Yes, the woke new laws from checks notes 35 years ago. Sure, the world has gone mad.
It's a common sense law to prevent businesses and individuals from overwhelming public storm drains. Was it excessive to apply it to a person dumping a partial coffee? Yes. Did the council reverse the fine and apologise? Yes.
The actual point of enforcing absurd laws is to remind Britons that they are subservient to the all-powerful government. It’s not about the coffee, it’s a humiliation ritual to keep the people in check.
Wow you folks are clearly not Brits. It's got nothing to do with humiliation and subservience to a government, this is a stupid local jobsworth official. And can we PLEASE stop using the word woke in every comment on hacker news, it's getting really boring :)
Yes, the woke new laws from checks notes 35 years ago. Sure, the world has gone mad.
It's a common sense law to prevent businesses and individuals from overwhelming public storm drains. Was it excessive to apply it to a person dumping a partial coffee? Yes. Did the council reverse the fine and apologise? Yes.
Is this article a waste of time? Yes.
Hey, this is his way of making a living. Please be outraged.
The actual point of enforcing absurd laws is to remind Britons that they are subservient to the all-powerful government. It’s not about the coffee, it’s a humiliation ritual to keep the people in check.
The lady got the fine reversed and an apology. The local council was humiliated by the whole affair.
There are many ways to describe the British government, "all-powerful" is not one of them.
Wow you folks are clearly not Brits. It's got nothing to do with humiliation and subservience to a government, this is a stupid local jobsworth official. And can we PLEASE stop using the word woke in every comment on hacker news, it's getting really boring :)