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News and Comment July 2022

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27 July (Part 1) - Protest and sign it now

Bexley Council has submitted its formal response to the Mayor’s consultation on his plans to penalise the poorer members of society who need a vehicle to go about their lives and their business.

It is as you might expect a comprehensive argument against Khan’s latest plan to tax London’s economy into submission.

At a time when transport is rapidly becoming greener there is little need to accelerate it and spending £200 million of taxpayers’ money on the required infrastructure makes no sense unless his real plan is to use the cameras to enforce a London wide congestion zone.

Public transport is not a complete answer and cycling certainly isn’t. When I returned from Petts Wood last week the roads were busy in part because of just one cyclist who I first encountered near Queen Mary’s Hospital and didn’t lose until I got to Crook Log.

He was a a teenager on a very ordinary bike wobbling along at a reasonable speed and I think I passed him and vice-versa four times. Each time having to wait behind until it was safe to give him a wide berth and get by.

Using the statistics I get from my safety expert son I would guess that the hit on the economy caused by that one lad on a bike will be well into four figures. A socialist mayor will have no concept of economics and slowly but surely he is wrecking London. While his voter base exists I suspect the only respite is for sensible people to get out of London. That is certainly my long term plan, if someone of 1943 vintage can have a long term plan.

There is still time to sign Louie French's ULEZ petition. I broke the habit of a life time and actually added my name to it. Never done that before but Khan has to be stopped.

 

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