Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Staff at University Hospital of Wales face having to sell their homes after losing a legal fight over the unpaid parking tickets.

One nurse owes £150,000 in outstanding fines after a court ruled £128 must be paid for every unpaid ticket, plus £26,000 in court fees, it was revealed today.

The hospital has 6,000 staff but the car park has only 1,800 spaces, so many nurses have to park in spots reserved for visitors. Staff, some of whom earn just £15,100, decided they would veto payment of any fines in protest at the lack of spaces.

Bad decision or wot? I guess a lot of the nurses who made the decision were 'young and inexperienced in life' and just thought they would be able to get away with it. Particularly so, if they used 'strength in numbers'.

More HERE

There might be 6000 staff but you would get nowhere near that in work at any one time. Add in the fact that many travel to work by bus or with a colleague and the 1800 spaces reserved for staff seems about right.

The nurse that couldn't get a space on over 1000 occasions looks like she's taking the piss to me and just couldn't be arsed to park where she was supposed to.

Saying that I believe parking should be free at all hospitals.

I agree, Dil

Land is extremely expensive and hospitals have expanded and expanded and haven't got the spare land to use just for car parking.

Perhaps, they ought to go 'up into the air' and go multi-storey. My local Northampton General have done exactly that and things are better - but you still have to pay to park and it isn't cheap.

Nevertheless, unpaid costs and fines totalling up of £150,000 for 'a nurse(?)' earning £15k pa are somewhat 'life and career changing'. She might well be advised to declare herself bankrupt, IMHO. A couple of years or so and the stigma of it will have completely disappeared too.

Edited above to read 1000 occasions not 100. Definitely taking the piss.

I spent 5 weeks visiting said hospital earlier this year and on two occasions only did I teally have to hunt for a space. On both occasions I could have much easily have parked in the areas/floors reserved for staff.

And both times were around 2pm when you would expect the most staff to be on duty due to office staff , out patient workers etc to be on duty.

That nurse couldn't find a space for the last five years when you take into account rest days and holidays !

And if she had been working there 5 years she would be on more than £15k so something doesn't add up.

Just fund this and other vital services properly instead of cutting them by stealth.

Yeah I blame the Welsh Labour government Stan :-)

No coherent policy as nearest hospital to me is in Abergavenny and parking is free.

And now I'm off to park my arse on my sun lounger. Lovely day here in Gods own country.

A "Sun" lounger in South Wales?... yeah pull the other one -):

They have a Facebook page set up at:

https://www.facebook.com/Fighting-against-unfair-parking-tickets-at-UHW-Cardiff-1660600057490089/

IMHO, despite the ruling from the judge, who would be setting a very peculiar precedent if he had ruled otherwise, this all has to be kicked into touch.

If it doesn't get kicked into touch, the consequences are just going to be utterly enormous.

Come off it Dil sunbathing in Wales !!

Oh dear!

Guess who has only got his notes on 'the back of a fag packet' and not even one lady in the back-up team?



Or are they all posing for a photograph just before they get started?

Yes. I'm sure that's just got to be the answer.

The back up lady will bring the tea in soon...

It is good to see the torrid party which has fragmented the UK is now fragmenting itself.

Imploding on itself after destroying as much as it could from around itself.

uk trys to teach the world that democracy is the only way to run a country .and must respect the voice of the people at the ballot box ,

well the left wing labour party have told the world NO NO NO RIOT AND TAKE TO THE STREETS BURN DOWN SHOPS CARS ITS ALL IN THA GOOD COURSE .
IF THE LABOUR PARTY LOSE AT THE BALLOT DO NOT ECCEPT THE RESULT

FROM JERMY CORBYN

WHY ARE THEY ALLOWING THE RCRIMINALS FROM GRENFELL TOWER TO GO FREE OF CHARGES THEY SUBLET HOMES AND CLAIMING HOUSING BENEFITS WHILE LIVING IN OTHER PROPERTIES BOUGHT BY CRIMINAL ACTS THEY ARE THE PEOPLE GUILTY OF THE DEATHS OF SUB LETTING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT OF BEEN IN THE TOWER CHARGE THE SCUM WITH THEIR CRIMES

IN OUR LOCAL PAPER we want all benefit cheats to be reported and charged with their criminal acts , we want all residents to call us or go on line to report , illegal tenants single people with partners claiming housing benefits ,

uk today no one wants to talk about the crimes in the uk they only want to condemn
those that put their views forward , and most want to talk about crap non events not facts

... Is that it then Tanks?