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The Canal and River Trust once again attacking the people who keep the waterways safe, alive and an asset to the population of Britain.

"CRT > NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE!"

8% increase of the boat licence fee largely blamed on the inflation hitting hard the whole of UK with a corresponding 8% increase of the high paid crt employees salary.

A lucky coincidence? For some?

[Before editors note]

A complicated topic to make a cartoon about this time!

read all about it in the online newsletters:

Unpublished cartoon for the NBTA London branch. It would make for a nice T-shirt print.

At the time, the canal and river trust (inland water authorities) claimed that they had to take away moorings from continuous cruising (itinerant) boaters due to safety reasons. A local reputed rowing club strongly supported this decision.

The CRT claimed to have consulted the itinerant boaters but Ignored their inputs and basic needs, going ahead with their plans.

A senior member of the rowing club decided to walk up to safety infrastructure (that allegedly been used for mooring by an itinerant boater) and proceed to cut it off with a portable angle grinder (with no regard for public passing by safety or his own as he wore no ppe (personal protective equipment) at all.

The public including boaters reported the incident to the CRT since it was criminal damage onto water public safety infrastructure but the CRT reaction was very slow, mild and understanding toward the senior rowing club member. Nothing like the legal action and consequences that would be applied to boaters mooring in a newly branded "safety zones" mooring spots.