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After the Civil War , in 1654 Oliver Cromwell set up the Fellowship of Master Hackney Carriages by Act of Parliament, and taxi driving became a profession. This makes the licensed taxi trade the oldest regulated public transport system in the world.
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It’s been a long journey, with plenty of knocks, plenty of mistakes along the way. But TfL are facing a different Taxi Trade in 2021 a trade that is prepared to fund and defend its interests in court . No longer will we be complicit those days are well and truly over
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I never said we were buses. I said only 2 vehicles are publicly hired , buses & Taxis. Oh how they laughed . It seems Justice Lang agrees with me. Who’s laughing now..?
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About COVID , Taxis are safer than Buses, Trains , and private hire , Taxis are the safest form of public transportation. Justice Lang
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I want to thank you for your kind tweets. I’m so happy to have played a small part , in this massive victory for you my fellow cabbies. I’ve always been proud to be a London Cabby none more so than today
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Let’s not forget, that TfL were neutral not once but twice where Uber were concerned, but are appealing the decision to allow Taxis access. They are not taking a neutral stance with us. We shouldn’t with them
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It’s been 59 years Rose v Welbeck in 1962 since the trade last won anything meaningful . Today’s judgement is monumental. Thanks to everyone who supported and contributed . You gave us your hard earned money but most importantly you gave us your trust👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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I think we all expect that by Wednesday TfL will have asked the court of appeal permission to appeal the Bishopsgate/ streetspace decision. A criminal waste of Tax payers money imo. It’s worth remembering they never appealed a certain mini cab operators licence decision .
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We do have to ask ourselves why our self proclaimed world class regulator , didn’t appeal Uber being issued a licence after they had refused to relicence them, not once but twice , but they want to appeal Taxis special status ,our legitimate expectation etc etc
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The trade must take TfL to court in a commercial case , this case must include a certain mini cab app, ergo our exclusive right to P4H . Defend the 2 tier system stop mini cabs p4h . Seek Substantial damages. This doesn’t come cheap it’s £250 per driver. Support
@UTAG17
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To all those who’ve supported UTAG, to those who spent 14 months demonstrating in the sq
@lennythepen
@ProactiveITA
today belongs to you .
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The taxi trade should not have to pay to drop off at Heathrow, Taxis are publicly hired. To say oh it’s ok because the public are paying it via extras , is so short sighted. It will set a precedent, it’s wrong . It’s also anti competitive imo .
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To become a London Taxi Driver . You must complete the Knowledge. That’s because Taxis are publicly hired, PH are privately hired . That’s why our standards are so much higher.Its also worth noting that
Built in social distancing comes as standard.
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I told TfL and the Deputy Mayor in a meeting on Thursday, that Bishopsgate will likely be decided in the Supreme Court.
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Many are asking can we go through bank, can we now drive up Tottenham Court Road. We must allow for the legal issues to be resolved. I get the frustration , please be patient. TfL are meeting all 32 of the local councils legal teams tomorrow 28/1/21 . Our Win is massive
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I don’t know why cyclist perceive us as their enemy. Their dislike for us is all consuming,we’re working class men &women a lot of these cyclists are middle class they don’t know a thing about our trade,they don’t know the difference between a taxi and a mini cab.Embarrassing
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So TfL have got there appeal. Are we surprised? Im not . Is our fantastic, historical trade prepared for this fight. Absolutely!! See you in court
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It’s been an amazing couple of days , I’m still buzzing tbh. For many years I alongside many others have said we have a special status etc etc. We’ve been ridiculed , vilified, insulted on Wednesday we were vindicated. To all of my fellow cultists, feels great doesn’t it.
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Im not ashamed to admit I’ve had my tears, I’m now going to have a few beers . We wipe our mouth, dust ourselves off and we go again
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In 7 days time TfL’s appeal against the Bishopsgate decision will begin. It’s worth remembering that TfL have never appealed a certain PH app being relicensed . They went neutral not once , but twice
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Our ‘expert’ regulator now being ripped a new arsehole on their traffic modelling , by our QC . You just love to see it 😂👏🏻👏🏻
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Yeah I wear my heart on my sleeve, I’m not ashamed to admit I shed a few tears . I love this trade and the majority of people in it
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It’s obvious why the KOL numbers are so low, it’s because TfL have allowed mini cab drivers to p4h via an app. It’s no good looking to change the KOL while doing nothing about PH working in our market. Focus on that first .
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We know through doing the KOL that you get knocked down, you pick yourself up dust yourself down and go again. I know what this trade is made off, TfL are about to find out
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UTAG are fighting bishopsgate, Kaptan, Camden. I think even our distractors will acknowledge, the trades never seen anything like it. So all of you’s who subscribe to UTAG . You Lions 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Black cabs roar back into favour as app firms put up their prices | City transport | The Guardian
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Still on cloud 9 over yesterday’s historical victory for the London Cab trade.I publicly thanked all the Cabbies who supported UTAG it was remiss of me not to thank the original stakeholders our trade owe them a huge debt of gratitude.We’re all in it together. Thanks so much 👏🏻👏🏻
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Surprise Surprise TfL have announced our exclusion from Bishopsgate is to be made permanent. I distinctly remember them saying in the appeal Court that Bishopsgate was in response to the pandemic. Are we going to pontificate and do nothing or are we going to take them on.
@UTAG17
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I’d like to thank everyone for their kind tweets, it means a lot. Today is all about our trade. Ask not what the London Taxi trades done for you, ask what have you done for the London Taxi trade. Or words to that effect . Without your support none of this would be possible
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If TfL don’t want us then negotiate our redundancies. But they can’t even do that, by their actions they are trying to condemn us to a slow painful death by a thousand cuts and hide behind market forces and modern technology etc etc . Some of us see it for what it is .
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I really do understand drivers frustration. The legal bundle served on TfL on Wednesday has 1,199 pages of our legal argument against our exclusion. Outstanding work by our legal team . Now is not the time to demo imo. It could undermine all that hard work
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We’re going to have a debrief with the legal team in the coming days. Many of you witnessed what occurred, how our QC seemed to be on trial. My opinion for what it’s worth, is we take this all the way to the Supreme Court , obviously subject to what David & Charles say
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We came into being in 1654 TfL came into being in 2000 we predate them by 346 yrs Tomorrow the regulator will try to overturn our hard earned rights ergo publicly hired etc etc . They never invented us, they inherited us. See you in Court
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London’s taxi drivers are acknowledged to be the best in the world. London invented the Taxi Trade, P4H originated in London and now TfL have allowed untrained freelance mini cab drivers to work in our market via an app a market they are neither licenced or qualified to work in
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Congratulations to Darren for being named Times Lawyer of the week. I don’t think we actually appreciate the magnitude of our victory. From being called luddites, loonies and then last we to be Vindicated. Take a bow 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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The Hackney Carriage trade goes all the way back to 1654. We predate Buses, Tubes,Trains. London’s First, London’s Finest
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A pandemic / recession we could probably handle. What we can’t handle is unfair competition , and being categorised as a normal vehicle for the purpose of road access.
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Right all you crazy b******ds who’ve sent messages of support, who’ve signed up to UTAG again. I owe you everything. We Go Again
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So the Bishopsgate/ Streetspace appeal date is set for Tuesday 15th June . The days of us cowering are over. Bring it on !!
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The first 9 years TFL were full of hubris ( if you don’t like it take us to court) . The penny is beginning to drop, we’re their nemesis
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That’s it for today. David Mathias was outstanding today. A big thank you to our legal team.
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This is why freenow Pay PH driver’s congestion charge .Because It requires PH drivers to drive the streets in search of fares, otherwise they can never hope to be sufficiently close to persons using the Free Now App to secure a fare. Don’t let anyone tell you they are not p4h
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We’ve ruffled a few feathers today. Never got the result we wanted, but we’ve put everyone on notice. Now it’s up to you, my fellow drivers. Get behind UTAG, let’s get Tfl into court
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I’m a boy off a council estate, not the best educated, most of my school friends chose a criminal path, the London Taxi Trade gave me and many like me the opportunity to better myself, for my child to have all of life’s opportunities I owe this trade everything
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We genuinely couldn’t have done any more. We’ve got the issue of P4H via technology to the court . It’s still all to play for . The taxi trade have turned up to defend our working practices. A big thank you to
@CabvisionTaxi
@chilternlaw2013
and the 3 thousand UTAG subscribers
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This will give you all a good laugh. TfL’s QC has referred to them as an expert public body .
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A level playing field assumes we do the same job. I didn’t complete the KOL to attain a level playing field with PH. Am I missing something? We want a level playing field with someone who hasn’t the level of training and is neither licenced or qualified to work in our market
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You’ve seen on my TL Gett teaming up with Ola. Freenow offering us a £5 to sell our customers. All this is happening under TfL’s watch . Exactly who should the trade be taking to court , the prostitute or the pimp
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Stopping Taxis having access to roads that buses have access too, to help bus times. All the revenue goes to TfL .Bus operators receive Subsidies. That sounds awfully like a restriction of trade 🤔
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I don’t want arguments with Cyclists. Taxis are not their enemy. I think many cyclists do not understand the difference between a Taxi and a mini cab. Thus leading to arguments on Twitter
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IMO what Marcus and Freenow mean by “To reform the Knowledge of London to make it more accessible for potential applicants” . Is make the KOL easier so lazy f***kers who want what we’ve got but don’t want to work for it . Lowering our standards , will inevitably lead to one tier
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Some might view these road restrictions as a single issue. Others like myself view these restrictions as the fundamental issue, without access to roads our job is no longer viable. To all those who share my point of view, today belongs to you
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I believe that the Taxi Trade will one day get TfL into court in an economical tort. That’s who we should be focusing on, then add in a certain mini cab app as a co conspirator in a conspiracy tort. We’re talking serious damages to quote a prominent QC .At least a billion
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5 years ago today, haven’t we come a long way. To all those who attended and subsequently supported UTAG 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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TfL the regulator is going neutral on Uber part 8 declaration
TfL have asked the court if UTAG are successful please don’t quash FreeNows licence.The role of the regulator is to regulate,not to take a softly softly approach and allow PH an advantage that infringes on our rights
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There's approx 24k of us, we've taken on a 60billion corp. After 5 years , lots of stress worry & tears we're still here.
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The role of the regulator is to enforce the regulations, not to interpret them in the way they see fit
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In this present financial climate, your response to UTAG’s call to arms, has blown me away. I don’t know how to thank you. You’re absolutely different class.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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I have no time for anyone who is not prepared to fight for our trade
No time whatsoever
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I’d like to think there is not a London Cab driver out there who doesn’t understand the importance and value that this high court judgement holds for our special p4h status
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My TL is full of people being pessimistic about the upcoming appeal. I do understand that due to historically we never seem to get the rub of the green. I tell you this for nothing, I’d rather have our hand than TfL’s . Stand tall , stand proud my fellow cabbies bring it on
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, I was organising demos for the UCG . My wife collapsed with a brain haemorrhage, the trade tooted their horns at an agreed time. Both myself and my daughter were distraught with worry . Cabbies brought food to my house, gave me money I didn’t know them. That’s why I love ya .
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It seems to me, everyone wants to play Taxi without putting in the hard graft to attain that status.
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Yesterday the UCG , supported by the LTDA & Unite raised the issue of these proposed UBER pick up points. We made TfL aware that we see it as a virtue rank. Only hackney carriages may lawfully ply or stand for hire. It is their defining characteristic. That’s the law !!
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@tom_watson
It’s totally irresponsible for health reasons and it’s a pr move ahead of 7 April tribunal being held on 1 billion plus owed in VAT. I would have more respect if you pulled up these Tax avoiding companies for the parasites they are
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UTAG was formed to defend the trade and take TfL to court. We’re taking TfL to court, papers were served Wednesday. The people associated with UTAG will put the interests of the trade first.
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So all local councils legal teams and transport bosses have been summoned to an emergency meeting with TfL this week. I wonder what that’s about 🤔
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Great news for UTAG .We was successful in getting the part 8 and JR rolled up together. Now scheduled to be heard in the divisional court for 3 days in November.
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It’s not rocket science , TfL have allowed minicabs to work in our market (Plying 4 Hire on apps) yet that never featured yesterday . Personally I found FreeNow’s attendance as a non licensed one tier enabling entity offensive.
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For those who haven’t contributed to UTAG that’s between you and your conscience . I’m proud to stand amongst the 3 thousand fighters, absolute lions .
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I do not consider that the Defendants have a real prospect of success on appeal, for the reasons I have set out in my judgment. Nor is there some other compelling reason why the appeal should be heard - Mrs Justice Lang.
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Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals | Uber | The Guardian
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UTAG and the LTDA, will be seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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The call went out , UTAG was introducing a £5 a month scheme. The take up from KOL students 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 If this is the calibre of KOL students, our future is in safe hands . Take a Bow , Boys & Girls
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