Came across this post on FaceBook this afternoon, from one of our ladies on the Save Black Taxis Group.
Michele writes:
I've recently signed up to a weekly email from money man Martin Lewis.
This was in his email this week about using Uber!
He has a Facebook page to which I've made a comment.
Maybe some of you'd like to add your thoughts.
Taxi Leaks Comment :
This is a surprising turn of events from Martin as he has always been seen as a supporter and user of Taxis, and was in fact photographed supporting the Save Black Taxi group.
This email is also surprising because Martin is a husband and father who surely should be concerned more with public safety than sheer cheapness.
Or this this another case as just do as I say not as I do?
He is recommending an unsafe night service whose record of passengers, seriously sexually assaulted by the driver, has escalated by 50% this year (according to a Freedom of Information request made to the Metropolitan Police).
Taxi Leaks' question to Martin Lewis:
Martin, would you really advise you wife, mother, sister, niece etc to use Uber to get home after reading about Uber's record of serious sexual assaults including rapes, plus their terrible driving standards seen daily on social media?
Uber's record of road traffic collisions is horrendous
Add to that the surging at peak times, also not mentioned in Martin's email.
What they are saying on Twitter:
It's discussing to think that some people will do anything to earn a few quid in commission.