London mayor to impose daily fines of £12.50 for London motorists
by Dan Fournier, published Tuesday, Nov. 29, 20:40 EST on fournier.substack.com
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan spoke at the Green Investment Summit, Glasgow on November 3, 2021. Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Sadiq Khan, current Mayor of London and WEF member is set to impose a £12.50 ($C20) daily charge to all motorists who enter or commute through the greater city of London.
The Mayor has announced that the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be expanded across all London boroughs from 29 August 2023, as per the Greater London Authority website.
What is ULEZ?
The Ultra Low Emission Zone, or ULEZ for short, was introduced in 2019 as a means to ensure that vehicles meet emission standards set for the city, lest their drivers pay a daily surcharge.
The measure will increase the costs of hundreds of thousands of commuters and residents who drive the said ‘non-compliant’ vehicles.
Khan described the decision as “one of the toughest decisions” he’s taken as mayor, but insisted millions from the bustling city will benefit from the cleaner air.
Though pollution levels have decreased since the introduction of ULEZ, Khan claims that there is still “far too much toxic air pollution permanently damaging the health of young Londoners and leading to thousands of early deaths every year.”
The decision to extend the ULEZ zone to include the greater London area comes despite a public consultation that saw an overwhelming opposition with 80 percent of the people in the affected area opposed to the plan, as per a Remix article.
“His whole basis for extending the ULEZ zone on the basis of public health doesn’t stand up to scientific scrutiny,” said Brian Gregory, the Alliance of British Driver’s policy director; adding, "TfL [Transport for London] has an enormous hole in its budget and Mayor Khan is looking to fill that hole by any means that he can."
Khan has been one of London’s most controversial mayors.
He has been criticised for being an ardent advocate of ‘woke’ policies, including protecting and enabling Black Lives Matter protests which required the boarding up of statues of key figures such as Winston Churchill and Thomas Guy.
Khan has also created a review commission to “improve the diversity of London’s public landmarks which was heavily criticised.
Early last year, the mayor appointed Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm to review statues for their diversity which some nicknamed the ‘Woke Activist Brigade’.
Such initiatives have not been without pushback, however, since universities, with 90 in London alone, are to face fines for limiting free speech on campuses under the proposed Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill that is still pending in the House of Lords.
Khan’s controversial ULEZ expansion scheme comes at a time when U.K. citizens pay the highest electricity bills In the world.
It remains to be seen whether Londoners will push back on the ULED expansion plan or simply refuse to comply to its outrageous nature.
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Notes:
This article is also published in The Counter Signal.
One, stop giving Canada ideas.
Two, the climate change cult runs on dogma.
Three, it will never be enough. To wit: "Though pollution levels have decreased since the introduction of ULEZ, Khan claims that there is still “far too much toxic air pollution permanently damaging the health of young Londoners and leading to thousands of early deaths every year.”
Four, these policies are harmful because they're never designed or implemented with the idea of examining results. Like masks. Thus ensuring they keep going on regardless of whether it achieves the intended aim.