So as we approach the Christmas season what’s been happening in ULEZ land. The month started well on Saturday 4th November with a protest in Old Coulsdon. This spot, right on the border, is where the mobile camera vans have been parking up catching people out so it seemed like a good place to meet…
So the battle continues and October has seen plenty of action. The bladerunners continue to be the thorn in the side of TFL, and more and more van blockers are taking on the mobile units, some are even becoming celebrities in their own right. We have @matthardybladerunner and his regular blocking sessions with his entertaining…
Khan-ival – anti-ULEZ campaigners set up on Tooting Bec Common What better way to celebrate a month of dodging the ULEZ charges than with a well placed Khan-ival. What we needed was a well earned weekend break, coming together to support the campaigners, sharing stories and discussing hardships with some quiet protesting thrown in. What…
So here we are 3 weeks in and the ULEZ fightback shows no sign of stopping. In fact it appears to be getting stronger as more people find they are affected. The letters have started dropping on the doorstep, warnings at first but the fines will come. People that are suddenly realising that they have…
As someone who cares about the environment, I have done everything right so far, but that’s just not enough for Sadiq Khan and the clean air obsessed eco zealots. I was recycling cans long before kerbside collections, back when you had to soak the label off and take them to the dump. The dump, where…
So here we are into September and with ULEZ coming in to force on the 29th August, the date was marked with a big Anti-ULEZ Death to Democracy protest outside Downing Street. This started with a procession carrying the Democracy coffin, and did feel quite sombre and funerial as it marked a day of death…
Dramatic developments in the final week of the Anti-ULEZ campaign, probably not enough to stop ULEZ before 29th, but a lot can happen in 5 days. Last weekend saw two big protests – on Saturday 19th Orpington saw a lively, good natured crowd spend a couple of hours in the sun on the War Memorial…
As we reach the deadline to Stop-ULEZ there is a lot going on, the anti-ULEZ campaign is hotting up along with the weather. Protests, interviews, political u-turns and pressure are making it a fiery end to the Summer. Well, August was off to a good start with a protest in Wallington High Street on Tuesday…
The last two weeks have been quite eventful and have pushed ULEZ up the news agenda. On 19th July the Conservative Party announced that Susan Hall would be their candidate for London Mayor in next May’s election. She has promised to stop ULEZ on day one, we remain to see what other policies she has,…
In the lull before the results of the Judicial Review we suddenly find ourselves in the middle of an important and rather exciting by-election. The resignation of Boris Johnson left a gap in London’s political landscape and the anti-ULEZ campaigners spotted a gap in the candidacy and put themselves forward for election. The timing means…
The ULEZ Extension will be monitored by cameras, which are going up at an alarming rate on a traffic light near you (in you live in the large expansion zone). Although some councils have refused to allow TFL and Sadiq Khan to install cameras on council property and council owned roads, TFL are allowed to…
Things are hotting up in ULEZ world as we enter the penultimate month. June ended with a successful ULEZ Convoy around the South and North circular road with around 70 vehicles visiting the proposed ULEZ Expansion border. Despite being the same weekend as Pride and all the Just Stop Oil nonsense, the Stop-ULEZ Con-voy did…
So as we find ourselves moving towards the madness of mid summer, we are having to put the pressure on. The Anti ULEZ campaign is still going strong and there are many events and demos lined up. We kicked off June with a Barking ULEZ Awareness Day on the 1st followed by a successful, well…
Four London Councils and Surrey have applied to the high court for a Judicial Review into the proposed expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) London-wide from August 2023. The coalition of Bexley, Bromley, Hillingdon and Harrow, along with Surrey County Council wanted five grounds to be considered: On 12th April the Court allowed two…
We had another busy week of exciting events leading up to London Bridge Protest on 27th May. On 24th May a group of our regulars risked the early evening throngs at the Southbank Centre to make our feelings know to Sadiq Khan outside his book launch, whilst few hardy individuals braved the the boredom to…
Update 19th July – the Tory membership have voted Susan Hall to be their Mayoral Candidate. She has plenty of experience in standing up to Sadiq Khan so the fight is on. So the competition to be the next London Mayor is hotting up now that the Conservatives have 8 candidates to choose from. They…
What a fantastic weekend of events with protests and awareness days North and South of the ULEZ expansion area. Enfield hosted their first event with a great turnout and thanks to the organiser for gathering and encouraging support. On Saturday we also had events in Havering in the North East and another first in Croydon…
The more complaints submitted against misleading ULEZ reporting, the more notice will be taken If you hear or see an advert or media report that you feel is misleading or biased, there are several ways to complain. Adverts on TV or radio can be reported to the ASA via a simple website form with the…