So here it is a town hall that doesn’t belong to its own people. Rented privately and the rightful owners (us the Public) are no longer welcome in !!!! You all know who NOT to call
You ripped their arguments to pieces every single time. Their arguments were weak and basically came down to "we said you can't so you can't" without any legal force behind it.
It’s hardcoded into these robots….It’s all bureaucracy and red tape and time wasting that’s what councils are Just a huge fire pit for taxpayers money and nothing ever gets done. And if you don’t pay them to send the sheriff officers round to your door threatening you. Then they get on the phone to the bank and just take any money they would like out your account And there’s nothing you can do about it.. Nothing has been getting done over the past year because of the pandemic but I don’t see that reflected on my council tax.. I tried to phone them a month ago and was left on hold for an hour and a half so I gave up but still left the phone ringing I checked it once an hour and eventually it got hanged up after 5 1/2 hours when their office closed.. ended up having to travel into town took about 3 hours in the end for something that could be dealt with within five minutes if they just picked up the phone..
It's the look of a man who's just came home after a hard day's work, to see a black fellow slamming his Thai bride. Shaft so long that his arse cheeks are hitting the ceiling on each stroke. 🤫😉💯💪
The Counsil Man actually is a well-mannered man and I think he just tried to do his job as professionally as possible within that he thought was right. No attitude, not rude. Officer Red-Jacket, you could just see he is an officer that you don't wanna come across at any situation, especially without a camera.
Sounds like the council has secretly privatised part of the building and not told the public it’s a travesty thanks AB for all your hard work exposing this chalertons
@@drmedwuast They all do it. Here in Cambridge the council took half a public library, they set up a company, used it to buy out half the library, and turned it into private-rent flats for their own profit. Our head of housing here is on £80,000pa, they work part-time 3 days a week, and that salary doesn't include bonuses.
@@humpy151065 gosh what do you think would happen if you were carrying your bug out bag (rucksack) (and you included a sharp Kernife as a tool, not a weapon)? I'm pretty sure the security plebs would have dialled 999 and requested the local armed police response teams to turn up and shoot you
A schools a public building. If you have or had children would you be happy for randoms with cameras to wonder around them? When I was at school it didn’t say private everywhere ...
@@camburider8744 no but its a child zone and for that reason it should be free from photography but any public area in an adult domain is and should be free to photograph.
@@Itisfinished. Photography aside, you'd still have to be a fool to attempt to enter a school just because a door was open and it didn't say private. Just like the chap in this video, some degree of common sense is expected from the public.
AB. I know you hear it alot but you are impeccable. You give me some passion, YOU are so passionate, you are a role model in my opinion. You are commendable, highly influential too! I think without us knowing it, you are fighting for us! I thank you sir. You should be proud of yourself, well done, whether you are right or wrong! Strong man! 💪
@@JayJamsSpams do you feel some type of way? Maybe he played childish to test them...but here you are crying about your feelings and missing the point.
Yes, but he was quoting what areas were publicly accessible or not - but then said he would he need to communicate with the relevant people to find out? Say what? The onus is on them to keep the public safe and have signs up to say what areas can entered to by the public. Great vid!
For the council staff to eventually see that what you were doing was indeed right, and not allow you to do it by obstructing you with their ultra egos and perceived authority over you, because of their lack in knowledge, courage and principle, rests entirely on their shoulders alone. Brilliantly done Sir Auditing Britain.
You got to love the old-school Englishman. That dude in the tie and spectacle is the epitome of an English gentleman. I disagree with him, but I still admire his mannerism.
He is part of the cloaking device they use. Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun. Subtle power they use is much more effective but the end result is the same. They are barring you from something you pay for.
SO If people are having "meeting" And companies are "renting rooms" Should that ££££££££ be put back into the public domain ?????????? I bet there s plenty of £££££ slid away .meanwhile people go homeless, hungry and services are sold to private sector....and i havent even mentioned our children are not being educated correctly. Respect ...mate.buddy... SIR.
Yer the council is the only busines that don't make money to put back in the public purse, ,funny as any other busines make money, ur see the public money is being shifted to the private firms, that always make profit,,,,, funny and a joke.
the council don't own the building, we own the building and employ the council to manage our buildings/land, they need to remember they are the servants, not the other way round.
@@thegroove2000 Where is the material evidence that proves the "council" owns the building? Who are the council ? They are representatives of the public who elected them to serve us.
@@PINACI You have fallen for the fraud of representative democracy. They work for Parliament and parliament swears an oath allegiance to the crown (not really Elizabeth as she has no powers);. I agree where is the evidence that the council owns the building? that has to be presented. I am very confident its not the public. The public are been deceived. Thats how the system has been set up. You have put your blind faith into those that are deceiving you..It appears you trust Parliament. Sigh.
@@PINACI In Britain the Land Act of 1925 allegedly gave British subjects the right to two kinds of ownership. Freehold and Leasehold. Let’s have a careful look at these. Freehold is described in the Land Registry Act of 2002 as ‘an interest in an estate in land, fee simple’. Leasehold is similarly ‘an interest in an estate in land, in fee simple, for a term of years’. Fee simple is the important phrase here. It’s a medieval phrase which puts limitations on ownership in the form of taxation, police power, Eminent Domain and Escheat. Eminent Domain (also known as Compulsory Purchase) gives the Crown, or its Government agents, the power to purchase land from the freeholder in the event of necessity. The freeholder has no power to refuse this purchase. Escheat occurs if the freeholder dies without heirs. The property then automatically reverts to the feudal lord who is immediately superior, or in modern parlance - The Crown. Freehold and Leasehold do seem in principle to be about long term ownership, but in reality are both a form of feudal tenure bestowed on us by the Crown. At any point the Crown can take back your land if it is deemed a necessity. During the Second World War the government, acting on behalf of the Crown, seized 11 million acres of British land. Compensation was minimal, and in some cases not paid at all. No one complained. It was wartime. Within the freehold market land ownership has changed rapidly in the last 150 years. In 1872 an illuminating report (called The Return of Owners of Land) was compiled about land ownership in Britain and then for some strange reason it was rubbished by an Oxford scholar, buried and never referred to again. That was until a tireless Irish journalist called Kevin Cahill wrestled a copy from the back of a dusty library. The report informed him that the British Isles of 1872 was held by a mere 4.2% of its population. 94% of the population held nothing at all, not even a shed. Today 70% of the population have some amount of land, usually with a house on it. This is a huge shift, partly due to the beneficence (if you can call it that) of the Land Act. But this is not the whole story. Of the 60 million acres of the British Isles, 70% of us owns less than 5%.
@@PINACI In Britain the Land Act of 1925 allegedly gave British subjects the right to two kinds of ownership. Freehold and Leasehold. Let’s have a careful look at these. Freehold is described in the Land Registry Act of 2002 as ‘an interest in an estate in land, fee simple’. Leasehold is similarly ‘an interest in an estate in land, in fee simple, for a term of years’. Fee simple is the important phrase here. It’s a medieval phrase which puts limitations on ownership in the form of taxation, police power, Eminent Domain and Escheat.
AB - You're a legend, so funny how people who don't know the law are so happy to make it up as they go along. Honestly though, if you're going to the council you're not going to find the brightest bulbs...
Really impressed by the very polite and softly spoken gentleman who was calm and patient throughout the audit. He could see the logic of your argument but blew it bigtime when he took you into the 'publicly accessible' area where people were divulging personal informaion in less than private interview bays! Can't for the life of me understand why they expect corridoors and stairwells of the old building to be more 'private' than interview areas. PC ~1 was fairly decent, no2 in the red jacket was a tool. Good auditing. Nice building too.
ive just contacted the guild hall and informed me that the meeting rooms can be booked by members of the public making it accessable to the public the woman got shirty with me and i informed her they were wrong and what they said was wrong and the woman said the photographer was walking round the meeting rooms which is a lie
You... "so where's these rules and regulations ?" Him... "so if you drop me an email I'll type them up because no such written rules exist and I'll send them to you" !!
@@AuditingBritain He should have been able to supply them there and then, don't take no for an answer, if they say something exists, make them prove it.
When they had most of the council there your explanation was absolutely spot on. Clear, concise and fair. When you asked the chap with the glasses what parts are actually publicly accessible, I think he realised at that moment that he knew what you were talking about.
"I've told you that can't come in because I don't want you to. But if you email me, I'll write to you that you can't come in because I don't want you to." Helpful stuff : D
I've said it before and I'll say it again, anytime an auditor gets the runaround, other auditors should flood the place, teach them a lesson. The very idea that a publicly funded building can be used for private functions to the detriment of the public that fund it is outrageous !!
@@dirkbruere I hope you mean by catching the corrupt people that work in these buildings there’s a lot of private companies getting contracts for things and making a lot of money these companies do more than just take them out for posh meals.. There will be a lot of brown envelopes getting passed around in this building trust me.. and you must be pretty naive if you don’t think it happening.. lol
Learning how to be better tyrants, and stopping the public from going about their lawful business. I’m concerned that, like here in Australia, councils sell council space to outside bodies then restrict the public from entering areas they have every right to access.
very interesting that the coppers feel the need to hang about and view proceedings even though its nothing to do with them..red jacket copper is just waiting to pounce and bundle you off in a quiet corner to beat you away from any cameras
I have to say, I really really enjoyed this. I have criticised this guy before "Auditing Britain", but having watched a few videos now, I do see where he is coming from.
Lol.... This is hilarious.... You can tell from his facial expressions that the Bedfordshire policeman in the brown jacket is not really sure about the law regarding public access, you can see him trying to remember a lecture he had in police school once.... Funny!
Don’t want to diminish this vid but..the Brits in this audit are so bloody polite! Makes me smile...ironically. Try this in Alabama US. Love your work!!! Cheers
@@GavTatu your also free to do one, and who the fuck wants to be baby sat? This world wasn't built on a foundation of bouncy castles, unicorns and rainbows. We need not to be baby sat as full grown adults. That's actually pathetic 😂
I worked there from 89 to 95 and was in the Town Hall nearly every day. The problem was, that they didn't explain very well is that in the past stuff was stolen by people wandering in. They actually should put up privacy signs and maybe put a security gate there accessed by card. I do recommend you go and book a visit though. The cellar area is an old holding prison and courtyard for the trials that used to take place there - it is very extensive.
I had stuff stolen from by car previously. I now have the right to prevent people wandering past my car anywhere. They can drop me an email though. Then we can arrange a tour. I'll even open the windows. But as it stands, we don't allow people just wandering past my car.
@Steph D. When you rent one of their rooms, you can control access to it, even lock the doors for the time you rent them. It is the whole point of renting a room. Otherwise, it's your own fault if your stuff gets stolen by someone just wandering about.
Well done for calling out the red coated twat, he didn't know the most basic law of our land. You really are becoming on of the best UK and auditors, I've been watching you since the Nike trainer video. 😂😂😂
A breach of the peace is an act done or threatened to be done which could cause harm to another person. The act threatened to be done was going up the stairs. The person which could be harmed would be the security guard if he did not move - if it's publicly accessible, he can stand where he wants; if it's a private area, he's preventing a trespass. Removing the guy with the camera, by way of arrest, to prevent the threatened (and in fact attempted) act which could cause harm is legal. So the guy in orange does know the law, you do not.
@@cypeman8037Why him alone? He's exercising his right to stand wherever he wants on public ground, or exercising his right to prevent intrusion (allegedly) if it's not. If it's publicly accessible (which I'd argue it isn't, as an official has said it's not, having the same effect as signage), the breach is caused by both of them. The chap with the camera is confident and bullish doesn't make him correct, or a working class hero - his threat to climb those stairs would result in a BoP.
Coppers over the top but fair play to the one that put his arm on you. He apologized immediately. Tha't's rare. All cool and calm which is always good.
I grew up here. I vaguely remember the old carpark, but I definitely remember the building site for the newer section , because one night after a few too many beers, me and my mate slipped in through the fence and climbed to the top of the tower crane. We sat in the cab and then climbed down. On another note, the Northampton town Council has been hopeless. They are one of the most indebted councils in the UK. Virtually broke. They built another new boulding and then could not move into it. I've been left Northampton for 20 years. My parents are still there in Kingsthorpe. Regarding this video, there's a lot to say. I found it interesting that the two plain clothes cops were loafing around, waiting some something to kick off. Most people were relatively polite. The guy who started showing you around was very polite. Technically I'd say you are correct about the public access, but I guess one has to choose how much resistance to that, one wants to offer. I am impressed with your tenacity. You definitely don't take no for an answer. I think people don't know how to deal with it. They are too used to everyone just complying all the time. That said, although I am a big fan of your videos, this one went on too long and the same point was laboured too many times. Just a bit of friendly criticism on this video only. All others have been really awesome.
You did very good on this audit mate. You said everything I thought of during that interaction. Well done. Yes its all. Big fat EGO game and it started with the security guard otherwise no one would even know u here. And now they want to make up lies and get you to go home and send them emails.
Wow! AB you're truly amazing‼️You should enter for the Guinness Book of World Record for the Longest Debate & won‼️ Well, in my eyes, you won hands down. I was a bit afraid that you may succumb to their request that you book a tour for another day. If you had submitted to their many requests that you phone or email them for an appoinment to tour the site, you would have lost the purpose of being there in the 1st place. You survived Round 1 & 2. Great job there⚠️👀😂😅🤣🎖🥇🏅🎉🥳🎊🙏👍♥️
I find the videos very interesting. Just out of curiosity AB, what's the difference between a door saying restricted and a security guard denying access. Isnt it the same?
What a refreshing change to see someone think for themselves and challenge this councils BS. What a disgrace though that all these council "workers" are being funded by taxpayers money, ninety percent of them wouldn't be missed, and if they had to earn their own living they'd starve. We have more civil servants than ever before, producing precisely nothing. This video has made this blindingly obvious, well done again AB.
I thought the council staff were quite reasonably but then comes a cop misstating the law, breach of the peace indeed, you can always rely on the cops to come along and talk rubbish.
By all accounts he still talks to his mates about the time he 'apprehended a member of the public for brandishing a camera'. Get's him the occasional free pint.
