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Post by twobellstogo on May 9, 2024 21:49:16 GMT
It's utterly preposterous that there should be a ULEZ charge in areas that have no air pollution. What you can look forward to is more of the same. Especially when there are seemingly zero efforts to clean up the heavily polluted underground network. More likely to get lung cancer from regular tube usage than road pollution in the outer boroughs. The tunnel sections of deep level tubes I use generally only because I have to rather than want to. They really aren’t a nice travel experience. National Rail, Elizabeth line and London Underground’s sub-surface lines on the other hand l like and enjoy using. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 8:40:45 GMT
In May 21 Sadiq explicitly said he would not extend the ULEZ beyond the North/South Circular. In Jan 22 he announced he would be extending ULEZ to the whole of London. He has proved himself to be untrustworthy on multiple occassions. Now it seems there is a Project Detroit in place which is replacing street surveillance cameras. One of the requirements of the replacements system is it must be a able facilitate road usage charging. Why specify it, if you don't intend doing it? He might not have had much choice about ULEZ, if this was part of his settlement with government following Covid revenue losses for TfL. He did have a choice, he just wanted to be petty doing tit for tat |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 8:42:35 GMT
I don't think anyone who voted for Khan will have many complaints when they played a part in keeping a far right candidate far away from power. Anyone who abstained had the power to remove Khan, but they didn't despite all polls showing that he would have a swimming victory. They didn't bother to show up which, if as you say, people are actually dissatisfied they should have and could potentially have made a change. What seems sad is when there is a high abstention rate because they doubt their vote would make a difference. If for example 30% of the electorate had for example voted Green instead of ignoring the election, London would have had a Green Mayor. Disclaimer : There were of course other candidates that abstainers could have voted for. There are some who do not like the candidates etc. While others would never vote and says it makes no difference. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 8:45:55 GMT
The 6 million comment was more about wasting money on vanity projects. It could be interpreted that the names were in vain a little but untangling the network has been long overdue and it would have probably happened under someone else if not Khan. £6 million to make the Overground easier to navigate is not a vanity project
It will be considered a vanity project because of the pathetic choice of names. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 8:47:37 GMT
Yes much of the problem with the renaming of the Overground seems to come more from how they've been named and not from the separation of the network into individual lines which I see no problem with spending £6 million doing. I agree. The Lioness line could just have easily been the Stadium line to reflect that Wembley has been the home of all football for generations not just that the women's team reached a cup final, the Windrush scandal was an outrage no doubt but the name doesn't need to be enshrined everywhere now. The square in Brixton is a fitting monument and is signifiant as Brixton has long been the home of the UKs black culture. That could have reverted to the East London line name which was what that was going to be when proposed in the 90s; an extension of the East London to Dalston and West Croydon. No, it is unacceptable, it is just plain daft. It would have also been nice to have a name reflecting the railways companies that also started some of these lines. I would not refer to the lines as these stupid leftist nonsense. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 8:53:37 GMT
It's utterly preposterous that there should be a ULEZ charge in areas that have no air pollution. What you can look forward to is more of the same. Areas with no air pollution is subjective. Old vehicles give off more pollution that newer vehicles that is a matter of fact. So then why is it FREE for a car from 1970 to drive in the ULEZ zone! |
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Post by LondonNorthern on May 10, 2024 11:28:04 GMT
Areas with no air pollution is subjective. Old vehicles give off more pollution that newer vehicles that is a matter of fact. So then why is it FREE for a car from 1970 to drive in the ULEZ zone! There are far fewer cars from circa 1970 on the road and I heavily doubt those that own them drive them every day |
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Post by SILENCED on May 10, 2024 12:08:47 GMT
So then why is it FREE for a car from 1970 to drive in the ULEZ zone! There are far fewer cars from circa 1970 on the road and I heavily doubt those that own them drive them every day But they are still free and not even Euro1 .... Many morentimes polluting than a Euro 5 diesel that is banned/charged |
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Post by buspete on May 10, 2024 14:20:11 GMT
Are those vehicles exempt from road tax as well? I also think they exempt from MOT?
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 18, 2024 9:07:58 GMT
Scare tactics used in mayoral election - Green PartyThe outgoing Green Party London Assembly member Siân Berry has accused Sadiq Khan of running a "scare" campaign during the mayoral election.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg676r3wxv9oLondon Mayor to 'double down not back down' on climate planLondon's mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will persist with his green agenda despite the resistance he faces.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-69022886
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Post by southlondon413 on May 18, 2024 13:08:03 GMT
Scare tactics used in mayoral election - Green PartyThe outgoing Green Party London Assembly member Siân Berry has accused Sadiq Khan of running a "scare" campaign during the mayoral election.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg676r3wxv9oLondon Mayor to 'double down not back down' on climate planLondon's mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will persist with his green agenda despite the resistance he faces.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-69022886 Never thought I’d agree with Siân Berry but she’s absolutely right. When you’ve got MPs like Wes Streeting backing Khan telling the electorate that they are tantamount to racists, bigots and homophobes for daring to vote for Tory it isn’t a good campaign. The silence on his comments by the rest of Labour including Khan says everything. The awful part is it will likely be a tactic Labour will repeat nationally as it seems to have worked in London. |
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Post by COBO on Jul 2, 2024 3:03:10 GMT
I’ve just seen a TikTok of someone trying to chop down a ulez camera. Are people still trying to chop down ULEZ cameras? What is the point? Khan has been re elected are people going to chop down cameras for another 4 years 😂 🙈 ridiculous 😂
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Post by ibus246 on Jul 2, 2024 3:59:36 GMT
I’ve just seen a TikTok of someone trying to chop down a ulez camera. Are people still trying to chop down ULEZ cameras? What is the point? Khan has been re elected are people going to chop down cameras for another 4 years 😂 🙈 ridiculous 😂 The last TikTok you saw regards Laurence Fox was weeks and weeks old. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was too. Do you get all your news from there? |
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Post by COBO on Jul 2, 2024 4:43:25 GMT
I’ve just seen a TikTok of someone trying to chop down a ulez camera. Are people still trying to chop down ULEZ cameras? What is the point? Khan has been re elected are people going to chop down cameras for another 4 years 😂 🙈 ridiculous 😂 The last TikTok you saw regards Laurence Fox was weeks and weeks old. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was too. Do you get all your news from there? From social media 😂 |
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Post by WH241 on Jul 2, 2024 8:33:02 GMT
The last TikTok you saw regards Laurence Fox was weeks and weeks old. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was too. Do you get all your news from there? From social media 😂 With respect you would be much better off browsing actual news websites. Social Media is not a place for news! I dread to think of the future if people start using Social Media as their main source of news. |
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