My mother, the secret litter lout of Wimpole Street
Evening Standard - comment / 12-03-2010
My mother is not ready to confess at this early stage. In the manner of an American politician up before a federal grand jury, her settled position is that she has “no recollection” of committing the offence for which she is now under surveillance.
For my part, I had no idea of her alleged criminal tendencies until last week, when, in a state of baffled anxiety, she forwarded me a menacing little communication she had received from the City of Westminster.
The charge against my 77-year-old mother is that she was responsible for a “white bag found dumped on the public highway” outside her flat in Wimpole Street. This makes her liable for a £5,000 fine if she is found to repeat the alleged offence.
Neither the size of the potential fine, nor the petty, disproportionate o...
Read More Here
More articles on:
