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    • Hmm yes I see your point about proof of postage but nonetheless... "A Notice to Keeper can be served by ordinary post and the Protection of Freedoms Act requires that the Notice, to be valid,  must be delivered either (Where a notice to driver (parking ticket) has been served) Not earlier than 28 days after, nor more than 56 days after, the service of that notice to driver; or (Where no notice to driver has been served (e.g ANPR is used)) Not later than 14 days after the vehicle was parked A notice sent by post is to be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been delivered on the second working day after the day on which it is posted; and for this purpose “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in England and Wales." My question there is really what might constitute proof? Since you say the issue of delivery is a common one I suppose that no satisfactory answer has been established or you would probably have told me.
    • I would stand your ground and go for the interest. Even if the interest is not awarded you will get the judgement and the worst that might happen is that you won't get your claim fee.  However, it is almost inevitable that you will get the interest.  It is correct that it is at the discretion of the judge but the discretion is almost always exercised in favour of the claimant in these cases.  I think you should stand your ground and don't give even the slightest penny away Another judgement against them on this issue would be very bad for them and they would be really stupid to risk it but if they did, it would cost them far more than the interest they are trying to save which they will most likely have to pay anyway
    • Yep, true to form, they are happy to just save a couple of quid... They invariably lose in court, so to them, that's a win. 😅
    • Your concern regarding the 14 days delivery is a common one. Not been on the forum that long, but I don't think the following thought has ever been challenged. My view is that they should have proof of when it was posted, not when they "issued", or printed it. Of course, they would never show any proof of postage, unless it went to court. Private parking companies are simply after money, and will just keep sending ever more threatening letters to intimidate you into paying up. It's not been mentioned yet, but DO NOT APPEAL! You could inadvertently give up useful legal protection and they will refuse any appeal, because they're just after the cash...  
    • The sign says "Parking conditions apply 24/7". Mind you, that's after a huge wall of text. The whole thing is massively confusing.  Goodness knows what you're meant to do if you spend only a fiver in Iceland or you stay a few minutes over the hour there.
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Although its very tight, and little is certain in these US elections, looks like odds on for Ossof to increase his narrow lead steadily as the majority of uncounted votes is in the larger democratically leaning counties

 

One thing that is certain - Trump will dispute it.

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One thing that is certain - Trump will dispute it.

 

I'm sure he will. He must be working through all that money he got his supporters to donate to his war chest quite fast.

 

So far I've read that the New York Times and Ossof himself have both said that he's won. I haven't seen it anywhere else so far but the number of votes has went up by a few hundred a bit earlier.

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Apparently they have evacuated Trumps Pet Patsy Boy Pence as he feared for his life at the hands of the Trump supporters revved up by Trump Tweets

 

Some might consider that poetic justice rather than just another injustice.

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just what he wanted from the minute he said he was running for president.

mass uprising.

 

doesn't even tweet saying go home you lot.

 

USA this is your president.....pour more gas on ...pour more gas on...come to my rally ...get covid..listen to me..

 

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The Washington Post is saying Nancy Pelosi asked the National Guard to come in and reinforce the Capitol police.

 

They also said that the Department of Defense, now with a Trump appointee in charge, has refused.

 

 

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Democrat Ossoff now 0.56% ahead and lead apparently growing as expected. Up from 0.42% little more than an hour ago

 

Lets hope it not only remains beyond the 0.5% recount margin .. but continues to grow.

 

By far the majority of remaining votes to be counted seem to be overwhelmingly in democrat voting areas

perhaps as many as 3 (or even 4) to one for Ossoff

- although of course nothing is certain, apart from that trump will tweet his whines and conspiracy lies.

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they must be projecting that with more info than I have from NYT (perhaps better breakdowns and understanding of the counties than i can bring to bare)  although it does sure look that way to me and looking more certain by the hour.

 

Seems to be following the Biden results with a last stretch boost of perhaps 3+ to 1 in the (already leading) democrat favour..

 

 

CORRECTION

Just refreshed screen and seen announcement - Democrats have won the senate

YAYYYY

 

 

I do think that is still projected and not avtual numbers - but too tired to sort it out

Bed shortly.

 

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Crumbling Hospitals, Schools, council services, businesses and roads

 

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0.64% lead so far up from 0.56% about and hour ago - steadily increasing and beyond recount territory

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Crumbling Hospitals, Schools, council services, businesses and roads

 

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When I started this thread to discuss American politics, I never thought we'd still be talking about the election two months on because of a defeated candidate's inability to accept the result of a fair election.

 

The scenes yesterday were shocking and I'm glad I'm not part of the group trying to decide what to do about the attempted coup. The Republicans have allowed Trump to carry on with all the untruths on a daily basis without saying anything and now thousands of his supporters believe what he's saying. If the political establishment does something now, they could turn him into a martyr.

 

The 25th amendment has been mentioned, to declare Trump unfit for office, if Mike Pence and enough other people support the move.

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By end of this week Trump could be gone. Following yesterday's events Trump has very little support left in Washington. 

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After throwing Pence to the dogs:

"Maggie Haberman Jan. 6, 2021

Trump was telling people today that he was happy Loeffler and Perdue lost, according to a person familiar with the conversations. He said they didn’t defend him enough."

 

Ossoffs' lead increases to 0.8% (35,000+ votes) with votes still coming in. (0.5% is recount limit)

 

"Congress reconvened to certify Joe Biden’s election as president hours after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. Live coverage ›"

 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/electoral-vote?action=click&module=ELEX_results&pgtype=Interactive&region=ReporterUpdates#after-a-day-of-chaos-congress-certifies-joe-bidens-election-victory

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Trump has had his little tweeter cut off ...

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Crumbling Hospitals, Schools, council services, businesses and roads

 

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Seem some claims earlier about National Guard. Some apparent clarifications from the NYT:

 

"The decision to mobilize the D.C. National Guard — by Secretary McCarthy and Christopher C. Miller, the acting defense secretary — came as a pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol earlier in the day."

 

"Defense and administration officials said it was Vice President Mike Pence, not President Trump, who approved the order to deploy the D.C. National Guard."

 

"President Trump initially rebuffed and resisted requests to mobilize the National Guard, according to a person with knowledge of the events."

 

"Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters that all 1,100 members of the D.C. National Guard had been mobilized on Wednesday afternoon to support the local police.”

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Crumbling Hospitals, Schools, council services, businesses and roads

 

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That says a lot, doesn't it? Trump wouldn't moblise the National Guard to protect Congress. People have also pointed out how lightly guarded it was compared with the day of the Black Lives Matter demo.

 

This article is thought-provoking about how the US ended up where it is and Rebecca Solnit of the Guardian US staff also suggests that Trump and his supporters want a parallel government.

 

They are building a separate reality and appear to wish for a shadow government to beleaguer and undermine the legitimate one. Today, we’ve seen it in action.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/06/trump-mob-storm-capitol-washington-coup-attempt

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The democrat senate leader Chuck Schumer on the Senate sergeant at arms Mike Stenger after the chaos:

 

“If Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Stenger hasn’t vacated the position, I will fire him as soon as Democrats have a majority in the Senate,”

 

Lets hope Trump stands by Stenger and gives him a job in charge of Trumps personal security ....

 

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Crumbling Hospitals, Schools, council services, businesses and roads

 

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And take these guys with him

 

 

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520

 

 

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For anyone who's interested, the Military Times has an article on why the Capitol wasn't more heavily guarded and why it took time to get enough National Guardsmen there on Wednesday. Like many articles, it compares how the rioters were treated with how mainly peaceful BLM demonstrators were.

 

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/07/this-is-why-the-national-guard-didnt-respond-to-the-attack-on-the-capitol/

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have they arrested the Q-anon 'shaman' ring leader yet?

They know who he is

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1 hour ago, honeybee13 said:

Sadly a police officer has died from injuries sustained during the attempted coup at the Capitol.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/08/police-officer-dies-after-pro-trump-mob-attack-on-us-capitol

 

should be launching a culpable homicide murder case...am i know whose name should be on the top that one...

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