NorfolkNWeigh wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:15 pm
In Milton Keynes we have the U.K. HQ of both Mercedes and VAG and for many years the Council would ponce a car for a few months at a time off one or the other. Consequently the Mayor would be seen in S Classes, A8s, Phaaetons etc at no cost to us poor Taxpayers.
However, some interfering twat complained that these companies had a hold over the council so shouldn’t be supplying the cars . They then got a Volvo S80 as part of a lease deal which runs out this year, they’ve promised to get something “ green” . As Nissan have their Design and Technoogy Centre here it’ll probably be a Leaf, like in Autoshiteboy’s Manor. No doubt a free electric car will be acceptable bribery!
I must admit to a bit of a vested interest, because I got a call asking if I’d be interested in the job of Mayoral chauffeur, yesterday! I made polite appreciative noises and asked for more details, but I suspect the money will be shit and I might have to drive a fe king Leaf. More details soon…
Our Mayoral chauffeur is a bloke called Paul who used to work for me when he moonlighted as a delivery driver (in his own car! A Mk1 Fiesta at the time) at the pizza shop I used to run. Our local official drivers are recruited straight from the local council security team that patrols the council offices and schools. By sheer coincidence, the lad who trained me up in my first bailiff job was also ex Wirral Borough Council security. Last I heard he was the senior bailiff for a large council in Cheshire.
