So! West End Associations, how do you feel now??

[chairman]

Thought you guys might like to see this email we received from Danny trying to muster opposition to our demos. You may note that the very same Society of London Theatres are the ones now being quoted in the Evening Standard as furious at Danny's latest initiative.

So, Society of London Theatres, how do you feel at slating us???

Dear Mr Djanogly

Planned motorcycle demonstration in the West End on Monday 11th May

We are writing to express our disappointment that your planned demonstration on Monday 11th May is still, at this stage, going ahead.

Alongside Westminster City Council, a number of major businesses and organisations in Westminster including Covent Garden London, Heart of London Business Alliance, New West End Company, the Regent Street Association and Shaftesbury PLC all have an interest in working together to maintain and develop a strong business environment and residential community in the West End.

As such, we are of the view that it is entirely inappropriate to cause "mayhem" in the West End and "lay siege to London", especially at a time of global recession.

Indeed, your demonstration on Monday and the inevitable disruption it will cause will have a serious impact on West End businesses in terms of lost revenue and trade.

It will also clearly impact on the hundreds of thousands of commuters, tourists, and residents in the West End, the vast majority of whom will not welcome your protest and have no wish to have their daily lives disrupted by your actions.

In the light of these concerns we hope that you will urgently reconsider your plans for Monday and call off this demonstration.

Yours sincerely,

Heart of London Business Alliance
London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
New West End Company
Regent Street Association
Shaftesbury PLC
Society of London Theatres
Westminster City Council

Source: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23797528-council-plans-to-scrap-free-evening-parking-in-west-end.do

[nutsville]

Got hold of the later edition BBC London clip featuring Richard Pulford, spokesman for The Society of London Theatres saying “To tax the late night economy further is entirely a retrograde step and foolish”

Would it be too cruel to post it up on YouTube ? 

[1frog]

I remember contacting the "New West End Company" a long time ago but they didn't seem to care about the parking tax.

[ldn1702]

I remember contacting the "New West End Company" a long time ago but they didn't seem to care about the parking tax.

Well they do now!

[vespa]

PO

Got hold of the later edition BBC London clip featuring Richard Pulford, spokesman for The Society of London Theatres saying “To tax the late night economy further is entirely a retrograde step and foolish”

Would it be too cruel to post it up on YouTube ?  

Post post! And make sure you make a little link to this letter too, to give it context.. oh people just don't like motorcyclists do they.. they don't really know why, it is just engrained in them not to like us... but what did we do to them Richard Pulford.. you MUPPET.

[chairman]

Nutsville, I agree it could make an excellent YouTube item, however, as you know I am a complete technophobe.....when I posted the link, I can assure you all it went to the relevant story, but now when I click on it, it just goes to a kinda home-page.

If anyone can re-link to the story where Ricgard Pulford is quoted, please affix a link

Thx

[Ogri]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23797528-council-plans-to-scrap-free-evening-parking-in-west-end.do

Think you cropped the 'do' off the end boss.

[1frog]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23797746-scrapping-free-evening-parking-in-west-end-will-ruin-businesses.do

[chairman]

Ogri, I bow to your perseptiveness - whilst my name may be on the door of this campaign, it would be nought without the help of so many are willing to give of their abundant skills in so many areas.

However, if 1frog spotted it first but you pushed the "post" button whilst he was still translating from his native tongue.....then please re-read this posting as...1Frog, I bow to your.....

[chairman]

Please to report - have now modified original post - please ignore last 2 posts

[nutsville]

I'll stick Richard Pulford up tomorrow, but right now I'm re-editing Chalkley's TV interview. He's now correctly telling the viewers that it is all about revenue raising, it will probably be the only time you'll see chalkley tell the truth. 


But Richard Pulford looks familiar

[Woodstock]

This is scary now, this is the first reference to the evil that is skeletor....

But remember:
I HAVE THE POWER!

[Woodstock]

Thrown my tuppenceworth onto the standard. Anyone thought about contacting all these people again and saying 'support the legal fund, we make all this go away. They'll just bulldoze it through and say fuck you lot!'
 

[Crossroads Rider]

Just spoke with Chairman & have agreed to help prepare an appropriately powerful but carefully worded letter to all in London bizz community who are now up in arms about parking charge rises – but were duped by DC into regarding as a nuisance and being 'disappointed' about our stand against parking taxes.

There is a beautiful twist for us in my view here and a superb opportunity for us to cease being a 'nuisance' and as I've said in third para of latest blog, we can not only gather more serious support from mainstream bods with clout, but NoTo riders could become the knights in shining armour  to save the West End from the evil robber barons in WCC town hall! http://www.crossroadsrider.com 

[Woodstock]

Slow down crossroads… panto seasons over!

[edenphil]

Huzzah!! for Cinderalla and the knights on shiny motorcycles. 

 Oooh look out its Baron hardup ( I mean Chalkley) and he's coming right for you.

Where?

HE'S BEHIND YOU

[bike78]

Just spoke with Chairman & have agreed to help prepare an appropriately powerful but carefully worded letter to all in London bizz community who are now up in arms about parking charge rises – but were duped by DC into regarding as a nuisance and being 'disappointed' about our stand against parking taxes.

There is a beautiful twist for us in my view here and a superb opportunity for us to cease being a 'nuisance' and as I've said in third para of latest blog, we can not only gather more serious support from mainstream bods with clout, but NoTo riders could become the knights in shining armour   to save the West End from the evil robber barons in WCC town hall! http://www.crossroadsrider.com  

How about sending that letter to the ES and West End Extra, i think there maybe a good few letters in the WEE next week about this.

[DastardlyDick]

For what it's worth I added my comment to the Standards article which basically said 'serve you right for allying yourself with WCC in the first place'.

[spannermonkey]

I think I must have really upset the Evening standard web page, I keep trying to type in the number/letter combernation and all it keeps doing is is giving me another combination to copy?? any tips.

[Woodstock]

Make sure the capitals are capitals (and vice versa), no spaces,  type the right ones....