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"Mr Livingstone also announced that a 90% residents' discount given to people living within the congestion charging zone will be withdrawn for vehicles in band G."
First they give discount to get agreement from these people, and then change the rules...
""Band G sweeps in a lot of family cars such as the two litre Ford Mondeo automatic and the two-litre Citroen C8 automatic, which will mean a lot of households being hit when the charge zone is expanded."Comment
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I believe (and hope) he's just fucked his chances of winning next time. A family inside the zone with 2 Band G cars (and no discount) will be paying £250 a week. And as someone has already mentioned, it's not just Discos and Cayennes which fall into Band G.His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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The guy is a nutter.
He wants to charge £200 a day for any Lorry to enter the "Low Emission Zone" if it doesnt have a Euro4 engine.
We had Euro4 engines a while ago and we are moving onto Euro5 now. Heck knows what we will be on by the time we get to 2012 when he wants the emission zone in place.
Well all I can say is that a LGV (yes LGN not HGV as TFL keeps calling them...the govt changes the name from HGV to LGV then dont use it...argh!!!) does 9.5 miles/gallon and some chlsae tractors do 20 and they arent pullling 44 tonnes behind them. Modern LGVs are very, very fuel efficent having those 16 gears really helps.
What they should do is make it so that a LGV can only enter the zone when it is X% full of deliveries for just the zone. Then it could make 1 journey instead of the 5 it would take if the lorry was only 15% full.Comment
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Never underestimate Britons sheep mentality when it comes to voting morons back in to office Mordac!
Then again, why not make public transport a real alternative? Instead of increasing prices every where why not make it cheaper to use and more convenient by increasing routes and frequency?
Then again I guess its just easier taxing people innit. After all its only fair!
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I dont think so. The congestion charge zone largely applies to Tory voting boroughs, namely Westminster & K&Chelsea. These areas dont vote for Ken anyway. Quite cannily Ken has avoided charging in Labour boroughs. He's very good at looking after his voter base (like all good politiciansOriginally posted by Mordac
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He'll win easily in London, the ghetto's
love him 
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He chose to extend to the west because nobody votes for him in Kensington and Chelsea. He could have extended the zone into south east london, but although it's got plenty of gridlock there are lots of voters there tooOriginally posted by Mordac
Cats are evil.Comment
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Oh well I suppose that is one advantage of living in the Socialist demcratic republic of Hackney and not far from the equally democratic republic of Tower Hamlets.Originally posted by Hart-flootI dont think so. The congestion charge zone largely applies to Tory voting boroughs, namely Westminster & K&Chelsea. These areas dont vote for Ken anyway. Quite cannily Ken has avoided charging in Labour boroughs. He's very good at looking after his voter base (like all good politicians )
He'll win easily in London, the ghetto's love him Comment
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Silly me, I forgot to put on my really cynical hat this morning.Originally posted by Hart-flootI dont think so. The congestion charge zone largely applies to Tory voting boroughs, namely Westminster & K&Chelsea. These areas dont vote for Ken anyway. Quite cannily Ken has avoided charging in Labour boroughs. He's very good at looking after his voter base (like all good politicians )
He'll win easily in London, the ghetto's love him 
His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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