Saturday’s Daily Telegraph (UK) buried a piece of news down page on page 9 (Saturday 3 November 2007) which is really worth a shout of Victor Meldrewness.
Hidden beside the advertisements was this:
‘A Government minister who once called dangerous drivers “serial potential killers” was fined yesterday for using a mobile phone while driving.
‘Liam Byrne, the immigration minister, sat on a parliamentary committee that increased fixed penalty fines for driving while using a mobile from £30 to £60.
‘Mr [Note: Daily Telegraph, why call him Mr here, when other court cases just use the surname?] Byrne, 37, a former police officer and a rising star in Gordon Brown’s government, claimed [he] was taking an important call about deportation when he was stopped in Birmingham in July.’
He was fined £100 plust costs and given three points on his licence.
My point is that the sheer hypocrisy of the MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill is unbelievable. And how did the story come to be so “buried”? A front page link would have been worthwhile.
No matter how important the call, the law is that you must not use a mobile (except for handsfree) while driving. He should have pulled over to take or recall the call.
Byrne should do the honourable thing and resign. But then, pigs might fly.
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For readers whose mother tongue is not English, and who are not used to British television metaphors, Victor Meldrew was a comedy character from a TV series who, elderly, had the catchphrase, “I don’t BELIEVE it!”
well, you are right. accidents have increased in this years for that kind of stuff. i think law is important, but i don’t understand that people who think they look modern and cool talking by the mobile while they’re dirving. it must be that, fashion. i see your point, and i totally agree with you. but i think that people don’t understand and, as you said, people will stop doing wrong things the day that pigs might fly.
i don’t know if you understand what i’m trying to say, but i can’t say it better.
of course!! that man should resign, and do things as they must be done. anyway, i think they won’t resign because people don’t really care about that.
i don’t know if you know, but the argentina is one of the countries where accidents have increased a lot. many deaths per year, you have no idea, this country is the worst.
as far as you can see, i hate my own country, i know it’s wrong, but nothing’s gonna change my mind.
politicians… yeah, they won’t ever do things right…here at least.
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