (Defra); not-for-profit (Housing Agencies); charitable organizations ( I am certain there are some) or private companies (utility billing and collection companies) are protected by so called regulators and ombudsmen organizations (OFWAT, OFGEM, FSA and the Banking watchdog) all appointed hand in glove from the ranks of the very organizations they are supposed to be overseeing, and from which they are supposed to be protecting us, the taxpayer and consumer.
As I understand the situation with the Bike Parking Charge, the authority to make the charge has been given to Westminster as a pilot. I understand the collection of the fee, fine and in all probability legalized theft of bikes, is has been handed over to a private company.
I am already aware of theft of SORN vehicles from private land by the agents of Local authorities without a court hearing. It seems there is no appeal against these actions, actions which are only uncovered after the Police have investigated the reported theft.
I have already witnessed many motorbikes being removed in London by groups of men supported by vans and lifting equipment marked “by authority of borough of Islington”. The bikes were correctly parked in a ‘Bikes only’ bay. The notice identifying the parking bay was not defaced, indicated no charge and no limitation to the time for parking. Police were in evidence in the vicinity but not apparently involved or concerned.
If the parking charge is enforced all the above and probably other infringements of decent behavior will become commonplace across the country as the charge companies employees with almost certainly be more motivated by their commision based pat then the wlefare of the motorist, his business, the good flow of traffic or the level of emissions.
This ‘No to the bike Parking Charge’ protest is a small needle compared to the mass protest required against misuse of government by its elected and unelected officials. It is time Government returned to the concept it is supposed to protect the people, the taxpayers from the excesses of government and sovereigns.
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The spirit of Ogri lives! The problem with motorcycling is that many commuters have joined. But we should energise capitalist commuters to become anti-establishment marxists!
Let’s ruin their civic dinner! Let’s shown these Conservative fat cats how we want them to spend OUR money, i.e. in more productive ways.
Many Thanks to Warren and the team for such dedication and untiring effort, -what an amazing, respected and worthy campaign we have become part of. See you on March 9th. !
Would love to be there. Am currently providing 24×7 care for elderly/infirm parents in Bristol – so may struggle to be there. But my thoughts and best wishes are with you all.
i will be there, with mi crew of angry bikers!
see you there!
Amazing work to date. I will be there for sure and will roping in as many mates as I can.
you bet ill be there……… lets really let em know we mean buisness on this one !!
On my way from Leeds; snow or not I’ll be there
See y’all on March 9th. I love sticking it to the self indulgent, self important fat cats. People power for ever!!
Will definitely be there!
I will have to be at work for 6.55pm just up the road but will pop in at (where ever we’ll meet) for 6pm for a bit. And I will spread the word. Warren and all involved in the organising are doing a great job!!! Way to go!!!!!
looking forward to annoying the bureaucrat parasite toads.
Hi All,
If you go to westminster web site, about the bike parking tax there is an option at the end to give comments if the information was useful or not:
http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/transportandstreets/parking/wheretopark/vehicletype/motorcycle/changes-to-motorcycle-charging-scheme/
I’m sure you all have some useful comments to make
I’ll be There
Are we going to be in D.J. and black tie as ive got the black tie but no Donkey Jacket(remember them). The bikes getting black tie as well so look for the bloke with the smile.
I will be there too, (can a bring a big Mac) ??
I will definatley be there.
HI I WILL BE THERE ALL THE TIME……
I will be there, lets show these bloody faceless, brainless, twats that you cannot mess with the two wheel brigade ( three if you have a trike )
I just read on london (EVENING STANDARD)
100 EXTRA CAMERAS ON WESTMINSTER last year westminster issued a total of 686,310 parking fines well dow out for good DANNY CHALKLEY you are a robber …..
Bring it on
Bringing lots of toys. expecting mayhem!
Wouldn’t miss it … and I’ve a new noisy can just to send DC a message!
At difficult financial times – local authorities should use public money more wisely. They should be thrifty whislt maintaining quality to provide best value at all times.
Creating schemes to generate funds should not be at the expense of those who best endevour to be environmentally friendly. Moneny generating of this nature raises concern over true local authority environment concerns.
Extravagances should be cut first. Whilst team building and staff motivation should not be compromised – “Lavish Dinners” at a suggested cost of £23,000 would be seen as outragious.
Just a thought, do you have to turn up on a bike?
How about a lorry, bendi-bus or something that would show how environmentally/congestion friendly bikes are?
What if it got caught up in traffic?
Will be there as often as i can!!