Has anyone had a chance to read the Labour Party Manifesto ? I’m told that there’s a commitment to make BW a mutually owned cooperative or somesuch. Can we buy shares?
Opinion
Labour Party Manifesto
Friday, April 16th, 2010Nothing’s simple.
Friday, March 26th, 2010Well I guess I owe Keith Rossiter an apology.
After giving him such a hard time about unfounded allegations. I was cycling home last night around 11.30 and witnessed someone on the back of Leah Rose 506166 emptying a toilet into the canal.
What should I do about this? What should our community do about this?
It has quite depressed me that I spend so much time defending our community and do so much work to prevent people like Mr Rossiter spreading rumour and untruth.
I am effectively defending the right of fuckwits like this to behave like this.
It will be a while before I feel able to continue with this website or any other actions.
so….
Sorry Keith.
Enough is Enough
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Is the 14 Day Rule is a Misnomer? – A personal view
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010We have been asked to publish this take on the ’14 day rule’.
Due to our case being founded in part on British Waterways seeking additional powers rather than enforcing the 14 day stipulation in the 1995 Waterways Act there is some debate amongst boaters on the implications of this piece of law.
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The Bill de Leie show
Friday, December 18th, 2009We don’t normally lift from other websites but this, seen in the latest Towpath Talk letters page had me in stitches so I thought I’d share it with you all.
Has BRITISH WATERWAYS slipped its legal moorings?
WHAT in blue blazes was NABO’s legal affairs officer Geoffrey Robinson thinking of. By asserting that the very basis of the powers that British Waterways control of licensing and mooring are at odds with the law and possibly unenforceable he has given every druggie, alcoholic and general deadbeat on the canals carte blanche to moor anywhere, for as long as they want and without buying a licence.
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Reply from BW Chief Robin Evans providing details of Hire Boat expansion on Kennet & Avon (West)
Friday, December 4th, 2009Apologies for the delay in replying to your previous e-mail.
The 40% statistic is a national one. The K&A has gone against this trend and you are correct that there has been a significant increase here – a doubling in fact in the number of hireboats based between the bottom of Devizes locks and Bristol from 36 in 2003 to 78 this year.
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