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  • Re: UK: Police Fine Man ?250 for Spitting Out Leaf

    From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 16, 2026 01:22:23
    On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:37:30 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp34xykk653o

    Findley, who represents Reform on Lincolnshire County Council, told the BBC he >had been approached by other "angry residents" who had recounted similar >experiences. He said: "They [enforcement officers] are taking it too far. If I >came here on holiday and was given a ?250 fine I wouldn't want to risk coming >back. There needs to be discretion about how they [enforcement officers] issue >fines. We can't expect elderly people to chase crisp packets down the road if >it's windy. If it looks like a genuine accident then give people opportunity >to apologise and pick it up."

    Really? I know all sorts of 60s and 70s year olds who regularly do
    1-1-1/2 mile dog walks every day. They're not going hard at it (if the
    dog wants a break to munch on grass the dog gets their way) but these
    folks regularly do 30-45 minute walks with Fido - and none of them
    look at all like Schwarteneger.

    Admittedly that's Canada not the UK, but my daughter lives in the UK
    and has told me all kinds of stories especially about her boyfriend's
    father who is now that age - of course he could reasonably be expected
    to be in better shape than most given he was a career British army NCO
    who served in most of the terrible places Britain has sent troops in
    the last 35 years (Belfast, Beruit, Iraq, Afghanistan just for
    starters - he knew I knew my history so he once described his service
    to me as "think of all the appalling places Britain has sent its army
    in the last 40 years - I served in nearly all of them")

    ELDC said it closely monitored enforcement actions and patrols were "not >targeted at any specific demographic" and are "not discriminatory".


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