London traffic warden defies five furious secret service agents

[PoliticalNick]

Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments that ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host country's laws

Diplomatic immunity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are no services rendered. It is travel on a public highway and diplomatic immunity gives them a pass, unless of course you want to see your diplomats and the old b*tch in the palace subject to the laws over here.

 

[Sons of Liberty]

What service was rendered?

They call it that so they can collect money from the Embassies, it's typical political bull**** and Blackleaf eats it up because "poor" London has a budget deficit. Why blame yourself for that when you can blame it on others?

 

[petros]

If they are charging a fee to reduce usage, it's a disservice.

 

[Blackleaf]

They call it that so they can collect money from the Embassies, it's typical political bull**** and Blackleaf eats it up because "poor" London has a budget deficit. Why blame yourself for that when you can blame it on others?

What a load of codswallop.

British diplomats are forced to pay road tolls in the US, so why should the British allow US officials to be exempt from paying the road toll that is the London congestion charge?

You can't expect to force British diplomats to pay US road charges and then try to avoid paying such road charges in Britain.

 

[EagleSmack]

How shameful of America that its embassy isn't amongst them. But don't worry. It owes us £7 million and the longer the US embassy dodges paying the charge then the amount it owes us increased. And they will pay up eventually.

7 Million and ticking! That's a lot of pounds BL and we haven't paid yet!

 

[petros]

That is a lot of pounds. They need to diet.

 

[Blackleaf]

7 Million and ticking! That's a lot of pounds BL and we haven't paid yet!

I don't know what you are bragging about.

British diplomats are forces to pay road tolls in the US and they pay them.

The fact that you expect your diplomats to somehow be immune from paying road tolls in Britain is shameful and hypocritical and is one reason why the US is deeply unpopular around the world. You think foreign laws don't apply to you.

 

[petros]

They are forced? By whom?

 

[PoliticalNick]

Here's a bit more from wikipedia;



London congestion charge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How fuked up is that? What kind of a$$hat writes a $240 ticket to the president of an allied nation?

 

[Blackleaf]

They are forced? By whom?

By the law, probably. You know, that little thing that people have to obey, like paying road tolls on toll roads.

 

[petros]

How fuked up is that? What kind of a$$hat writes a $240 ticket to the president of an allied nation?

The same asshats who came up with the VED

 

[PoliticalNick]

What a load of codswallop.

British diplomats are forced to pay road tolls in the US, so why should the British allow US officials to be exempt from paying the road toll that is the London congestion charge?

You can't expect to force British diplomats to pay US road charges and then try to avoid paying such road charges in Britain.

So you admit it is a toll and not a fee for providing a service.

 

[petros]

By the law, probably. You know, that little thing that people have to obey, like paying road tolls on toll roads.

Probably? Everybody pays for recreational use. Going into the city of London to conduct business is not recreational.

You still haven't said what the service is.

 

[EagleSmack]

I don't know what you are bragging about.

British diplomats are forces to pay road tolls in the US and they pay them.

The fact that you expect your diplomats to somehow be immune from paying road tolls in Britain is shameful and hypocritical and is one reason why the US is deeply unpopular around the world. You think foreign laws don't apply to you.

Diplomatic Immunity! Look it up.

Deeply unpopular... lol... like we give a BLEEP.

Foreign laws apply to me if I am there. But I am not a diplomat.

Educate yourself would you.

 

[Blackleaf]

How fuked up is that? What kind of a$$hat writes a $240 ticket to the president of an allied nation?

How would you like it if the Queen came to American and thought "To hell with the laws of the US. I'll do what the **** I want. I'm the Queen" and whereas other drivers had to pay a toll road she just dodged paying it.

Politicians may be above the law in American, but they aren't in Britain. When Obama comes to Britain he abides by our laws, whether you like it or not.

 

[petros]

So next time the Queen comes to visit she can pay for her own security? Sounds good to me. She should pay for that SERVICE.

 

[EagleSmack]

The fact that you expect your diplomats to somehow be immune from paying road tolls in Britain.

Where are the Toll Booths in London?

 

[Blackleaf]

Diplomatic Immunity! Look it up.

Deeply unpopular... lol... like we give a BLEEP.

Foreign laws apply to me if I am there. But I am not a diplomat.

Educate yourself would you.

Are you deliberately ignoring the posts where I've pointed out that American embassy staff have NO diplomatic immunity from paying road tolls like the London congestion charge, just as British embassy officials have to pay road tolls in the US?

Or are you just being a typical Yank - breathtakingly arrogant?

British officials are forced to pay road tolls in the US, yet US officials avoid paying the London congestion charge, which is a road toll. It's just hypocrisy of the highest order.

 

[EagleSmack]

"It is no more a tax than road tolls in France or tolls to cross bridges in the US."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8507573.stm

Sorry... keep paying London.

Are you deliberately ignoring the posts where I've pointed out that American embassy staff have NO diplomatic immunity from paying road tolls like the London congestion charge, just as British embassy officials have to pay roadf tolls in the US?

Or are you just being a typical Yank - breathtakingly arrogant?

Calling a road tax a toll... ahhhh... sorry Charlie.

 

[karrie]

The fact that so many affluent embassies are refusing to pay, may be an indication that they need to rewrite, reword, or otherwise tweak their toll so that it is obvious as a toll and not as a road tax.

Look how much money they are losing (and charging the tax payer), by being lazy about how they implement it.