Nanny and her councils can be nasty pieces of work, as Andre Spicer's five year old daughter found to her cost.
My thanks to a loyal reader who pointed me to a summary of what occurred.
The girl was fined £150 by Nanny's gestapo from Tower Hamlets for trying to sell lemonade in the street.
Andre Spicer said his daughter burst into tears and told him “I’ve done a bad thing” after enforcement officers read out a lengthy legal letter before issuing him the notice.
Mr Spicer said four officers stormed up to the table just 30 minutes after the pair had set up the stand, where they were selling one large cup of the fizzy drink for £1 and a small glass for 50p.
The five-year-old and Mr Spicer, a professor at City University, were given the fine for "trading without a permit" after they set up the make-shift stall near their home in Mile End.
After it was contacted by the Standard, Tower Hamlets Council promised to cancel the fine "immediately" and said it would contact the family to apologise.
No surprises there then, when Nanny is confronted she backs down!
A spokeswoman for the council said:
“We are very sorry that this has happened. We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense, and to use their powers sensibly. This clearly did not happen.As I have repeatedly said, councils are the enemies of the people!
The fine will be cancelled immediately and we will be contacting Professor Spicer and his daughter to apologise.”
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