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Travellers wanted £6m to leave Dale Farm

Travellers asked for £6m to leave Dale Farm Travellers asked for £6m to leave Dale Farm

TRAVELLERS asked Basildon Council for £6million to leave Dale Farm, the Echo can reveal

In a series of secret meetings, including one at the Downham Arms pub in Wickford, traveller leader Richard Sheridan discussed the audacious offer with council leader Tony Ball and head of planning Dawn French.

Mr Sheridan, 42, spokesman for the illegal site, suggested the huge pay-off after learning of the spiralling costs of eviction.

He demanded cash in return for a promise he would clear the Crays Hill illegal camp, and buy another site for the 96 families outside Basildon.

Mr Sheridan said if the council handed over the sum – £2million less than the authority’s “worst case scenario” estimated eviction bill – he would buy an alternative site with planning permission and ensure all 51 of the illegal plots at Crays Hill were cleared.

A source close to the travellers said: “No one could believe it when the council agreed to those talks.

“It was as if they saw it as a real possible way of avoiding eviction.“The council wanted assurances there were pitches with planning permission available to buy, so the families would not just take the money and start again on another illegal site.

”Mr Sheridan suggested he could move families to sites in Scotland or Birmingham.

The offer came during four secret meetings over six months.

Council leader Tony Ball said he wanted to explore any possibility that might avoid a force eviction. However, he insists the council would not have paid anywheere near as much as £6m.

Comments(275)

Red Hand Gang says...
9:38am Tue 6 Sep 11

WE WONT GO! WE WONT GO! (Oh unless you give us 6 million of tax payers money)

hothead says...
9:40am Tue 6 Sep 11

I am suprised they spent 6 months considering the offer - Isn't that bribery?

anjou says...
9:53am Tue 6 Sep 11

£6 million is about the money that Tony Balls was given by the government to provide sites in Basildon.

£1.2 m was the sum of money that Tony balls has it appears chosen to spend

westcliff willi says...
9:53am Tue 6 Sep 11

How dare the council even consider a deal like this,, spending council taxpayers money to stop people breaking the law after every court judgement has gone against them.

Steve Horgan says...
10:05am Tue 6 Sep 11

I don't know where this 'spent six months considering the offer' comes from. When the Travellers made this offer, and others in the past as well, the answer from senior Councillors when it has been put to us has always been an immediate 'no', though usually in rather stronger terms than that. The idea that we would hand over millions of taxpayers cash to a group that has illegally occupied Green Belt land is simply simply absurd. It would be paying a form of ransom to stop people breaking the law and would set a precedent for anyone to occupy Green Belt, cause trouble and then get a payoff. Not in Basildon and not on our watch.

This does illustrate part of this story that has not really made the headlines though. There is a lot of money to this. The illegal part of Dale Farm is worth about £30 thousand as Green Belt. If it were to be approved as a Traveller site then it would be worth about £150 thousand per pitch, and there are over fifty on Dale Farm. So, it would suddenly be worth millions. When the Travellers ask the Council for another site with planning permission, what they are actually asking is for an asset that is worth millions.

Steve Horgan

Deputy Leader
Basildon Borough Council

Nebs says...
10:14am Tue 6 Sep 11

Can this be classed as demanding money with menaces?

margrete says...
10:15am Tue 6 Sep 11

Amazing how this Richard Sheridan has suddenly emerged as the 'travellers' leader'. He's been conspicuous by his absence recently - hiding behind your womenfolk, your old people and children, Richard?

APR says...
10:17am Tue 6 Sep 11

"....If it were to be approved as a Traveller site then it would be worth about £150 thousand per pitch, and there are over fifty on Dale Farm....."
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You couldn't build much on those plots, rather small I would say ?

jolllyboy says...
10:21am Tue 6 Sep 11

The word bribery comes to mind.
So all this fight was about money - well no surprise there.

Nebs says...
10:42am Tue 6 Sep 11

If the council were to get an order for costs in this eviction then they might be able to get a charge on the land that is owned.

anjou says...
10:47am Tue 6 Sep 11

Cllr Horgan is right to a point.

Public money needs to be used for the public good.

When the Council give planning permission for a site they make it worth a lot of money (i.e. Billericay Old School developed in the green belt). The developer has given donations to the Conservatives in the past, and the Council did not challenge the Secretary of State in the courts to protect the green belt.

The site at Pound Lane where this an appeal for a traveller site has a value as development land of about £75 million.

Council's throughout the country pay about £45,000 for the land on which gypsy traveller sites are established.

The value of a pitch with planning permission is normally between £60,000 - £100,000 (dependent on neighbours and Council).

As a brown field site in the green belt Dale Farm probably has a value in excess of £30,000. As a green field site in the green belt its value is probably less. The site is brown field in the green belt.

The land the Council is selling that is parks and public open space in Basildon should pay for the sporting village at least twice.. all depends on the price that the Councillors agree.

The issues are much complicated that Cllr Horgan identifies.

andy42 says...
10:50am Tue 6 Sep 11

I can't believe the audacity of these people. Not only do they think they can just ignore the law of the land but they then have the cheek to offer to leave quietly for £6 million. I'm just so bored with the whole saga which has dragged on for 10 years and made this country look a complete laughing stock with lawyers and misguided human rights people running rings round us all. It shouldn't be the responsibility of Essex to house or provide sites for these people they should go home to Ireland.

anjou says...
10:55am Tue 6 Sep 11

Nothing like deflecting attention away from Basildon's "crown jewels" sale of the parks for a pittence whilst being "nice" to gypsies.

The question that should be being asked is how much are Cllr Ball's and his cronies selling the parks for.. and what is the real benefit for the people of Basildon.. Should be a Council Tax rebate (no Council Tax) for a few years.

perini says...
10:57am Tue 6 Sep 11

Why should councils provide plots in any case? Everyone else has to pay for pitching their caravan etc. Bloody parasites!

anjou says...
11:04am Tue 6 Sep 11

The question is how much are you paying the Council and how much are Councillors paying themselves really ?

or are they just getting joe public to concentrate on Dale Farm whilst they get up to mischief elsewhere!!!

Ironman says...
11:21am Tue 6 Sep 11

Agreed, it's all becoming tedious but at last, we are getting to the nub of it all. It's all about money. Surprise, surprise.

Buy land cheap, create mayhem, use our half-witted laws against us then hope to clean up. Unlucky this time!

All the b*ll***s about sickness, education, housing etc is just b*lls**t.

What did they do before they descended on us. They existed in Ireland so how about going back home. Surprisingly, thats never mentioned on TV or in the papers. I wonder why.

Where is the democracy when a minority of Outlaws can hold society to ransom.

Perini is right, why should we, the taxpayer, even have to pay for 'official' pitches for these people.

They contribute nothing, but expect everything. Time to say goodbye.

nomoretogo says...
11:29am Tue 6 Sep 11

these people have put "nothing" in the pot so give them the same amount back.

anjou says...
11:40am Tue 6 Sep 11

No doubt it is all about money..

No green ('blue') belt 20 - 40 per cent fall in houseprices and rents.

Green ('blue') belt lots of people who can't afford houses.. or caravan pitches.. and those that control the supply normally have sticky fingers..

which comes first.. people or house prices ??

richomack360 says...
11:50am Tue 6 Sep 11

anjou wrote:
No doubt it is all about money.. No green ('blue') belt 20 - 40 per cent fall in houseprices and rents. Green ('blue') belt lots of people who can't afford houses.. or caravan pitches.. and those that control the supply normally have sticky fingers.. which comes first.. people or house prices ??
Neither. Law does.

Deadjim says...
11:58am Tue 6 Sep 11

anjou wrote:
The question is how much are you paying the Council and how much are Councillors paying themselves really ? or are they just getting joe public to concentrate on Dale Farm whilst they get up to mischief elsewhere!!!
You seem to have said a lot of wild things recently, including John Baron MP being a forger of ministerial letters http://thoughcowards
flinch.com/2011/08/2
7/lord-avebury-and-t
he-traveller-communi
ty-of-dale-farm/

Do you really think this sort of thing will increase support or sympathy ?

Public money does need to be put to good use and that should include not using public funds for court appeals that have little chance of success, such as we saw last week .

missroyalterrace1 says...
12:09pm Tue 6 Sep 11

I thought it was extremely interesting watching TV on Sunday when some moron supporter of the camp said that the majority of the people in the camp had british passports and were born in britain. so why do they all have those terrible irish twang accents? Oh yes because they refuse to intergrate with society!

and the other side of the camp is empty because they are all probaly in the actual houses elsewhere!

Discouraged says...
12:35pm Tue 6 Sep 11

The council should have agreed to the payment but only AFTER the travelers had left. Then the council should have denied all knowledge of the agreement.

andyh says...
12:57pm Tue 6 Sep 11

APR wrote:
"....If it were to be approved as a Traveller site then it would be worth about £150 thousand per pitch, and there are over fifty on Dale Farm....."
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You couldn't build much on those plots, rather small I would say ?
No smaller than those on which developers erect "3-bedroom" houses, nowadays.

anjou says...
1:00pm Tue 6 Sep 11

If Mr Baron would like to make available the letter.. then there is no problem.

The issue is that the government minister he appears to have claimed to receive if from seemed to have moved ministry.

Public money does need to be used for useful things. There have been more than enough scandals about politicians getting their expenses wrong (like John Baron)..

Cllr Horgan identified that Dale Farm had a value of about £8 million as a traveller site. The Council sold the parks for about £11 million.. The cost to the Council of shifting Dale farm to the public is identified as about £18 million.

£11 million seems to be very cheap.. and I don't see John Baron seeking to get a grant for Tony Balls.. or his cronies.. in this instance.. or asking why the parks were sold so cheaply.

westcliff willi says...
1:03pm Tue 6 Sep 11

right let solve the problem!
the council clears the illegal site..
the council grants planning permission..
the council purchases surrounding homes for market value..
the council then allows the travellers to rent the land for 1 million per year paid 1 year in advance..
the council then shuts all access roads making them toll roads accessed only on payment of a toll say 5 pound each way policed by anpr cameras to weed out illegal vans.
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. how do i type an upside down password...

anjou says...
1:11pm Tue 6 Sep 11

I can't see the Council not being required to grant planning permission for Dale Farm to be re-established after it has acted on its notices.

There is no requirement to move any of the fences or gateways and it can't take any enforcement action against at least half the structures on the site. The Council can only act on its notices.. NO MORE

There is no green belt (openness) argument. So the travellers get thrown of.. and can get planning permission .. after the event..

AuldGit says...
1:46pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Interesting that the Echo aren't allowing comments on the nimby Anglican and Catholic bishops who condemn evicting the "travellers" yet won't offer them any church land

RobertFS says...
2:06pm Tue 6 Sep 11

£6 Million is a fair price.
This is the amount of money that Basildon Council should fine these illegial squatters for all the problems they have caused over the years.
A large boat should be hired and these 'travellers' transported to Cork, Ireland and then disipated around the country.

manuelization says...
3:02pm Tue 6 Sep 11

STOP THIS ETHNIC CLEANSING!!!

When the evictors move on this privately owned land, homes and everything these people have worked hard for will be destroyed, everything!

If the so-called law abiding tax-paying citizens want the eviction, then let them pay for it, and they can also pay the £6,000,000 which will be needed for the criminal damage to this site that the ethnic cleansers will smash up!

I too am a Romani Gypsy, and I know first hand the amount of hate that festers in the hearts of these paper in this country. I say grab what you can from them! what else are they good for?

Lastly, I would like to thank the Jewish community, Rabbi Janet Burden, and Dan Glass etc, for their continued support in showing Jewish solidarity with Gypsies & travellers.
You are certainly God's most holy and chosen people.

Thanks from The Romani Gypsy communities throughout the U.K

manuelization says...
3:16pm Tue 6 Sep 11

"WE ARE a product of society's behaviour toward us. From the late Fifties we have been facing our apartheid, being forcibly settled where no other human being would live, on council tips and sewer beds, being slowly gassed by methane, where we suffered brain tumours and cot deaths.

We work the fields and help build the local economy, as a travelling workforce.

Our fathers and grandparents fought for the freedom of this country in two wars and campaigns while our women and children kept the country fed.

Now we are to be thrown on the scrapheap of life, thought of as undesirables.

But who is responsible for this behaviour? What have we done so wrong to be thought of in such a way, only to try and keep a strong culture alive, to live our lives, as our ancestors?

We have had over 50 years of forced settlement, with the lack of healthcare, accommodation, education, training and employment, left out on the periphery of society, to try and care for ourselves, to survive.

Who is to blame, where did it all go wrong? But, most of all, how are WE going to put it right?

Let's create the best sites, where people really want to live, to have those same opportunities and aspirations as others.

Let's show our children and grandchildren how to live in harmony with each other, not the life they have grown up in, in the last 50 years or so.
Come on, let's get a new solution, not an old problem.

We already know what is needed, let's all work for a better future for all."

EthanEdwards says...
3:23pm Tue 6 Sep 11

I hope the paper lets us know when the Bailiffs are going in as I want to take time off work to go and cheer them on.

Bravo Len Gridley !

westcliff willi says...
3:42pm Tue 6 Sep 11

manuelization says...
Let's create the best sites, where people really want to live, to have those same opportunities and aspirations as others...
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well pay the bills we all have to pay then, that would be a start.

westcliff willi says...
3:42pm Tue 6 Sep 11

manuelization says...
Let's create the best sites, where people really want to live, to have those same opportunities and aspirations as others...
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well pay the bills we all have to pay then, that would be a start.

irrittated Scotsman says...
3:56pm Tue 6 Sep 11

What, your Council wanted to relocate these people to Scotland ! What a cheek, we don't need your cast off thank you, sort out your own mess.

DCLEIGH says...
4:06pm Tue 6 Sep 11

CAN I PLEASE ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.

- There are 2 parts to the site. One has planning permission, the other has not. Is that correct ?

- The Travellers have purchased the site that has planning permission and are permitted to build on it subject to planning permission but the other third has not. Is that correct?

- The council want to stop, destroy and repair construction on the third of the land that doesn't have planning permission. Is that correct ?

- The reports in the papers and on the BBC talk about 400 "illegal" travellers. Are there 400 or just the portion on the part without planning permission ?

- Why are religious groups being allowed to slander the council by calling this "ethnic cleansing" a repugnant term to describe the slaughter, murder and destruction of a race of people, not a group of lawbreakers being told to behave lawfully ?

- Who is in charge of the councils media relations ?.

I do think the reporting on this issue can only be described as fraudulent - just to sell papers by raising the temperature of the problem.

essexlady says...
4:16pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Looks like the post from "manuelization says..." was from one of the so-called supporters, no way written by a traveller despite the constant word "WE". Would they really spell words like apartheid or periphery or even know what they mean?

As for "We work the fields and help build the local economy, as a travelling workforce" - words just fail me.

Its all utter rubbish

shallotman says...
5:10pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Pitsea Marshes would be ideal.

Mrjbutt says...
5:16pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Just clear the site and be done with it.
This is just the Echo selling newspapers Bulldoze the lot and be done with it.

hothead says...
7:27pm Tue 6 Sep 11

manuelization wrote:
"WE ARE a product of society's behaviour toward us. From the late Fifties we have been facing our apartheid, being forcibly settled where no other human being would live, on council tips and sewer beds, being slowly gassed by methane, where we suffered brain tumours and cot deaths.

We work the fields and help build the local economy, as a travelling workforce.

Our fathers and grandparents fought for the freedom of this country in two wars and campaigns while our women and children kept the country fed.

Now we are to be thrown on the scrapheap of life, thought of as undesirables.

But who is responsible for this behaviour? What have we done so wrong to be thought of in such a way, only to try and keep a strong culture alive, to live our lives, as our ancestors?

We have had over 50 years of forced settlement, with the lack of healthcare, accommodation, education, training and employment, left out on the periphery of society, to try and care for ourselves, to survive.

Who is to blame, where did it all go wrong? But, most of all, how are WE going to put it right?

Let's create the best sites, where people really want to live, to have those same opportunities and aspirations as others.

Let's show our children and grandchildren how to live in harmony with each other, not the life they have grown up in, in the last 50 years or so.
Come on, let's get a new solution, not an old problem.

We already know what is needed, let's all work for a better future for all."
I guess the sensible solution would be for your brethren to comply with the law and move their homes in accordance with the High court order.

Phienn says...
7:41pm Tue 6 Sep 11

@hothead

Planning 'law' isnt in fact law but stature/legislation given the force of law...the law o the land is common law, which the queen and the police/judges etc all take an oath to uphold..common law is as...cause no harm, cause no loss be true in your contracts...while some might say travellers have broken these in regards to them personally they of course can deal with this via common law..what the travellers havent done is break common law by living on their own land..the eviction goes much deeper than many know,,,this eviction is an attack on common law and the right to be freemen on the land...its an attack on YOU as well as the Traveller..wake up!

ShipShape says...
8:11pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
@Audioman

I have now reported you to the police for a enticement to harm and hate crime...i have also contacted the Echo to report you and ask that they make your isp available to the police and myself to take legal and criminal action against you..i hope you have lots of money for you are going to need it..
Yet another internet troll, we do seem to have a lot of these lately.

I suppose you'd better get on with reporting my post and having it removed.

Incidently, it is wrong to call people racist names, but if you have reported the above posts, I hope the Echo and the Police tell you go away with your threats of legal action.

ShipShape says...
8:19pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
we now give NOTICE to all and any contributors to this paper on the subject of Dale Farm...( if you dont know what a NOTICE is please research or take legal advice) if you use racial language or use terms to entice harm or hate on the residents of Dale farm we will not only report you to the police but take legal action against you..There is now a legal fund in place to deal with such actions..This is a NOTICE!
Don't you have to tell us your real name and who you are or represent if you want to give us NOTICE?

ie- Not a screen-name.

jimmyboy1984 says...
8:52pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Tinker is a derogatory word along the lines of calling a African man a n*****..any more usage of it and i will take legal action against the user if not the Echo..as for people claiming to talk for all the neutral people, please tap into reality you speak only for yourself..The dale farm residents are also tax payers..dont believe it? ring the basildon council and ask...if they didnt pay tax they wouldnt have their bins emptied is only one example..stop acting on your prejudice and research the flawed information you are suppyling..id not keep your hate legal or face the legal consequences which will be forthcoming..
Tinker is not a derogatory term at all! How about I go up to a tinsmith and refer to him as a tinker and you go up to an 'African man' and call him a n***** (your comparison) and lets see who ends in in court.

Also the non payment of tax has nothing to do with getting your bins emptied. I think your'e getting 'tax' and 'Council tax' a tad confused. And if you'd researched it further, you will find that they don't pay council tax, but since the last court ruling went against them, have rushed to register their properties for Council tax in the hope of delaying eviction action. Nevertheless, their rubbish is taken away, otherwise it would just get fly tipped otherwise

jimmyboy1984 says...
8:53pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Tinker is not a derogatory term at all! How about I go up to a tinsmith and refer to him as a tinker and you go up to an 'African man' and call him a n***** (your comparison) and lets see who ends in in court.

Also the non payment of tax has nothing to do with getting your bins emptied. I think your'e getting 'tax' and 'Council tax' a tad confused. And if you'd researched it further, you will find that they don't pay council tax, but since the last court ruling went against them, have rushed to register their properties for Council tax in the hope of delaying eviction action. Nevertheless, their rubbish is taken away, otherwise it would just get fly tipped otherwise

jimmyboy1984 says...
8:58pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
@Shipshape

Your post doesn't warrant reporting and of course using racist language is not only wrong but unlawful which the majority on here are claiming the travellers settlement of their own land is...a mans home is his castle but not in basildon it seems..
Phienn, you seem to be in the know, where are all the men? they're not showing their faces at the site are they? Don't you find that a bit strange? They're about to lose their homes and they are nowhere to be seen?

Phienn says...
9:31pm Tue 6 Sep 11

jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
@Shipshape

Your post doesn't warrant reporting and of course using racist language is not only wrong but unlawful which the majority on here are claiming the travellers settlement of their own land is...a mans home is his castle but not in basildon it seems..
Phienn, you seem to be in the know, where are all the men? they're not showing their faces at the site are they? Don't you find that a bit strange? They're about to lose their homes and they are nowhere to be seen?
The men are on the site they have an aversion to being photoed for what should be obvious reasons but ill enlighten you if you cant figure it out...they fear they will have work withdrawn if it is known they are Travellers..why? because of the media representation of Travellers which the soap watching dumbed down populace swallow like mothers milk..Travellers are the last freemen in the country the establishment are using the slaves to help enslave them..supporting the Traveller is in effect supporting the freedom you have lost...

Greatscot1777 says...
9:33pm Tue 6 Sep 11

The council have exposed what is to all intents and purposes attempted extortion and cannot be accused of not 'going the extra mile' to engage with the law breakers representative. The truth that they are happy to be bought off to avoid enforcement cost simply confirms what an unprincipled bunch of chancers this so called traveller community are. The clue is in the name - its time to travel - otherwise if you want to 'settle' like the rest of us, live by the rules of the society you apparently seek to join.

jimmyboy1984 says...
9:35pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Will you be apologising?

TRAVELLERS are scrambling to register their properties for council tax in the hope it could delay the looming eviction.

Out of 90 pitches across both the legal and illegal parts of the Crays Hill site, only about 50 have ever been put on the council tax register.

A source close to the travellers’ campaign said it was hoped registering the remaining properties could lead to appeals with the Valuation Office Agency, which sets council tax bands.

This, they hope, may lead to grounds for an injunction against the eviction until they are heard.

The source said: “A lot of the properties have never been on the council tax register, so the owners have applied to put them on.

“There may have to be a tribunal before they are banded and it would be argued the eviction should not happen until these have taken place.”

A Valuation Office spokesman said: “The Agency has recently become aware a number of residential properties at Dale Farm may not have not been valued for council tax. We are currently in discussion with Basildon Council to establish the facts.

“The agency has responsibility for maintaining accurate council tax lists for all residential property in England and Wales. If we become aware of any residential property which has not been valued for council tax, we will take the necessary action.”

The development comes after independent housing experts affiliated to the United Nations said last week the evictions could be a serious breach of human rights, and called on the Government to intervene to stop the clearance so alternative site locations can be considered.

Crays Hill residents branded the move another stalling tactic.

Len Gridley, 52, from Oak Road, whose home backs on to the site, said: “The valuation office should not even be considering this at this late stage. What is the point of registering properties for council tax which probably won’t exist in a few weeks? It is just another stunt.”

There have previously been claims that although more than 50 pitches at the site are registered for council tax, the authority has not been billing them.

Tony Ball, Basildon Council leader, said he inquire as to the current situation with council tax payments at Dale Farm and could not comment further.

jimmyboy1984 says...
9:39pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
@Shipshape

Your post doesn't warrant reporting and of course using racist language is not only wrong but unlawful which the majority on here are claiming the travellers settlement of their own land is...a mans home is his castle but not in basildon it seems..
Phienn, you seem to be in the know, where are all the men? they're not showing their faces at the site are they? Don't you find that a bit strange? They're about to lose their homes and they are nowhere to be seen?
The men are on the site they have an aversion to being photoed for what should be obvious reasons but ill enlighten you if you cant figure it out...they fear they will have work withdrawn if it is known they are Travellers..why? because of the media representation of Travellers which the soap watching dumbed down populace swallow like mothers milk..Travellers are the last freemen in the country the establishment are using the slaves to help enslave them..supporting the Traveller is in effect supporting the freedom you have lost...
the men aren't showing themselves because all but three of the illegally occupied plots are supposedly dwelt by single mothers claiming benefits. Benefits that they are only entitled to by their being single. Which we all know they are not lol

Phienn says...
9:57pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Greatscot1777 wrote:
The council have exposed what is to all intents and purposes attempted extortion and cannot be accused of not 'going the extra mile' to engage with the law breakers representative. The truth that they are happy to be bought off to avoid enforcement cost simply confirms what an unprincipled bunch of chancers this so called traveller community are. The clue is in the name - its time to travel - otherwise if you want to 'settle' like the rest of us, live by the rules of the society you apparently seek to join.
The negotiations to move was open to suggested options...one was for the council to buy the land back off the travellers...where is the extortion there? they were willing to sell their land for a fir price so they could buy land and fit in all the facilities they have on dale farm...even at the price asked they would of been losing money...You obviously have no knowledge of Travellers outside of what you have read in the sun, the daily mail or this newspaper...If a Jamaican man comes to England does he stop being Jamaican? no of course not...same as if a Traveller has a base it doesn't stop them being a Traveller...its a cultural thing..

ShipShape says...
10:02pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
@Shipshape

Your post doesn't warrant reporting and of course using racist language is not only wrong but unlawful which the majority on here are claiming the travellers settlement of their own land is...a mans home is his castle but not in basildon it seems..
Phienn, you seem to be in the know, where are all the men? they're not showing their faces at the site are they? Don't you find that a bit strange? They're about to lose their homes and they are nowhere to be seen?
The men are on the site they have an aversion to being photoed for what should be obvious reasons but ill enlighten you if you cant figure it out...they fear they will have work withdrawn if it is known they are Travellers..why? because of the media representation of Travellers which the soap watching dumbed down populace swallow like mothers milk..Travellers are the last freemen in the country the establishment are using the slaves to help enslave them..supporting the Traveller is in effect supporting the freedom you have lost...
Phienn, thank you for your vote of confidence.
I do not go out of my way to cause offence to anyone, there seems to be a lot of aggravation and name calling from either side at the moment, it doesn't help anyone.

I have no axe to grind with the Travellers, I've heard first hand of other people's experiences of them and I can see why people are wary of them, but I've not had any bad dealings with them.

I do however, believe that the law should be upheld, more knowledgable men then us have argued for many years over this, now we have an outcome.
It has to be seen through to the end, or else where does the precedent stop?
What would stop any old Tom, Dick or Harry doing the same?

Now, may I ask if you are an I/T? (I take it that this abreviation is for Irish Traveller?)
If not, how long have you been associated with them?

I ask because you seem to have quite a cosy view of them, they are no more lovable horney-handed sons of toil than the Residents are cheeky characters from a 50's comedy living in a fairy tale villiage.
I guess I'm saying theres good and bad on either side and we shouldn't blinker ourselves to that.

I have to say that I found 'The slaves (ie the settled) enslaving the freemen' to be a wee bit dramatic.
And as for the travellers being the 'last freemen' well that's a little too romantic for me!

Phienn says...
10:04pm Tue 6 Sep 11

jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Will you be apologising?

TRAVELLERS are scrambling to register their properties for council tax in the hope it could delay the looming eviction.

Out of 90 pitches across both the legal and illegal parts of the Crays Hill site, only about 50 have ever been put on the council tax register.

A source close to the travellers’ campaign said it was hoped registering the remaining properties could lead to appeals with the Valuation Office Agency, which sets council tax bands.

This, they hope, may lead to grounds for an injunction against the eviction until they are heard.

The source said: “A lot of the properties have never been on the council tax register, so the owners have applied to put them on.

“There may have to be a tribunal before they are banded and it would be argued the eviction should not happen until these have taken place.”

A Valuation Office spokesman said: “The Agency has recently become aware a number of residential properties at Dale Farm may not have not been valued for council tax. We are currently in discussion with Basildon Council to establish the facts.

“The agency has responsibility for maintaining accurate council tax lists for all residential property in England and Wales. If we become aware of any residential property which has not been valued for council tax, we will take the necessary action.”

The development comes after independent housing experts affiliated to the United Nations said last week the evictions could be a serious breach of human rights, and called on the Government to intervene to stop the clearance so alternative site locations can be considered.

Crays Hill residents branded the move another stalling tactic.

Len Gridley, 52, from Oak Road, whose home backs on to the site, said: “The valuation office should not even be considering this at this late stage. What is the point of registering properties for council tax which probably won’t exist in a few weeks? It is just another stunt.”

There have previously been claims that although more than 50 pitches at the site are registered for council tax, the authority has not been billing them.

Tony Ball, Basildon Council leader, said he inquire as to the current situation with council tax payments at Dale Farm and could not comment further.
The ubiquitous 'sources' do you believe everything you read/hear?

but to deal with the source's....

one source says people are rushing to registar, while another says 50 of the 51 pitches are already registered...

people have been paying council tax, why would the council not bill them...not paying council tax has allowed other councils to move travellers on do you think BC wouldnt of used that if no tax was being paid...how many ways do you people want it?

jimmyboy1984 says...
10:06pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn, how would the travellers be losing money buy selling their land for £6m? it only cost the Sheridans tens of thousands of pounds

Phienn says...
10:08pm Tue 6 Sep 11

jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
@Shipshape

Your post doesn't warrant reporting and of course using racist language is not only wrong but unlawful which the majority on here are claiming the travellers settlement of their own land is...a mans home is his castle but not in basildon it seems..
Phienn, you seem to be in the know, where are all the men? they're not showing their faces at the site are they? Don't you find that a bit strange? They're about to lose their homes and they are nowhere to be seen?
The men are on the site they have an aversion to being photoed for what should be obvious reasons but ill enlighten you if you cant figure it out...they fear they will have work withdrawn if it is known they are Travellers..why? because of the media representation of Travellers which the soap watching dumbed down populace swallow like mothers milk..Travellers are the last freemen in the country the establishment are using the slaves to help enslave them..supporting the Traveller is in effect supporting the freedom you have lost...
the men aren't showing themselves because all but three of the illegally occupied plots are supposedly dwelt by single mothers claiming benefits. Benefits that they are only entitled to by their being single. Which we all know they are not lol
Of course you have evidence of what you suggest! If so make it available or join the line of the myth spreaders..they steal children to dont you know!

jimmyboy1984 says...
10:10pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn, the council could not bill them as that would have been deemed that the council recognizes the illegal plots as legal dwellings

jimmyboy1984 says...
10:13pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn, I have reported you to the police for your gross racial stereotype of Irish Travellers, can I suggest that if you have proof of any child being abducted that you inform the authorities, otherwise please don't spread rumours.

Phienn says...
10:16pm Tue 6 Sep 11

jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn, how would the travellers be losing money buy selling their land for £6m? it only cost the Sheridans tens of thousands of pounds
Each pitch has had to be dug up to rid the land of engine oil, petrol, diesel from the scrap yard that was there...the water table was also assaulted by this..then hard standing had to be laid after water pipes, electric cables and sewerage...this was on top of the cost of the land...have a go at working out what this would cost for 51 pitches..

Phienn says...
10:20pm Tue 6 Sep 11

jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn, the council could not bill them as that would have been deemed that the council recognizes the illegal plots as legal dwellings
council tax is paid if it wasn't and what you suggest is the case then why would there be a rush to registar for something that is already known not to be acceptable...this is ll part of the confusion purposely put out to muddy the waters and enrage usually fair and right minded people against the travellers...its media propaganda...in your hearts you know it..

c.c doorman says...
10:29pm Tue 6 Sep 11

WHO CARES THERE BEING EVICTED ANY WAY SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD BYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEE
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Bobz01 says...
10:30pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn, the council could not bill them as that would have been deemed that the council recognizes the illegal plots as legal dwellings
council tax is paid if it wasn't and what you suggest is the case then why would there be a rush to registar for something that is already known not to be acceptable...this is ll part of the confusion purposely put out to muddy the waters and enrage usually fair and right minded people against the travellers...its media propaganda...in your hearts you know it..
Yawn!!!!!...........
...

Phienn says...
10:31pm Tue 6 Sep 11

jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn, I have reported you to the police for your gross racial stereotype of Irish Travellers, can I suggest that if you have proof of any child being abducted that you inform the authorities, otherwise please don't spread rumours.
I apologise if my quip re: children was taken as fact, it is of course not true...but they shoot horses dont they? but again that stereotypical nonsense is not taken on board by the more intelligent contributors to this newspaper...i wonder just what is actually the truth when it comes to Travellers...they dont steal children or shoot horses, they pay all the tax they have to unlike the rich in this country...they work as small business' thereby helping the economy...just what is it they do wrong beside exist?

Phienn says...
10:33pm Tue 6 Sep 11

c.c doorman wrote:
WHO CARES THERE BEING EVICTED ANY WAY SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD BYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEE

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Dont count your chickens my friend...your Government loves you..

Phienn says...
10:35pm Tue 6 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn, the council could not bill them as that would have been deemed that the council recognizes the illegal plots as legal dwellings
council tax is paid if it wasn't and what you suggest is the case then why would there be a rush to registar for something that is already known not to be acceptable...this is ll part of the confusion purposely put out to muddy the waters and enrage usually fair and right minded people against the travellers...its media propaganda...in your hearts you know it..
Yawn!!!!!...........

...
yes indeed...go back to sleep your Government loves you...

soul man says...
11:15pm Tue 6 Sep 11

how can they say the're travellers, they've been at dale farm for over 10 yrs, they are static squatters

trell says...
9:01am Wed 7 Sep 11

There have been some pretty harsh words on both sides on the comments above, but there have also been some very salient & sensible exchanges.

Ultimately, though, it comes to this:
Whether the travellers choose to fight this eviction or not, the result will be inevitable. I don't think it will take a day for the process, but regardless of the number of supporters at camp Constant or the thousands of tawdry online exchanges on Internet forums around the UK, the decision has been made and the travellers have to leave.

The opportunity to leave peacefully has been presented time & again to the travellers. Instead, the travellers seem insistent on threatening the police & bailiffs with rocks & gas canisters, on the one hand, then telling the media that they have children & sick elderly on the site. There's a big problem with this picture.

In one of the posts above, one of the supporters of the Dale Farm travellers asked "what is more important? House prices or people?" - I think the intention of the post was to make us think about the harm we're causing. However, by choosing NOT to leave peacefully, the travellers are doing nothing more to assist their community, particularly the infirm, by staying put. It's akin to someone poking a dog, then suing the owner when the dog bites back.

As for the very amusing comments about "tinker" being a derogatory term on par with "n*****", I would pay good money to see that one get laughed out of court. I doubt it would get anywhere near that. I could be offended by several words in common use in the English language that may or may not have some association with being derogatory. (plonker, bubble, dope, lemon, whoopsy or even mudblood). As far as I was aware, it had to be something that would cause harassement alarm or distress to a normal rational person, and I can't exactly see a moral outcry in the uk over John Le Carre novel titles or J.M Barrie's fairy.

Sorry for diverging, but back to the matter in hand, to put things in perspective: there is currently a massive global recession. We have seen earthquakes hit New Zealand & Japan leaving thousands homeless. We have seen banks collapse, taking hard working, mortgage paying peoples' homes with them. - Dale Farm is a group of illegal developers who have been found guilty & are refusing to take responsibility.

Using the media to manipulate the gullible is so common nowadays that the majority of the general public can see it a mile off. Grattan Puxon has fought a good fight but that's enough.

Its simply a case of going quietly now with a bit of dignity & respect (and I guarantee, if Richard Sheridan were to say "we'll go peacefully", even the most anti-traveller poster would have an element of respect for him), opposed to going out with a fight, putting the lives of their own elderly, and children at risk, as well as the police, who are there for no other reason than to ensure the peace is kept.

Vanessa Redgrave & the camp Constant lot should really remove those rose-tinted spectacles.

Phienn says...
10:52am Wed 7 Sep 11

soul man wrote:
how can they say the're travellers, they've been at dale farm for over 10 yrs, they are static squatters
They are Pavee people thats their race...Traveller is a term given to them..The Pavee people travel but have a base in which to winter..they have been static because of the issue with the council...they own the land they are on so they are not squatters...btw is there such a thing s a none static squatter?

Phienn says...
11:23am Wed 7 Sep 11

we will try to answer your long post point by point...
The harsh words seem to be in abundance from those opposed to the Travellers...There is no evidence or complaint that the travellers have seriously threatened the police or bailiffs with rocks or gas canisters...this is media hype/lies...there is clear evidence of sick adults and children on the site...the local school is likely to close if the site is crushed...in regards to leaving peacefully.. would you? if you had nowhere to go! as for the term 'tinker' its not the term but the context in which it is used! while you mention the homeless in New zealand and Japan your all in favour of causing the same homelessness to the Travellers of Dale Farm! illegal developers is not the case...caravans are non permanent structures and cannot be classed as development...anyone who thinks for an instant that the media is sympathetic to the travellers is indeed gullible if not slightly deranged..giving up your homes to live on the road side! with dignity and respect! you expect to much of mere human beings..The police are there to keep the peace, we shall see if they carry out that remit and not aid and abet bailiff violence against the residents and protesters. Im sorry my friend but if the blinkers need to be removed it isnt from the eyes of the travellers who know quite clearly what is happening to them..

Ironman says...
11:43am Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn, I have reported you to the police for your gross racial stereotype of Irish Travellers, can I suggest that if you have proof of any child being abducted that you inform the authorities, otherwise please don't spread rumours.
I apologise if my quip re: children was taken as fact, it is of course not true...but they shoot horses dont they? but again that stereotypical nonsense is not taken on board by the more intelligent contributors to this newspaper...i wonder just what is actually the truth when it comes to Travellers...they dont steal children or shoot horses, they pay all the tax they have to unlike the rich in this country...they work as small business' thereby helping the economy...just what is it they do wrong beside exist?
Phienn, they definately have a right to exist. No question.

History tells us that the origins of the Pavee, although somewhat obscure, originate anywhere between 100yrs and 500 yrs ago in Ireland. Mainly due to dire financial and social conditions, they took to the road and stayed there.

The Dale Farm issue (and other locations) is one of unauthorised land grabbing/occupation. It is also well documented about the anti-social behaviour, the reliance on the Taxpayer to subsidise their lifestyle where I would guess that given the choice, most Taxpayers would resist their contributions being used in this way.

It's all about fairness. It's been said many times, why should you have a unique, insular lifestyle AND expect ALL the benefits that have been paid by others.

In other words, travel and live the lifestyle that you desire, but do it with pride and dignity, not with an attitude and an expectation of 'don't worry, someone else will pay'.

APR says...
12:24pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Perhaps our resident Dale Farm poster (whether Traveller or University activist)

Can answer one simple question. One that has been asked a number of times.
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Why is it that we see none of the men from the camp when the TV news teams are around ?. The few we do see driving in and out hide their faces.
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Please don't say it's because they are out working.

Phienn says...
12:47pm Wed 7 Sep 11

The Pavee are the indigenous people of Ireland in the way of the Aborigine and Red Indian in their respective countries..so history or the writing of it in this case is very wrong...Dale farm is no more 'land grabbing/occupation' than any estate shopping centre or home to suggest otherwise is clearly pushing credibility...As for the documented anti-social behaviour, the police have files which show dale farm and its residents have a much better record of keeping the law than surrounding areas, check this out with the police...Dale farm residents are taxpayers too! as for life style are you suggesting for example that Muslims give up their life style or they should expect not to benefit from living in this country? Is it the case of live the way we do or suffer the consequences? The vast majority of people on Dale Farm are British born! Many in basildon! You sir, believe all the lies and drivel that is pushed about Travellers and then use it in your argument...Traveller
s have the right to all you have the right to and they need not change their culture to have that right anymore than any person would..

paulkendall22 says...
12:52pm Wed 7 Sep 11

of course the males are working, of course they work for CASH IN HAND, dont paY tax, and do crappy tarmacing

morphy says...
12:57pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Back in the mid 80's I was on holiday in Ireland and there was a news report about a site set up for the travellers and they totally wrecked it this was in Tipperary.
Just one question why not go back to Ireland?

bumper says...
2:09pm Wed 7 Sep 11

what a joke they should not even be talking giving them 5hit infact they should give it for the mess they leave and to sort the land out back to what it was .

trell says...
2:29pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
we will try to answer your long post point by point...
The harsh words seem to be in abundance from those opposed to the Travellers...There is no evidence or complaint that the travellers have seriously threatened the police or bailiffs with rocks or gas canisters...this is media hype/lies...there is clear evidence of sick adults and children on the site...the local school is likely to close if the site is crushed...in regards to leaving peacefully.. would you? if you had nowhere to go! as for the term 'tinker' its not the term but the context in which it is used! while you mention the homeless in New zealand and Japan your all in favour of causing the same homelessness to the Travellers of Dale Farm! illegal developers is not the case...caravans are non permanent structures and cannot be classed as development...anyone who thinks for an instant that the media is sympathetic to the travellers is indeed gullible if not slightly deranged..giving up your homes to live on the road side! with dignity and respect! you expect to much of mere human beings..The police are there to keep the peace, we shall see if they carry out that remit and not aid and abet bailiff violence against the residents and protesters. Im sorry my friend but if the blinkers need to be removed it isnt from the eyes of the travellers who know quite clearly what is happening to them..
Thank you, Phienn - As I thought, you answered my comment without saying anything, really.
You said "There is no evidence or complaint that the travellers have threatened anyone with rocks or gas canisters" - Actually, there is! That documentary for example, right at the end, is televised evidence that specifically mentions "Gas canisters", and that's just one of many bits of evidence, straight from the mouth of one of your womenfolk. Are you telling me she was coerced by the media into saying that?
As for your point "If I had nowhere to go"? I don't know. Maybe, but I am an adult. I do take responsibility for my wrongdoings. If a judge jailed me, I would not go kicking & screaming. I would hold my head high & accept my punishment. If your punishment is moving on (and you always have a place to go...other friends, family, several other accomodations offered everywhere in the UK, even back to Ireland if you need to, there are always options), then accept it. Don't squabble about the injustices. You've been found guilty, ran appeals, lost them, taken it to every court in the land, and failed. Don't you think that's telling you something, or are you so far in denial that you can't see the forest for the trees? You can't just pick & choose which laws you want to follow, & which you want to ignore, and regardless of your ethnic or cultural origin, if you commit an offence, you commit an offence.
The term "Tinker"...really? No, I don't think so. You compared it to the word "N***er". If I saw a book title with that word on it, I'd be appalled & sickened. So would most of the rest of the population. The word "Tinker" is no more derogatory in common english language than the word "ruffian", and trying to make a big thing of it, especially by comparing it to "N***er" is over-egging the sauce just a bit...
I am not the expert in planning, but saying "It's just caravans" doesn't wash if they are rendered immobile. I could always just say "It's just a few bricks, some glass, some plumbing & an electrical wire", but a house by any other name...
To further a point raised earlier, if they are "Just caravans", I would assume they can actually be moved, right? So you are not being kicked out of your homes. You can take your homes with you. Fundamental difference to being made homeless....

trell says...
3:08pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Also, now that I've addressed your post accusing me of being "Blinkered", can I ask a few, and hopefully actually get an answer here that is not straight from the Grattan Puxon school of propaganda.
1. Are you saying that this is all about discrimination, & has nothing to do with the £6m Richard Sheridan admitted to asking?
2. Are you saying that you won't profit gratuitously if you were able to pull off the biggest scam (Buying cheap green-belt land that has little value as you can't really build on it, building on it regardless, trying to force the council planning department into accepting, thus rendering "worthless land" into land that can be sold for many times more than what it was initially worth?
3. A lot has been said about "Human Rights". Can you explain to me which human right has been violated? Cos I've read every human right, and "The right to break the law" is not one of them.
4. You are saying that the school will suffer. Will it really? It has one of the worst attendance records, and there are local children who have been sent to other schools despite the proximity. I wonder why?
5. Are you emphatically saying that it really is all about discrimination, & absolutely nothing about money? You can't shout "Ethnic cleansing" on the one hand, and ask the council for a £6 mill payout on the other hand.
6. A normal decent human being accused of wrongdoing might accept their punishment. A slightly immature human being might kick off, appeal their case, and after one or two tries, get the hint. A really immature human being would continue to appeal, citing discrimination, over and over again. Considering you have done all of this, then made it socio-political, then made demands for money, then threatened to just fight, what does that make you?
7. For a close-knit community who looks after the elderly with nebulisers & young innocent children, why are you choosing to slug it out & prolong the pain & agony anymore? Why not just go peacefully so none of the community get hurt?
8. The eviciton is inevitable. Why delay it?
9. Ever heard of battery powered hand held nebulisers?

10. These are the questions everyone is asking you. Why are you not answering them?????

jimmyboy1984 says...
3:41pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn, you threw a paddy yesterday (no pun intended) when someone used the word tinker, and said it was as offensive as n****r. Well can I just suggest that in your recent post you should have replaced the term 'red Indians' with the much more up to date 'native Americans'

Kim Gandy says...
3:57pm Wed 7 Sep 11

They want too much. They have already squeezed every last drop of goodwill out of this community.

Tony Ball should not be meeting anyone in a pub. This is little short of brown envelope mentality.

Basildon Council is digging itself an even bigger hole and the fact that these people have got away with robbing the local community for a whole decade is dubious in itself.

nowhere else in the country has there been any other case like this, of a large settlement being allowed to live illegally for a decade.

Ball should make THEM pay back every penny they have fleeced off this community, including me for the devaluation of my house in Crays Hill and the associated problems it has caused me.

How about Tony Ball meeting me in a pub and giving me £250,000 - because that is what I personally am owed for the devaluation, subsequent problems caused by this, distress and disruption to my and my family's lives.

These people are a disgrace and should be bounced off that site unceremoniously.

Oh and it's not an eviction because they are not there legally, it's a clearance.

Phienn says...
4:29pm Wed 7 Sep 11

APR wrote:
Perhaps our resident Dale Farm poster (whether Traveller or University activist)

Can answer one simple question. One that has been asked a number of times.
.
Why is it that we see none of the men from the camp when the TV news teams are around ?. The few we do see driving in and out hide their faces.
.
Please don't say it's because they are out working.
Take the time to read all the comments and you will find that has been answered..

trell says...
4:53pm Wed 7 Sep 11

So, Phienn, you've answered the "Where are the males" question with a "Look above" post although you don't say where, and the question remains unanswered, then answered the other one with a "Stereotypical clap trap" comment.

You still haven't answered my questions.

Easy to say to others that they must try harder if they wanted to enter the debate, but isn't this just picking which questions to answer, and being derogatory towards the poster?

Yes, maybe Paulkendall22 has posted a pretty stereotypical comment, but it's easier to pick fights with people who are making stupid comments, as opposed to someone who is genuinely asking the same questions that everyone else is asking?

Go on. Prove that you can walk the walk & enter the debate. Answer those questions with proper answers. Not the Grattan Puxon way of avoiding the answer, & just repeating the same old "Lifestyle/ethnic cleansing" rubbish. This is not about a cultural lifestyle. This is about breaking the law, attempting to extort money for the council, and playing the race card/age & disability card for all it's worth, isn't it? It's about the potential value of the land going through the roof if you succeed in forcing an overturning on the green-belt restrictions that have been in place for a very long time, isn't it?

Come on...I'm waiting, and I'm sure the other people reading this are also interested.

Phienn says...
5:05pm Wed 7 Sep 11

bumper wrote:
what a joke they should not even be talking giving them 5hit infact they should give it for the mess they leave and to sort the land out back to what it was .
You mean convert it back into the scrap yard it was? Oh right...well that is an option basildon council hasn't considered above and other than eviction...perhaps you can ring them and suggest it..

hatch201 says...
5:14pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Its very simple respect is earned not given. If the travellers want our respect they need to repect our ways of life and obey the laws of the country they have decided to live in. The Dale Farm issues has been decided in the English law courts. Therefore to the residents of Dale Farm please respect the decision of this countries courts and leave now. As if you do you will be able to gain some respect for your community if you dont your playing in to the hands of the bigots who are only to happy to stero type you

trell says...
5:16pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn - You're doing it again.

Picking the people you want to answer, and avoiding the ones with the genuine questions. This is your opportunity to provide answers to the real questions. Instead, you're picking up the posts from the angrier contingent, and belittling them, without giving real answers.

This is not about whether travellers pay tax. The law is the law, as you say, and racial hatred is just one aspect of the law. Another aspect of the law is being found guilty of illegal developments on a green belt site without permission, and you have been found guilty of that in every court in the country.

A bit hypocritical to start mudslinging about others not following the law, & choosing to ignore the fact that you have broken it. Oops. Shot in the foot there, a bit, right?

Now come on. Stop wasting time taking cheap pot shots at the other posts. Please answer my questions without the Gratton Puxon coating, and tell me that despite all the evidence, this isn't about land value, that you are being victimised because of your cultural differences, and not because you have been caught, and that you honestly feel that you want to stay & fight on the principle, despite the clear risks you are putting on the very elderly you have mentioned time & again in the media...

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Phienn says...
5:22pm Wed 7 Sep 11

point by point as before

The documentary mentions Gas canisters, do any of the Travellers mention it, are you mixing the doc of the other eviction with dale farm? In that Gas canisters were filmed and mentioned by the narrator.

You mention judges and punishment but the travellers have only broken planning rules not committed crime..the very same rules are now being looked at by the Government to allow building on REAL green belt land..

These people dont have family to go to as they are all there on the site...why would they go to Ireland? They are born in this country! This comment would suggest you dont know as much about the issue as you think..
There is no question of a judgement of 'guilty" or indeed innocent...The courts of this land may be exhausted but the UN is a real hope for Justice watch that space!
The only offense the people on Dale Farm committed was believing a politician, Michael Howard, when he told them to go and buy their own land and they would be allowed to live on it...

As for the term Tinker...if it is used in a derogatory way then guess what? its derogatory!

By your own account you not an expert in planning so commenting on what you dont know is futile but even so.. The comment was caravans are not permanent structures...

In Law of which you made much mention...if you live in a caravan and have no land to live on then you are deemed homeless...dont like it? take it up with your MP...The eviction of dale farm is like the repossession of land or house by the bank..the difference is the Travellers dont owe any money on their land..

TonyEssex says...
5:35pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn,

You quite amaze me with what you write. I am currently living in Queensland, Australia TRAVELLING. So, at this moment in time I would consider myself a TRAVELLER. I am originally from Essex, and intend to return soon. But I'll tell you a few things; as a TRAVELLER I have visited a country I am not from, I comply with the law of this land and pay my taxes. I work here in Australia and I move around from place to place, paying my way, paying the rent which is asked from me.

These people are so-called travellers, anyone here in Australia who has been here 10 years is no longer considered a traveller because they have SETTLED, exactly what these people in Dale Farm have done - with one exception. The people at Dale Farm are there unlawfully, and they are breaking the law. End of.

As for you comparison of travelling folk (Irish travellers or similar) to that of the Aboriginals here in Australia or the Native Americans... that's just laughable! I highly suggest you come to a place like Australia and see what the REAL people of the land (who incidentally have been here over 30 thousand years) - actually do for the communities. These people have a wealth of knowledge, a vast culture rich in history... and you compare them to the travellers of Dale Farm? Ok.

Ironman says...
5:35pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
The Pavee are the indigenous people of Ireland in the way of the Aborigine and Red Indian in their respective countries..so history or the writing of it in this case is very wrong...Dale farm is no more 'land grabbing/occupation' than any estate shopping centre or home to suggest otherwise is clearly pushing credibility...As for the documented anti-social behaviour, the police have files which show dale farm and its residents have a much better record of keeping the law than surrounding areas, check this out with the police...Dale farm residents are taxpayers too! as for life style are you suggesting for example that Muslims give up their life style or they should expect not to benefit from living in this country? Is it the case of live the way we do or suffer the consequences? The vast majority of people on Dale Farm are British born! Many in basildon! You sir, believe all the lies and drivel that is pushed about Travellers and then use it in your argument...Traveller

s have the right to all you have the right to and they need not change their culture to have that right anymore than any person would..
Phienn, indigenous as in Aborigine? Dunno, not that conversant but none of the available online data refers to them by that classification.

Building estate shopping centres/homes IS different; the key words are 'with planning consent'.

However you argue the anti-social issue, it is still well documented and ANYBODY guilty of it should be punished acc. to the Law.

As for paying tax, maybe you are right, I don't have proof but I wouldn't bet my house on it.

As for the Muslim argument, the same applies. They can live however they like as long as they pay their way and live acc. to our Laws. The current attitude of 'let's go to the UK' where we can get something for nothing is not easily acceptable to most of us.

And no, I don't believe it all but listening to those that know and have had first hand experience (Kim and Len), I must admit that my sympathies lay with the neighbours.

It's not all lies and drivel you know, however much you would like it to be.

Phienn says...
5:45pm Wed 7 Sep 11

trell wrote:
Also, now that I've addressed your post accusing me of being "Blinkered", can I ask a few, and hopefully actually get an answer here that is not straight from the Grattan Puxon school of propaganda.
1. Are you saying that this is all about discrimination, & has nothing to do with the £6m Richard Sheridan admitted to asking?
2. Are you saying that you won't profit gratuitously if you were able to pull off the biggest scam (Buying cheap green-belt land that has little value as you can't really build on it, building on it regardless, trying to force the council planning department into accepting, thus rendering "worthless land" into land that can be sold for many times more than what it was initially worth?
3. A lot has been said about "Human Rights". Can you explain to me which human right has been violated? Cos I've read every human right, and "The right to break the law" is not one of them.
4. You are saying that the school will suffer. Will it really? It has one of the worst attendance records, and there are local children who have been sent to other schools despite the proximity. I wonder why?
5. Are you emphatically saying that it really is all about discrimination, & absolutely nothing about money? You can't shout "Ethnic cleansing" on the one hand, and ask the council for a £6 mill payout on the other hand.
6. A normal decent human being accused of wrongdoing might accept their punishment. A slightly immature human being might kick off, appeal their case, and after one or two tries, get the hint. A really immature human being would continue to appeal, citing discrimination, over and over again. Considering you have done all of this, then made it socio-political, then made demands for money, then threatened to just fight, what does that make you?
7. For a close-knit community who looks after the elderly with nebulisers & young innocent children, why are you choosing to slug it out & prolong the pain & agony anymore? Why not just go peacefully so none of the community get hurt?
8. The eviciton is inevitable. Why delay it?
9. Ever heard of battery powered hand held nebulisers?

10. These are the questions everyone is asking you. Why are you not answering them?????
I stated it wasn't the Travellers who were blinkered, if you inferred that meant you were then thats your choice..

1, You would need to be much clearer in what your asking on this point..

2, The land is worth what the owner deems it to be worth...even with the price that the press and council SAY was asked the families would be out of pocket...see other post in regards to
this

3, Article 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 22, 25, 26

4, perhaps you can comment on this 'question' yourself..

5, It is all about injustice and lack of natural fairness..

6, I do not accept you know the full difference between a 'normal human being' or otherwise as you questions give notice of this lack of understanding...but to reply. This is mostly an accusation except for the ending..If you are asking what makes a person/family/commun
ity fight to the end to stay in their homes and together then id suggest you know the answer yourself..

7, Peacefully go where? To the nearest layby, super market car park, lane...they have nowhere to go they have to stay they have been given no option..

8, While the die might have has been cast but the number has yet to be revealed...God moves in mysterious ways..

9, No

10, I have. (strange question to include)

Phienn says...
5:47pm Wed 7 Sep 11

jimmyboy1984 wrote:
Phienn, you threw a paddy yesterday (no pun intended) when someone used the word tinker, and said it was as offensive as n****r. Well can I just suggest that in your recent post you should have replaced the term 'red Indians' with the much more up to date 'native Americans'
I do apologise...I hope you are as anti John Wayne as i am!

Phienn says...
5:55pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Kim Gandy wrote:
They want too much. They have already squeezed every last drop of goodwill out of this community.

Tony Ball should not be meeting anyone in a pub. This is little short of brown envelope mentality.

Basildon Council is digging itself an even bigger hole and the fact that these people have got away with robbing the local community for a whole decade is dubious in itself.

nowhere else in the country has there been any other case like this, of a large settlement being allowed to live illegally for a decade.

Ball should make THEM pay back every penny they have fleeced off this community, including me for the devaluation of my house in Crays Hill and the associated problems it has caused me.

How about Tony Ball meeting me in a pub and giving me £250,000 - because that is what I personally am owed for the devaluation, subsequent problems caused by this, distress and disruption to my and my family's lives.

These people are a disgrace and should be bounced off that site unceremoniously.

Oh and it's not an eviction because they are not there legally, it's a clearance.
They have squeezed what? get a grip...please..

Can you explain what you mean about robbing the community? They have added to the economy by just being there spending their money. You concern seems not so much about the community you are from but about your own financial difficulties...looki
ng out for your own interest is nothing to be shameful about its what the Travellers are trying to do..You are of course aware that house prices have gone down all over the country, even where there is no travellers...There are many who would read your comments and feel you too were a disgrace but i wont i feel you have issues and the Travellers are the scapegoats for that...very much how the government and council want it...It is an eviction but if it soothes or helps you can call it a clearance...we are all in this together rather than argue lets try to get on.

trell says...
6:16pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
trell wrote:
Also, now that I've addressed your post accusing me of being "Blinkered", can I ask a few, and hopefully actually get an answer here that is not straight from the Grattan Puxon school of propaganda.
1. Are you saying that this is all about discrimination, & has nothing to do with the £6m Richard Sheridan admitted to asking?
2. Are you saying that you won't profit gratuitously if you were able to pull off the biggest scam (Buying cheap green-belt land that has little value as you can't really build on it, building on it regardless, trying to force the council planning department into accepting, thus rendering "worthless land" into land that can be sold for many times more than what it was initially worth?
3. A lot has been said about "Human Rights". Can you explain to me which human right has been violated? Cos I've read every human right, and "The right to break the law" is not one of them.
4. You are saying that the school will suffer. Will it really? It has one of the worst attendance records, and there are local children who have been sent to other schools despite the proximity. I wonder why?
5. Are you emphatically saying that it really is all about discrimination, & absolutely nothing about money? You can't shout "Ethnic cleansing" on the one hand, and ask the council for a £6 mill payout on the other hand.
6. A normal decent human being accused of wrongdoing might accept their punishment. A slightly immature human being might kick off, appeal their case, and after one or two tries, get the hint. A really immature human being would continue to appeal, citing discrimination, over and over again. Considering you have done all of this, then made it socio-political, then made demands for money, then threatened to just fight, what does that make you?
7. For a close-knit community who looks after the elderly with nebulisers & young innocent children, why are you choosing to slug it out & prolong the pain & agony anymore? Why not just go peacefully so none of the community get hurt?
8. The eviciton is inevitable. Why delay it?
9. Ever heard of battery powered hand held nebulisers?

10. These are the questions everyone is asking you. Why are you not answering them?????
I stated it wasn't the Travellers who were blinkered, if you inferred that meant you were then thats your choice..

1, You would need to be much clearer in what your asking on this point..

2, The land is worth what the owner deems it to be worth...even with the price that the press and council SAY was asked the families would be out of pocket...see other post in regards to
this

3, Article 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 22, 25, 26

4, perhaps you can comment on this 'question' yourself..

5, It is all about injustice and lack of natural fairness..

6, I do not accept you know the full difference between a 'normal human being' or otherwise as you questions give notice of this lack of understanding...but to reply. This is mostly an accusation except for the ending..If you are asking what makes a person/family/commun

ity fight to the end to stay in their homes and together then id suggest you know the answer yourself..

7, Peacefully go where? To the nearest layby, super market car park, lane...they have nowhere to go they have to stay they have been given no option..

8, While the die might have has been cast but the number has yet to be revealed...God moves in mysterious ways..

9, No

10, I have. (strange question to include)
1. Grattan Puxon response. (Avoiding the question by asking me to clarify)
2. Grattan Puxon response (Answering a question with another question)
3. Gratton Puxon Response (Quoting a string of numbers. Articles 1,2,3,5,7,9 etc, to WHAT exactly)
4. Grattan Puxon response (Asking me to answer the question) - I could answer the question myself, but I want YOU to answer it.
5. Finally, some sort of a proper answer! Of course it's about injustice and lack of natural fairness. Just ask anyone who has ever been refused planning permission. I'm sure that they rally on the planning departments & contact the media and demand payouts from the council because their application for a nice new conservatory was turned down.
6. OK, I concede, it was an attack, but I am pointing out the absurdness of your actions as a group.
7. I assume from the use of the word "They", you are from Camp constant, definitely not from the area, so you don't know the history of the site, or you really are selective in your memory. Well, "They" were offered alternative sites close by (refused repeatedly), there are more than enough sites in Essex...Hovefields south, Hanningfield & Canvey Island for a start, and that's all within the immediate radius. There are more than enough sites set specifically for travellers all over the UK. Other travellers from the illegal plots at Hovefields were able to leave & move on, or in the case of the McCanns, move into the £230,000 house that Catherine McCann owned for several years & "Forgot" to declare, only 50 metres away from her illegal plot on Hovefields. Ask her how she did it. ;-)
8. Grattan Puxon answer (A vague answer at best)
9. Look into it.
10. You've only answered questions with other questions, derogatory comments, and vague allusions. You have not provided any definitive answers here. Saying "I have already answered questions", then not saying how or where is a VERY Grattan Puxon answer to provide. Politicians do it all the time.

Well, we got at least one sensible answer. Now try again, but leave the ballyhoo out of it. I'm not fooled.

Phienn says...
7:05pm Wed 7 Sep 11

You seemed to be asking why the traveller hadnt been granted planning permission and that was because the council didnt give it...so of course the council are to blame for that decision unless the travellers are also to blame for the councils decision..

No one would stop you moving to your roots wherever that is but because you would you cant expect others to be of the same opinion...

If you feel the UK is a dump and Ireland a pretty decent option will you be moving there? and if yes then the dale Farm issue shouldn't be to much of a problem for you..

You are assuming im A, a Traveller, B, Irish, C, a resident of the site..

You are stuck in the mid set that a culture cannot decide what is or isn't derogatory to them..why is that? Its not only the term but the context it is used in...

a derogatory term is just that no matter what your opinion on the matter is..

Plum is not a term used to denigrate a culture, if it was then it of course would be derogatory..its all very simple...

Phienn says...
7:12pm Wed 7 Sep 11

hatch201 wrote:
Its very simple respect is earned not given. If the travellers want our respect they need to repect our ways of life and obey the laws of the country they have decided to live in. The Dale Farm issues has been decided in the English law courts. Therefore to the residents of Dale Farm please respect the decision of this countries courts and leave now. As if you do you will be able to gain some respect for your community if you dont your playing in to the hands of the bigots who are only to happy to stero type you
repect our ways of life and obey the laws of the country they have decided to live in"

They were born here...how many times does that have to be reiterated? While the English law has abandoned English people the europeans might yet have a word in the matter..

Bobz01 says...
7:23pm Wed 7 Sep 11

The English law has told your so called "English people" to get out of Dale farm.......... don't sound to me like they have abandoned us!!! (not in this case anyway) so lets see these so called "English travellers" play by the rules & act like good English citizens.......

Phienn says...
7:31pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
The English law has told your so called "English people" to get out of Dale farm.......... don't sound to me like they have abandoned us!!! (not in this case anyway) so lets see these so called "English travellers" play by the rules & act like good English citizens.......
This the court has done, another court might overturn that so hang onto your hat...so called? are you suggesting that people born in England are not English? if so how? no one has suggested they are English Travellers but you...why you have is your secret unless you reveal...This country is under common law...planning stature/legislation isn't common law...

TonyEssex says...
7:38pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn,

You quite amaze me with what you write. I am currently living in Queensland, Australia TRAVELLING. So, at this moment in time I would consider myself a TRAVELLER. I am originally from Essex, and intend to return soon. But I'll tell you a few things; as a TRAVELLER I have visited a country I am not from, I comply with the law of this land and pay my taxes. I work here in Australia and I move around from place to place, paying my way, paying the rent which is asked from me.

These people are so-called travellers, anyone here in Australia who has been here 10 years is no longer considered a traveller because they have SETTLED, exactly what these people in Dale Farm have done - with one exception. The people at Dale Farm are there unlawfully, and they are breaking the law. End of.

As for you comparison of travelling folk (Irish travellers or similar) to that of the Aboriginals here in Australia or the Native Americans... that's just laughable! I highly suggest you come to a place like Australia and see what the REAL people of the land (who incidentally have been here over 30 thousand years) - actually do for the communities. These people have a wealth of knowledge, a vast culture rich in history... and you compare them to the travellers of Dale Farm? Ok.

Bobz01 says...
7:46pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
The English law has told your so called "English people" to get out of Dale farm.......... don't sound to me like they have abandoned us!!! (not in this case anyway) so lets see these so called "English travellers" play by the rules & act like good English citizens.......
This the court has done, another court might overturn that so hang onto your hat...so called? are you suggesting that people born in England are not English? if so how? no one has suggested they are English Travellers but you...why you have is your secret unless you reveal...This country is under common law...planning stature/legislation isn't common law...
English, Irish or Martian it dont matter to me..... all your drivel aint gonna prevent the inevitable..... the notice has been served & a lot of people are gonna be happier for it...... as shown by the feeling on here....... only choice left is go peacefully or cause agro.... either way the result will be the same.......... I suggest you hold onto to your hat......

Phienn says...
7:49pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Well some people are easy to amuse...The difference between you in Australia and The Dale farm residents is you wasn't born in Australia and the residents of Dale Farm were born in the Uk, many in basildon...so what you do or dont do over there is not comparable to what the Basildon residents do in Basildon..The Pavee people are the indigenous people of Ireland with a history, albeit a secret one, what a vast culture is i do not know as its a strange term...but the Pavee is a culture...in fact all people have their own culture...there is only one race on earth...the human race...your admiration for the people of Australia does you credit...as the Pavee might say "stick with it"

trell says...
7:53pm Wed 7 Sep 11

The council didn't give the 80 plots permission, & this resulted in a 10 year farce that they are to blame for? That's very moronic thinking. They granted other traveller plots planning permission. You can't claim discrimination there. Maybe it's just the area, or they had better luck, or it was first come first served. Whatever the reason, choosing to throw your teddies out of the pram is not the answer.

OK, you may not want to move to Ireland, but as I said, you have a very large number of areas within the UK. Some very close to Dale Farm. Others, where you might have families. If you don't have families anywhere else within the UK, what significance is Dale Farm to you that you can't just move to somewhere else in the UK where you can buy land & develop on it with the consent of the local authorities? It would be easier, and cheaper if you just accepted that, rather than waste time and legal expenses on appealing everything, then bringing in your elderly & children into the matter.

Earlier on, I asked you to answer 10 questions, without jargon, bamboozling or anything other than simple, plain answers. You spectacularly failed in doing that, either asking me to answer them, saying they've already been answered (but not saying where or by whom), making obscure references to untraceable articles, or asking me to clarify.

For someone who believes they have a strong case to make, you seem very good at not making it. Is it any wonder the courts have thrown the case out, and if you think the European Court of Human Rights might solve it for you, I understand you need a 2 year waiting period before your case can go there, and even then, unless you can provide concrete proof that your human rights are infringed, (and not because a couple of bishops, an actress & a a soundbite from Amnesty International say so), your case will likely be thrown out again.

Here's some free advice, and I genuinely mean it, because if your Human Rights really are being infringed, then I hope you succeed.

Ditch Grattan Puxon. The 80's is over. Propaganda really doesn't have the same punch it once did, and covering your case in shmaltzy references to "Innocent kids" and "Frail & Infirm" has not helped. - It just puts peoples' backs up. When I saw the Youtube clip, I thought it was so absurd it was funny. Tinkly piano music along with slideshows faded in & out of eachother? It was crass!

Stop Richard Sheridan from making a mockery out of your case. Going around asking for money? I can't blame the guy for trying, but if you're trying to put a case in to the high courts, dodgy actions like that will get the case thrown out of court quicker than you can say "Bribery"

If you still plan to take this further, be concise in your answers. From the evidence you've provided here, you haven't given one decent answer. Judges tend not to like their time wasted by showboating & they can see someone trying to fluster a court very quickly. Make your case plain & simple & easy to understand. Provide evidence that people can look up & acutally see first hand.

You mentioned the die is cast & God moves in mysterious ways. Well so far, you've already had many throws of the dice, and God's movement has not exactly been going your way. Based on the evidence, I think you're out of time, but you just don't want to accept the inevitable.

I wish you all courage to face up to the decisions that you can't control, no matter how hard you've tried. I hope you have the maturity to accept that this is all going nowhere, and that you can be gracious in defeat, rather than deciding to not to go out without a fight, placing your elderly & children in the direct firing line. I hope you all have the good sense that on eviction day, the Gas canisters & rocks being used to hold down tarpaulin, are not used, because last I checked, going equipped, assault, assault on police and criminal damage were all offences.

As for the tinker thing, It's getting in the way of the crux of the debate. Let's agree to disagree. I'll mention it no more.

Phienn says...
7:53pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
The English law has told your so called "English people" to get out of Dale farm.......... don't sound to me like they have abandoned us!!! (not in this case anyway) so lets see these so called "English travellers" play by the rules & act like good English citizens.......
This the court has done, another court might overturn that so hang onto your hat...so called? are you suggesting that people born in England are not English? if so how? no one has suggested they are English Travellers but you...why you have is your secret unless you reveal...This country is under common law...planning stature/legislation isn't common law...
English, Irish or Martian it dont matter to me..... all your drivel aint gonna prevent the inevitable..... the notice has been served & a lot of people are gonna be happier for it...... as shown by the feeling on here....... only choice left is go peacefully or cause agro.... either way the result will be the same.......... I suggest you hold onto to your hat......
Drivel because you dont agree with it...never say never my friend...by the way you seem to know the future...do you tell fortunes?

Phienn says...
7:55pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Drivel because you dont agree with it...never say never my friend...by the way you seem to know the future...do you tell fortunes?

TonyEssex says...
8:02pm Wed 7 Sep 11

P. I admire the Aboriginals of Australia because they actually give something to the community here. If the Pavee people are descendants of the Irish then why not live in Ireland? The Aboriginals of Australia are not claiming rights to any other land apart from Australia, then as your own argument suggests and by this logic Irish travellers should live in Ireland.

Plus, regardless of the travellers being born in Basildon it does not give them a right to build illegally. Just because I was born in Leigh-on-Sea, that gives me the right to build illegally anywhere I please? Come on...

Your arguments about being "citizens of the earth" and what-not is not really valid. You speak about other people writing clap-trap but that sounds like it to me. The law is the law my friend.

Oh we're going to says...
8:11pm Wed 7 Sep 11

All these comments will be removed soon by the Echo junta, same as the comments on 'Eviction date set for Dale Farm (79)' has been deleted!
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Time for phienn to say goodbye!
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Incidentally, who was that traveller woman with the moustache, or was she one of the absent men in disguise?

Phienn says...
8:28pm Wed 7 Sep 11

trell wrote:
The council didn't give the 80 plots permission, & this resulted in a 10 year farce that they are to blame for? That's very moronic thinking. They granted other traveller plots planning permission. You can't claim discrimination there. Maybe it's just the area, or they had better luck, or it was first come first served. Whatever the reason, choosing to throw your teddies out of the pram is not the answer.

OK, you may not want to move to Ireland, but as I said, you have a very large number of areas within the UK. Some very close to Dale Farm. Others, where you might have families. If you don't have families anywhere else within the UK, what significance is Dale Farm to you that you can't just move to somewhere else in the UK where you can buy land & develop on it with the consent of the local authorities? It would be easier, and cheaper if you just accepted that, rather than waste time and legal expenses on appealing everything, then bringing in your elderly & children into the matter.

Earlier on, I asked you to answer 10 questions, without jargon, bamboozling or anything other than simple, plain answers. You spectacularly failed in doing that, either asking me to answer them, saying they've already been answered (but not saying where or by whom), making obscure references to untraceable articles, or asking me to clarify.

For someone who believes they have a strong case to make, you seem very good at not making it. Is it any wonder the courts have thrown the case out, and if you think the European Court of Human Rights might solve it for you, I understand you need a 2 year waiting period before your case can go there, and even then, unless you can provide concrete proof that your human rights are infringed, (and not because a couple of bishops, an actress & a a soundbite from Amnesty International say so), your case will likely be thrown out again.

Here's some free advice, and I genuinely mean it, because if your Human Rights really are being infringed, then I hope you succeed.

Ditch Grattan Puxon. The 80's is over. Propaganda really doesn't have the same punch it once did, and covering your case in shmaltzy references to "Innocent kids" and "Frail & Infirm" has not helped. - It just puts peoples' backs up. When I saw the Youtube clip, I thought it was so absurd it was funny. Tinkly piano music along with slideshows faded in & out of eachother? It was crass!

Stop Richard Sheridan from making a mockery out of your case. Going around asking for money? I can't blame the guy for trying, but if you're trying to put a case in to the high courts, dodgy actions like that will get the case thrown out of court quicker than you can say "Bribery"

If you still plan to take this further, be concise in your answers. From the evidence you've provided here, you haven't given one decent answer. Judges tend not to like their time wasted by showboating & they can see someone trying to fluster a court very quickly. Make your case plain & simple & easy to understand. Provide evidence that people can look up & acutally see first hand.

You mentioned the die is cast & God moves in mysterious ways. Well so far, you've already had many throws of the dice, and God's movement has not exactly been going your way. Based on the evidence, I think you're out of time, but you just don't want to accept the inevitable.

I wish you all courage to face up to the decisions that you can't control, no matter how hard you've tried. I hope you have the maturity to accept that this is all going nowhere, and that you can be gracious in defeat, rather than deciding to not to go out without a fight, placing your elderly & children in the direct firing line. I hope you all have the good sense that on eviction day, the Gas canisters & rocks being used to hold down tarpaulin, are not used, because last I checked, going equipped, assault, assault on police and criminal damage were all offences.

As for the tinker thing, It's getting in the way of the crux of the debate. Let's agree to disagree. I'll mention it no more.
If the council didnt give permission who fault is it they didnt give permission?

Why should the residents move to ireland?

Their families live with them

There are of course many areas within Basildon too..one perhaps near you, people have got to go somewhere and as you are of the mind people should go where they belong, these people belong in Basildon, many born there..

you questions were tied up with answers to the very questions you were asking or leading questions...try again..

you were given the articles of human rights but didnt research them as far as i can see..

Im quite sure the residents moving would be the best fir everyone except the residents who have nowhere to go, how unreasonable they seem not to consider the sensibilities of others above their basic needs.

The case for then remaining has been made those for are for those against are against...

re: The court for human rights...2 years...maybe a stay will be given till then dont forget the UN have also stated this infringed human rights..google human rights and look at the articles i gave you..they are traceable although in the eyes of basildon they might well not exist..

Grattan gave up a big portion of his life to help these vulnerable people...ditch him? is that the mindset of people on here? The government use propaganda daily it is still the force it always was...you've fallen for it...while the government are supporting Basildon's tiff with the travellers on green belt land that was a scrap yard he and his buddies are looking to make it easy for them to develop green belt land...has that slipped by while you post on here?

The references to frail and innocent children is FACT...not a tactic...unless of course you dont accept there is such on the site!

The people are of course not responsible for youtube contents or for you watching it..

donations are always welcome...feel free..

im not fighting any court case but engaging in debate with some on here...your questions are not what you advise, concise, they need to be clearer for me to attempt to answer them.

i gave you evidence to look at you couldn't find it..

the last and highest Judge is God he will decide the matter...

ill not be fighting anyone as im not a resident nor have i ever said i was or implied...im a human being who see's the suffering of fellow human beings and so i researched the matter... hence my knowledge...

As for the tinker thing...if a Pavee person was called a Tinker and he took it to be racial he could report it as such as can any ethnic minority in regards to derogatory terms addressed to them. The people of Dale farm are an ethnic minority with all that goes with that...what should be understood is as things stand the residents are tax payers and are paying for their own eviction, if they go on the road and disperse through basildon then they will no longer have to pay council tax and will have to be evicted from every stopping place they pull into...the council will have to take each caravan to the high court time and time again...it is going to cost millions to keep them on the road and moving around Basildon..those of you who screamed for this eviction remember this when basildon has no more money to evict them from where ever they decide to stop..you will have brought this on yourselves...your financial issues with the dale farm residents dont end with the eviction but actually starts with it...one of you ring you council and see if that the case...the council cant force the travellers to leave Basildon but they will have to move them off land or let them stay...any open fields near you?

Phienn says...
8:37pm Wed 7 Sep 11

If the council didnt give permission who fault is it they didnt give permission?

Why should the residents move to ireland?

Their families live with them

There are of course many areas within Basildon too..one perhaps near you, people have got to go somewhere and as you are of the mind people should go where they belong, these people belong in Basildon, many born there..

you questions were tied up with answers to the very questions you were asking or leading questions...try again..

you were given the articles of human rights but didnt research them as far as i can see..

Im quite sure the residents moving would be the best fir everyone except the residents who have nowhere to go, how unreasonable they seem not to consider the sensibilities of others above their basic needs.

The case for then remaining has been made those for are for those against are against...

re: The court for human rights...2 years...maybe a stay will be given till then dont forget the UN have also stated this infringed human rights..google human rights and look at the articles i gave you..they are traceable although in the eyes of basildon they might well not exist..

Grattan gave up a big portion of his life to help these vulnerable people...ditch him? is that the mindset of people on here? The government use propaganda daily it is still the force it always was...you've fallen for it...while the government are supporting Basildon's tiff with the travellers on green belt land that was a scrap yard he and his buddies are looking to make it easy for them to develop green belt land...has that slipped by while you post on here?

The references to frail and innocent children is FACT...not a tactic...unless of course you dont accept there is such on the site!

The people are of course not responsible for youtube contents or for you watching it..

donations are always welcome...feel free..

im not fighting any court case but engaging in debate with some on here...your questions are not what you advise, concise, they need to be clearer for me to attempt to answer them.

i gave you evidence to look at you couldn't find it..

the last and highest Judge is God he will decide the matter...

ill not be fighting anyone as im not a resident nor have i ever said i was or implied...im a human being who see's the suffering of fellow human beings and so i researched the matter... hence my knowledge...

As for the tinker thing...if a Pavee person was called a Tinker and he took it to be racial he could report it as such as can any ethnic minority in regards to derogatory terms addressed to them. The people of Dale farm are an ethnic minority with all that goes with that...what should be understood is as things stand the residents are tax payers and are paying for their own eviction, if they go on the road and disperse through basildon then they will no longer have to pay council tax and will have to be evicted from every stopping place they pull into...the council will have to take each caravan to the high court time and time again...it is going to cost millions to keep them on the road and moving around Basildon..those of you who screamed for this eviction remember this when basildon has no more money to evict them from where ever they decide to stop..you will have brought this on yourselves...your financial issues with the dale farm residents dont end with the eviction but actually starts with it...one of you ring you council and see if that the case...the council cant force the travellers to leave Basildon but they will have to move them off land or let them stay...any open fields near you?

Phienn says...
8:39pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Oh we're going to wrote:
All these comments will be removed soon by the Echo junta, same as the comments on 'Eviction date set for Dale Farm (79)' has been deleted!
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Time for phienn to say goodbye!
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Incidentally, who was that traveller woman with the moustache, or was she one of the absent men in disguise?
probably one of your female relatives

Phienn says...
9:10pm Wed 7 Sep 11

What a ridiculous post...the Aboriginal people are the real people of the land they dont owe anything to the non Abo community...If we follow on from what you suggest about the Traveller having Irish heritage then any non Abo shouldn't be living there but back in the land of their forefathers...get a grip...should people only live in the land of their ancestors? as for the law being the law which law are you referring to...the statue law or the real law of the land common law?

Oh we're going to says...
9:12pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Oh we're going to wrote: All these comments will be removed soon by the Echo junta, same as the comments on 'Eviction date set for Dale Farm (79)' has been deleted! . Time for phienn to say goodbye! . Incidentally, who was that traveller woman with the moustache, or was she one of the absent men in disguise?
probably one of your female relatives
You know that's not true, please try to remain objective instead of trading insults! ...oh hang on, perhaps she was the original bearded woman? That would be a rare treat. A Traveling show woman ..... Na probably not since it makes no sense to travel when you can rape society for what you want and not subscribe a penny in return!
I always admired show men and their travelling ways with mobile funfairs etc, recruiting extra help from local lads to man the dodgems and to provide muscle to erect rides. These Dale farm lot have done no good for these honest hard working people who travel during the summer and overwinter on established legal sites.
The Dale Farm 'Travellers' are not exactly helping the cause of the original Travellers who I'm sure to a man and woman we all respect. Either Gypsy or Romany you will probably not hear a negative comment against them.
But what has become apparent in the last few days is stories of intimidation, death threats and blackmail.
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The tide has turned. Irish Travellers have gone too far and shown themselves for what they really are.
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Answer that phienn, you are endorsing a sub culture that will damage the indigenous Gypsy culture we all respect!

Phienn says...
9:14pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Oh we're going to wrote:
All these comments will be removed soon by the Echo junta, same as the comments on 'Eviction date set for Dale Farm (79)' has been deleted!
.
Time for phienn to say goodbye!
.
Incidentally, who was that traveller woman with the moustache, or was she one of the absent men in disguise?
probably one of your female relatives
I believe the section of comments you are referring to where discontinued because a contributor to the comment section is being investigated by the police for comments made...i have no contact with the paper to withhold that information...let the law take its course as im sure all of you agree...

Phienn says...
9:28pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Oh we're going to wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Oh we're going to wrote: All these comments will be removed soon by the Echo junta, same as the comments on 'Eviction date set for Dale Farm (79)' has been deleted! . Time for phienn to say goodbye! . Incidentally, who was that traveller woman with the moustache, or was she one of the absent men in disguise?
probably one of your female relatives
You know that's not true, please try to remain objective instead of trading insults! ...oh hang on, perhaps she was the original bearded woman? That would be a rare treat. A Traveling show woman ..... Na probably not since it makes no sense to travel when you can rape society for what you want and not subscribe a penny in return!
I always admired show men and their travelling ways with mobile funfairs etc, recruiting extra help from local lads to man the dodgems and to provide muscle to erect rides. These Dale farm lot have done no good for these honest hard working people who travel during the summer and overwinter on established legal sites.
The Dale Farm 'Travellers' are not exactly helping the cause of the original Travellers who I'm sure to a man and woman we all respect. Either Gypsy or Romany you will probably not hear a negative comment against them.
But what has become apparent in the last few days is stories of intimidation, death threats and blackmail.
.
The tide has turned. Irish Travellers have gone too far and shown themselves for what they really are.
.
Answer that phienn, you are endorsing a sub culture that will damage the indigenous Gypsy culture we all respect!
I gave tit for tat you being the former...but your right i shouldn't of sunk to the level...what does the showmen have to do with the Pavee...would you liken the Jamaican to the Indian? If so why? different cultures...you suggest Travellers 'rape society' is that all travellers or just dale farm residents? or some? do you have the smallest bit of evidence of what you suggest...not hearsay but evidence? Original Traveller...just what does that mean and who are these travellers... Gypsies came to these shores 500 years ago...Pavees have been here probably longer than most cultures...Ireland to Britain at its closest point is only 7 miles..what has become apparent in the last few days is more media spin and swallowing of said spin by the gullible and brain dead..everything in a newspaper is true isnt it? There isnt an indigenous Gypsy culture if your looking for a travelling one going by length of time in the country then Pavee is probably what you mean...

Oh we're going to says...
9:54pm Wed 7 Sep 11

In order for you to continue your argument, what exactly is a pavee?
The British people have no problems with Gypsies. It seems to me and others that the Gypsy 'Tag' is being used as a tool to bolster the so called right of Irish Travellers who knowingly have flouted the laws of the land to set up home as and where they like. This isn't a matter of race, creed, colour (Dare i mention the 'N' word as you have before) It's moreover a simple matter of you cannot take a plot of land and settle on it as you think fit!
Nothing rascist, no colour, creed or any of the usual suspects. It's a matter of law, regardless of if you own the land or not, we all have to abide by these laws so why should a group of Irish people be able to ride roughshod over what the settled community have to follow.

Oh we're going to says...
10:10pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn says...

Answer please?

Phienn says...
10:18pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Oh we're going to wrote:
In order for you to continue your argument, what exactly is a pavee?
The British people have no problems with Gypsies. It seems to me and others that the Gypsy 'Tag' is being used as a tool to bolster the so called right of Irish Travellers who knowingly have flouted the laws of the land to set up home as and where they like. This isn't a matter of race, creed, colour (Dare i mention the 'N' word as you have before) It's moreover a simple matter of you cannot take a plot of land and settle on it as you think fit!
Nothing rascist, no colour, creed or any of the usual suspects. It's a matter of law, regardless of if you own the land or not, we all have to abide by these laws so why should a group of Irish people be able to ride roughshod over what the settled community have to follow.
Pavee is a member of a age old culture of the indigenous people of ireland...Do you speak for the British people of Britain or half of them or a bit of them or yourself? The people do have a problem with gypsies going by past actions its just at this moment the Basildon part of the uk have a problem with Pavee's and now pretend to be fond of Gypsies..pathetic really..who do you think terms pavee's irish travellers or indeed Gypsies if not the general public..for the sake of argument and having to constantly explain pavees accept what they are called..The newspapers are fully aware that the Pavee is not a Gypsy but of course this doesn't stop them using the term..so the usage of the term isn't the fault of the Pavee...The problem is Michael Howard the tory MP and crony of the shower in power today told the Travellers both Pavee and Gypsy alike that they could do just that! buy land and live on it! Can you understand or are you purposely ignoring the fact that the vast majority of people on Dale Farm are born in England...if you cant understand that then its useless to respond to you or the others...THEY ARE ENGLISH BORN!!!!

Ironman says...
11:06pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Is that true, the vast majority were born in England? Must be a load of kids under 10 then.

No matter though, the Law applies to all.

Aint it just the truth says...
11:35pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Oh we're going to wrote: In order for you to continue your argument, what exactly is a pavee? The British people have no problems with Gypsies. It seems to me and others that the Gypsy 'Tag' is being used as a tool to bolster the so called right of Irish Travellers who knowingly have flouted the laws of the land to set up home as and where they like. This isn't a matter of race, creed, colour (Dare i mention the 'N' word as you have before) It's moreover a simple matter of you cannot take a plot of land and settle on it as you think fit! Nothing rascist, no colour, creed or any of the usual suspects. It's a matter of law, regardless of if you own the land or not, we all have to abide by these laws so why should a group of Irish people be able to ride roughshod over what the settled community have to follow.
Pavee is a member of a age old culture of the indigenous people of ireland...Do you speak for the British people of Britain or half of them or a bit of them or yourself? The people do have a problem with gypsies going by past actions its just at this moment the Basildon part of the uk have a problem with Pavee's and now pretend to be fond of Gypsies..pathetic really..who do you think terms pavee's irish travellers or indeed Gypsies if not the general public..for the sake of argument and having to constantly explain pavees accept what they are called..The newspapers are fully aware that the Pavee is not a Gypsy but of course this doesn't stop them using the term..so the usage of the term isn't the fault of the Pavee...The problem is Michael Howard the tory MP and crony of the shower in power today told the Travellers both Pavee and Gypsy alike that they could do just that! buy land and live on it! Can you understand or are you purposely ignoring the fact that the vast majority of people on Dale Farm are born in England...if you cant understand that then its useless to respond to you or the others...THEY ARE ENGLISH BORN!!!!
NO they're not, they are from Eire, just listen to their accents, all Irish! That means they are neither English or British, they are Irish.

They left Ireland when the Government made trespass a criminal offence because these people were making such a nuisance of themselves and they came here to take advantage of our more liberal trespass laws and benefits system and the sooner they go back the better.

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
11:53pm Wed 7 Sep 11

anjou wrote:
Cllr Horgan is right to a point.

Public money needs to be used for the public good.

When the Council give planning permission for a site they make it worth a lot of money (i.e. Billericay Old School developed in the green belt). The developer has given donations to the Conservatives in the past, and the Council did not challenge the Secretary of State in the courts to protect the green belt.

The site at Pound Lane where this an appeal for a traveller site has a value as development land of about £75 million.

Council's throughout the country pay about £45,000 for the land on which gypsy traveller sites are established.

The value of a pitch with planning permission is normally between £60,000 - £100,000 (dependent on neighbours and Council).

As a brown field site in the green belt Dale Farm probably has a value in excess of £30,000. As a green field site in the green belt its value is probably less. The site is brown field in the green belt.

The land the Council is selling that is parks and public open space in Basildon should pay for the sporting village at least twice.. all depends on the price that the Councillors agree.

The issues are much complicated that Cllr Horgan identifies.
Maybe Councillor Horgan could explain to the baying mob on here how they can and do give permission to build on Green Belt as they have done for Conservative Party donor developers?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
11:55pm Wed 7 Sep 11

Are you also advocating every ex pat from the UK should be returned here?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
11:58pm Wed 7 Sep 11

perini wrote:
Why should councils provide plots in any case? Everyone else has to pay for pitching their caravan etc. Bloody parasites!
Why should government provide any land/permission to build any houses to house people like you?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
12:00am Thu 8 Sep 11

nomoretogo wrote:
these people have put "nothing" in the pot so give them the same amount back.
How do you know what individuals have or have not 'put in the pot'?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
12:09am Thu 8 Sep 11

Incorrect, it is ILLEGAL to call people racist names and doesn't this whole discussion hinge on the law?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
12:12am Thu 8 Sep 11

Oh we're going to wrote:
In order for you to continue your argument, what exactly is a pavee?
The British people have no problems with Gypsies. It seems to me and others that the Gypsy 'Tag' is being used as a tool to bolster the so called right of Irish Travellers who knowingly have flouted the laws of the land to set up home as and where they like. This isn't a matter of race, creed, colour (Dare i mention the 'N' word as you have before) It's moreover a simple matter of you cannot take a plot of land and settle on it as you think fit!
Nothing rascist, no colour, creed or any of the usual suspects. It's a matter of law, regardless of if you own the land or not, we all have to abide by these laws so why should a group of Irish people be able to ride roughshod over what the settled community have to follow.
Can you point me in the direction of your comments attacking the other Green Belt sales and planning permissions given by this very same Council, in the name of fairness you understand?

Diannah says...
12:31am Thu 8 Sep 11

I had to smile when I read an article in the Echo today which stated that sites had been identified in Liverpool which had been offered to the travellers. Apparently they turned them down because it is too far for them TO TRAVEL!!

Aint it just the truth says...
2:04am Thu 8 Sep 11

ItscalledspinIcallit
lying
wrote:
I think everyone should fook off back to one of the two villages in Kenya that we all descend from.
There is a huge difference between somewhere we all left seventy thousand years ago and the Eire village the travellers left a few years ago. Why did they leave? Because the Eire government got so fed up with their total disregard for all normal civilised values that they changed the law of the land.

hatch201 says...
8:59am Thu 8 Sep 11

So Phienn your more than happy to admit that there are gas canisters rigged round the site and when you say gas canisters I say IED's so with this in mind you would have no issues with the army rolling in as they are fully geared up to deal with this kinda thing as I've said before if you and your Irish Traveller friend want any kinda respect you need to respect the laws of the country you live in. And if you want to resort to using IED's I'm sure the army will have no problems tipping up to clear the site quick time

APR says...
11:33am Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
APR wrote:
Perhaps our resident Dale Farm poster (whether Traveller or University activist)

Can answer one simple question. One that has been asked a number of times.
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Why is it that we see none of the men from the camp when the TV news teams are around ?. The few we do see driving in and out hide their faces.
.
Please don't say it's because they are out working.
Take the time to read all the comments and you will find that has been answered..
If I had an hour or two to spare I would.
So please tell us in your own words.

In a couple of "short paragraphs".

APR says...
11:39am Thu 8 Sep 11

ItscalledspinIcallit
lying
wrote:
Incorrect, it is ILLEGAL to call people racist names and doesn't this whole discussion hinge on the law?
Is it really ?

EthanEdwards says...
1:59pm Thu 8 Sep 11

ItscalledspinIcallit
lying
wrote:
Incorrect, it is ILLEGAL to call people racist names and doesn't this whole discussion hinge on the law?
Glad you have such a deep respect for the Law.

But this is the VERY same Law thats telling you to LEAVE Dale Farm, and has been doing so for ten years.

So how come you haven't obeyed the law you claim to respect so much?

So do you only obey Laws you like and ignore others?

We 'gorjas' have a word for that.

We call it Hypocrisy.

APR says...
2:15pm Thu 8 Sep 11

As somebody suggested in a newspaper. Perhaps they should set up checks at all access roads now. Then check all vehicles entering and leaving, to make sure they are taxed, insured, and that the drivers have licences ?

Bobz01 says...
2:29pm Thu 8 Sep 11

According to Wikipedia .....

Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people".

Travellers are often referred to by the terms "gypsies", "didicoy", "tinkers" or "knackers". These terms refer to services that were traditionally provided by them, tinkering (or tinsmithing), for example, being the mending of tinware such as pots and pans, and knackering, being the acquisition of dead or old horses for slaughter.

Other names, specifically derogatory, such as "pikey" and "gypo" or "gippo" (derived from "Gypsy") are also heard.

"Didicoy" is a Romani term for a child of mixed Romani and non-Romani parentage; as applied to the Travellers, it refers to the fact that they are not "Gypsy" by ethnicity but Irish by blood and lead a similar yet distinct lifestyle


According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker


(in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............



Tinker dont look like a very derogatory word to me.......

Aint it just the truth says...
2:54pm Thu 8 Sep 11

"Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally the walking people"
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Then why don't they "walk off" somewhere else then, like back to Eire where they belong cos we sure don't want them over here.

Sir Henry Rawlinson says...
2:54pm Thu 8 Sep 11

I have tried to ignore Phienn's comments but can not do so any longer. As with most of the other posters on this story, I have issues with spending £18m on this eviction, however, I believe it has to be seen through now. I would also like to join a previous poster in the front row when the 'tinker' racial abuse case goes to court, particularly given Bobz post above.
Anyway, that's not the point of this.

As you seem to have a lot of time on your hands to post on the Echo, why not spend little looking through the Echo archive, particularly under Jon Austin's byline. You will then be able to read about (amongst others):
the properties and land owned by your friends in Ireland;
the social housing and other properties available to them in the Wolverhampton area;
the legal plots they have in Cambridgeshire and elsewhere;
the inflammable sofa business they have been running from Dale Farm;
the slave labour being operated fom dale farm.

While you're at it, why not have a word with management at the cinema in Festival Leisure Park to see how much they have to fork out in refunds and free tickets as compensation for films ruined by those sweet traveller children who buy a ticket for the first show of the day and then flit between screens all day, disturbing and being abusive towards other customers. Also, try speaking to supermarket owners in the area and ask them about the extra security precautions they need to take when the transit vans park up in the furthest corner of the car park ahead of the latest 'shopping' trip.

I have no doubt you think you're doing the right thing by helping out but remember you only hear the side of the story you want to and/or are being told (as am I to an extent before you throw that one back at me - that's human nature).

Manwithaplan232 says...
3:23pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn,

like Sir Henry Rawlinson, I have sat reading your comments and following this story quite closely as I live in the local area and to be honest, I don't have much dealings with travellers apart from at the cinema on Sundays when extra security are required to manage the children (and teenagers) who pay to see one movie but end up in there all day and often found and forced out...

Now my main point is... You have certainly picked the best country in the world to buy some land and build illegal housing. The United Kingdom has always been a haven for those less fortunate and we've always had open arms for those in times of distress or need however, I am sad to say that unfortunately the population have got fed up with those who abuse the system, overstay their welcome or generally flout the rules.

If I were to buy a piece of land and build a house on it - I would expect the council to be round, serving me notice and if not complied with then knocking it down... Being Welsh (no jokes please), this would not be because I am welsh but because I have broken planning rules... And actually how dare you compare your situation to ethnic cleansing - Ethnic cleansing is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas.... this situation is not that, You've settled and built on land against the law of the land and Central and Local Government (Both elected by the population) have told you to leave and you refuse too... You are lucky you have been left for ten years.

Manwithaplan232 says...
3:26pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Remind me what other countries would put up with this farce?... very few if any.

Sir Henry Rawlinson says...
3:32pm Thu 8 Sep 11

One other point I would make is that you seem to have a problem with name calling (ignoring the semantics of whether 'tinker' is derogatory/racist/wh
atever. This suggests you are very young and maybe need to grow a bit of a thick skin. Your travelling friends have been called a heck of a lot worse on these pages and, while not right, they have not resorted to petty threats of legal action so just let it go, eh? If you want to read real insults, have a look at some of the Southend Airport threads - that should keep you from chucking your toys out the pram for a while.

Manwithaplan has it spot on as well - this is not an ethnic cleansing issue and I find it abhorent that this situation can be described as such. While I am way too young to remember WW2, I still vividly remember the pictures of the Bosnia/Serbia conflicts and the REAL ethnic cleansing that resulted.

Phienn says...
6:17pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Ironman wrote:
Is that true, the vast majority were born in England? Must be a load of kids under 10 then.

No matter though, the Law applies to all.
That would be the case if they were all born on Dale farm! They are not...try keep with the programme friend..Law...which law do you suggest applies to them or us besides common law? research the matter..

Phienn says...
6:25pm Thu 8 Sep 11

You are so misinformed you would be better making things up than quoting what you think you know! I shouldn't have to do this but i will, sometimes you have to demonstrate to people of a certain level of intelligence the bleeding obvious so here we go...Irish Travellers have been in this contry since the year dot...they have been documented here over 1600 years ago...they tended Roman horses...re: the accent matter...yes the accent matter (i apologise to the more intelligent but they who mention the accent issue think its of importance)...an English Boy of 10 born to African people with an African accent...is he from Africa or England?...gedit it now?????

Phienn says...
6:28pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Diannah wrote:
I had to smile when I read an article in the Echo today which stated that sites had been identified in Liverpool which had been offered to the travellers. Apparently they turned them down because it is too far for them TO TRAVEL!!
Its good you can smile when women and children are left homeless..madam i salute you for the heartless creature you are!

steve@eastwood says...
6:34pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn, (stupid name!)
If you are a resident of Dale Farm, I look forward to seeing you get your come uppance from the bailiffs. If you are a idiotic dogooder who has turned up to cause problems for the bailiffs then again, three cheers for the LEGAL people who's job it is to uphold the English laws. Good riddance to the lot of you.

Phienn says...
6:36pm Thu 8 Sep 11

How is this for ugliness...A petition containing more than 5000 signatories presented to Basildon council would cause said council to hold a full council meeting to debate the issue pertaining to the petition...The Basildon Council, with the world looking on, stamps on the British reputation for fair play suspended's all council meetings so they dont have to abide by their own constitution! Can the Basildon council be globally despised any more than they already are? This info is now hitting the social sites and people will be sending their condemnation to The Basildon Council. Whats it like to have such a council in charge of your area?

Manwithaplan232 says...
6:38pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn...

Listen to yourself, how can you be homeless when your travellers???

Phienn says...
6:40pm Thu 8 Sep 11

steve@eastwood wrote:
Phienn, (stupid name!)
If you are a resident of Dale Farm, I look forward to seeing you get your come uppance from the bailiffs. If you are a idiotic dogooder who has turned up to cause problems for the bailiffs then again, three cheers for the LEGAL people who's job it is to uphold the English laws. Good riddance to the lot of you.
Can you explain in your wisdom how you come to the conclusion that my name is stupid? IF? you have to many if's in your post to make it relevant...so heres an if for you...if i frog didn't hop so much it wouldn't bang its butt so often...

steve@eastwood says...
6:40pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
How is this for ugliness...A petition containing more than 5000 signatories presented to Basildon council would cause said council to hold a full council meeting to debate the issue pertaining to the petition...The Basildon Council, with the world looking on, stamps on the British reputation for fair play suspended's all council meetings so they dont have to abide by their own constitution! Can the Basildon council be globally despised any more than they already are? This info is now hitting the social sites and people will be sending their condemnation to The Basildon Council. Whats it like to have such a council in charge of your area?
You are scraping the barrel now. Also I think you will find that its the gypsies that are globally despised. Good for the council.

Phienn says...
6:43pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Aint it just the truth wrote:
ItscalledspinIcallit

lying
wrote:
I think everyone should fook off back to one of the two villages in Kenya that we all descend from.
There is a huge difference between somewhere we all left seventy thousand years ago and the Eire village the travellers left a few years ago. Why did they leave? Because the Eire government got so fed up with their total disregard for all normal civilised values that they changed the law of the land.
ill informed media clap trap...research for yourself and be prepared to provide evidence of your research...

Phienn says...
6:44pm Thu 8 Sep 11

APR wrote:
Phienn wrote:
APR wrote:
Perhaps our resident Dale Farm poster (whether Traveller or University activist)

Can answer one simple question. One that has been asked a number of times.
.
Why is it that we see none of the men from the camp when the TV news teams are around ?. The few we do see driving in and out hide their faces.
.
Please don't say it's because they are out working.
Take the time to read all the comments and you will find that has been answered..
If I had an hour or two to spare I would.
So please tell us in your own words.

In a couple of "short paragraphs".
Dont be bone idle...the info is there, look for it..

Manwithaplan232 says...
6:45pm Thu 8 Sep 11

I think you would struggle to find 5000 LOCAL signatories... This has been through the entire UK legal system and guess what? Its illegal to break planning rules! Wow!

Phienn says...
6:48pm Thu 8 Sep 11

APR wrote:
As somebody suggested in a newspaper. Perhaps they should set up checks at all access roads now. Then check all vehicles entering and leaving, to make sure they are taxed, insured, and that the drivers have licences ?
Good idea but the HM customs and revenue already carry out such checks regularly... perhaps they should expand their checks to all of Basildon for a week..who knows what they might discover..

Phienn says...
6:52pm Thu 8 Sep 11

hatch201 wrote:
So Phienn your more than happy to admit that there are gas canisters rigged round the site and when you say gas canisters I say IED's so with this in mind you would have no issues with the army rolling in as they are fully geared up to deal with this kinda thing as I've said before if you and your Irish Traveller friend want any kinda respect you need to respect the laws of the country you live in. And if you want to resort to using IED's I'm sure the army will have no problems tipping up to clear the site quick time
I admit no such thing but agreed that mention of gas canisters were made on a documentary some time ago in regards to another site...please if you are going to try put words into my mouth have a little bit more finesse...the rest of your post is irrelevant.

Phienn says...
6:58pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
According to Wikipedia .....

Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people".

Travellers are often referred to by the terms "gypsies", "didicoy", "tinkers" or "knackers". These terms refer to services that were traditionally provided by them, tinkering (or tinsmithing), for example, being the mending of tinware such as pots and pans, and knackering, being the acquisition of dead or old horses for slaughter.

Other names, specifically derogatory, such as "pikey" and "gypo" or "gippo" (derived from "Gypsy") are also heard.

"Didicoy" is a Romani term for a child of mixed Romani and non-Romani parentage; as applied to the Travellers, it refers to the fact that they are not "Gypsy" by ethnicity but Irish by blood and lead a similar yet distinct lifestyle


According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker


(in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............




Tinker dont look like a very derogatory word to me.......
Well if its on wikipedia it must be gospel then!!!!!!!...please get real!

If Tinkering is tinsmith and Knackering is dead horses...what service is didicoying? lol why not ask wikipedia...

Phienn says...
7:00pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Aint it just the truth wrote:
"Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally the walking people"
.
Then why don't they "walk off" somewhere else then, like back to Eire where they belong cos we sure don't want them over here.
i take it you would like the africans/Indians/Jew
s/Gays/Disabled to all go back from where they came from even if they like the dale farm residents were born in the UK...perhaps the Scots and welsh should follow suit...anybody else you can think of?

Bobz01 says...
7:09pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
According to Wikipedia .....

Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people".

Travellers are often referred to by the terms "gypsies", "didicoy", "tinkers" or "knackers". These terms refer to services that were traditionally provided by them, tinkering (or tinsmithing), for example, being the mending of tinware such as pots and pans, and knackering, being the acquisition of dead or old horses for slaughter.

Other names, specifically derogatory, such as "pikey" and "gypo" or "gippo" (derived from "Gypsy") are also heard.

"Didicoy" is a Romani term for a child of mixed Romani and non-Romani parentage; as applied to the Travellers, it refers to the fact that they are not "Gypsy" by ethnicity but Irish by blood and lead a similar yet distinct lifestyle


According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker


(in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............





Tinker dont look like a very derogatory word to me.......
Well if its on wikipedia it must be gospel then!!!!!!!...please get real!

If Tinkering is tinsmith and Knackering is dead horses...what service is didicoying? lol why not ask wikipedia...
So by your reasoning seeing as the Oxford English dictionary backs it up then that is garbage as well then?

jeez, I tell ya what I cant wait to hear your drivel when it all starts!!!......

Oh we're going to says...
7:15pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn, why not just admit you have lost?
Byeeeeeeeee ;-\

Bobz01 says...
7:18pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
According to Wikipedia .....

Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people".

Travellers are often referred to by the terms "gypsies", "didicoy", "tinkers" or "knackers". These terms refer to services that were traditionally provided by them, tinkering (or tinsmithing), for example, being the mending of tinware such as pots and pans, and knackering, being the acquisition of dead or old horses for slaughter.

Other names, specifically derogatory, such as "pikey" and "gypo" or "gippo" (derived from "Gypsy") are also heard.

"Didicoy" is a Romani term for a child of mixed Romani and non-Romani parentage; as applied to the Travellers, it refers to the fact that they are not "Gypsy" by ethnicity but Irish by blood and lead a similar yet distinct lifestyle


According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker


(in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............





Tinker dont look like a very derogatory word to me.......
Well if its on wikipedia it must be gospel then!!!!!!!...please get real!

If Tinkering is tinsmith and Knackering is dead horses...what service is didicoying? lol why not ask wikipedia...
According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker (in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............

I suppose thats derogatory crap too?

read the full post... lol lol

cant wait to see your drivel when it all starts!!!......

pass the popcorn..... lol lol lol

Bobz01 says...
7:19pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
According to Wikipedia .....

Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people".

Travellers are often referred to by the terms "gypsies", "didicoy", "tinkers" or "knackers". These terms refer to services that were traditionally provided by them, tinkering (or tinsmithing), for example, being the mending of tinware such as pots and pans, and knackering, being the acquisition of dead or old horses for slaughter.

Other names, specifically derogatory, such as "pikey" and "gypo" or "gippo" (derived from "Gypsy") are also heard.

"Didicoy" is a Romani term for a child of mixed Romani and non-Romani parentage; as applied to the Travellers, it refers to the fact that they are not "Gypsy" by ethnicity but Irish by blood and lead a similar yet distinct lifestyle


According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker


(in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............





Tinker dont look like a very derogatory word to me.......
Well if its on wikipedia it must be gospel then!!!!!!!...please get real!

If Tinkering is tinsmith and Knackering is dead horses...what service is didicoying? lol why not ask wikipedia...
According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker (in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............

I suppose thats derogatory crap too?

read the full post... lol lol

cant wait to see your drivel when it all starts!!!......

pass the popcorn..... lol lol lol

Phienn says...
7:20pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Sir Henry Rawlinson wrote:
I have tried to ignore Phienn's comments but can not do so any longer. As with most of the other posters on this story, I have issues with spending £18m on this eviction, however, I believe it has to be seen through now. I would also like to join a previous poster in the front row when the 'tinker' racial abuse case goes to court, particularly given Bobz post above.
Anyway, that's not the point of this.

As you seem to have a lot of time on your hands to post on the Echo, why not spend little looking through the Echo archive, particularly under Jon Austin's byline. You will then be able to read about (amongst others):
the properties and land owned by your friends in Ireland;
the social housing and other properties available to them in the Wolverhampton area;
the legal plots they have in Cambridgeshire and elsewhere;
the inflammable sofa business they have been running from Dale Farm;
the slave labour being operated fom dale farm.

While you're at it, why not have a word with management at the cinema in Festival Leisure Park to see how much they have to fork out in refunds and free tickets as compensation for films ruined by those sweet traveller children who buy a ticket for the first show of the day and then flit between screens all day, disturbing and being abusive towards other customers. Also, try speaking to supermarket owners in the area and ask them about the extra security precautions they need to take when the transit vans park up in the furthest corner of the car park ahead of the latest 'shopping' trip.

I have no doubt you think you're doing the right thing by helping out but remember you only hear the side of the story you want to and/or are being told (as am I to an extent before you throw that one back at me - that's human nature).
No need for me to comment...other than to say in all communities, yours included, there are bad apples...

As for the derogatory term...because it was used in the past doesn't make it acceptable today...its also the context its used in as well..

there is an example but as it seems some cant grasp the issue i will partly use it ...there was a time when the acronym for 'western oriental gentleman' was considered acceptable, it was used to identify a person as not being a western gentleman...it was used to emphasise the difference between the two...it was then used to malign other cultures...would this term be acceptable today because it was in the past? same with the term tinker...if used to describe a tinsmith..ok...used to describe a irish Traveller...derogato
ry...

Phienn says...
7:23pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn...

Listen to yourself, how can you be homeless when your travellers???
Its under the law that you and your ilk demand should be obeyed...any comment on the ugliness of the council and its petition tactic...

Phienn says...
7:37pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn,

like Sir Henry Rawlinson, I have sat reading your comments and following this story quite closely as I live in the local area and to be honest, I don't have much dealings with travellers apart from at the cinema on Sundays when extra security are required to manage the children (and teenagers) who pay to see one movie but end up in there all day and often found and forced out...

Now my main point is... You have certainly picked the best country in the world to buy some land and build illegal housing. The United Kingdom has always been a haven for those less fortunate and we've always had open arms for those in times of distress or need however, I am sad to say that unfortunately the population have got fed up with those who abuse the system, overstay their welcome or generally flout the rules.

If I were to buy a piece of land and build a house on it - I would expect the council to be round, serving me notice and if not complied with then knocking it down... Being Welsh (no jokes please), this would not be because I am welsh but because I have broken planning rules... And actually how dare you compare your situation to ethnic cleansing - Ethnic cleansing is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas.... this situation is not that, You've settled and built on land against the law of the land and Central and Local Government (Both elected by the population) have told you to leave and you refuse too... You are lucky you have been left for ten years.
Started of well then the old red mist descended...take a deep breath...

so kids messing in the cinema by staying on to watch more than they should...im sure god will punish them in time for that.

In many countries if you buy land build you are not evicted or the property tore down.. especially after you have been advised by a cabinet minsister to do just that, Mr Michael Howard.

The people of Dale Farm are English and have perhaps more right to be in England than yourself you might think...How can you overstay your time in your own country? The residents of Dale Farm are also residents of basildon and of the populace of England and the UK...The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm...that is part of the myth..Ethnic cleansing has been mentioned and accepted by some as being the case and not by others...its a matter of personal opinion...you have yours i have mine and they have theirs...to the people of dale farm should be left the final word on what it is for it is them suffering the actions...it might surprise you to know that the majority of the populace DIDNT vote for either the central government or indeed the local...as for you last comment, that is of course your own opinion which taking that opinion into context with the rest of your post could be considered... prejudiced but of course you are welcome to it...

Oh we're going to says...
7:38pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn says...
7:23pm Thu 8 Sep 11
you and your ilk


Oh deary me, a clear statement of segregation! tututut.

I hear shares at Butterkist are climbing!

Phienn says...
7:38pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Started of well then the old red mist descended...take a deep breath...

so kids messing in the cinema by staying on to watch more than they should...im sure god will punish them in time for that.

In many countries if you buy land build you are not evicted or the property tore down.. especially after you have been advised by a cabinet minsister to do just that, Mr Michael Howard.

The people of Dale Farm are English and have perhaps more right to be in England than yourself you might think...How can you overstay your time in your own country? The residents of Dale Farm are also residents of basildon and of the populace of England and the UK...The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm...that is part of the myth..Ethnic cleansing has been mentioned and accepted by some as being the case and not by others...its a matter of personal opinion...you have yours i have mine and they have theirs...to the people of dale farm should be left the final word on what it is for it is them suffering the actions...it might surprise you to know that the majority of the populace DIDNT vote for either the central government or indeed the local...as for you last comment, that is of course your own opinion which taking that opinion into context with the rest of your post could be considered... prejudiced but of course you are welcome to it...

Phienn says...
8:12pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
According to Wikipedia .....

Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people".

Travellers are often referred to by the terms "gypsies", "didicoy", "tinkers" or "knackers". These terms refer to services that were traditionally provided by them, tinkering (or tinsmithing), for example, being the mending of tinware such as pots and pans, and knackering, being the acquisition of dead or old horses for slaughter.

Other names, specifically derogatory, such as "pikey" and "gypo" or "gippo" (derived from "Gypsy") are also heard.

"Didicoy" is a Romani term for a child of mixed Romani and non-Romani parentage; as applied to the Travellers, it refers to the fact that they are not "Gypsy" by ethnicity but Irish by blood and lead a similar yet distinct lifestyle


According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker


(in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............






Tinker dont look like a very derogatory word to me.......
Well if its on wikipedia it must be gospel then!!!!!!!...please get real!

If Tinkering is tinsmith and Knackering is dead horses...what service is didicoying? lol why not ask wikipedia...
So by your reasoning seeing as the Oxford English dictionary backs it up then that is garbage as well then?

jeez, I tell ya what I cant wait to hear your drivel when it all starts!!!......
im sorry but you seem to be in a delusion...The "Irish traveller" is known as Pavee...agreed...som
e families do refer to themselves as 'Minceir'...you then state that travellers are "often referred to" then cite othr names...this of course implies they are referred to by these names by others and not themselves...because others refer to these names doesn't mean the people refer to or accept these names...a didicoy is a name a gypsy will use to mean someone of mixed parentage, it would only apply to a Pavee if the person was half Pavee half gypsy...it isnt used to describe Pavee people...if the Ox dic is stating that then it is wrong...as for Tinker...the Ox dic is of course giving the definition to what the term tinker means in regards to a tinsmith..That was a craft the Pavee last did many years ago...many Pavee were horse people and builders etc but they are not called by that name...the name is derogatory and of course the context it is used in...it is well known that people of indian extract have restaurants and takeaways, to call them 'curry makers' in a derogatory tone/context as is the term Tinker is used would be racial...if you cant see that then just try it...

Phienn says...
8:15pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
According to Wikipedia .....

Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people".

Travellers are often referred to by the terms "gypsies", "didicoy", "tinkers" or "knackers". These terms refer to services that were traditionally provided by them, tinkering (or tinsmithing), for example, being the mending of tinware such as pots and pans, and knackering, being the acquisition of dead or old horses for slaughter.

Other names, specifically derogatory, such as "pikey" and "gypo" or "gippo" (derived from "Gypsy") are also heard.

"Didicoy" is a Romani term for a child of mixed Romani and non-Romani parentage; as applied to the Travellers, it refers to the fact that they are not "Gypsy" by ethnicity but Irish by blood and lead a similar yet distinct lifestyle


According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker


(in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............






Tinker dont look like a very derogatory word to me.......
Well if its on wikipedia it must be gospel then!!!!!!!...please get real!

If Tinkering is tinsmith and Knackering is dead horses...what service is didicoying? lol why not ask wikipedia...
According to the Oxford English dictionary

tinker (in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, selling or repairing things..............

I suppose thats derogatory crap too?

read the full post... lol lol

cant wait to see your drivel when it all starts!!!......

pass the popcorn..... lol lol lol
you are really quite pathetic and im sure other posters trying to have a sensible debate will agree...

Diannah says...
8:18pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Not heartless at all Phienn. Just cynical. My heart goes out to my shopkeeper friend who has had to learn the tactics of travellers sending their children in to shops to distract the staff while the adults do the thieving. One law for us and no law for travellers!

Phienn says...
8:21pm Thu 8 Sep 11

steve@eastwood wrote:
Phienn wrote:
How is this for ugliness...A petition containing more than 5000 signatories presented to Basildon council would cause said council to hold a full council meeting to debate the issue pertaining to the petition...The Basildon Council, with the world looking on, stamps on the British reputation for fair play suspended's all council meetings so they dont have to abide by their own constitution! Can the Basildon council be globally despised any more than they already are? This info is now hitting the social sites and people will be sending their condemnation to The Basildon Council. Whats it like to have such a council in charge of your area?
You are scraping the barrel now. Also I think you will find that its the gypsies that are globally despised. Good for the council.
so you feel mentioning Basildon council suspending council meetings to fraught their own constitution is scrapping the barrel? id have to agree they certainly are...Basildon really is despised in this country and perhaps the world over...you only have to go on the social sites to see that..."Basildon twinned with a of spirit Ugliness"...as for Gypsies being despised globally, this is your opinion but if you were to read all the posts on here you will find they are not even despised by all on here...so much for your opinion..BTW The residents of Dale Farm are not Gypsies...try to know what your talking about..

Phienn says...
8:23pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Diannah wrote:
Not heartless at all Phienn. Just cynical. My heart goes out to my shopkeeper friend who has had to learn the tactics of travellers sending their children in to shops to distract the staff while the adults do the thieving. One law for us and no law for travellers!
property above humanity...as i said heartless creature...you give womanhood a bad name im sorry to say...

Aint it just the truth says...
8:23pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Started of well then the old red mist descended...take a deep breath... so kids messing in the cinema by staying on to watch more than they should...im sure god will punish them in time for that. In many countries if you buy land build you are not evicted or the property tore down.. especially after you have been advised by a cabinet minsister to do just that, Mr Michael Howard. The people of Dale Farm are English and have perhaps more right to be in England than yourself you might think...How can you overstay your time in your own country? The residents of Dale Farm are also residents of basildon and of the populace of England and the UK...The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm...that is part of the myth..Ethnic cleansing has been mentioned and accepted by some as being the case and not by others...its a matter of personal opinion...you have yours i have mine and they have theirs...to the people of dale farm should be left the final word on what it is for it is them suffering the actions...it might surprise you to know that the majority of the populace DIDNT vote for either the central government or indeed the local...as for you last comment, that is of course your own opinion which taking that opinion into context with the rest of your post could be considered... prejudiced but of course you are welcome to it...
Ha ha ha! The travellers are English? So why do they all talk with broad Irish accents then? THEY ARE FROM EIRE NOT THE UK and that's where they should go back to. As for your assertions about ethnic cleansing, do you realise how insulting and stupid that is? Tw0t.

Bobz01 says...
8:26pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Oh I see now........ so everybody else is wrong except you!!! now I understand.......... best you get onto the Ox dic & put them straight then or repost em to the police?....... in a couple of your posts you state that they have not built houses on Dale farm... & also you slate a female poster with your sarcasm stating shae was laughing at women & children being made homeless.... well if they aint got houses they must be living in some kind of abode, caravans maybe? well fixed or otherwise they are still "homes" & can be moved or shared....... stop contradicting yourself..... you come up with loads of sarcastic drivel & only ever offer EXCUSES for them... FACT ... they did wrong & are getting thier come uppance, if they dont like it then dont act in the manner they do.... simples.......

& as for my govt loving me, I couldnt careless about the money grabbing govt, but I do accept responsibility if I do wrong & wont bleat to anyone who listens all the kind of sob stories we hear on here......

Phienn says...
8:27pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Oh we're going to wrote:
Phienn says...
7:23pm Thu 8 Sep 11
you and your ilk


Oh deary me, a clear statement of segregation! tututut.

I hear shares at Butterkist are climbing!
Truly pathetic...you sully the more intelligent posters on here who are against the residents and for the council...at least they are coming for a angle that can be understood...

Diannah says...
8:32pm Thu 8 Sep 11

You might need to explain that comment. Not just property belonging to somebody else but also their livelihood. What gives travellers the right to steal? And please, no personal insult this time.

Oh we're going to says...
8:34pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Oh we're going to wrote:
Phienn says... 7:23pm Thu 8 Sep 11 you and your ilk
Oh deary me, a clear statement of segregation! tututut. I hear shares at Butterkist are climbing!
Truly pathetic...you sully the more intelligent posters on here who are against the residents and for the council...at least they are coming for a angle that can be understood...
If that's the case then please expand on what you mean by "you and your ilk"

Phienn says...
8:35pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Aint it just the truth wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Started of well then the old red mist descended...take a deep breath... so kids messing in the cinema by staying on to watch more than they should...im sure god will punish them in time for that. In many countries if you buy land build you are not evicted or the property tore down.. especially after you have been advised by a cabinet minsister to do just that, Mr Michael Howard. The people of Dale Farm are English and have perhaps more right to be in England than yourself you might think...How can you overstay your time in your own country? The residents of Dale Farm are also residents of basildon and of the populace of England and the UK...The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm...that is part of the myth..Ethnic cleansing has been mentioned and accepted by some as being the case and not by others...its a matter of personal opinion...you have yours i have mine and they have theirs...to the people of dale farm should be left the final word on what it is for it is them suffering the actions...it might surprise you to know that the majority of the populace DIDNT vote for either the central government or indeed the local...as for you last comment, that is of course your own opinion which taking that opinion into context with the rest of your post could be considered... prejudiced but of course you are welcome to it...
Ha ha ha! The travellers are English? So why do they all talk with broad Irish accents then? THEY ARE FROM EIRE NOT THE UK and that's where they should go back to. As for your assertions about ethnic cleansing, do you realise how insulting and stupid that is? Tw0t.
They were born in England...which makes them????? take your time....i know its a hard question....Are you stating they are born in Ireland or are you stating they are from there...if the latter, are you suggesting it doesn't matter where you are born you are from wherever you ancestors are from? lets have it clear what you mean...by answering you might find out yourself just what it is you are stating..

morphy says...
8:36pm Thu 8 Sep 11

morphy wrote:
Back in the mid 80's I was on holiday in Ireland and there was a news report about a site set up for the travellers and they totally wrecked it this was in Tipperary.
Just one question why not go back to Ireland?
As I said before they where given the chance settle but they blow it.

Bobz01 says...
8:38pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Oh we're going to wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Oh we're going to wrote:
Phienn says... 7:23pm Thu 8 Sep 11 you and your ilk
Oh deary me, a clear statement of segregation! tututut. I hear shares at Butterkist are climbing!
Truly pathetic...you sully the more intelligent posters on here who are against the residents and for the council...at least they are coming for a angle that can be understood...
If that's the case then please expand on what you mean by "you and your ilk"
Sounds derogatory to me...... I might feel offended!!!.....

Phienn says...
8:47pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
Oh I see now........ so everybody else is wrong except you!!! now I understand.......... best you get onto the Ox dic & put them straight then or repost em to the police?....... in a couple of your posts you state that they have not built houses on Dale farm... & also you slate a female poster with your sarcasm stating shae was laughing at women & children being made homeless.... well if they aint got houses they must be living in some kind of abode, caravans maybe? well fixed or otherwise they are still "homes" & can be moved or shared....... stop contradicting yourself..... you come up with loads of sarcastic drivel & only ever offer EXCUSES for them... FACT ... they did wrong & are getting thier come uppance, if they dont like it then dont act in the manner they do.... simples.......

& as for my govt loving me, I couldnt careless about the money grabbing govt, but I do accept responsibility if I do wrong & wont bleat to anyone who listens all the kind of sob stories we hear on here......
If the Ox dic stated that Gypsy's call 'irish travellers' didicoy's then yes they are wrong and i will check and contact them to see why they think this is the case...you did state that tinker, knacker and didicoy was a service...i asked what service was didicoying but to date you havent answered...iIm not sure all you state is in the Dic...could it be you are mixing what is with what you think is the case? Can you be clear just what it is the Ox dic states? They havent built houses on dale farm...what you are looking at are twin units...they are accepted as caravans...I didn't use any sarcasm to the woman in question i stated i thought her a heartless creature...no sarcasm there...by the law you demand is obeyed anyone in a caravan without a base to stay on is deemed homeless...Basildon is making the people of Dale Farm homeless, they dont deny this in fact they advise the familes to join the housing list as homeless and as such they would be put to the top of the list...which would of course cause and out cry and the Travellers will be blamed for Basildon's housing procedures...anyone on here looking for social housing or have family looking for social housing should be concerned that Basildon councils actions and advise is going to put people back many years from getting a house, if the travellers take up the councils offer...Basildon's actions are going to impact on Basildon residents for many years to come...`i can see the council becoming bankrupt..is it worth it...well answer that when the council raise the council tax to pay for their crazy actions...

Phienn says...
8:51pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
Oh we're going to wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Oh we're going to wrote:
Phienn says... 7:23pm Thu 8 Sep 11 you and your ilk
Oh deary me, a clear statement of segregation! tututut. I hear shares at Butterkist are climbing!
Truly pathetic...you sully the more intelligent posters on here who are against the residents and for the council...at least they are coming for a angle that can be understood...
If that's the case then please expand on what you mean by "you and your ilk"
Sounds derogatory to me...... I might feel offended!!!.....
Your comments place you among the ilk you find yourself...if you feel offended by being in the company of that ilk then good, there might be hope for you yet...

Phienn says...
8:52pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Your comments place you among the ilk you find yourself...if you feel offended by being in the company of that ilk then good, there might be hope for you yet...
Any comments on the council tactics to fraught their own constitution?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
9:00pm Thu 8 Sep 11

EthanEdwards wrote:
ItscalledspinIcallit

lying
wrote:
Incorrect, it is ILLEGAL to call people racist names and doesn't this whole discussion hinge on the law?
Glad you have such a deep respect for the Law.

But this is the VERY same Law thats telling you to LEAVE Dale Farm, and has been doing so for ten years.

So how come you haven't obeyed the law you claim to respect so much?

So do you only obey Laws you like and ignore others?

We 'gorjas' have a word for that.

We call it Hypocrisy.
Have you been on the acid mate as you appear to be suffering from hallucinations?

Some points for you to digest:

1) I have never stepped foot on Dale Farm but I will have after Saturday.

2) I've only ever had the displeasure of visiting Essex once and what a God **** awful place I thought to myself to which your comments have merely reinforced my thoughts about it being a sh1t hole.

3) I am a law abiding citizen.

4) I am willing to lay a bet that you haven't a fookin clue what this "law" is that you seem quite attached to.

5) The rest of us gorjas also have a word, it's called NURSE!!??!!

Phienn says...
10:06pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Red Hand Gang wrote:
WE WONT GO! WE WONT GO! (Oh unless you give us 6 million of tax payers money)
A Gypsy told my fortune today and advised me i might be hearing of a court case for libel and slander in regards to a mention of £6m...She couldn't predict if those facing a libel case will turn on those facing a slander case or vice versa...just her opinion of course...

"Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive"

more tax payers money wasted?

Aint it just the truth says...
10:51pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Aint it just the truth wrote:
Phienn wrote: Started of well then the old red mist descended...take a deep breath... so kids messing in the cinema by staying on to watch more than they should...im sure god will punish them in time for that. In many countries if you buy land build you are not evicted or the property tore down.. especially after you have been advised by a cabinet minsister to do just that, Mr Michael Howard. The people of Dale Farm are English and have perhaps more right to be in England than yourself you might think...How can you overstay your time in your own country? The residents of Dale Farm are also residents of basildon and of the populace of England and the UK...The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm...that is part of the myth..Ethnic cleansing has been mentioned and accepted by some as being the case and not by others...its a matter of personal opinion...you have yours i have mine and they have theirs...to the people of dale farm should be left the final word on what it is for it is them suffering the actions...it might surprise you to know that the majority of the populace DIDNT vote for either the central government or indeed the local...as for you last comment, that is of course your own opinion which taking that opinion into context with the rest of your post could be considered... prejudiced but of course you are welcome to it...
Ha ha ha! The travellers are English? So why do they all talk with broad Irish accents then? THEY ARE FROM EIRE NOT THE UK and that's where they should go back to. As for your assertions about ethnic cleansing, do you realise how insulting and stupid that is? Tw0t.
They were born in England...which makes them????? take your time....i know its a hard question....Are you stating they are born in Ireland or are you stating they are from there...if the latter, are you suggesting it doesn't matter where you are born you are from wherever you ancestors are from? lets have it clear what you mean...by answering you might find out yourself just what it is you are stating..
Idiot, a few of the children were born here but the rest were born in Eire and only left there after the Irish government changed the law on trespass in 1994. Deny it all you want but it doesn't make you right. You might be able to con a few pensioners but you don't fool most of us. Bye byeee losers!

Phienn says...
11:13pm Thu 8 Sep 11

Aint it just the truth wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Aint it just the truth wrote:
Phienn wrote: Started of well then the old red mist descended...take a deep breath... so kids messing in the cinema by staying on to watch more than they should...im sure god will punish them in time for that. In many countries if you buy land build you are not evicted or the property tore down.. especially after you have been advised by a cabinet minsister to do just that, Mr Michael Howard. The people of Dale Farm are English and have perhaps more right to be in England than yourself you might think...How can you overstay your time in your own country? The residents of Dale Farm are also residents of basildon and of the populace of England and the UK...The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm...that is part of the myth..Ethnic cleansing has been mentioned and accepted by some as being the case and not by others...its a matter of personal opinion...you have yours i have mine and they have theirs...to the people of dale farm should be left the final word on what it is for it is them suffering the actions...it might surprise you to know that the majority of the populace DIDNT vote for either the central government or indeed the local...as for you last comment, that is of course your own opinion which taking that opinion into context with the rest of your post could be considered... prejudiced but of course you are welcome to it...
Ha ha ha! The travellers are English? So why do they all talk with broad Irish accents then? THEY ARE FROM EIRE NOT THE UK and that's where they should go back to. As for your assertions about ethnic cleansing, do you realise how insulting and stupid that is? Tw0t.
They were born in England...which makes them????? take your time....i know its a hard question....Are you stating they are born in Ireland or are you stating they are from there...if the latter, are you suggesting it doesn't matter where you are born you are from wherever you ancestors are from? lets have it clear what you mean...by answering you might find out yourself just what it is you are stating..
Idiot, a few of the children were born here but the rest were born in Eire and only left there after the Irish government changed the law on trespass in 1994. Deny it all you want but it doesn't make you right. You might be able to con a few pensioners but you don't fool most of us. Bye byeee losers!
You are such a fool that i pity you...you give your opinion as if it was fact...Do you know any of the people personally? Do you know where they were born? How many were born in the UK and how many in ireland...info and evidence...do you have it? The people who were born before 1994! how would a future bill cause them to come to the UK to avoid such a bill if it hadnt been passed...They were born here...none of the councillors or press suggest they wasnt...they talk in genreal terms about Ireland but dont state the residents are not Uk citizens...your so rabid you cant see clearly...more stereotypical claptrap..

Any Comment on the council's suspending meetings to fraught their own constitution? Which is causing the social sites to twin basildon with ugliness? comment?

btw as for losers...you are really not one to comment on such things...Did you know Shayne Ward perhaps your girlfriend buys his records is an Irish traveller? David Essex (lol) he of the 70s/80s singing fame, perhaps your mother and aunties bought his records and watches him on eastenders, you prob watch it to, is an Irish traveller, Are you a football fan? The man most England supporters depend on to win games and get them into the world cup is an irish Traveller.. losers...get real...travellers are the last freemen in this country...

Phienn says...
11:14pm Thu 8 Sep 11

You are such a fool that i pity you...you give your opinion as if it was fact...Do you know any of the people personally? Do you know where they were born? How many were born in the UK and how many in ireland...info and evidence...do you have it? The people who were born before 1994! how would a future bill cause them to come to the UK to avoid such a bill if it hadnt been passed...They were born here...none of the councillors or press suggest they wasnt...they talk in genreal terms about Ireland but dont state the residents are not Uk citizens...your so rabid you cant see clearly...more stereotypical claptrap..

Any Comment on the council's suspending meetings to fraught their own constitution? Which is causing the social sites to twin basildon with ugliness? comment?

btw as for losers...you are really not one to comment on such things...Did you know Shayne Ward perhaps your girlfriend buys his records is an Irish traveller? David Essex (lol) he of the 70s/80s singing fame, perhaps your mother and aunties bought his records and watches him on eastenders, you prob watch it to, is an Irish traveller, Are you a football fan? The man most England supporters depend on to win games and get them into the world cup is an irish Traveller.. losers...get real...travellers are the last freemen in this country...

Aint it just the truth says...
1:44am Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn your ranting and raving won't change a thing, you lose. If you had more than one brain cell you'd walk away and try to be a better person in future but I can't see that happening. Hope they're selling tickets for the eviction.

hatch201 says...
8:56am Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
hatch201 wrote:
So Phienn your more than happy to admit that there are gas canisters rigged round the site and when you say gas canisters I say IED's so with this in mind you would have no issues with the army rolling in as they are fully geared up to deal with this kinda thing as I've said before if you and your Irish Traveller friend want any kinda respect you need to respect the laws of the country you live in. And if you want to resort to using IED's I'm sure the army will have no problems tipping up to clear the site quick time
I admit no such thing but agreed that mention of gas canisters were made on a documentary some time ago in regards to another site...please if you are going to try put words into my mouth have a little bit more finesse...the rest of your post is irrelevant.
Phienn the post where you stated gas canister have been put in place to prevent stormtrooper tattic at 3am has been removed as I reported it and asked that the detail be passed to the Police on he ground that it insighted terrorism. Check the law on this claiming the IEDs etc have been set is covered and can result in a nice little prision sentence.

Also interested to note that my suggetion that if you want rspect it has to be earned and you need to resepect the laws of the land you live is in your eyes irrelevant. If you read my posts on here I've not resorted to name calling or mud slinging all I have said that the legal battle is lost and have said that the residents of dale farm should respect the laws of the country they live in. But of course you ignore that kinda thing as it doesnt suit you. You would rather pick fights which only serve to alignate people further.

I've said it before and will say it again the law has spoken so please respect the law and move on.

APR says...
9:21am Fri 9 Sep 11

Ah well, it looks like the P*k*ys know when they are onto a good thing, and have decided to move onto the legal part of the site.
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Unless this is just a delaying tactic on their behalf ?
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I expect the student protesters who are helping them to compile emails, will have to go back to school soon ?

Sir Henry Rawlinson says...
9:43am Fri 9 Sep 11

Or back to playing World of Warcraft (try Googling 'Phienn')

Manwithaplan232 says...
10:01am Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
You are such a fool that i pity you...you give your opinion as if it was fact...Do you know any of the people personally? Do you know where they were born? How many were born in the UK and how many in ireland...info and evidence...do you have it? The people who were born before 1994! how would a future bill cause them to come to the UK to avoid such a bill if it hadnt been passed...They were born here...none of the councillors or press suggest they wasnt...they talk in genreal terms about Ireland but dont state the residents are not Uk citizens...your so rabid you cant see clearly...more stereotypical claptrap..

Any Comment on the council's suspending meetings to fraught their own constitution? Which is causing the social sites to twin basildon with ugliness? comment?

btw as for losers...you are really not one to comment on such things...Did you know Shayne Ward perhaps your girlfriend buys his records is an Irish traveller? David Essex (lol) he of the 70s/80s singing fame, perhaps your mother and aunties bought his records and watches him on eastenders, you prob watch it to, is an Irish traveller, Are you a football fan? The man most England supporters depend on to win games and get them into the world cup is an irish Traveller.. losers...get real...travellers are the last freemen in this country...
Phienn... I couldn't care less where you are born.. I am happy to accept anyone to this country like we've done for hundreds of years but on a couple of rules... the most important in my book is that you OBEY the LAW!

Manwithaplan232 says...
10:06am Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
Oh I see now........ so everybody else is wrong except you!!! now I understand.......... best you get onto the Ox dic & put them straight then or repost em to the police?....... in a couple of your posts you state that they have not built houses on Dale farm... & also you slate a female poster with your sarcasm stating shae was laughing at women & children being made homeless.... well if they aint got houses they must be living in some kind of abode, caravans maybe? well fixed or otherwise they are still "homes" & can be moved or shared....... stop contradicting yourself..... you come up with loads of sarcastic drivel & only ever offer EXCUSES for them... FACT ... they did wrong & are getting thier come uppance, if they dont like it then dont act in the manner they do.... simples.......

& as for my govt loving me, I couldnt careless about the money grabbing govt, but I do accept responsibility if I do wrong & wont bleat to anyone who listens all the kind of sob stories we hear on here......
If the Ox dic stated that Gypsy's call 'irish travellers' didicoy's then yes they are wrong and i will check and contact them to see why they think this is the case...you did state that tinker, knacker and didicoy was a service...i asked what service was didicoying but to date you havent answered...iIm not sure all you state is in the Dic...could it be you are mixing what is with what you think is the case? Can you be clear just what it is the Ox dic states? They havent built houses on dale farm...what you are looking at are twin units...they are accepted as caravans...I didn't use any sarcasm to the woman in question i stated i thought her a heartless creature...no sarcasm there...by the law you demand is obeyed anyone in a caravan without a base to stay on is deemed homeless...Basildon is making the people of Dale Farm homeless, they dont deny this in fact they advise the familes to join the housing list as homeless and as such they would be put to the top of the list...which would of course cause and out cry and the Travellers will be blamed for Basildon's housing procedures...anyone on here looking for social housing or have family looking for social housing should be concerned that Basildon councils actions and advise is going to put people back many years from getting a house, if the travellers take up the councils offer...Basildon's actions are going to impact on Basildon residents for many years to come...`i can see the council becoming bankrupt..is it worth it...well answer that when the council raise the council tax to pay for their crazy actions...
I would rather have my council bankrupt and supporting the rule of the law than a council that allows people to break the law....

You are making little or no arguement towards the travellers staying in their current place of residence... You say they (or you) are in fear of becoming homeless, isnt that the whole point of being a traveller?

When I decided to settle down and get myself a home, do you know what I did? I had to go and buy one through an estate agents, then I had to pay £11,000 in stamp duty, now I need to pay council tax which goes up every year.... What have the people at Dale Farm done? they've bought a plot of land (no tax), they've built their own properties without planning permission (illegal) and only now (10 years on!) are they registering for council tax so that they postpone whats going to happen....

In short - It's an illegal construction and NEEDS to be brought down, I feel sorry for the elderly and the young children but ultimately its the adults and those responsible that have brought it upon themselves.

Manwithaplan232 says...
10:13am Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn,

like Sir Henry Rawlinson, I have sat reading your comments and following this story quite closely as I live in the local area and to be honest, I don't have much dealings with travellers apart from at the cinema on Sundays when extra security are required to manage the children (and teenagers) who pay to see one movie but end up in there all day and often found and forced out...

Now my main point is... You have certainly picked the best country in the world to buy some land and build illegal housing. The United Kingdom has always been a haven for those less fortunate and we've always had open arms for those in times of distress or need however, I am sad to say that unfortunately the population have got fed up with those who abuse the system, overstay their welcome or generally flout the rules.

If I were to buy a piece of land and build a house on it - I would expect the council to be round, serving me notice and if not complied with then knocking it down... Being Welsh (no jokes please), this would not be because I am welsh but because I have broken planning rules... And actually how dare you compare your situation to ethnic cleansing - Ethnic cleansing is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas.... this situation is not that, You've settled and built on land against the law of the land and Central and Local Government (Both elected by the population) have told you to leave and you refuse too... You are lucky you have been left for ten years.
Started of well then the old red mist descended...take a deep breath...

so kids messing in the cinema by staying on to watch more than they should...im sure god will punish them in time for that.

In many countries if you buy land build you are not evicted or the property tore down.. especially after you have been advised by a cabinet minsister to do just that, Mr Michael Howard.

The people of Dale Farm are English and have perhaps more right to be in England than yourself you might think...How can you overstay your time in your own country? The residents of Dale Farm are also residents of basildon and of the populace of England and the UK...The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm...that is part of the myth..Ethnic cleansing has been mentioned and accepted by some as being the case and not by others...its a matter of personal opinion...you have yours i have mine and they have theirs...to the people of dale farm should be left the final word on what it is for it is them suffering the actions...it might surprise you to know that the majority of the populace DIDNT vote for either the central government or indeed the local...as for you last comment, that is of course your own opinion which taking that opinion into context with the rest of your post could be considered... prejudiced but of course you are welcome to it...
"The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm" - HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? I'VE DRIVEN PAST!, I'VE GOOGLE MAPPED IT, I'VE SEEN THE DOCUMENTARY ON BBC1... THEY HAVE BUILD HOUSES, WALLS, ROADS!!!! How can you say that? Idiot.

As for the view that the Central Government and Local Government are not elected - What are General and Local Elections' for? Are the people on Dale Farm registered for vote? I certainly hope so...

How can it be ethnic cleansing? there has been no threat of violence, no threat of harm - nothing! If you move on now (as many courts and legal systems have told you to do) then there will be no need for reasonable force to be used.

hatch201 says...
10:26am Fri 9 Sep 11

If you put your hand in to a fire there is a very good chance you will get burnt!

If you build any structure which requires plannnig permission with out first getting the required permission there is a good chance that it will be pulled down.

I very much doubt the residents would carry out point 1 so using the same logic why would they carry out point 2

trell says...
10:40am Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn - You've fought a good verbal fight here, but no matter what you say, it won't change a thing.

I did have a good look at the Human Rights articles you numbered, and I can't see what exactly is wrong.

I'm fed up with your constant insistence that it is a human rights thing. You have said nothing constructive at all on this forum, or anything to make the general public consider the travellers more symapthetically.

Like it or not, you've become a troll on this forum, degrading every post made, and insisting you are right without even attempting to contemplate the other side of the argument.

You can reply to this post if you want, degrade it, say I'm wrong, whatever, but the fight is over. The fat lady sung, and all the travellers seem to be doing is more denial.

It's pathetic.

Manwithaplan232 says...
10:43am Fri 9 Sep 11

Human Rights should end at the point you break the law.

trell says...
11:19am Fri 9 Sep 11

Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Human Rights should end at the point you break the law.
OK, that was a stupid thing to say. I'll jump in before our sympathising friend Phienn jumps all over your post & turns it into a soapbox (again)

Human Rights are human rights. The Council recognised this, the Police recognised this, even the baliffs have been recently trained to recognise this.

Everything has been done keeping human rights in the forefront, so the travellers do not have the evidence to back up their accusations. The moment they do, they will have won.

However, everything has been done fairly, appropriately, and in accordance with the Human Rights laws.

Phienn has quoted article numbers without saying exactly HOW these rights have been infringed.

But posts like yours will give him more fuel to write up his deluded "I'm right, you're all wrong" posts.

morphy says...
11:26am Fri 9 Sep 11

Human rights seems to be for the law breaker not the victims of crime, that is what seems to me. I agree with Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Human Rights should end at the point you break the law.
That's my point of view.

westcliff willi says...
1:05pm Fri 9 Sep 11

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captcha are going to need another new password system after this lot there cant be any more random collections of letters to use.

APR says...
2:23pm Fri 9 Sep 11

I like this add coming up on the Echo website
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http://www.ukevictio
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How apt :)

Aint it just the truth says...
3:43pm Fri 9 Sep 11

morphy wrote:
Human rights seems to be for the law breaker not the victims of crime, that is what seems to me. I agree with Manwithaplan232 wrote: Human Rights should end at the point you break the law. That's my point of view.
Are we sure these scummy Irish travellers are human?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
5:44pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Aint it just the truth wrote:
morphy wrote:
Human rights seems to be for the law breaker not the victims of crime, that is what seems to me. I agree with Manwithaplan232 wrote: Human Rights should end at the point you break the law. That's my point of view.
Are we sure these scummy Irish travellers are human?
There's no doubt as to your humanity.

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
5:46pm Fri 9 Sep 11

morphy wrote:
Human rights seems to be for the law breaker not the victims of crime, that is what seems to me. I agree with Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Human Rights should end at the point you break the law.
That's my point of view.
In what way?

Why should someone who has accidentally let their MOT expire lose all their human rights?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
5:53pm Fri 9 Sep 11

"As for the view that the Central Government and Local Government are not elected - What are General and Local Elections' for? Are the people on Dale Farm registered for vote? I certainly hope so..."

What he actually said was; "the majority of the populace DIDNT vote for either the central government or indeed the local".

Not quite the same thing as what you appear to be commenting on now is it?

Phienn says...
6:08pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Aint it just the truth wrote:
Phienn your ranting and raving won't change a thing, you lose. If you had more than one brain cell you'd walk away and try to be a better person in future but I can't see that happening. Hope they're selling tickets for the eviction.
No ranting or raving from me nor frothing at the mouth as some of your fellow contributors to the section have done..you comment on brain cells is very telling...reflect on you not me..your asking people to accept losing their homes to be better people..quite bizarre!

Phienn says...
6:19pm Fri 9 Sep 11

hatch201 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
hatch201 wrote:
So Phienn your more than happy to admit that there are gas canisters rigged round the site and when you say gas canisters I say IED's so with this in mind you would have no issues with the army rolling in as they are fully geared up to deal with this kinda thing as I've said before if you and your Irish Traveller friend want any kinda respect you need to respect the laws of the country you live in. And if you want to resort to using IED's I'm sure the army will have no problems tipping up to clear the site quick time
I admit no such thing but agreed that mention of gas canisters were made on a documentary some time ago in regards to another site...please if you are going to try put words into my mouth have a little bit more finesse...the rest of your post is irrelevant.
Phienn the post where you stated gas canister have been put in place to prevent stormtrooper tattic at 3am has been removed as I reported it and asked that the detail be passed to the Police on he ground that it insighted terrorism. Check the law on this claiming the IEDs etc have been set is covered and can result in a nice little prision sentence.

Also interested to note that my suggetion that if you want rspect it has to be earned and you need to resepect the laws of the land you live is in your eyes irrelevant. If you read my posts on here I've not resorted to name calling or mud slinging all I have said that the legal battle is lost and have said that the residents of dale farm should respect the laws of the country they live in. But of course you ignore that kinda thing as it doesnt suit you. You would rather pick fights which only serve to alignate people further.

I've said it before and will say it again the law has spoken so please respect the law and move on.
I think you are imagining things...gas canisters where shown and mentioned on a documentary about another eviction and not dale farm...that was the crux of the conversation...you alluding to this and dale farm in the same breath is a clear smear tactic...the police will see quite clearly what was said..Its a shame that post was removed as it would show the smear perpetrated by you for what it is...There is not a adult person in this land who hasn't at one time or another broke some 'law' of the land..so where does respect start and finish..where you say? Do people have choices in this country? do they have the choice to ignore laws the same way people have choices in what laws they obey...why should people tell other people that they dont have a choice to disobey a law because they dont...its choice, you want to have it but dont want others to have it...i pick no fights be only reply in kind to posters...can people be alienated further than they all ready are..there is other green belt issues ongoing in basildon do you imagine the posters here have been so vocal in their condemnation? i not why not...the ugly head of you know what is raising its disgusting head..

Bobz01 says...
6:21pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Tonights Echo is an excellent read..... in particular pages 28, 45, 46, 47......... I do hope these allegations are investigated by the police & social security......... fraud squad & whoever else.........a big "well done" to the Echo.....

Phienn says...
6:24pm Fri 9 Sep 11

APR wrote:
Ah well, it looks like the P*k*ys know when they are onto a good thing, and have decided to move onto the legal part of the site.
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Unless this is just a delaying tactic on their behalf ?
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I expect the student protesters who are helping them to compile emails, will have to go back to school soon ?
i see you have taken to half call names...what a moral coward you are, your quite sickening! Dont believe everything you read in the paper...ever thought this is a tactic to try disrupt the countrywide support for the Farm? or to disrupt the massive march planned for tomorrow?...its all tactics but played by the council...The human rights activists are a sign that this country hasn't completely sunk into a cesspit of moral decay...The foreign HRA will take back the lessons they have learnt here of the tactics of Basildon the ugly...

Phienn says...
6:29pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Sir Henry Rawlinson wrote:
Or back to playing World of Warcraft (try Googling 'Phienn')
I did goggle not sure what you are alluding to...

Phienn says...
6:33pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
You are such a fool that i pity you...you give your opinion as if it was fact...Do you know any of the people personally? Do you know where they were born? How many were born in the UK and how many in ireland...info and evidence...do you have it? The people who were born before 1994! how would a future bill cause them to come to the UK to avoid such a bill if it hadnt been passed...They were born here...none of the councillors or press suggest they wasnt...they talk in genreal terms about Ireland but dont state the residents are not Uk citizens...your so rabid you cant see clearly...more stereotypical claptrap..

Any Comment on the council's suspending meetings to fraught their own constitution? Which is causing the social sites to twin basildon with ugliness? comment?

btw as for losers...you are really not one to comment on such things...Did you know Shayne Ward perhaps your girlfriend buys his records is an Irish traveller? David Essex (lol) he of the 70s/80s singing fame, perhaps your mother and aunties bought his records and watches him on eastenders, you prob watch it to, is an Irish traveller, Are you a football fan? The man most England supporters depend on to win games and get them into the world cup is an irish Traveller.. losers...get real...travellers are the last freemen in this country...
Phienn... I couldn't care less where you are born.. I am happy to accept anyone to this country like we've done for hundreds of years but on a couple of rules... the most important in my book is that you OBEY the LAW!
do you obey the law? every law? all the time? If you do then you are a very special person...in fact you are probably not a person but a machine...everyone breaks the law at some time...think about it...now you will start to qualify the laws into serious to not so serious...but thats not the point...breaking the law which is what you are harping on about is breaking the law regardless of what law...

Aint it just the truth says...
6:40pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn wrote: You are such a fool that i pity you...you give your opinion as if it was fact...Do you know any of the people personally? Do you know where they were born? How many were born in the UK and how many in ireland...info and evidence...do you have it? The people who were born before 1994! how would a future bill cause them to come to the UK to avoid such a bill if it hadnt been passed...They were born here...none of the councillors or press suggest they wasnt...they talk in genreal terms about Ireland but dont state the residents are not Uk citizens...your so rabid you cant see clearly...more stereotypical claptrap.. Any Comment on the council's suspending meetings to fraught their own constitution? Which is causing the social sites to twin basildon with ugliness? comment? btw as for losers...you are really not one to comment on such things...Did you know Shayne Ward perhaps your girlfriend buys his records is an Irish traveller? David Essex (lol) he of the 70s/80s singing fame, perhaps your mother and aunties bought his records and watches him on eastenders, you prob watch it to, is an Irish traveller, Are you a football fan? The man most England supporters depend on to win games and get them into the world cup is an irish Traveller.. losers...get real...travellers are the last freemen in this country...
Phienn... I couldn't care less where you are born.. I am happy to accept anyone to this country like we've done for hundreds of years but on a couple of rules... the most important in my book is that you OBEY the LAW!
do you obey the law? every law? all the time? If you do then you are a very special person...in fact you are probably not a person but a machine...everyone breaks the law at some time...think about it...now you will start to qualify the laws into serious to not so serious...but thats not the point...breaking the law which is what you are harping on about is breaking the law regardless of what law...
Err yes I do obey the law most of the time, never even had a speed ticket and the only parking ticket I ever had was thirty years ago, but his doesn't make me special at all, just normal, and this shows your cavalier attitude to the law for what it is.
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Goodbyeee suckers x

Phienn says...
6:45pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
Oh I see now........ so everybody else is wrong except you!!! now I understand.......... best you get onto the Ox dic & put them straight then or repost em to the police?....... in a couple of your posts you state that they have not built houses on Dale farm... & also you slate a female poster with your sarcasm stating shae was laughing at women & children being made homeless.... well if they aint got houses they must be living in some kind of abode, caravans maybe? well fixed or otherwise they are still "homes" & can be moved or shared....... stop contradicting yourself..... you come up with loads of sarcastic drivel & only ever offer EXCUSES for them... FACT ... they did wrong & are getting thier come uppance, if they dont like it then dont act in the manner they do.... simples.......

& as for my govt loving me, I couldnt careless about the money grabbing govt, but I do accept responsibility if I do wrong & wont bleat to anyone who listens all the kind of sob stories we hear on here......
If the Ox dic stated that Gypsy's call 'irish travellers' didicoy's then yes they are wrong and i will check and contact them to see why they think this is the case...you did state that tinker, knacker and didicoy was a service...i asked what service was didicoying but to date you havent answered...iIm not sure all you state is in the Dic...could it be you are mixing what is with what you think is the case? Can you be clear just what it is the Ox dic states? They havent built houses on dale farm...what you are looking at are twin units...they are accepted as caravans...I didn't use any sarcasm to the woman in question i stated i thought her a heartless creature...no sarcasm there...by the law you demand is obeyed anyone in a caravan without a base to stay on is deemed homeless...Basildon is making the people of Dale Farm homeless, they dont deny this in fact they advise the familes to join the housing list as homeless and as such they would be put to the top of the list...which would of course cause and out cry and the Travellers will be blamed for Basildon's housing procedures...anyone on here looking for social housing or have family looking for social housing should be concerned that Basildon councils actions and advise is going to put people back many years from getting a house, if the travellers take up the councils offer...Basildon's actions are going to impact on Basildon residents for many years to come...`i can see the council becoming bankrupt..is it worth it...well answer that when the council raise the council tax to pay for their crazy actions...
I would rather have my council bankrupt and supporting the rule of the law than a council that allows people to break the law....

You are making little or no arguement towards the travellers staying in their current place of residence... You say they (or you) are in fear of becoming homeless, isnt that the whole point of being a traveller?

When I decided to settle down and get myself a home, do you know what I did? I had to go and buy one through an estate agents, then I had to pay £11,000 in stamp duty, now I need to pay council tax which goes up every year.... What have the people at Dale Farm done? they've bought a plot of land (no tax), they've built their own properties without planning permission (illegal) and only now (10 years on!) are they registering for council tax so that they postpone whats going to happen....

In short - It's an illegal construction and NEEDS to be brought down, I feel sorry for the elderly and the young children but ultimately its the adults and those responsible that have brought it upon themselves.
That really isnt rational...you might have money to spend but some of us dont want to be paying massive council tax bills for decades or having services cut just so you can stut saying the law was kept...bankruptcy could be the half of it if the eviction takes place, not only from the constant moving on of travellers round and round basildon but from the massive amount of court cases that are racking up...it is being reported that lawers as far away as the USA are lining up to take the cases...this is being reported on legal forums...what a mess this has come to...wouldnt it of been better for the council to land swop...or buy the land back...anything but forceful eviction that will run into 100s of millions before its all finished with...the council have let Basildon dreadfully..hopefull
y its not to late for them to renegotiate a peaceful sensible solution...The lawyers are probably already spending their fees..

Phienn says...
6:55pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Being a traveller isn't about making yourself homeless its cultural...Im not trying to make an argument for the travellers staying none of you have any power whatsoever to effect them staying or going...although you might think you do...your are totally powerless one way or the other...the council does this because it suits them not you...they have plans for that land...you wasn't stupid enough to think this was about the people was you? yes they bought land and paid all they had to pay for it...they did what many supermarkets and even airports have done in regards to retro applications...they have been registered for council tax all long...check with the council on that rather than listening to lies...it is not a construction..start thinking with your head and not your prejudiced heart and you might just start to see the whole picture...

Phienn says...
7:03pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn,

like Sir Henry Rawlinson, I have sat reading your comments and following this story quite closely as I live in the local area and to be honest, I don't have much dealings with travellers apart from at the cinema on Sundays when extra security are required to manage the children (and teenagers) who pay to see one movie but end up in there all day and often found and forced out...

Now my main point is... You have certainly picked the best country in the world to buy some land and build illegal housing. The United Kingdom has always been a haven for those less fortunate and we've always had open arms for those in times of distress or need however, I am sad to say that unfortunately the population have got fed up with those who abuse the system, overstay their welcome or generally flout the rules.

If I were to buy a piece of land and build a house on it - I would expect the council to be round, serving me notice and if not complied with then knocking it down... Being Welsh (no jokes please), this would not be because I am welsh but because I have broken planning rules... And actually how dare you compare your situation to ethnic cleansing - Ethnic cleansing is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas.... this situation is not that, You've settled and built on land against the law of the land and Central and Local Government (Both elected by the population) have told you to leave and you refuse too... You are lucky you have been left for ten years.
Started of well then the old red mist descended...take a deep breath...

so kids messing in the cinema by staying on to watch more than they should...im sure god will punish them in time for that.

In many countries if you buy land build you are not evicted or the property tore down.. especially after you have been advised by a cabinet minsister to do just that, Mr Michael Howard.

The people of Dale Farm are English and have perhaps more right to be in England than yourself you might think...How can you overstay your time in your own country? The residents of Dale Farm are also residents of basildon and of the populace of England and the UK...The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm...that is part of the myth..Ethnic cleansing has been mentioned and accepted by some as being the case and not by others...its a matter of personal opinion...you have yours i have mine and they have theirs...to the people of dale farm should be left the final word on what it is for it is them suffering the actions...it might surprise you to know that the majority of the populace DIDNT vote for either the central government or indeed the local...as for you last comment, that is of course your own opinion which taking that opinion into context with the rest of your post could be considered... prejudiced but of course you are welcome to it...
"The Residents have not built houses anywhere on dale farm" - HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? I'VE DRIVEN PAST!, I'VE GOOGLE MAPPED IT, I'VE SEEN THE DOCUMENTARY ON BBC1... THEY HAVE BUILD HOUSES, WALLS, ROADS!!!! How can you say that? Idiot.

As for the view that the Central Government and Local Government are not elected - What are General and Local Elections' for? Are the people on Dale Farm registered for vote? I certainly hope so...

How can it be ethnic cleansing? there has been no threat of violence, no threat of harm - nothing! If you move on now (as many courts and legal systems have told you to do) then there will be no need for reasonable force to be used.
Is 'idiot' all you can say in the way of insults...it must be clear to any who have read my posts that i am far from an idiot...much further than you are...now take the medication and remember you government loves you...tweet tweet..

The 'houses' you are seeing in your peeping tom way are twin units...goggle that and its will be explained...a road exists just be the fact it is used, it doesn't need to be built...i stated the central and local govs are not elected by the majority of the people...a big difference to what you think i said...re-read a few times before you guess at things...how do you forcefully evict a homestead without using violence? legal systems? Is there more than one...put your bigotry aside and join the debate..

Phienn says...
7:10pm Fri 9 Sep 11

hatch201 wrote:
If you put your hand in to a fire there is a very good chance you will get burnt!

If you build any structure which requires plannnig permission with out first getting the required permission there is a good chance that it will be pulled down.

I very much doubt the residents would carry out point 1 so using the same logic why would they carry out point 2
Tesco often build without planning permission...how often do you hear about them having the place pulled down around them? you all want fairness, is it fair to evict people from their homes and not so a business part of a global corporation?

on an amusing point the captcha i had to type in to submit the post was 'Gorgias'

Phienn says...
7:18pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
Tonights Echo is an excellent read..... in particular pages 28, 45, 46, 47......... I do hope these allegations are investigated by the police & social security......... fraud squad & whoever else.........a big "well done" to the Echo.....
Keep buying the paper bozo...its what they want...

Phienn says...
7:19pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Keep buying the paper bozo...its what they want...

Phienn says...
7:25pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Aint it just the truth wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn wrote: You are such a fool that i pity you...you give your opinion as if it was fact...Do you know any of the people personally? Do you know where they were born? How many were born in the UK and how many in ireland...info and evidence...do you have it? The people who were born before 1994! how would a future bill cause them to come to the UK to avoid such a bill if it hadnt been passed...They were born here...none of the councillors or press suggest they wasnt...they talk in genreal terms about Ireland but dont state the residents are not Uk citizens...your so rabid you cant see clearly...more stereotypical claptrap.. Any Comment on the council's suspending meetings to fraught their own constitution? Which is causing the social sites to twin basildon with ugliness? comment? btw as for losers...you are really not one to comment on such things...Did you know Shayne Ward perhaps your girlfriend buys his records is an Irish traveller? David Essex (lol) he of the 70s/80s singing fame, perhaps your mother and aunties bought his records and watches him on eastenders, you prob watch it to, is an Irish traveller, Are you a football fan? The man most England supporters depend on to win games and get them into the world cup is an irish Traveller.. losers...get real...travellers are the last freemen in this country...
Phienn... I couldn't care less where you are born.. I am happy to accept anyone to this country like we've done for hundreds of years but on a couple of rules... the most important in my book is that you OBEY the LAW!
do you obey the law? every law? all the time? If you do then you are a very special person...in fact you are probably not a person but a machine...everyone breaks the law at some time...think about it...now you will start to qualify the laws into serious to not so serious...but thats not the point...breaking the law which is what you are harping on about is breaking the law regardless of what law...
Err yes I do obey the law most of the time, never even had a speed ticket and the only parking ticket I ever had was thirty years ago, but his doesn't make me special at all, just normal, and this shows your cavalier attitude to the law for what it is.
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Goodbyeee suckers x
The important part of your post is "I do obey the law most of the time" that isn't all of the time is it...many of the residents could say exactly the same thing...so you are allowed to break the law when you do but you wont allow anyone else to do so... hypocrisy in anyones language.. didn't someone say 'those who havent broken the law cast the first fine"

Bobz01 says...
7:31pm Fri 9 Sep 11

I most certainly will, especially when they aint afraid of printing the TRUTH!!

& to be honest it makes far better reading than any of your drivel...... Bozo.........

Bobz01 says...
7:32pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
Tonights Echo is an excellent read..... in particular pages 28, 45, 46, 47......... I do hope these allegations are investigated by the police & social security......... fraud squad & whoever else.........a big "well done" to the Echo.....
Keep buying the paper bozo...its what they want...
I most certainly will, especially when they aint afraid of printing the TRUTH!!

& to be honest it makes far better reading than any of your drivel...... Bozo.........

Phienn says...
7:39pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
Tonights Echo is an excellent read..... in particular pages 28, 45, 46, 47......... I do hope these allegations are investigated by the police & social security......... fraud squad & whoever else.........a big "well done" to the Echo.....
Keep buying the paper bozo...its what they want...
I most certainly will, especially when they aint afraid of printing the TRUTH!!

& to be honest it makes far better reading than any of your drivel...... Bozo.........
a newspaper printing the truth lol...bozo by name bozo by nature too...NO ONE believes newspapers print the truth...not even newspaper owners/editors..each newspapers should have the disclaimer "for entertaining purposes only" i have often wondered why more phychristrist's dont advertise in British newspapers...would be like fishing in a barrel for them..

Bobz01 says...
7:51pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
Tonights Echo is an excellent read..... in particular pages 28, 45, 46, 47......... I do hope these allegations are investigated by the police & social security......... fraud squad & whoever else.........a big "well done" to the Echo.....
Keep buying the paper bozo...its what they want...
I most certainly will, especially when they aint afraid of printing the TRUTH!!

& to be honest it makes far better reading than any of your drivel...... Bozo.........
a newspaper printing the truth lol...bozo by name bozo by nature too...NO ONE believes newspapers print the truth...not even newspaper owners/editors..each newspapers should have the disclaimer "for entertaining purposes only" i have often wondered why more phychristrist's dont advertise in British newspapers...would be like fishing in a barrel for them..
yep, thats just about the response I expected......... you are funny..... lol lol......

I reckon the Police/Fraud squad & Social security will be checking these statements out though, this will be very interesting.........
.........

I will alter my last remark slightly..... even the ADVERTS make better reading than your drivel!!! ..... Bozo.............

Oh we're going to says...
7:51pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn says...
7:39pm Fri 9 Sep 11


Byeeeeeeeee, be sure to take your rubbish with you.

Phienn says...
8:15pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Bobz01 wrote:
Tonights Echo is an excellent read..... in particular pages 28, 45, 46, 47......... I do hope these allegations are investigated by the police & social security......... fraud squad & whoever else.........a big "well done" to the Echo.....
Keep buying the paper bozo...its what they want...
I most certainly will, especially when they aint afraid of printing the TRUTH!!

& to be honest it makes far better reading than any of your drivel...... Bozo.........
a newspaper printing the truth lol...bozo by name bozo by nature too...NO ONE believes newspapers print the truth...not even newspaper owners/editors..each newspapers should have the disclaimer "for entertaining purposes only" i have often wondered why more phychristrist's dont advertise in British newspapers...would be like fishing in a barrel for them..
yep, thats just about the response I expected......... you are funny..... lol lol......

I reckon the Police/Fraud squad & Social security will be checking these statements out though, this will be very interesting.........

.........

I will alter my last remark slightly..... even the ADVERTS make better reading than your drivel!!! ..... Bozo.............
Then you must have a very meaningless life when you are driven to read drivel and worse still reply to it...again and again..dont worry about the police or the social security, im sure they know their jobs..strange how all these things are coming out now that basildon is considered the hate capital of the UK..check out the social sites...see what they are saying about Basildon and its morally corrupt council...The tactics used by the council would disgust a despot, accusations that when proven untrue will be long after the issues of the farm is dealt with...

Phienn says...
8:17pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Then you must have a very meaningless life when you are driven to read drivel and worse still reply to it...again and again..dont worry about the police or the social security, im sure they know their jobs..strange how all these things are coming out now that basildon is considered the hate capital of the UK..check out the social sites...see what they are saying about Basildon and its morally corrupt council...The tactics used by the council would disgust a despot, accusations that when proven untrue will be long after the issues of the farm is dealt with...are you on the march? 700 expected...this is the papers estimate so times that be 3 or 4 to get the real approx figure.. come along, they have got a band...

Phienn says...
8:18pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Then you must have a very meaningless life when you are driven to read drivel and worse still reply to it...again and again..dont worry about the police or the social security, im sure they know their jobs..strange how all these things are coming out now that basildon is considered the hate capital of the UK..check out the social sites...see what they are saying about Basildon and its morally corrupt council...The tactics used by the council would disgust a despot, accusations that when proven untrue will be long after the issues of the farm is dealt with...are you on the march? 700 expected...this is the papers estimate so times that be 3 or 4 to get the real approx figure.. come along, they have got a band...

Phienn says...
8:23pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Oh we're going to wrote:
Phienn says...
7:39pm Fri 9 Sep 11


Byeeeeeeeee, be sure to take your rubbish with you.
re; rubbish Unfortunately the dale farm residents wont be able to take any of the basildon residents along with them, ( this isnt aimed at good decent people who support the human rights of the farm residents...just the rednecks) but they wont be going far anyway, perhaps just to a field/road/layby near you..so you will still be able to see them..enjoy..

Oh we're going to says...
8:26pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Byeeeeeeeee!

Phienn says...
8:35pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Oh we're going to wrote:
Byeeeeeeeee!
but its not "bye" is it? Its merely au voir!

You do understand that dont you...Or do you think people who have children in school, who have doctors and dentists and who are patients at hospitals with consultants will just up and leave the area...you understand thats not going to happen dont you? Surely you do and have thought about that...or is the eviction as far as you have gone into the issue?...not to late to start thinking...that goes for many of you on here...the eviction is only the start of the issue...i begrudge having to pay for years for what this council is hoisting on us in financial terms, blaming the basildon people for what they are doing to the farm residents while having the same land earmarked...

Aint it just the truth says...
10:47pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
Aint it just the truth wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn wrote: You are such a fool that i pity you...you give your opinion as if it was fact...Do you know any of the people personally? Do you know where they were born? How many were born in the UK and how many in ireland...info and evidence...do you have it? The people who were born before 1994! how would a future bill cause them to come to the UK to avoid such a bill if it hadnt been passed...They were born here...none of the councillors or press suggest they wasnt...they talk in genreal terms about Ireland but dont state the residents are not Uk citizens...your so rabid you cant see clearly...more stereotypical claptrap.. Any Comment on the council's suspending meetings to fraught their own constitution? Which is causing the social sites to twin basildon with ugliness? comment? btw as for losers...you are really not one to comment on such things...Did you know Shayne Ward perhaps your girlfriend buys his records is an Irish traveller? David Essex (lol) he of the 70s/80s singing fame, perhaps your mother and aunties bought his records and watches him on eastenders, you prob watch it to, is an Irish traveller, Are you a football fan? The man most England supporters depend on to win games and get them into the world cup is an irish Traveller.. losers...get real...travellers are the last freemen in this country...
Phienn... I couldn't care less where you are born.. I am happy to accept anyone to this country like we've done for hundreds of years but on a couple of rules... the most important in my book is that you OBEY the LAW!
do you obey the law? every law? all the time? If you do then you are a very special person...in fact you are probably not a person but a machine...everyone breaks the law at some time...think about it...now you will start to qualify the laws into serious to not so serious...but thats not the point...breaking the law which is what you are harping on about is breaking the law regardless of what law...
Err yes I do obey the law most of the time, never even had a speed ticket and the only parking ticket I ever had was thirty years ago, but his doesn't make me special at all, just normal, and this shows your cavalier attitude to the law for what it is. . Goodbyeee suckers x
The important part of your post is "I do obey the law most of the time" that isn't all of the time is it...many of the residents could say exactly the same thing...so you are allowed to break the law when you do but you wont allow anyone else to do so... hypocrisy in anyones language.. didn't someone say 'those who havent broken the law cast the first fine"
Well, I might break the speed limit occasionally but I don't have the total contempt for the law of the land that you lot do. And you wonder why we can't wait to see the back of you?
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Enjoy your protest march over the weekend, I hear a hurricane and torrential rain are due. Ho ho!

Phienn says...
11:03pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Aint it just the truth wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Aint it just the truth wrote:
Phienn wrote:
Manwithaplan232 wrote:
Phienn wrote: You are such a fool that i pity you...you give your opinion as if it was fact...Do you know any of the people personally? Do you know where they were born? How many were born in the UK and how many in ireland...info and evidence...do you have it? The people who were born before 1994! how would a future bill cause them to come to the UK to avoid such a bill if it hadnt been passed...They were born here...none of the councillors or press suggest they wasnt...they talk in genreal terms about Ireland but dont state the residents are not Uk citizens...your so rabid you cant see clearly...more stereotypical claptrap.. Any Comment on the council's suspending meetings to fraught their own constitution? Which is causing the social sites to twin basildon with ugliness? comment? btw as for losers...you are really not one to comment on such things...Did you know Shayne Ward perhaps your girlfriend buys his records is an Irish traveller? David Essex (lol) he of the 70s/80s singing fame, perhaps your mother and aunties bought his records and watches him on eastenders, you prob watch it to, is an Irish traveller, Are you a football fan? The man most England supporters depend on to win games and get them into the world cup is an irish Traveller.. losers...get real...travellers are the last freemen in this country...
Phienn... I couldn't care less where you are born.. I am happy to accept anyone to this country like we've done for hundreds of years but on a couple of rules... the most important in my book is that you OBEY the LAW!
do you obey the law? every law? all the time? If you do then you are a very special person...in fact you are probably not a person but a machine...everyone breaks the law at some time...think about it...now you will start to qualify the laws into serious to not so serious...but thats not the point...breaking the law which is what you are harping on about is breaking the law regardless of what law...
Err yes I do obey the law most of the time, never even had a speed ticket and the only parking ticket I ever had was thirty years ago, but his doesn't make me special at all, just normal, and this shows your cavalier attitude to the law for what it is. . Goodbyeee suckers x
The important part of your post is "I do obey the law most of the time" that isn't all of the time is it...many of the residents could say exactly the same thing...so you are allowed to break the law when you do but you wont allow anyone else to do so... hypocrisy in anyones language.. didn't someone say 'those who havent broken the law cast the first fine"
Well, I might break the speed limit occasionally but I don't have the total contempt for the law of the land that you lot do. And you wonder why we can't wait to see the back of you?
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Enjoy your protest march over the weekend, I hear a hurricane and torrential rain are due. Ho ho!
i see so its all right for you to break the law but no one else can...You break the law to selfishly get to where you want to go faster and thats ok...a person breaks the law to stay in their homes and that isn't? what kind of morality do you live under or have...its all backward! i bit like..no i wont say it...;)

Phienn says...
11:29pm Fri 9 Sep 11

trell wrote:
Phienn - You've fought a good verbal fight here, but no matter what you say, it won't change a thing.

I did have a good look at the Human Rights articles you numbered, and I can't see what exactly is wrong.

I'm fed up with your constant insistence that it is a human rights thing. You have said nothing constructive at all on this forum, or anything to make the general public consider the travellers more symapthetically.

Like it or not, you've become a troll on this forum, degrading every post made, and insisting you are right without even attempting to contemplate the other side of the argument.

You can reply to this post if you want, degrade it, say I'm wrong, whatever, but the fight is over. The fat lady sung, and all the travellers seem to be doing is more denial.

It's pathetic.
Im not looking to change anything but to try get some of the imbeciles to refrain from using racial language and others to see the picture for what it is not what they think it is...if you cant see whats wrong then thats your problem...will you still be saying that when this is judged by the court for human rights and is won very easily...if your fed up with my insistence this is a human rights issue then dont be for it is...you opinion on what iv said is of no consequence to me as i find your posts lacking any kind of moral fibre...do you answer for the general public? More than likely not...so why suggest you do? its an ego thing, control the ego or it will control you...troll! another opinion which i have already alluded to as worthless. Please show where you have also considered the 'other side of the argument' The fat lady might of sung but there is still more of the show to see as the march tomorrow indicates, the world is becoming aware of grubby basildon council...The UN are attending the site next week! What a gesture that is!

Phienn says...
11:31pm Fri 9 Sep 11

Im not looking to change anything but to try get some of the imbeciles to refrain from using racial language and others to see the picture for what it is not what they think it is...if you cant see whats wrong in regards to the articles of human rights then thats your problem...will you still be saying that when this is judged by the court for human rights and is won very easily...if your fed up with my insistence this is a human rights issue then dont be for it is...your opinion on what iv said is of no consequence to me as i find your posts lacking any kind of moral fibre...do you answer for the general public? More than likely not...so why suggest you do? its an ego thing, control the ego or it will control you...troll! another opinion which i have already alluded to as worthless. Please show where you have also considered the 'other side of the argument' The fat lady might of sung but there is still more of the show to see as the march tomorrow indicates, the world is becoming aware of grubby basildon council...The UN are attending the site next week! What a gesture that is!

Phienn says...
12:42am Sat 10 Sep 11

People just consider this...50 families...3 caravans a family, 150 caravans and cars revolving around basildon...and thats just off Dale farm not including the ones that will come when they realize basildon cant keep moving them on and have to start tolerating the camps whereever they fetch up...(it will happen) The council will have to deal with each encampment as it arrives...it cant just move them on, by the very law that the council and many on here are demanding the traveller accept, they, the council, will have to also accept the law, which says each each family has to have welfare checks by both the council and the police before they can decide to move the people on, a week to 10 days to process.....Dale Farm has many old people who are ill... that will have to be taken into consideration before moving them...50 families over and over again will have to be checked out..from one week to the next because circumstances change...all paid by the tax payer...the people on the road are not eligible for council services so wont have to pay council tax...Thats whats the council have unleashed onto basildon...on dale farm they wer on their own land paying taxes and out of the way...of Dale farm..well you now the story...remember that the time of the next council elections.

Diannah says...
12:48am Sat 10 Sep 11

Putting the greenbelt debate to one side - is there any particular reason why travellers have decided to settle here rather than in Ireland? We know many cultures come here for work or to be able to live freely etc, but what about travellers?

APR says...
10:17am Sat 10 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
APR wrote:
Ah well, it looks like the P*k*ys know when they are onto a good thing, and have decided to move onto the legal part of the site.
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Unless this is just a delaying tactic on their behalf ?
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I expect the student protesters who are helping them to compile emails, will have to go back to school soon ?
i see you have taken to half call names...what a moral coward you are, your quite sickening! Dont believe everything you read in the paper...ever thought this is a tactic to try disrupt the countrywide support for the Farm? or to disrupt the massive march planned for tomorrow?...its all tactics but played by the council...The human rights activists are a sign that this country hasn't completely sunk into a cesspit of moral decay...The foreign HRA will take back the lessons they have learnt here of the tactics of Basildon the ugly...
Oh come on, don't be a silly girl !

Aint it just the truth says...
12:04pm Sat 10 Sep 11

I see it is reported in the press today that many of the Dale Farm gang own properties in Eire so their claims that they have nowhere else to live are total rubbish. This is why we don't like you Phienn and whu we'll be glad to see the back of you, because you are liars, cheats and rogues. Ha ha! Good riddance to bad rubbish!

trell says...
2:14pm Sat 10 Sep 11

If ever there was a more hypocritical post, Phienn, it's one that starts with "Then you must have a very meaningless life when you are driven to read drivel and worse still reply to it...again and again..", especially from the only person on this discussion board who has doubled the amount of posts by answering & arguing with every single one.


Let me ask a question. If someone who had never seen the sky asked "What colour is it?", 99 people said "Blue", and one said "Red", what would you think of the credibility of the person who has said "Red"?

Even worse, what we have here is someone who is not only saying "Red" but also shouting it, demanding it, insisting it, and raging about it!


The council refused planning permission on the illegal plots. They did not have to give a reason. That is final. You can't just say "It's their fault for denying us", and going ahead & building anyway.


The council is doing what the vast majority of the residents surrounding Dale Farm want them to do. None of the residents give a rat's fig if the council have a hidden agenda. What matters to them is that 10 years of enduring a community that is volatile, is constantly engaging in criminal activity (and the list of crimes that Dale Farm residents have been ditectly linked, or closely linked to include theft, kidnap & torture, blackmail, burglary, Violent Disorder, smuggling, fraud, murder, and even rape of a wheelchair-bound elderly lady...a case that, after 10 years, finally resulted in the arrest & conviction of Jeremiah Sheridan

http://www.basildonr
ecorder.co.uk/news/e
cho/4514886.Man_who_
raped_disabled_woman
_in_her_home/


Another infamous one of recent times was the smuggling of cigarettes from abroad, concealed in cheap & flammable sofas....and ooh..lets see who was behind that one. Why, Richard Sheridan, the very person the travellers have chosen to represent Dale Farm, and who decided to approach Basildon council to ask for a £6 million payoff!!!!

http://www.echo-news
.co.uk/news/4154816.
Exposed__Suspect_sof
as_conceal_cigarette
s/

Now, don't get me wrong, maybe we might all break a little minor law sometimes, maybe a speeding ticket or littering, but the majority of normal citizens don't indulge in international smuggling rings, and certainly don't go around raping wheelchair-bound pensioners.


And believe me Phienn, that is only the tip of the iceberg.

Now, call me naive, Phienn, but given the choice between Basildon Council, who (as far as I know, do not indulge in smuggling, or rape, and may not be perfect, but from time to time, actually do what the public want them to do), or Richard Sheridan, (who has been convicted several times of serious criminal activity, and has proven himself to be a man of dubious trustworthiness, yet who insists that approaching the council for £6 million was "being considerate towards the council's funding"), I am more inclined to go with the council.

Phienn, so far, the majority of the comments on this page that are NOT from you, are from people who have suffered gravely from the existence of the illegal plot. Businesses have closed down, shopkeepers in villages are having to put up security considerations that would rival the east end. Churches are stripped of lead from their rooves, and guaranteed, whenever there is a stolen car within the vicinity, it is usually found decamped on the A127 or along Hardings Elms road. - These people don't know eachother, they have no hidden agendas. They have just had enough!!!

These are the people who are saying "The sky is Blue", Phienn. You are the only person on this comments page, insisting that the Dale Farm eviction is wrong. Your arguments are weak, you've provided no evidence, and you're continuously bleating out the same Grattan Puxon-styled, spoon-fed propaganda message.

And you have the nerve & hypocrisy to call US brainwashed??

Oh we're going to says...
2:29pm Sat 10 Sep 11

Well said trell, I would like to see Phienn respond to that!!

trell says...
2:56pm Sat 10 Sep 11

Do you know what, I don't think he will.... mind you, I reckon if the Echo were to run an editorial listing all the atrocities & crimes they have committed over the 10 years, the protestors at Camp Constant would think twice....

....and a national newspaper like The Sun would probably love this sort of stuff!

Go on, Echo! Quickly, before someone tips off the nationals that there is a massive backstory here that the nation would surely LOVE to read!!!!

trell says...
2:57pm Sat 10 Sep 11

Do you know what, I don't think he will.... mind you, I reckon if the Echo were to run an editorial listing all the atrocities & crimes they have committed over the 10 years, the protestors at Camp Constant would think twice....

....and a national newspaper like The Sun would probably love this sort of stuff!

Go on, Echo! Quickly, before someone tips off the nationals that there is a massive backstory here that the nation would surely LOVE to read!!!!

Oh we're going to says...
3:56pm Sat 10 Sep 11

trell says...
2:56pm Sat 10 Sep 11

Do you know what, I don't think he will...


Neither do I, if it has no human rights tag he's not interested!
.
trell says...
2:57pm Sat 10 Sep 11

the protestors at Camp Constant would think twice....
I think not, the great unwashed have joined forces with the great un-travelled, what do they care for, other than anarchy?

APR says...
4:01pm Sat 10 Sep 11

Oh we're going to wrote:
Well said trell, I would like to see Phienn respond to that!!
Be assured that he/or she will come out with a looooooooooooooong post. Making excuses for their new found criminal friends.

Bobz01 says...
4:04pm Sat 10 Sep 11

An absolutely excellent post Trell...& I think the Echo/Sun/Mirror or even the Beano ought to be contacted about this story..... there must be a whole catalouge of crime that can be collated from Dale farm "residents" & I am sure that the public deserves to be told the FACTS........ over to you Evening Echo.....tell us everything!!!!!

patternmaker says...
4:05pm Sat 10 Sep 11

Well done Trell, what you have said puts everything in perspective, I hope all the celebrity do gooders and activists read your post and best of all
shut Phienn up.

Oh we're going to says...
5:52pm Sat 10 Sep 11

Len Gridley for Mayor, Trell for Borough planning officer!

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
5:28pm Sun 11 Sep 11

patternmaker wrote:
Well done Trell, what you have said puts everything in perspective, I hope all the celebrity do gooders and activists read your post and best of all
shut Phienn up.
You'd like people who don't agree with you to shut up wouldn't you?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
5:33pm Sun 11 Sep 11

"Let me ask a question. If someone who had never seen the sky asked "What colour is it?", 99 people said "Blue", and one said "Red", what would you think of the credibility of the person who has said "Red"? "

Your lack of understanding of very simple concepts is astounding.

What if it was 99 peodo5 saying child abuse was ok and one non peodo who disagreed? Who would be in the right using your equation?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
5:39pm Sun 11 Sep 11

Aint it just the truth wrote:
I see it is reported in the press today that many of the Dale Farm gang own properties in Eire so their claims that they have nowhere else to live are total rubbish. This is why we don't like you Phienn and whu we'll be glad to see the back of you, because you are liars, cheats and rogues. Ha ha! Good riddance to bad rubbish!
I'm not surprised to see that you haven't got the ability to read a story and analyse what you are being told.

The newspaper story from a paper well know for telling the truth has produced absolutely no evidence, zilch, de nada, zero!

What the paper did was say there is evidence but strangely enough chose not to produce it? Doesn't that strike you as rather strange?

All it id was use words like, allegedly, it has been claimed, someone said, etc etc. The usual Daily Nazi nonsense.

pispizzle says...
6:19pm Sun 11 Sep 11

http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/uk-england-bed
s-bucks-herts-148713
18

worth a read - is this the reason for wanting to stay

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
6:54pm Sun 11 Sep 11

pispizzle wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk

/news/uk-england-bed

s-bucks-herts-148713

18

worth a read - is this the reason for wanting to stay
I think you have the wrong county mate. Are you linked to Frizzle by any chance?

Bobz01 says...
7:57pm Sun 11 Sep 11

pispizzle wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk

/news/uk-england-bed

s-bucks-herts-148713

18

worth a read - is this the reason for wanting to stay
Its on the Beeb news now mate......... cant say Im surprised, yet more disgusting criminal activities form so called "travellers"........
. I dont see what difference it makes as to what county its in........ it only adds to the evidence!!! lets hope they get whats coming to them... Slavery ffs!!!!

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
8:19pm Sun 11 Sep 11

Bobz01 wrote:
pispizzle wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk


/news/uk-england-bed


s-bucks-herts-148713


18

worth a read - is this the reason for wanting to stay
Its on the Beeb news now mate......... cant say Im surprised, yet more disgusting criminal activities form so called "travellers"...
.....
. I dont see what difference it makes as to what county its in........ it only adds to the evidence!!! lets hope they get whats coming to them... Slavery ffs!!!!
I don't understand what crime in Bedfordshire has to do with Dale Farm unless you are trying to suggest that ALL Travellers are criminals? Is that what you are saying?

Fred West was a builder and lived in a house so are all builders that live in houses to be tainted by his actions?

trell says...
9:17pm Sun 11 Sep 11

...mind you, it seems that a number of newspapers found the Rathkeale connection already.

http://www.dailymail
.co.uk/news/article-
2035826/Dale-Farm-ev
iction-Travellers-se
cretly-Irish-houses.
html?ito=feeds-newsx
ml

http://www.telegraph
.co.uk/news/uknews/8
752704/Travellers-fa
cing-eviction-from-D
ale-Farm-gipsy-camp-
have-their-own-homes
-in-Ireland.html

http://www.express.c
o.uk/posts/view/2702
90/Dale-Farm-travell
ers-own-Irish-homes-


Looks like the media has come back to bite you all on the bum!

Diannah says...
10:10pm Sun 11 Sep 11

Very good post Trell.

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
10:23pm Sun 11 Sep 11

Diannah wrote:
Very good post Trell.
Great contribution.

Diannah says...
11:03pm Sun 11 Sep 11

ItscalledspinIcallit
lying
wrote:
Diannah wrote: Very good post Trell.
Great contribution.
Oh sorry - aren't we allowed to make a comment unless it is to agree with you?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
11:14pm Sun 11 Sep 11

Diannah wrote:
ItscalledspinIcallit

lying
wrote:
Diannah wrote: Very good post Trell.
Great contribution.
Oh sorry - aren't we allowed to make a comment unless it is to agree with you?
Two great comments. Careful now.

Bobz01 says...
11:38pm Sun 11 Sep 11

Excellent article from the PressGazette

you supporters must be so proud .... standing up for "people" like this.... now prove to us that they DONT own all this property & flash motors & £10,000 memorial stones ....

http://www.pressgaze
tte.co.uk/story.asp?
storyCode=38632&sect
ioncode=1


Echo's exposé on travellers' tales
3 September 2007

Basildon Echo political reporter Jon Austin’s 18-month investigation into claims made by travellers fighting to stay on an illegal site that they had nowhere else to go won him this year’s Best Reporter on a Daily or Sunday at this year’s Press Gazette Regional Journalism awards

It was one of the biggest stories on the patch. Hundreds of Irish travellers had doubled the size of a green-belt caravan site without planning permission, making it Europe’s biggest illegally built site.

The “Sheridan Clan” said they needed Dale Farm at Crays Hill to settle after laws made their itinerant lifestyle impossible. Basildon Council wanted them off.

While they argued that they were simple, nomadic folk, villagers speculated about their flash vehicles and bundles of cash, and told of anti-social behaviour.

In February 2005, rumours spread that the “clan” had bought more land at Billericay. The travellers denied owning it, but title deed checks revealed the new owners’ surnames, which matched theirs. The land was registered to a Wolverhampton address.

I got a phone number and called and asked for the owners by name. “They’re not here,” said a woman, but she gave me a mobile number. The man who answered denied owning the land, but it was enough for a splash.

A few weeks later a new traveller spokesman, Richard Sheridan, emerged. By chance I later noticed that his mobile number matched that of the man I had earlier called about the land.

Searches of electoral rolls on the internet brought up pages of the Sheridan travellers’ names for about 40 neighbouring homes on one estate. Travelling to Wolverhampton, I checked archived electoral rolls and discovered that the Sheridans had been housed by the council since the Eighties.

I checked deeds for Dale Farm: some of the travellers had used the same addresses to register land. It was proof that many of the Sheridans were not homeless – they had chosen to build illegally.

Villagers believed that it was a cynical ploy for profit, as the value of cheap green belt soars if it gets planning permission.

I had also spotted Sheridan names in newspaper reports about another big site, called Smithy Fen, in Cambridgeshire.

Looking through the planning files at South Cambridgeshire Council offices, I made a note of anything that could tie these people to Crays Hill. I also searched the Planning Inspector’s website, which threw up more sites in Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.

Over many months I built up enough documentary evidence to tie up a number of people at Dale Farm as owning other land or being involved in similar legal battles elsewhere.

The final piece of the jigsaw was Rathkeale, a country town in Ireland, where a funeral took place after a fatal caravan fire at Dale Farm in 2005. I checked planning applications and title deeds and the Sheridan clan names came up linked to several homes in the town, worth around 250,000 euros.

The Wolverhampton revelations were published and, later, a three-part exposé about the other sites and Rathkeale.

It led to questions in Parliament by the local MP, investigations by the Benefits Agency and Legal Service Commission – which was funding the travellers’ legal battle – and Wolverhampton and Basildon councils.

A few weeks after we went to press, the Government rejected the travellers’ latest appeal for permission. The travellers are still involved in legal challenges.

Mary Lou says...
6:59am Mon 12 Sep 11

SO ItscalledspinIcallit
lying the news that 24 men have been released by the police from a Bedfordshire traveller site puts things into perspective. 4 travellers have been arrested under the slavery and servitude act. These 24 men , british, lithuanian, polish, russian, were held against their will as SLAVES in filthy conditions. It has been quoted in horse boxes, a kennel and half starved and forced to do heavy manual labour.
.
So would all the supporters of travellers who claim that traveller human rights are being breached care to comment on these traveller "SLAVES" human rights.

John the resonator says...
8:05am Mon 12 Sep 11

Mary Lou wrote:
SO ItscalledspinIcallit

lying the news that 24 men have been released by the police from a Bedfordshire traveller site puts things into perspective. 4 travellers have been arrested under the slavery and servitude act. These 24 men , british, lithuanian, polish, russian, were held against their will as SLAVES in filthy conditions. It has been quoted in horse boxes, a kennel and half starved and forced to do heavy manual labour.
.
So would all the supporters of travellers who claim that traveller human rights are being breached care to comment on these traveller "SLAVES" human rights.
Fair comment.

I was utterly shocked to watch the news item last night. I have expressed some support for the travellers in the past, my position being to criticise the criminals in that community while asking that they should not all be tarred with the same brush.

This all evaporated last night. It strikes me there have been a small number of arrests (more expected) however, if all we are told about 'close traveller communities' is true then how could everyone else on the site not have known this was happening?

ShipShape says...
9:13am Mon 12 Sep 11

Yes, shocking.

I put 'slavery' into the search box on this site, there's reports stretching back to 1999.

Keeping people like this is not right.

westcliff willi says...
9:59am Mon 12 Sep 11

I' VE FOUND THE MEN OF DALE FARM...
GOOGLE MAPS CHURCH STREET RAITHKEAL LOOK FOR A BUILDING CALLED SCOIL NAISUNCA ( looks like a captcha password) THEY ARE ALL WORKING ON IT

hatch201 says...
10:14am Mon 12 Sep 11

Phienn wrote:
hatch201 wrote:
If you put your hand in to a fire there is a very good chance you will get burnt!

If you build any structure which requires plannnig permission with out first getting the required permission there is a good chance that it will be pulled down.


I very much doubt the residents would carry out point 1 so using the same logic why would they carry out point 2
Tesco often build without planning permission...how often do you hear about them having the place pulled down around them? you all want fairness, is it fair to evict people from their homes and not so a business part of a global corporation?

on an amusing point the captcha i had to type in to submit the post was 'Gorgias'
Phienn Its very simple I work in and around the property industry including development and redevolpment I would never dream of starting a project with out first obtaining the required permission to do so. The reason is if I dont have permission there is a good chance that I will have to pull down what I've done. This law is the same for everyone regardless of race. As to Tescos I seem to recall a number of case where they have started development only to have it put on hold as they dont have the permission however from memory its normal due to the attempting to vary the plans rather than having no permission to start with.

Diannah says...
2:27pm Mon 12 Sep 11

You are right, Youcallitspinicallit
lying, I haven't made any great contribution to this debate but when I have commented, I have been met with personal insults from only 2 people - yourself and Phienn.

It doesn't upset me, only proves how ignorant the pair of you are. You say you are not from Essex but protest very loudly against the evictions. I wonder if maybe the root of all this is that you are just worried where the travellers will end up after the evictions. Next door to you maybe?

John the resonator says...
2:50pm Mon 12 Sep 11

Actually Phienn and Youcallitspinicallit

lying seem to have gone quiet. Possibly in light of last night's news they find themselves supporting the unsupportable.

The most shocking thing I have heard is that the slave workers were in some cases so malnourished that they are having to be reintroduced to reasonable portions of food gradually otherwise it might kill them. This happened with survivors of the Nazi death camps and also to my father who was detained in a Soviet Gulag for 2 years before being released. It is utterly, utterly appalling. Looking back on the Echo archives there have been suspicions of slavery on traveller sites in Essex in the past. That these people are shouting 'ethnic cleansing' simply beggars belief in view of these slavery allegations.

I wrote with some level of support for the travellers in the past, calling at least for fair play. Not any more.

APR says...
3:27pm Mon 12 Sep 11

"......John the resonator says...
2:50pm Mon 12 Sep 11
Actually Phienn and Youcallitspinicallit


lying seem to have gone quiet. Possibly in light of last night's news they find themselves supporting the unsupportable.......
"
.
Perhaps they have gone back to school ?

John the resonator says...
5:16pm Mon 12 Sep 11

APR wrote:
"......John the resonator says...
2:50pm Mon 12 Sep 11
Actually Phienn and Youcallitspinicallit



lying seem to have gone quiet. Possibly in light of last night's news they find themselves supporting the unsupportable.......

"
.
Perhaps they have gone back to school ?
Maybe. In the case of 'ithinkiamlying' I reckon they must be doing the Socratic method because essentially that is all that poster does and frankly not as well as a run of the mill junior solicitor or pupil barrister.

I would be very surprised if there were any substantial belief in the traveller's cause but it's good for a dust up.

APR says...
6:14pm Mon 12 Sep 11

Indeed, it sounds like the rantings of a first year student, who is a member of the college debating society.

patternmaker says...
10:07pm Mon 12 Sep 11

ItscalledspinIcallit
lying
wrote:
patternmaker wrote: Well done Trell, what you have said puts everything in perspective, I hope all the celebrity do gooders and activists read your post and best of all shut Phienn up.
You'd like people who don't agree with you to shut up wouldn't you?
Unlike you I only deal in facts, as a Castle Point Council tax payer,
income tax payer & N I contributor and someone who has fought for Queen and Country is it any wonder I that I don't agree with people like you.

patternmaker says...
10:15pm Mon 12 Sep 11

Unlike you I only deal in facts, as a Castle Point Council tax payer,
income tax payer & N I contributor and someone who has fought for Queen and Country is it any wonder I that I don't agree with people like you.

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
11:54pm Mon 12 Sep 11

patternmaker wrote:
ItscalledspinIcallit

lying
wrote:
patternmaker wrote: Well done Trell, what you have said puts everything in perspective, I hope all the celebrity do gooders and activists read your post and best of all shut Phienn up.
You'd like people who don't agree with you to shut up wouldn't you?
Unlike you I only deal in facts, as a Castle Point Council tax payer,
income tax payer & N I contributor and someone who has fought for Queen and Country is it any wonder I that I don't agree with people like you.
It's plainly obvious we disagree but I don't recall telling anyone to shut up on account of them having a different view to me.

As for all your other points, apart from being in the Armed Forces, I am all of those things so i'm not sure why you have elevated yourself above me in the moral stakes?

I can't recall any of your "facts"?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
11:57pm Mon 12 Sep 11

APR wrote:
Indeed, it sounds like the rantings of a first year student, who is a member of the college debating society.
Nice one. Have you thought of doing the fringe?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
12:02am Tue 13 Sep 11

APR wrote:
"......John the resonator says...
2:50pm Mon 12 Sep 11
Actually Phienn and Youcallitspinicallit



lying seem to have gone quiet. Possibly in light of last night's news they find themselves supporting the unsupportable.......

"
.
Perhaps they have gone back to school ?
I am still struggling to understand what relevance 'last night's news' has to do with a planning issue. Isn't that what posters keep telling us, that this is simply about breaking planning laws and nothing else?You my friend appear to be promoting the idea that all people identified as the same race are all equally culpable or guilty.

What should we make of this?

Three people have been jailed for life for murdering a woman with learning disabilities in Warwickshire who was beaten and forced to drink urine.

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
12:05am Tue 13 Sep 11

You are withdrawing the call for fair play because of allegations in Bedfordshire? Don't you view Travellers as individuals?

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
12:06am Tue 13 Sep 11

Diannah wrote:
You are right, Youcallitspinicallit

lying, I haven't made any great contribution to this debate but when I have commented, I have been met with personal insults from only 2 people - yourself and Phienn.

It doesn't upset me, only proves how ignorant the pair of you are. You say you are not from Essex but protest very loudly against the evictions. I wonder if maybe the root of all this is that you are just worried where the travellers will end up after the evictions. Next door to you maybe?
What personal comment did I make?!?!

John the resonator says...
12:52am Tue 13 Sep 11

ItscalledspinIcallit
lying
wrote:
APR wrote:
"......John the resonator says...
2:50pm Mon 12 Sep 11
Actually Phienn and Youcallitspinicallit




lying seem to have gone quiet. Possibly in light of last night's news they find themselves supporting the unsupportable.......


"
.
Perhaps they have gone back to school ?
I am still struggling to understand what relevance 'last night's news' has to do with a planning issue. Isn't that what posters keep telling us, that this is simply about breaking planning laws and nothing else?You my friend appear to be promoting the idea that all people identified as the same race are all equally culpable or guilty.

What should we make of this?

Three people have been jailed for life for murdering a woman with learning disabilities in Warwickshire who was beaten and forced to drink urine.
If it was just a planning issue I would probably not have taken the trouble to post. I do not see the travellers as a separate race although I am sure they could be seen as a distinct culture.

I am not advocating everyone of the same race is equally culpable at all nor am I denying anyone's individuality. My main point is that this group of people are crying 'breach of their human rights' when their counterparts in Leighton Buzzard have shown no regard at all for the most basic needs and rights of the vulnerable people they enticed to join the camp. A trawl of Echo archives indicates similar concerns in Essex traveller sites, frequently adding the comment that the authorities were slow to act.

And although I have not noticed you using this term I think the persistent use of the phrase 'ethnic cleansing' appalls me to the core, particularly as it seems to have become a central plank in the pro-traveller argument. As a person of east European descent half of whose family was murdered in Stalinist atrocities in Poland (my father was the sole survivor of his family) and the other half witnessed Nazi atrocities against the Jews and other minorities at first hand I am always going to be passionate about this. What is happening here does not bear a comparison in any way to ethnic cleansing and I think it does huge discredit to the argument of anyone advocating this view. Actually I think they forfeit the debate by bringing this up.

I think the traveller community is exploiting our tradition of fairness and tolerance and at the same time making exaggerated claims that the authorities are acting unreasonably. And also at the same time in Leighton Bzzard now and in Essex previously denying the rights of vulnerable people they have enslaved.

ItscalledspinIcallitlying says...
12:54am Tue 13 Sep 11

There is widespread stereotyping of the communities as being engaged in criminal activity (Greenfields, 2006; James, 2005; Power, 2004). This is expressed through public and media allegations of rises in crime when Travellers enter a neighbourhood, despite evidence to the contrary, both locally and nationally. For example, as Morris and Clements (1999, p. 3) state: 'ACPO continues to assert that they have no disproportionate problems with criminality in the Travelling population'. Dawson (2000) found similar levels of criminal activity in the Traveller and non-Traveller populations. However, the suspicion with which Travellers are regarded means they are likely to be reported by neighbours or targeted unfairly by the police.

http://www.equalityh
umanrights.com/uploa
ded_files/research/1
2inequalities_experi
enced_by_gypsy_and_t
raveller_communities
_a_review.pdf

APR says...
7:59am Tue 13 Sep 11

More of the same from our young lady then.

trell says...
9:57am Tue 13 Sep 11

ItscalledspinIcallit
lying
wrote:
There is widespread stereotyping of the communities as being engaged in criminal activity (Greenfields, 2006; James, 2005; Power, 2004). This is expressed through public and media allegations of rises in crime when Travellers enter a neighbourhood, despite evidence to the contrary, both locally and nationally. For example, as Morris and Clements (1999, p. 3) state: 'ACPO continues to assert that they have no disproportionate problems with criminality in the Travelling population'. Dawson (2000) found similar levels of criminal activity in the Traveller and non-Traveller populations. However, the suspicion with which Travellers are regarded means they are likely to be reported by neighbours or targeted unfairly by the police.

http://www.equalityh

umanrights.com/uploa

ded_files/research/1

2inequalities_experi

enced_by_gypsy_and_t

raveller_communities

_a_review.pdf
There's a distinct whiff of desperation about your posts....

There is no stereotyping in the posts I made. However, there are a disturbing number of points that I've raised & that you've chosen to ignore, instead, focusing on "easy targets"


I read that PDF report. My main thought was that the PDF itself is an example of stereotyping!! Travellers living in poor cramped unhygenic conditions? Lack of ameneties & education? Poverty is high? REALLY???

Did they ever meet Richard Sheridan of Dale Farm? Or the other illegal property developers at Dale Farm and their substantial fortunes in land & assets.

And if we're on the subject of comparing communities, the exact same behaviour was displayed by the McCann family of Hovefields last year. Another family claiming discrimination & that they had nowhere else to go, meanwhile Catherine had a £230,000 house just 50 metres away from her illegal plot! When asked in court, she claimed it was a gift from an ex-boyfriend, and that she didn't think it was important enough to be declaired as an asset when claiming her benefits.

You see, the problem with stereotypes is when the people start living up to them. It makes it very difficult to be neutral when the same patterns are repeating in the other traveller sites.

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck etc.

patternmaker says...
12:41pm Tue 13 Sep 11

ItscalledspinIcallit
lying
wrote:
patternmaker wrote:
ItscalledspinIcallit lying wrote:
patternmaker wrote: Well done Trell, what you have said puts everything in perspective, I hope all the celebrity do gooders and activists read your post and best of all shut Phienn up.
You'd like people who don't agree with you to shut up wouldn't you?
Unlike you I only deal in facts, as a Castle Point Council tax payer, income tax payer & N I contributor and someone who has fought for Queen and Country is it any wonder I that I don't agree with people like you.
It's plainly obvious we disagree but I don't recall telling anyone to shut up on account of them having a different view to me. As for all your other points, apart from being in the Armed Forces, I am all of those things so i'm not sure why you have elevated yourself above me in the moral stakes? I can't recall any of your "facts"?
It is obvious you are not a so called traveller and do not come from Essex, the facts are the residents of Castle Point have endured a decade of problems from these so called travellers, if you condone all the lawbreaking that these people Have carried out in the past 10 years then yes I can elevate myself above you in the moral stakes.

trell says...
3:18pm Tue 13 Sep 11

Another interesting archive from the Echo

http://www.echo-news
.co.uk/news/2202597.
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Now I know the first thing ItscalledspinIjustwr
iteb011ocks is going to comment on is that the site in question is not Dale Farm. However, Hovefields was situated just 2 miles down the road from Dale Farm & Bowers Gifford only 4 miles away.

We've heard repeatedly about the "Tight knit community" of the travellers, and we've evidence of Richard Sheridan's deceptions into owning land, as well as his convictions for smuggling, as well as another of his clan, Jeremiah's mugging & rape of a disabled woman. - I would say that there is a real cause to suspect that the Dale Farm residents, like their community counterparts in Hovefields & Bowers Gifford, may also have had slaves on the site in the past. After all, if there is evidence in Greenfields several miles away, plus two more pieces of evidence close-by, there is a very high possibility that Dale Farm may also be guilty, or at the very least, knew about the slaves.

Going back to what I said about "If it walks like a duck & quacks like a duck", the travellers at Hovefields, Bowers Gifford & Greenacre have not exactly done wonders for the travellers' "Human Rights" foundations.

Phienn, Itscalledspinetc. - If you don't want to be stereotyped, then stop playing to the stereotype!

Stop claiming poverty & requesting for benefit aid when you have more money & assets stuffed away than the average working man (Richard Sheridan, Catherine McCann for example)

Stop claiming you are being discriminated against & that your human rights have been infringed, when there is evidence at 3 different sites where you have denied people their human rights (Greenacre, Hovefields, Bowers Gifford)

Stop saying that you have nowhere else to go, when you have all of Rathkeale to revisit, not to mention other properties all over the UK & Europe!

Maybe if you cut the cr@p, people would start giving you a little credence.

APR says...
6:41pm Tue 13 Sep 11

Must sort out my cookie blocker for this place.
Every time I click on a headline, I get 5 or six cookies dumped on me.

APR says...
11:55am Thu 15 Sep 11

It's gone very quiet on here, the calm before the storm perhaps ?
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Maybe the kids in camp constant have had to return to their halls of learning ?

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