Oh Dear George!

[sir.prize]

Who has been labelled despicable?

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-04-04/chancellor-george-osborne-police-car-parked-in-disabled-bay-at-m4-services/

[naomi24]

I agree with FGT too.

As for his comments on Philpott, as I understood it he was saying the Welfare state has created a class of people who don't want to work - and it has.

[emmie]

but the way it was said, was suggesting that many are like that, that the welfare state has bred lots of people like it, and it isn't right or fair on others, he shouldn't be making political points out of the awful case, not right.

[naomi24]

I don't think he was making political points. He was telling it like it is. It has bred many people like that.

[emmie]

perhaps, but i wish he could have kept it general and not mentioned that vile man.

[naomi24]

I know what you mean, but the problem with keeping it general is you get the hand-wringers denying it happens. Philpott is indisputable proof
and I think that's why he used him as an example.

[emmie]

perhaps i am more used to those who worked, then fell rather by the wayside, as opposed to those who never did a days work. My family all worked, well not the old man, but he was a lazy useless lump of poo.

[dave50]

There are far too many disabled spaces in car parks anyway. There are always lots of these spacers empty when the rest of the car park is full to bursting. When i have come across this situation and there is nowhere else to park then i have parked in a disabled space in the past.

[youngmafbog]

Hopefully the press arent waiting for you though Dave !

This has to be one of the most desperate attempts by the left to smear him. It really is pathetic, surely there are things they can pick up on that matter - and he did.

All those thinking it is despicable what would you have him do? Demand the police car move 15 ft forward out of it? I bet you all would have been up in arms about that.

Lets also not clobber the old bill here either, there are security issues, I dont think it would be too wise of our finest in Blue to have him walk across the car park when it is not necessary do you?

[Gromit]

It's the Chancellor's Policies that have no legs, not Gideon.

[emmie]

the chancellors policies do have credibility, i can see that, even though i am going to suffer as a result. I dislike the culture that would engender people to never work, to see a life on benefits as an option, that was never the intention of the benefit system. and going on the news last evening families like Philpotts are actually pretty rare, so that's good, however there does seem a small core of folk who have the idea that benefits is a lifestyle choice, one would have to ask how we got to that situation. Thing is now these cuts will affect some who can't afford the extra payments, so where we go from there.

[jomifl]

What he should have done is to call his chauffeur on his mobile to get him to move it before he got in, so that the press photographer who had been following him couldn't get a shot. Perhaps though he has better things to do than worry about the press. What a storm in a teacup!

[Baldric]

Was he driving?........................No!
Did he see the disabled sign painted in the bay?...............I doubt it, the car was parked on top of it!
Should he have looked for disabled signage any where else?..............No, why should he? Special Branch were driving, not him..............
Complain to Special Branch then......
Get a life and stop whinging!!

[rockyracoon]

Blimey, he's the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he's got the time to worry about where his chauffeur is parking then there's something wrong, the country's going through a financial crisis and people think this should be uppermost on his mind, yee Gods!

[emmie]

rocky i think that's the point, it is a non story..

[Twenty20]

What's the problem? Millions of people park in disabled bays every day. Many of them have blue badges. And a lot of them aren't even disabled.

As to this particular case, he wasn't even the driver.

Bit of a non story really.

[jno]

has he not even got the time to tell the drivers' pool never to park in disabled bays?

I could understand it if he was busy rescuing the economy, but...

[Old_Geezer]

I am willing to give George the benefit of the doubt since it is plausible that his driver opted to park there rather than him. But it seems to be poor judgement on choice of driver to get one that doesn't respect the parking spaces allocated to the handicapped. Even if it was just stopped for a moment, in George's position the consequences are non-trivial, and the driver should know that and be on their best behaviour.

[Sqad]

jno

\\\has he not even got the time to tell the drivers' pool never to park in disabled bays? \\\

Good point or not to
1) Accelerate whilst being overtaken.
2) Not to jump a red light
3) Not to go up a one way street..

etc etc.

Morning standing orders for the police vehicle pool.............

Cmon jno....

[andres]

I wonder just how many able bodied people have parked in disabled bays. ?? Let him without sin etc.,etc.!!

[McMouse]

Round here the police and PCSO's regularly park in disabled bays and then go out and harass people. The local fire brigade park their Fire Truck on double yellow lines while members of the crew go into a bank, betting shop, supermarket etc.