When I first blogged about Bill English’s motorcade taking up parking spaces, including mobility ones, while he was getting a haircut I tagged it as humour. It was a huge story in the Dom Post, but I actually felt a bit sorry for Bill as he had bad back pain at the time. However the news that no parking infringement notices will be issued is really disappointing. As someone who has had many parking tickets from the Wellington City Council (never for parking in a mobility park I hasten to add) I have paid those fines as a fair cop. In this case it seems the Wellington City Council has caved in to pressure from the government.

The whole thing was totally unnecessary as in the first instance Bill English probably did not need the security detail for the short trip, and moreover they definitely did not need to park in those spaces. This is not on. Garry Poole from the WCC says no other drivers were inconvenienced, how does he know that? How many times have we all had parking tickets when that would have been true? Not much sign of the one law for all message here, Bill.