tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post1587678701179429952..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Guerrilla gardeningJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-76741543780308624872007-08-13T06:53:00.000+01:002007-08-13T06:53:00.000+01:00Of the numerous reports about this lady that I hav...Of the numerous reports about this lady that I have read or heard and seen, only one report, on TV, pointed out that she is disabled and uses a wheelchair. It showed her wheelchair parked on the road next to the traffic island, and explained that she gardens on her knees. That puts a different slant on this: she is creating a traffic hazard all the time. <BR/>But I see council and contract gardeners working on roundabouts, with vehicles parked on the road protected only by cones. The staff do not always wear fluorescent jackets, and they certainly do not have lookouts. So the actions of the Council in this case are still well over the top.<BR/>The TV report said that the lady has suffered from polio for over 50 years. Not true: polio is a virus disease with flu-like symptoms and lasts less than a week. It is, as my brother and to a much much lesser extent myself can testify, the cause of damage to the motor nerves, which is what produces the long term disability.dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.com