, where drivers of older, more polluting vehicles were to be punished with a daily charge of £12.50. Deluded by his own propaganda, Khan believed that he would be hailed as a new hero by Londoners for his brave fight against pollution. Indeed, he was even boasting on the airwaves on Tuesday that, 'There's been lots of people thanking me'. But his cocoon of fantasy could not be sustained against the wave of fury that swept through London. Unjust and deceitful An angry rally was held in Whitehall and a coffin — emblazoned with the slogan 'RIP London' — was carried past Downing Street in front of a crowd of noisy demonstrators. Throughout the capital, other protests were mounted, while number plate recognition cameras — essential for the operation of the scheme — were widely vandalised. Some had their cables severed, others were covered in paint. In one road in Orpington, 14 of the 16 cameras were damaged. Altogether it was estimated that more than 500 Ulez cameras, one quarter of the total, were put out of action. The scale of the revolt is so great that it has attracted global attention. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal carried an excoriating opinion column headed, 'A Net-Zero Car Crash In London'. Khan's Ulez has provoked such anger because the initiative is so flawed, unjust and deceitful. Opponents can see that motorists are bei){kind=link}
THE green zealots who run much of our country thought that this would be a triumphant week, marking a giant leap forward in their quest for radical change in Britain.
In line with their agenda, fellow eco warrior and virtue signaller Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, had decided to open up a new front in the war on the car.
Under his plan, which came into effect on Tuesday, the whole of the capital was to be turned into a so-called Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez), where drivers of older, more polluting vehicles were to be punished with a daily charge of £12.50.
Deluded by his own propaganda, Khan believed that he would be hailed as a new hero by Londoners for his brave fight against pollution.
Indeed, he was even boasting on the airwaves on Tuesday that, “There’s been lots of people thanking me”.