Traffic pair go tow to tow

Now the London Paper has an article about the Islington Council / TfL parking bust up I mentioned on Tuesday:

Shoppers in Islington cheered as they witnessed a parking warden’s van being towed away by a clamper.

They watched on in delight as the Islington council van – which had stopped in a bus bay – was hoisted into the air by a TfL tow truck.

The incident took place on Upper Street, in Islington, north London. One witness said: “It was amusing. People were shouting ‘Go on my son’.”

But a TfL spokesman said: “The van actually broke down and was being recovered by the truck because both work out of the same depot.”

Crowd cheers as council clampers' van is towed away from a bus lane

Seven hours today the Daily Mail posted a story on its website with this amusing headline. The article then continued:

The locals were jeering and shouting 'go on my son' and there was an interesting exchange between the Islington van driver and the TFL driver.

But things took a bizarre turn when, in revenge for impounding Islington Council's van, a council traffic warden slapped a parking ticket on the Transport for London (TfL) tow truck.

In an even more bizarre turn, the story is no longer on the Daily Mail's website.

It was only a few days ago that the Council claimed their Parking Attendents will apply Common Sense to parking fines....