Well done to Kelvin Mackenzie in today's Sun for spelling out the horrors that await Manchester's population if they vote yes to a congestion charge being introduced.
Even with a fee of £5 a day it would cost around £100 a month extra getting to work. Not bad for a city where the average wage is £15,000.
As we at MAD keep saying, this is a tax which hits the poorest hardest. The roads then become freer for the better off. How is that fair under ZANU Labour?
But the most important reason for voting no is that this will nail the congestion charge being brought in to other cities like Leeds for example.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/columnists/kelvin_mackenzie/article2001330.ece
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Thursday, 4 December 2008
Friday, 28 November 2008
London congestion charge zone slashed by Boris Johnson
It's good to see common-sense prevails in the office of the Mayor of London. Now that the idiot Livingstone has gone with his hatred of cars (and especially motorists) we should start being happier about what might happen to the capital's roads.
The good news here is that it should deliver a blow to the congestion charge vote taking place in Manchester.
Congestion charging doesn't work. It makes driving for poor people prohibative and doesn't have an impact on CO2 emmissions or any other nonsense thrown up as a reason for having it.
Here's The Times:
The London congestion charge zone will be halved after Boris Johnson, the Mayor, decided to abolish the western extension introduced last year by his predecessor, Ken Livingstone.
The decision follows a bitter dispute between the mayor and senior officials in his transport authority, who accused him of ignoring the benefits of the £8 daily charge and acting on a flawed public consultation.
The powers-that-be say it's a wrong move but Boris is responding to a survey of public opinion who want the scheme abolished.
But hang on - that's democracy isn't it? And that's something that Nu Labour and their henchman don't want.
Well done Boris.
Manchester - vote against congestion charging!
CG
The Motorists' Friend
http://captaingatso.net
The good news here is that it should deliver a blow to the congestion charge vote taking place in Manchester.
Congestion charging doesn't work. It makes driving for poor people prohibative and doesn't have an impact on CO2 emmissions or any other nonsense thrown up as a reason for having it.
Here's The Times:
The London congestion charge zone will be halved after Boris Johnson, the Mayor, decided to abolish the western extension introduced last year by his predecessor, Ken Livingstone.
The decision follows a bitter dispute between the mayor and senior officials in his transport authority, who accused him of ignoring the benefits of the £8 daily charge and acting on a flawed public consultation.
The powers-that-be say it's a wrong move but Boris is responding to a survey of public opinion who want the scheme abolished.
But hang on - that's democracy isn't it? And that's something that Nu Labour and their henchman don't want.
Well done Boris.
Manchester - vote against congestion charging!
CG
The Motorists' Friend
http://captaingatso.net
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