“I was listening to their representative on LBC radio this morning one of their gripes is, Is that Uber (and I like millions of other Londoners had never heard of them until today) were avoiding tax, coming from black taxi trade, its a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. All industries regardless of their history change and they have to change to the modern world, most of us don't like change, just like the London underground tube drivers don't like driverless trains. Driverless trains are on the way, in fact the Docklands railway is just that. My industry has changed probably more than most. Years ago you got your city and guilds and away you went, nowadays your retested every 5 years, we didn't like it but we had to do it. What also makes me laugh about the black taxi trade is, although they have done the knowledge which granted is difficult to complete, the majority of cab drivers now use sat navs. What their gripe is really about is that their going to have to work harder for their money. As to whether their strike effected me, no I was at home mowing the lawn
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Cracking points as usual Barney - glad to hear you were safe at home 
I was in London couple of weekends ago, jumped in a black cab to do a short 4 mile stint, cabbie firstly didnt know where i wanted him to go, fortunately i "dropped a pin" in the google map on my phone, once i'd shown him that he then programmed his sat nav - £15.20 & 12 mins later we arrived.
Wonder what the Uber app would have made of that!
Whats interesting is that a few people i heard being interviewed yesterday had never heard of Uber until yesterday, seems the cabbies have scored an own goal by giving Uber a massive platform to advertise on - Doh !!
