Speaking on LBC, Sadiq Khan said 'he is the London mayor who revoked Uber’s licence in 2017, he said everyone must play by the rules if they want to operate in the capital'.
But the truth is Sadiq, the same rules don't appear to apply when it comes to Uber.
Sadiq Khan was/is a lawyer and should know the law.
Uber were awarded a never heard of before 'probationary licence' by Emma Arbuthnot.... if you come out of prison on licence, or are put on probation.... if you break the terms of your probation, you are carted off back to prison !!!
Uber have broken the terms of their licence, been found guilty and paid a fine in court for failing to keep records and allowing the public to be picked up in uninsured vehicles....they should of been revoked at the same time, as not being fit to hold an operators licence.
But TfL and the Mayor have sat back and done nothing.
Khan is now making political gain out of the fact Uber are looking for a full five year operators licence, but according to City AM this morning, Khan and TfL are considering another shorter trial licensing period.
Khan said on the LBC interview :
"It would be inappropriate for me during a time we’re considering the application from any operator to comment on it and give a running commentary"
Having said that, he added:
"You will know my track record which is standing up to the big boys, and they are boys, and make sure everyone plays by the rules whether you’re a big business or whether you’re a small business and I don’t care how many lawyers you employ or how big your PR budget."
Uber, has been operating on a probationary licence since June last year. It appealed Transport for London’s (TfL) decision to revoke its licence, and won a never known before 15-month probationary licence which runs out next month.
According to City AM, TfL is understood to want to extend its licence rather than award Uber a more permanent authorisation.
If Uber are given another licence, albeit a short period, it will no longer be on probation from the court!!!
This is Khan standing up to the big boys with the big PR budgets!!!
WHY HAVEN’T TfL REVOKED UBERS LICENCE FOR BREAKING THEIR PROBATIONARY LICENCE.??
WHY ARE OUR ORGS AND UNIONS SITTING TIGHT LIPPED ON THIS??
THE TAXI TRADE HAVE TWO OF THE BIGGEST UNIONS IN THE COUNTRY, (UNITE AND RMT), WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT THIS???
WHY ISN’T THE TAXI TRADE EN MASSE, BANGING DOWN THE DOORS AT PALESTRA AND CITY HALL??
WHAT ARE WE WAITING AND SEEING AGAIN??
Next month will see another bout of John Walboys fever, all over social media with headlines like Black Cab Rapist Back In Court With New Charges Of Further Rapes!
UBER'S licence renewal will be consigned the the back pages, if covered at all by main stream media.
Khan said he was going to get tough with Uber (where have we heard that before).
He said he has quadrupled the number of PCOs
No way Manuel.
The small amount of PCOs available, more or less the same amount we had under Boris, can be seen daily at Kings Cross/St Pancras around the Taxi ranks, but nowhere near the illegal M&S Uber rank.
They keep a 9 to 5 schedule.
Do they even know where Hakkasan or Novikov are?
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