Thefts and Vandalism

I HAVE SIGNED

 

I see the petition has gone from around 40 signatures to 930 in a matter of days. Keep spreading the word and get others to spread it.

Tim

 

Signed

 

Its now above 2000

 

Only 98,000 to go! Spread the word!!

 

Now in the top 20 with over 4000 signatures. Nat Pres has 13000 members so at least 75% can still sign up and boost it even further! Keep spreading the word!

It's officially backed by the Heritage Railway Association.

 

I sent a copy of the e-petition link to Mr Higgins and Mr Featherstone of Network rail the other night, as both an S&T man for NR and for several heritage lines cable and general scrap theft affects us all, countless night shifts in the rain trying to put right what certain individuals do wrong! --NR mention the e-petition now on the connect system internally so thats a good few thousand more potential signatures too.

as an aside the scrap man also gets hit too, our local one has had his place done over several times for scrap to be sold on to other yards locally,crazy!!!!

 

Some of this 'scrap' must be getting 'recycled' over and over before it finally ends up in the pot !! Signed and put on facebook.

 

Added to the NLR's new blog site, members being told about it too
If more railways do this and publise it to the punters too we should get there.....

 

You can now sign an e-petition to prevent scrap metal thefts: http://www.gwsr.com/news/latest-news/sign-e-petition-to-help-prevent-metal-theft.aspx The petition aims to get enough signatures to get a debate in parliment on the subject.

 

To update:

Over 9,000 back the petition.

The petition is ranked 3rd on the home office category and 12th overall on the website. The petition is increasing at around 300-500 a day.

 

Above 10,000

 

Heads up for a BBC Radio4 programme tonight at 8pm entitled "The Report" which is going to look at the scrap metal issue in some detail apparently.

Everyone from the Prime Minister down appears to agree there is a problem, but the wheel grind exceeding slow actually doing something about the problem.

 

Said on R2 news this morning the the scrappies organisation is against - claims it will just lead to more organised crime. Hmmmm - or a down turn in trade more likely.

 

Just means we need to keep plugging the e-petitions as much as we can.
Over 52,000 when I looked this morning so over half way to the 100,000 needed
Cashless Scrap Metal Trade - Amendment to Scrap Metal Merchants Act 1964 - e-petitions

 

or presumably company accounts either, and so by inference are strangers to HMRC !!!

 

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