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.